William (de la Haye) Hay First Lord Hay and Eighth Baron Erroll (abt. 1374 - 1436)

Born about 1374 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

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Died 1436 at about age 62 in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Biography

William (de la Haye) Hay First Lord Hay and Eighth Baron Erroll is a member of Clan Hay.

Sir William de la Haye, 1st Lord Hay was the son of Sir Thomas de la Haye, 7th of Erroll and Elizabeth Stewart.^[1]

Sir William Hay of Erroll, Constable of Scotland, obtained from his uncle King Robert III, an engagement not to ratify or approve of any alienations to be made by his father without consent of the said William and of the King's council dated 19 March 1392/3.^[2][3]

William succeeded his father in 1406, who died shortly before 03 August 1406.^[2]

William was knighted at His Majesty's coronation, appointed one of the Wardens of the Marches in 1430.^[2]

He was invested as a Knight.^[1] He was Commissioner to treat for the ransom of King James I in 1423.2 He held the office of Joint Lord Warden of the Marches in 1430.^[4]

He was created 1st Lord Hay before March 1429/30, following an Act of 1428 drawing a distinction between Lords of Parliament and the ordinary lairds in the Scots baronage.^[4]

He died 'in crastino pentecostis' 1436.^[2]

He married Margaret Gray, the daughter of Sir Patrick Gray of Broxmouth.^[2][1] They had issue:

1. Gilbert, who succeeded; d. 7 Sep 1436^[4]
2. William of Ury in Kinkardineshire, charter from his father in the barony of Cowie 20 July 1430; d. shortly before 02 Feb 1471/2.
3. Walter, a witness with brothers David & Thomas 14 Mar 1470/1.
4. David
5. Thomas

Research Notes

"The family of Hay is one of the most illustrious in Scotland. Nearly seven centuries ago, William De Haya, settled in Lothian and filled office of Royal Butler during the reigns of Malcolm IV and William the Lion. He died about the year 1170 and left his wife Juliana, dau. Ranalpulph de Soulis, Lord of Liddesdale and his two sons: William, progenitor of the Earls of Errol and Robert, progenitor of the Earls of Locherwort, who for some generations were lords of Yester and are now Marquises of Tweeddale. Sir John de Haya, grandson of Robert, Married Margaret, dau. and heiress of Robert de Lyne, Lord of Locherwort and left a son. Sir Gilbert de Haya, who married Mary, dau. and heiress of Sir Simon Fraser of Oliver Castle and whose great-grandson was Sir Thomas Hay, Lord of Locherwort, married Joanna, dau. and heiress of Sir Hew Gifford, Lord of Yester, was celebrated in Scottish history for his necromantic powers ( see Scott's Marmion). Their son was Sir William Hay, Lord of Locherwort and Yester who married Alicia, dau. of Sir Gilbert Hay, Earl of Errol and left two sons. 1. Sir David Hay, Baron of Yester ( who was the ancestor of the Marquis of Tweedsdale) married Mary, dau. of 1st Earl of Angus, and the Princess Mary daughter of King Robert. Sir Edmond Hay, Lord of Tallo and Limplum was the ancestor of the Hays of Arran. Sir David Hay was succeeded by his son. who was John Hay, Baron of Yester, who by solemn investiture in Parliament, Jan 29,1487, was advanced to the dignity of Lord Hay of Yester. His grandson was John, third Lord Hay of Yester."

Hay Lineage per Burke's Peerage

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 221.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Balfour Paul, Sir James, The Scots Peerage (Edinburgh : D. Douglas, 1904), Vol. 3:562-3.
3. ↑ Scots Peerage Vol. 3:562 cites Reg.Mag.Sig.; Antiq. Aberdeen, iii 134
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 1, page 1335.

See also:

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