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Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland

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403:, (Edinburgh, 1985), pp. 46-7, implies that he got his English possessions first, but his patron David acquired his English and southern 'Scottish' possessions at the same time, and there is no evidence that he granted out his English possessions before granting out his Scottish possessions. 145:, Hugh was awarded that office. In addition "he obtained land and lordships which placed him in the very first rank of the Anglo-Norman nobility in Scotland. These comprised the Lordship of the Regality of Lauderdale, together with detached estates at Saltoun, 165:, was held, it seems, for six knights' service; Cunningham possibly for two, with a castle at Irvine." In 1316-20 Cunningham was granted to Robert Stewart for three knight's service. 655: 192:. She is presumed to be a daughter of Robert de Beauchamp (died pre-1130) (son of Hugh de Beauchamp). By Beatrice he had at least two sons and two daughters, including: 95:
some time after 1106. Soon after, Hugh de Morville joined David's small military retinue in France. In 1113, following his marriage, Prince David was made
731: 161:. In the west of Scotland he was given the whole of the Lordship of Cunningham, the northernmost third of Ayrshire. Lauderdale, with a castle at 736: 504:
Bannatyne Club (1847) Liber S. Marie de Dryburgh: Registrum Cartarum Abbacie Premonstratensis de Dryburgh (Edinburgh) ("Dryburgh"), 14, p. 9.
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his father was probably Richard de Morville who in the early twelfth century witnessed charters made by Richard de Redvers relating to
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G.W.S. Barrow, "Beginnings of Military Feudalism", p. 251; Keith Stringer, "Early Lords of Lauderdale", in Keith Stringer (ed.),
362: 241: 199:(died c. 1202), who inherited his father's estates in the north of England. He was a principal player in the 1170 murder of 585:
Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. II. Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum
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who in 1174 confiscated his Lordship of Westmorland (which he had inherited from his father who had received it from
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as his wife's dowery. During David's conquest of northern England after 1136, Hugh was also given the lordship of
570: 536: 154: 721: 204: 127: 271:, where he soon died in 1162. An ancient memorial to him in the south wall is said to mark his burial-place. 100: 412:
Keith Stringer, "Morville, Hugh de (d. 1162)"; G.W.S. Barrow, "The Scots and the North of England", p. 138.
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Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, pp.103-4,
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Ada de Morville, who at some time before 1157, married Roger Bertram, lord of Mitford, Northumberland.
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to hand over territory in southern Scotland David achieved this with the help of his French followers
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by Professor G.W.S.Barrow, F.B.A., Oxford, 1980, pps: 70-72, plus see indexes for both books.
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gives that man other possible sons, she does not similarly associate Hugh with Richard.
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Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological and Antiquarian Society
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In 1150 Hugh made a further mark on the history of southern Scotland by founding
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Barrow, G. W. S., "Beginnings of Military Feudalism", in G.W.S. Barrow (ed.),
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The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries
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The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries
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Grace de Morville, another possible daughter, wife of the Cumbrian magnate
99:, and also became Prince of the Cumbrians, having forced his brother King 622:, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 255: 72: 632:, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001) 215:) and re-granted it to his sister, Maud de Morville, wife of William de 32: 229:. He also succeeded to the hereditary office of Constable of Scotland. 232:
Simon de Moreville (d. 1167), another possible son. He was seated at
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Hugh married Beatrice de Beauchamp, the heiress of the manor of
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Hugh eventually retired as a canon to his foundation at
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held Cotentin in northern France, given to him by King
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Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500–1286
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Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500–1286
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Keith Stringer, "Early Lords of Lauderdale", p. 46.
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Shead, (eds.), 363:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 279: 106:David endowed Hugh with the estates of 197:Hugh de Morville, Lord of Westmorland 7: 567:, (Edinburgh, 2003), pp. 130–47 556:, (Edinburgh, 2003), pp. 250–78 615:, (Edinburgh, 1985), pp. 44–71 575:Scotland: The Making of the Kingdom 318:Scotland: The Making of the Kingdom 561:The Scots and the North of England 517:New Series IX (1909), pp. 252-270. 141:, almost certainly in 1138 at the 97:Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton 14: 602:David: The King Who Made Scotland 314:David: The King Who Made Scotland 157:, and probably also at Heriot in 732:Lord high constables of Scotland 535:, (London, 1908), republished, 242:Feudal barony of Burgh by Sands 126:. These lands later formed the 83:In service of David of Scotland 1: 357:"Morville, Hugh de (d. 1162)" 737:12th-century Scottish people 549:, Oxford, 1980, p. 71n. 387:UK public library membership 620:Morville, Hugh de (d. 1162) 611:, in Keith Stringer (ed.), 559:Barrow, G. W. 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Index

Appleby
Westmorland
Constable of Scotland
Norman
David FitzMalcolm
Prince of the Cumbrians
King of Scotland
Morville
Cotentin Peninsula
Barrow
Montebourg
Néhou
Keats-Rohan
David of Scotland
Henry I of England
Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton
Alexander I
Bozeat
Whissendine
Huntingdon earldom
Appleby
Westmorland
feudal barony of Appleby
Edward
Constable of Scotland
Battle of the Standard
Haddingtonshire
Berwickshire
Melrose
Midlothian

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