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and came under suspicion of treachery, being required in 1212 to hand over to the king his sons and his castle of Prudhoe. By 1216 he joined the rebels fighting John and his lands were forfeit, though he later made peace with the government of King
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where the Umfravilles reached the pinnacle of their power. As a prominent border landowning family, it is likely that they were invited, along with dozens of other Anglo-Norman knights, administrators, and warlords to settle in Scotland by
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Succeeding his father Gilbert III in 1307, he married first Lucy, daughter of Sir Philip Kyme, and secondly Eleanor, daughter of Robert Lumley. With his first wife he had a son Gilbert IV and with his second wife a son Thomas I.
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Succeeding his father Thomas I in 1387, he married Agnes (died 1420), daughter of Sir Thomas Grey and his wife Margaret Pressene, and had a son Gilbert V. A daughter Maud married Sir William Ryther, of
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Succeeding his father Robert III in 1325, he married first Joan, daughter of Sir Robert Willoughby, and secondly Maud, daughter of Sir Thomas Lucy. With Joan he had a son Robert, who died before him.
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A first cousin three times removed, William was the great-great-grandson of Robert's aunt Elizabeth (died before 1337) who had married Sir Gilbert Burradon.
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Succeeding his nephew Gilbert V in 1421, his wife was named Isabel and they had no children. He was the last of the family and his lands passed to Sir
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Succeeding his father Robert I in England, he was also active in Scotland, being associated there with King David I and his grandson King
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Succeeding his half-brother Gilbert IV in 1381, he married Joan, daughter of Adam Roddam, and had two sons Thomas II and Robert IV.
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Succeeding his brother Odinel I after 1166, he had made his career mostly in Scotland, and was presumably the father of Odinel II.
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Succeeding his presumed father Gilbert I after 1175, he had been raised in Scotland, initially serving in the household of King
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Succeeding his brother Robert II around 1195, he was among the northern barons who resisted the exactions of King
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landowners, administrators and soldiers who were prominent from about 1120 to 1437 on the northern border of
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gules, a cinquefoil pierced or in a bordure azure, the bordure being sometimes shown charged with horseshoes
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held by his descendants were probably granted then. He is taken to be the father of Odinel I and Gilbert I.
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meant the family frequently found itself as unsettled as the border and this came to a head during the
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The first historical member of the family, he held the lordships of Prudhoe and Redesdale for King
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Succeeding his father Gilbert II in 1245 while still an infant, he married Elizabeth, daughter of
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where they fought for both Scotland and England at various points of the conflict (as did the
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Succeeding his father Richard in 1226, his first wife was Tiffany, a member of the
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in England and also acquired interests in Scotland. Associated there with King
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Succeeding his father Thomas II in 1391, in 1413 he married Anne, daughter of
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and their second son was Robert III. His effigy can be seen in
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Succeeding his father Odinel II in 1182, he left no children.
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as part of his policy of modernising Scotland by introducing
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Summerson, Henry (January 2008). "Umfraville, de, family".
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by historians. The Umfravilles, who were granted lands in
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to the Cumbrian Border up to the border with Scotland.
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may have doubled that, making him a wealthy magnate.
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through marriage into the Scots-Gaelic aristocracy.
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Smith. pp. 360–61. 376:Gilbert I (died in or after 1175) 305:Saint Rémy d'Unfreville la mivoie 364:Odinel I (died in or after 1166) 344:Robert I (died in or after 1145) 195:The split loyalties between the 144:, where they held the strategic 546:. He died on 12 February 1391. 487:Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan 327:), who came into England with 1: 205:Wars of Scottish Independence 673:UK public library membership 356:and his son Henry, lands in 618:Lower, Mark Antony (1860). 733: 717:People from Northumberland 579: 553: 534: 503: 478: 448: 88: 81: 72: 39: 556:Gilbert V de Umfraville 372:. 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Index

Umfreville

Lowlands
Northumberland

Robert de Umfraville
Lord of Redesdale
Earl of Angus
Feudal Baron of Prudhoe
Seat
Harbottle Castle
Prudhoe Castle
Northumberland
Anglo-Norman
England
lordships
Prudhoe
Redesdale
Northumberland
Tynedale
Scotland
David I of Scotland
feudalism
Davidian Revolution
Stirlingshire
Mormaer of Angus
Kings of Scotland
Kings of England
Wars of Scottish Independence
de Brus

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