Ecgfrith, of Northumbria

• aka Arkefirth (Ecgfrid) of YORKSHIRE
• Born: abt. 990

Married

• Wife/Partner: Maud

Children

• Arkil MOREL (MORE)
• Roger de MONTBRAI

Project MedLands, SCOTTISH NOBILITY

Chapter 4. LENNOX A. EARLS of LENNOX [1210]-1385

The earldom of Lennox was created in the early 1200s by William "the Lion" King of Scotland. It remained within the same family until 1425 when the last Earl Duncan was executed for treason having been implicated in the plot of his son-in-law Murdoch Stewart Duke of Albany against James I King of Scotland. The earldom was forfeited, but in 1473 was claimed by John Stuart Lord Darnley, who was the heir of Earl Duncan's daughter Elizabeth whom he claimed (wrongly it appears) was the Earl's second daughter. The claim was disputed by John Haldane of Gleneagles, whose wife was descended from Elizabeth's older sister Margaret, in whose favour the king found and the Lords of the Council found 12 Jan 1476. However, a settlement was presumably reached as Lord Darnley eventually took his seat in the parliament of 1488 as Earl of Lennox[226].

• 1. ECGFRITH . m ---. One child:

• a) ARKIL . Orderic Vitalis records that "Archillus potentissimus Nordanhymbrorum" made peace with William I King of England and granted "filium suum" as a hostage, dated to 1068[227]. Orderic Vitalis records that "Marius Suenus, Gaius Patricius, Edgarus Adelinus, Archillus et quatuor filii Karoli" joined the Danish fleet which sailed up the river Humber, dated to 1069[228]. m ---. The name of Arkil’s wife is not known.
  

Arkil & his wife had one child:

• i) ALWYN (-after 1153). "…Alwino mac Archil…" witnessed the undated charter, dated to before [1136], under which David I King of Scotland donated "decimam meam de meo Chan" to the church of Glasgow[229]. Assuming that Alwyn was a member of the same family as the later earls of Lennox, the chronology suggests that he belonged to the generation earlier than that of the first earl. "…Alwyno mac Arkil" witnessed the undated charter under which Malcolm IV King of Scotland donated "piscium…Crespeis" to Dunfermline monastery[230]. m ---.
  

The name of Alwyn’s wife is not known. Alwyn & his wife had [two] children:

• (a) GILLANDERS (-after 1153). "…Gillandres filio Alwini…" witnessed the undated charter under which Malcolm IV King of Scotland confirmed the donation of land "in…Melchrethre" to St Andrew’s priory[231]. It is not known whether the father of Gillanders was the same Alwyn who is named above.]
• (b) daughter . Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by a Celtic poem which is addressed to "O Leamhan Alun oge, the son of Muireadhach…descendant of "Lughaidh of Liathmhuine" and "the Mormaer of Leamhan…son of Ailin’s daughter"[232]. married MURDOCH, son of ---.