Sir David Hay of Lochorwart & Yester

• Sir David Hay, Sheriff of Peebles, 1st Lord Yester1,2
• M, #31418, d. between 3 April 1478 and 2 September 1478
• Father Sir William Hay d. b Aug 1421
• Mother Alicia Hay
• Sir David Hay, Sheriff of Peebles, 1st Lord Yester was born at of Yester and Locherworth, Scotland. He married Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus and Mary Stewart, after 1448.3,2 Sir David Hay, Sheriff of Peebles, 1st Lord Yester died between 3 April 1478 and 2 September 1478.
• Family Elizabeth Douglas
• Child
  • John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester+ b. c 1450, d. Sep 1508
• Citations
• 1.[S9678] Unknown author, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, by F. L. Weis, 4th Ed., p. 44.
• 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 576.
• 3.[S147] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 1938 ed., by Sir Bernard Burke, p., 2455.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1046.htm#... _______________________

Of Locherworth and Yester.

In 1452 Acquired a further half in addition to the quarter share he already possessed.

Sir David Hay had by his wife two sons and a daughter. JOHN, the eldest son, was created a peer by solemn investiture in Parliament, by the title of LORD HAY OF YE5TER, 29th January, 1487-8.

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From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Sir David Hay of Lochorwart and Yester:

http://thepeerage.com/p10823.htm#i108223

Sir David Hay of Lochorwart and Yester [1]

• M, #108223,
• d. before 2 September 1478
• Last Edited=8 May 2011

Sir David Hay of Lochorwart and Yester married Lady Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus and Lady Mary Stewart, after 1423.[2]

He died before 2 September 1478.[4]

He was the son of Sir William Hay of Lochorwart and Yester and Alice de la Haye.[2],[3]

He lived at Yester, Haddington, Scotland.[1]

In 1452 he acquired a further half share of Yester in addition to his quarter share.[4]

Child of Sir David Hay of Lochorwart and Yester and Lady Elizabeth Douglas

• 1. John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester+[4] d. bt Sep 1508 - 23 Oct 1508

Citations

• 1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 228. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
• 2. [S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 1281. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
• 3. [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 26. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
• 4. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3960. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. ________________________________
• Calendar of writs preserved at Yester House (1916)
• https://archive.org/details/calendarofwritsp74harv
• https://archive.org/stream/calendarofwritsp74harv#page/66/mode/1up
• 140A. 17th December 1468. A contract of mariage betuix Jon hay sone to david Lord of Zester and elizabeth cunninghame dochtir to geo. cunninghame of beltune of the daitt the 17 day of december 1468. No. 15, 1619 Belton Inventory. (H.)
• 140B. 18th Decr. 1468. Ane band (of) Interdictioun quhair Sir Wa. Cunninghame of beltune Knyt and geo. cunninghame his sone band thameselffis to the said Jon hay that they sould not analie nor dispone any of thair Landis without his consent of the daitt the 18 of decembr. 1468. No. 16, 1619 Belton Inventory (H.)
• 141. 18th Dec. 1468. Obligation, in vernacular, by Sir Wm. of Cunyngame of Beltoun, knt., and Geo. of Cunyngame, his son and apparent heir, to pay 1000 marks to John the Hay, son and apparent heir of Sir David the Hay of Zestir, knt., "becaus of maryage to be made betuix the said Johne the hay and Elisabeth of Cunyngame the dochtir of me the said george gif it happynis that God providis me the said george til haf ony ayris male lachfully gottyn of my body," to be paid in instalments upon the High Altar of the College Kirk of the Bothanis, the first £50 on Whitsunday or Martinmas in Winter "eftir that it be notourly knawyne that I the said george haf ony heirs male etc." : Haddington, 18 Dec. 1468 : no witnesses. (H.)
  • Seal of Sir Wm. is appended in good condition. That of Geo. C. is gone.
• 142. 18th Dec. 1468. Obligation, in vernacular, by John the Hay, son and apparent heir of Sir David the Hay of Zestir, knt., to Sir Wm. of Cunyngame of Beltoun, knt., and Geo. of Cunyngame his son and apparent heir, "in the soume of a thousand markis of usuale mone of Scotland becaus of maryage to be made betuix me the said Johne the hay and Elisabeth of Cunyngame the dochtir of the said george of cunyngame gif that god providis that the said Elisabeth the dochtir of the said george beis ayr to the saidis schir William or george of all the landis belangyng to the saidis William or george excepand the landis that war talzeit of ald tyme," to be paid in instalments on the Altar of the Chapel of Beltoun, the first £50 on Whitsunday or Martinmas in winter "eftir that it be notorly knawyne that the said Elisabeth is ful ayr to the saidis Schir William or george." Haddington, 18 Dec. 1468 : no witnesses. (H.)
  • Seal of John Hay appended in fair condition.
• https://archive.org/stream/calendarofwritsp74harv#page/67/mode/1up
• 145. 3rd August 1469. Papal Dispensation direct by Phillip Bishop of Albano to the Bishop of Glasgow or his vicars for the marriage of John Hay laic and Elizabeth de Cunyngham being in the fourth degree of consanguinity. Dated at St. Peter's Rome 3rd August in the fifth year of the pontificate of Pope Paul II. (1469). (M.)
  • The official seal of the Penitentiary is appended.
• https://archive.org/stream/calendarofwritsp74harv#page/73/mode/1up
• 171. 19th Janry. 1472/3. Charter by George de Cunyngame, lord of Beltoun and the lands of the Snaide, to John Hay son and heir of Sir David Hay of Zestir knt. because of marriage contracted between said John and Elisabeth de C. the granter's daughter, of 18 marks worth of land in the Snaide, namely £3 land in the Lagane, £1 land in the Brakanesyde, £2 land in Achyn-patrik, £2 land in Strach, and £4 land in Makulstoun and Balleqwharne, lying in the shire of Dumfries : To be held in fee and heritage of the granter and his heirs ; Paying yearly a silver penny at Pentecost if asked ; and Reserving liferent to the said George : Haddington, 19 Jan. 1472 : Witnesses, Sir John Cokburne, vicar of Abyrcorne, Wm. Hay of Mynzane, Rob. Grenlaw, burgess of Haddington, Philip Cunyngame, Andrew Geddes, and Alex. Clerk N.P. (H.)
  • Seal of G. C. appended, in fair condition.
• 172. 14th Feb. 1472. Testimonial of Sasine given personally by George of Cunyngame of Beltoun, following upon No. 171 : Dated 14th February 1472. Witnesses, Gawane of Dunbar, William the Hay of Mynzane, Robert the Hay, Philp of Cunyngame, Gilbert Greifsoun, Alexander Greifsoun, Michel of Wemys, John of Cotis, George Wolf, John of Wod. (M. and H.)
  • Seal of granter in fair condition.
• https://archive.org/stream/calendarofwritsp74harv#page/76/mode/1up
• 186. 6 Oct. 1478, Retour of Inquest held in Tolbooth of Edinburgh, 6 Oct. 1478, before John Hadene of Glenegass by the following jurors, Archd. Dundas of that Ilk knt., John Newtoune of that Ilk, Alex. Hammiltoune of Bathkate, John Stewart of Cragyhall, Geo. Cunyngham of Beltoune, Archd. Douglas, Alex. Stratoune of Lowranstoune, John Crechtoune of Burnestoune, John Lowranstoune of that Ilk, Alexr. Damephoy (sic) of that Ilk, John Ramsay of Cullathy, Alex. Stetoun (sic) of Parbroith, and Richard Congiltoun of that Ilk, finding John Hay heir of his father Sir David Hay of Zestir knt. in the barony of Lochorwart, the half of the baronies of Zestir and Duncanlaw,
• https://archive.org/stream/calendarofwritsp74harv#page/77/mode/1up
• the two parts of the barony of Morhame, half of the lands of Moskowe, lands of Ugstoun, and a quarter of the lands of Blanis all lying in the shire of Edinburgh; that Lochorworth is worth ; £20 per an., Zestir £20 : 10s., Duncanlaw 14 marks and 40d., Morhame 20 marks, Moskowe 20s., Ugstoun 10 marks, and Blanis 10s. ; and that the baronies of Lochorwart, Duncanlaw, and Morhame are held in chief of the King by Ward and Relief and common suits, Ugstoun in blanchefirme of the King for three broad arrows to be given him when hunting on Glademure, Blanis for a similar Reddendo of two broad arrows, in whose hands they have been since the death of Sir David about two months before, and Moskowe of the baron of Bolton for service as in No. 99. (H.)
  • Parchment torn and seals all gone.
• 187. 14th Oct. 1478. Retour of Inquest made at Lanark before Pat. de Cleland, sheriff depute of James Lord Hamilton sheriff of Lanark, 14 Oct. 1478 by the following jurors, John de Carmichel of that Ilk, John Grahame of Vesthale, Walter Scot of Vester Nynflar, John Bourhil of that Ilk, Adam Wer, Thos. Haste, Wm. Synkcler, Henry Grahame, Rob. Wer, Roger Brown, John Pomfret, Wm. Dekesoun, Martin Bayrd, Thos. Wer, Wm. Dekesoun and Pat. Gyrmar, finding John Hay heir of his father David Hay of Zester knt., who died about 2 months before, in the 6th part of Thankartoun and the mill thereof, worth £6 per an., held of the King for payment of one penny at the Feast of S. John Baptist in name of blanch firme ; the 6th part of Nethertoun of Strathaven and one eighth of the mill, worth £3 : 10. sh. per an. ; and an annual rent of 5sh. from Glengevil in the barony of Strathaven, held of the King by ward and relief. (H.)
  • Seals of Walter Scot and John Grahame still appended, in bad condition. ____________________________