Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith

Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith1

• M, #107929, d. 1420
• Last Edited=2 Apr 2013

Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith was the son of Sir John Douglas of Lothian and Agnes (?).2 He died in 1420. He lived at Dalkeith, Scotland.4

Family

Married

1. Lady Agnes Dunbar, daughter of Patrick de Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar and Ermengarde (?).1
2. by contract to Egidia Stewart, daughter of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland and Isabella Graham, in October 1378.3

Children of Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith and Lady Agnes Dunbar

1. Janet Douglas+
2. Sir James Douglas, 1st Lord of Dalkeith+2 d. bt Feb 1440 - 22 May 1441
3. Margaret Douglas+4
4. William Douglas2
5. Agnes Douglas+2 d. c 1422

He has also been seen to have these children by an unknown partner

Children 

1. Margaret Douglas
2. John Douglas, of Aberdour
3. James Douglas, of Aberdour, b. Abt 1390

Notes

1 - In 1373, James de Douglas was granted lands in Peebles by King Robert II (1370-1390) "for his support of a chaplain in the chapel Dalkeith" and the grant was subsequently confirmed by Robert II at Irvine on 25 October 1377.
In 1384, a charter was granted to James de Douglas by King Robert III(1390-1406) "to endow a chaplaincy in the Chapel of St Nicholas, in the town of Dalkeith" and in 1406, having obtained the consent of Bishop Wardlaw of St Andrews, within whose diocese Dalkeith lay, the Chapel was raised to the status of a Collegiate Church, with five prebendaries or priests, presided over by a provost or Head. 2 - On 21st November 1372 (SP, III, 261;SP, VI, 346), charter of confirmation under the Great Seal by Robert II dated 6th December 1372 (RMS, I, 521), George Dunbar, 10th Earl of Dunbar (d. after 8th September 1422), granted terras nostras de Mordyntona (the lands of Mordington to be held of the Earl, who retained the barony) to Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith (d. 1420), on the occasion of Sir James's marriage to Agnes, the Earl's sister.

Note that Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith was granted the barony of Dalkeith on 5th January 1368-9.

References

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p10793.htm#i107929
• http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history//jamesofdalkeith.htm
• http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...
• https://patrickspeople.scot/our%20family/10583.htm
  • 1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 6 (1909).
  • 2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 3 (1906).
  • 3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).
  • 4 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907)
• http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Douglas-410
• http://thepeerage.com/p10793.htm#i107929
  • 1. BP2003 volume 1, page 1207. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  • 2. BP2003. [S37]
  • 3. Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 15. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.
  • 4. BP1999 volume 1, page 99. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
• General Hon. Sir Augustus Almeric Spencer1