Individual Details
Sir Robert Scott
( - 7 Dec 1389)
Born about 1346. Robert died before 7 December 1389; he was 43.
Robert Scott of Murthockstone and Rankilburn.
"...carried on the family,..."
"...died before 7th December 1389 as appears from crown charter of that date to his son Walter."
Succeeded by his son, Sir Walter Scott of Rankilburn and Murthockston.
Sir Walter Scott — Third of Rankilburn, also of Kirkurd — succeeded his father, Sir Michael, in 1346.
Robert Scott is, in Mr. Fraser's tree, styled Sir Michael's son, but there is no proof whatever of the connection. He is first of the family of whom there is charter evidence, his name occurring in a deed whereby King Robert II conveyed and confirmed to Walter Scott, son of the deceased Robert, the superiority of Kirkurd (Kirk-Eward) in Peeblesshire.
The deed does not say that Robert the father had possessed Kirkurd, but he may have been the representative of a family which had long held lands in the same county. About 1240, an Adam le Scot is mentioned in connection with the lands of Ingliston, near Kirkurd; and in 1296, a Walter le Scot swore fealty to King Edward I for lands in the shire of Peebles. There were thus two families of Scott, one holding lands in Peeblesshire and another at the same time holding lands in Lanarkshire, both of which lands are later found in possession of one family of the name.
By way of accounting for their amalgamation, Mr. Fraser suggests that Walter le Scot in Peeblesshire and Richard in Murthoston were brothers; and that Walter's line having failed, his property fell to this Robert, third of Murthoston. Should not the suggestion be the other way?
The non-recurrence of Richard or of Michael's name in the Buccleuch pedigree suggests rather the disappearance of the Murthoston branch; and as strongly does the constant repetition of Walter and Adam confirm the survival of the Peeblesshire family. In absence of documentary proof, it is instructive to find this view supported by tradition. Captain Scott of Satchels, no infallible authority indeed, but none the less a faithful mirror of the common belief, says in his doggerel history of the Clan Scott, written in 1686:
The barony of Eward was Buckleugh's share....
It was called Scotstoun Hall when Buccleuch in it did dwell....
When Buckcleugh at Scots-hall kept his house.
Then Peebles church was his burial-place,
In the Cross-Kirk there has buried been
Of the Lairds of Buckcleugh either six or seven;
There can none say but it's two hundred year,
Since any of them was buried there.
Two hundred years back from 1685 is near enough to 1491, when David Scott, dying at Rankilburn, left instructions in his will that he should be buried in Peebles. If Satchels is as trustworthy about the five or six lairds previously buried there as he evidently is concerning the date of the last interment, the Buccleuch family must be traced to the Peebles Scott, Water, rather than to Lanarkshire Richard.
This would bring the connection with Selkirkshire a generation or two later, but would detract nothing from the antiquity of the family, Walter and Richard having been contemporaries. Before leaving Robert Scott it is proper to remark that but for the casual mention of his name in the charter above mentioned, he would never have been heard of.
Child of Robert Scott Sir:
13 Walter, 12, M (-1402)
Robert Scott of Murthockstone and Rankilburn.
"...carried on the family,..."
"...died before 7th December 1389 as appears from crown charter of that date to his son Walter."
Succeeded by his son, Sir Walter Scott of Rankilburn and Murthockston.
Sir Walter Scott — Third of Rankilburn, also of Kirkurd — succeeded his father, Sir Michael, in 1346.
Robert Scott is, in Mr. Fraser's tree, styled Sir Michael's son, but there is no proof whatever of the connection. He is first of the family of whom there is charter evidence, his name occurring in a deed whereby King Robert II conveyed and confirmed to Walter Scott, son of the deceased Robert, the superiority of Kirkurd (Kirk-Eward) in Peeblesshire.
The deed does not say that Robert the father had possessed Kirkurd, but he may have been the representative of a family which had long held lands in the same county. About 1240, an Adam le Scot is mentioned in connection with the lands of Ingliston, near Kirkurd; and in 1296, a Walter le Scot swore fealty to King Edward I for lands in the shire of Peebles. There were thus two families of Scott, one holding lands in Peeblesshire and another at the same time holding lands in Lanarkshire, both of which lands are later found in possession of one family of the name.
By way of accounting for their amalgamation, Mr. Fraser suggests that Walter le Scot in Peeblesshire and Richard in Murthoston were brothers; and that Walter's line having failed, his property fell to this Robert, third of Murthoston. Should not the suggestion be the other way?
The non-recurrence of Richard or of Michael's name in the Buccleuch pedigree suggests rather the disappearance of the Murthoston branch; and as strongly does the constant repetition of Walter and Adam confirm the survival of the Peeblesshire family. In absence of documentary proof, it is instructive to find this view supported by tradition. Captain Scott of Satchels, no infallible authority indeed, but none the less a faithful mirror of the common belief, says in his doggerel history of the Clan Scott, written in 1686:
The barony of Eward was Buckleugh's share....
It was called Scotstoun Hall when Buccleuch in it did dwell....
When Buckcleugh at Scots-hall kept his house.
Then Peebles church was his burial-place,
In the Cross-Kirk there has buried been
Of the Lairds of Buckcleugh either six or seven;
There can none say but it's two hundred year,
Since any of them was buried there.
Two hundred years back from 1685 is near enough to 1491, when David Scott, dying at Rankilburn, left instructions in his will that he should be buried in Peebles. If Satchels is as trustworthy about the five or six lairds previously buried there as he evidently is concerning the date of the last interment, the Buccleuch family must be traced to the Peebles Scott, Water, rather than to Lanarkshire Richard.
This would bring the connection with Selkirkshire a generation or two later, but would detract nothing from the antiquity of the family, Walter and Richard having been contemporaries. Before leaving Robert Scott it is proper to remark that but for the casual mention of his name in the charter above mentioned, he would never have been heard of.
Child of Robert Scott Sir:
13 Walter, 12, M (-1402)
Events
| Death | 7 Dec 1389 |
Families
| Child | Walter Scott (1368 - 1402) |
| Father | Sir Richard Scott (1265 - 1320) |
| Mother | Inglis Of Murthockstone ( - ) |
| Sibling | Sir Michael Scott (1320 - 1346) |