Individual Details
John "9th Earl of Huntingdon and 7th Earl of Chester" Huntingdon
(1207 - 6 Jun 1237)
[[Category:Earls of Chester]]
==Biography==
John 'le Scot' de Huntington (c.1207 - 06 Jun 1237). John of Scotland (or John de Scotia), 9th Earl of Huntingdon and 7th Earl of Chester (c. 1207 – 6 June 1237), sometimes known as "the Scot", was an Anglo-Scottish magnate, the son of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon by his wife Matilda of Chester, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc. John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, Wikipedia. [[Wikipedia: John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Scotland,_Earl_of_Huntingdon]
===1207 Birth===
John "the Scot" was born about 1207. Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.3. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#JohnScotdied1237 fmg.ac].
===Parentage===
Parents: David of Scotland and Maud de Meschines
The Annales Londonienses name "Johannem" as the son of "comiti David" & his wife[506].
John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) names "Robertum…et Henricum necnon Johannem Scotum ab Anglis vocitatum" as the three sons of "David, rex quondam Willelmus frater" and his wife "Matildem filiam Hugonis…comitis quondam de Cestria", adding that John succeeded his father and also succeeded "Ranulpho…ad comitatum Cestriæ"[507].
===Titles===
* Earl of Huntingdon (1185 inh - 2nd)
* Earl of Chester (1232 cr - 1st)
===1219 Earl of Huntingdon===
He succeeded his father in 1219 as Earl of Huntingdon and Garioch. "Johannes de Scocia comes Huntedun" donated "terram…de Lundors" to Lindores Abbey by undated charter, subscribed by "Henrico de Striuelin fratre meo…"[508].
John became Earl of Huntingdon in 1219 on the death of his father.
===1222 Marriage to Helen of Wales===
John married Elen ferch Llywelyn, daughter of Llywelyn the Great, in about 1222.
m. c. 1222 Elen ferch Llywelyn "the Elder"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elen_ferch_Llywelyn_(the_Elder)]
m ([1222]) as her first wife, HELEN of Wales, daughter of LLYWELYN ap Iorwerth Fawr ("the Great") Prince of Wales & his second wife Joan [illegitimate daughter of John King of England] (-1253 before 24 Oct).
The Annales Cestrienses record in 1222 that “Johannes filius comitis David” married “filiam Lewelini” in accordance with the agreement between him and “comitem Cestrie”[514].
===1232 Earl of Chester===
He was created Earl of Chester 21 Nov 1232, in succession to his maternal uncle: the Annales Cestrienses record the death “VII Kal Nov apud Walingford” of “Rannulphus comes Cestrie et Lincoln” and that “Johannes de Scocia” was made “comes Cestrie...XI Kal Dec...apud Northampton”[509].
On the death of John's maternal uncle, Ranulph de Blondeville, Earl of Chester, on 26 October 1232, the Earldom of Chester was inherited by John's mother Matilda (Maud) of Chester (Ranulph's eldest sister).
Less than a month later with the consent of the King, she gave an inter vivos gift of the earldom to her son John who became Earl of Chester by right of his mother.[1]
He was formally invested by King Henry III as Earl of Chester[2] on 21 November 1232.[3] He became Earl of Chester in his own right six weeks later on the death of his mother in January 1233.
===1237 Death and Burial===
He died in Darnhall, Cheshire [5/7] Jun 1237 and was buried in Chester at the Abbey of St Werburg[505]).
bur. St Werburg, Chester, CHS
The Annales Cestrienses record the death “apud Darnal VII Id Jun” 1237 of “Johannes de Scocia comes Cestrie et Huntendon” and his burial “apud Cestriam”[510].
Matthew Paris records that it was suspected that his wife "filia Leolini" poisoned John “the Scot”[511].
The Annales Cambriæ record the death in 1237 of "Johannes comes Cestriæ gener suus [dominæ Johannæ filiæ regis Angliæ et uxor Lewilini principis Walliæ]"[512]. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the death “V Id Jan” in 1237 of “Johannes de Scotia comes Cestriæ”[513].
===1237 Widows marriage to Robert de Quincy===
The Annals of Dunstable record that “Johannes comes Cestriæ” died in 1237 and “eius uxor…filia Lewelini” married “Roberto [de Quinci]” against her father’s wishes[515].
She married secondly (1237 before 5 Dec) Robert de Quincy. A writ after the death of "Eleanor, sometime the wife of John Earl of Chester", dated "the eve of St Martin 38 Hen III", records the "partition of her lands between Si J. de Bayllol, Robert de Brus, and Henry de Hasting, the heirs of the said earl"[516].
==Issue==
John died childless on 6 June 1237, aged 30.
He too, like his uncle Ranulph before him, left four sisters as his co-heirs. They agreed to share the estates between them, and to make the husband of the eldest sister Christian, William de Forz, Earl of Chester and Huntingdon by right of his wife.
However Henry III decided that the earldoms should be annexed to the crown "lest so fair a dominion should be divided among women".[3] In 1246, Henry bought the honour (estate) of Chester from John's four sisters. The earldom of Chester was recreated for Simon de Montfort in 1264, and the earldom of Huntingdon was recreated in 1337 for William de Clinton.
==Sources==
*'''"Royal Ancestry" Douglas Richardson 2013 Vol. V. p. 302'''
==Biography==
John 'le Scot' de Huntington (c.1207 - 06 Jun 1237). John of Scotland (or John de Scotia), 9th Earl of Huntingdon and 7th Earl of Chester (c. 1207 – 6 June 1237), sometimes known as "the Scot", was an Anglo-Scottish magnate, the son of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon by his wife Matilda of Chester, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc. John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, Wikipedia. [[Wikipedia: John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Scotland,_Earl_of_Huntingdon]
===1207 Birth===
John "the Scot" was born about 1207. Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.3. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#JohnScotdied1237 fmg.ac].
===Parentage===
Parents: David of Scotland and Maud de Meschines
The Annales Londonienses name "Johannem" as the son of "comiti David" & his wife[506].
John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) names "Robertum…et Henricum necnon Johannem Scotum ab Anglis vocitatum" as the three sons of "David, rex quondam Willelmus frater" and his wife "Matildem filiam Hugonis…comitis quondam de Cestria", adding that John succeeded his father and also succeeded "Ranulpho…ad comitatum Cestriæ"[507].
===Titles===
* Earl of Huntingdon (1185 inh - 2nd)
* Earl of Chester (1232 cr - 1st)
===1219 Earl of Huntingdon===
He succeeded his father in 1219 as Earl of Huntingdon and Garioch. "Johannes de Scocia comes Huntedun" donated "terram…de Lundors" to Lindores Abbey by undated charter, subscribed by "Henrico de Striuelin fratre meo…"[508].
John became Earl of Huntingdon in 1219 on the death of his father.
===1222 Marriage to Helen of Wales===
John married Elen ferch Llywelyn, daughter of Llywelyn the Great, in about 1222.
m. c. 1222 Elen ferch Llywelyn "the Elder"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elen_ferch_Llywelyn_(the_Elder)]
m ([1222]) as her first wife, HELEN of Wales, daughter of LLYWELYN ap Iorwerth Fawr ("the Great") Prince of Wales & his second wife Joan [illegitimate daughter of John King of England] (-1253 before 24 Oct).
The Annales Cestrienses record in 1222 that “Johannes filius comitis David” married “filiam Lewelini” in accordance with the agreement between him and “comitem Cestrie”[514].
===1232 Earl of Chester===
He was created Earl of Chester 21 Nov 1232, in succession to his maternal uncle: the Annales Cestrienses record the death “VII Kal Nov apud Walingford” of “Rannulphus comes Cestrie et Lincoln” and that “Johannes de Scocia” was made “comes Cestrie...XI Kal Dec...apud Northampton”[509].
On the death of John's maternal uncle, Ranulph de Blondeville, Earl of Chester, on 26 October 1232, the Earldom of Chester was inherited by John's mother Matilda (Maud) of Chester (Ranulph's eldest sister).
Less than a month later with the consent of the King, she gave an inter vivos gift of the earldom to her son John who became Earl of Chester by right of his mother.[1]
He was formally invested by King Henry III as Earl of Chester[2] on 21 November 1232.[3] He became Earl of Chester in his own right six weeks later on the death of his mother in January 1233.
===1237 Death and Burial===
He died in Darnhall, Cheshire [5/7] Jun 1237 and was buried in Chester at the Abbey of St Werburg[505]).
bur. St Werburg, Chester, CHS
The Annales Cestrienses record the death “apud Darnal VII Id Jun” 1237 of “Johannes de Scocia comes Cestrie et Huntendon” and his burial “apud Cestriam”[510].
Matthew Paris records that it was suspected that his wife "filia Leolini" poisoned John “the Scot”[511].
The Annales Cambriæ record the death in 1237 of "Johannes comes Cestriæ gener suus [dominæ Johannæ filiæ regis Angliæ et uxor Lewilini principis Walliæ]"[512]. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the death “V Id Jan” in 1237 of “Johannes de Scotia comes Cestriæ”[513].
===1237 Widows marriage to Robert de Quincy===
The Annals of Dunstable record that “Johannes comes Cestriæ” died in 1237 and “eius uxor…filia Lewelini” married “Roberto [de Quinci]” against her father’s wishes[515].
She married secondly (1237 before 5 Dec) Robert de Quincy. A writ after the death of "Eleanor, sometime the wife of John Earl of Chester", dated "the eve of St Martin 38 Hen III", records the "partition of her lands between Si J. de Bayllol, Robert de Brus, and Henry de Hasting, the heirs of the said earl"[516].
==Issue==
John died childless on 6 June 1237, aged 30.
He too, like his uncle Ranulph before him, left four sisters as his co-heirs. They agreed to share the estates between them, and to make the husband of the eldest sister Christian, William de Forz, Earl of Chester and Huntingdon by right of his wife.
However Henry III decided that the earldoms should be annexed to the crown "lest so fair a dominion should be divided among women".[3] In 1246, Henry bought the honour (estate) of Chester from John's four sisters. The earldom of Chester was recreated for Simon de Montfort in 1264, and the earldom of Huntingdon was recreated in 1337 for William de Clinton.
==Sources==
*'''"Royal Ancestry" Douglas Richardson 2013 Vol. V. p. 302'''
Events
| Birth | 1207 | Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 1222 | Ellen "the Elder; Ellen of Wales" ferch Llewelyn | |||
| Death | 6 Jun 1237 | Darnhall, Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND | |||
| Reference No | 986090 | ||||
| Reference No | 1007264 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Ellen "the Elder; Ellen of Wales" ferch Llewelyn (1208 - 1253) |
| Father | David "8th Earl of Huntingdon" Huntingdon (1152 - 1219) |
| Mother | Countess Matilda Chester (1171 - 1233) |
| Sibling | Isabelle Huntingdon (1199 - 1252) |
| Sibling | Henry Dunkeld ( - 1218) |
| Sibling | Helen de Lisle Dunkeld (1174 - ) |
| Sibling | Robert Dunkeld (1191 - 1218) |
| Sibling | David Huntingdon (1193 - 1195) |
| Sibling | Margaret Huntingdon (1194 - 1233) |
| Sibling | Unknown Huntington (1199 - 1252) |
| Sibling | Ada "Ada of Huntingdon" Huntingdon (1200 - 1242) |
| Sibling | Matilda "Maud" Huntingdon (1203 - 1237) |