Individual Details
Gualterus Crawford
(1150 - 1189)
== Biography ==
CRAWFORD, CRAUFURD, or CRAUFORD, a surname derived from the barony of Crawford in Lanarkshire, of which the origin is unknown.
The family of Crawford is of undoubted Norman origin. The site of the ruins of Crawford castle is still called Norman Gill, and the early names of this family are all pure Norman. The account of their descent from an Anglo-Danish chief, as given by George Crawfurd, and adopted by Robertson in his Ayrshire Families, is altogether erroneous. Burke, [History of the Commoners, vols. ii. and iii.,] conjectures that they are descended from that old and distinguished race, the earlier earls of Richmond, with whose armorial bearings theirs nearly correspond, being Gules, a fesse ermine in the former, and a bend on the latter. According to his hypothesis, Reginald, youngest son of Alan, fourth earl of Richmond, who died in 1146, and great grandson of Galfridus, duke of Brittany, who died in 1008, obtained large grants of land from King David the First in Clydesdale, being one of the thousand Norman knights whom he established in his dominions. These grants may have originated in his (Reginald’s) connection with the royal family of Scotland, as his brother Conan le Petit, fifth earl of Richmond, married a grand-daughter of David, namely, Margaret, daughter of Prince Henry, and sister of King William. In connection with this relationship and settlement of Reginald in Scotland, Theobaldus the Fleming, the reputed ancestor of the Douglases, who held lands in Yorkshire under the earls of Richmond, appears to have followed his fortunes into that kingdom, as also Baldwin of Biggar, formerly of Multon in Yorkshire, under that family, who afterwards married the widow of Reginald. He is presumed to be the party who assumed the surname of Crawford, according to the practice of that age, from his barony of Crawford in Clydesdale. He is alluded to, in a charter of William de Lindsey, afterward confirmed by King William, early in that prince’s reign, wherein mention is made of Johannis de Craufurd, filius Reginaldi. In 1127 there were two brothers of this name, knights, sons must probably of this Reginald, namely, Sir John Crawford and Sir Gregan Crawford, both in the service of King David the First. On the foundation of the abbey of Holyrood by that monarch, Sir Gregan’s arms were placed therein, as he was instrumental in saving his majesty’s life from a stag that had unhorsed him whilst hunting on that spot on Holyrood day, in 1127. [Nisbet’s System of Heraldry, vol. i. p. 334.] The old stones on which his arms were emblazoned, taken from the ruins of Holyrood Abbey, were built over the lintels of the Canongate church porch; this church having been a dependency of the Abbey. He carried in his armorial bearings, argent, a stag’s head erazed, with a cross crosslet, between his attires, gules, laying aside his paternal bearing; gules, a fesse ermine, carried by some branches of the Crawfords. On the abbey of Holyrood are the arms of Archibald Crawford, treasurer to James IV., and brother of Crawford of Henning, as shown in the subjoined cut, viz., a fesse ermine with a star in chief, and the shield adorned on the top with a mitre. Sir Gregan had a grant of lands from King David in Galloway, called after him, Dalmagregan. This appellation is most probably a corruption of “De la Mag Gregan,” and implies “the lands of the chief Gregan,” and is an instance of the adoption of the prefix Mac in connection with the Romanesque Dal, as well as in reference to a Norman knight.
Contemporary with the above Galfridus de Crawford was Gualterus de Crawford, witness to a charter of Roger, bishop of St. Andrews, sometime between 1189 and 1202. From him came Sir Reginald de Crawford, who, about 1200, married Margaret de Loudoun, the heiress of the extensive barony of Loudoun in Ayrshire. He was the first vice-comes or high sheriff of the county of Ayr, an office hereditary in his family. In consequence of this marriage he quartered the arms of Loudoun with his own. He witnessed a donation of David de Lindsay to the monastery of Newbottle, confirmed by Alexander the Second in 1220. It was under this Sir Reginald, as hereditary sheriff principal of Ayrshire, that the three bailiwicks of Carrick, Kyle, and Cunningham were first formed into a county, in 1221. [See Chalmers’ Caledonia, vol. iii. p. 452.]
His son, Hugh Crawford of Loudoun, sheriff of yr, in a charter of Walter, son of Alan, high steward of Scotland, of a donation to the monastery of Paisley, of the lands of Dalmullin (De la Mouline) in 1226, is designed Hugo, filius Reginaldi. By a grant of Allan, son of Roland of Galloway, he had, pro homagio et servitio suo, the lands of Monoch, which is ratified by a charter of King Alexander the Second at Cadihou (Cadzow) the last day of March, 1226. He had another charter from the great constable his superior, de tota terra de Crosby, afterwards enjoyed by his descendants the Crawfords of Auchinames. He was one of the magnates et barones Scotiae, who put themselves into the protection of the king of England, in the commotions that happened in 1255. He died in the end of the reign of Alexander the Second. His son Sir Hugh Crawford, sheriff of Ayr, had a letter of safe-conduct to go to England in the year last mentioned. He settled a contest with the abbot of Kelso, cum consensu Alicie spousae suae. He had two sons and a daughter; the latter, Margaret, married Sir Malcolm Wallace, of Elderslie, knight, and became the mother of Sir William Wallace, the hero of Scotland. As old Wintoun says:
“His father was a manly knight, His mother was a lady bright.”The Scottish Nation Crawford [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/crawford.htm]
=== Name ===
:: Gualterus Crawford-381
=== Birth ===
:: Date: 1150
:: Place: Clydesdale,Lanarkshire,Scotland
=== Death ===
:: Date: 1189
:: Place: , Renfrewshire, , Scotland
: Husband:
: Wife:
: Child:
: Child:
: Child:
: Child:
:: Source: [[#S219]]
::: Page: Database online.
::: Data:
:::: Text: Record for John De Crawford
== Sources ==
CRAWFORD, CRAUFURD, or CRAUFORD, a surname derived from the barony of Crawford in Lanarkshire, of which the origin is unknown.
The family of Crawford is of undoubted Norman origin. The site of the ruins of Crawford castle is still called Norman Gill, and the early names of this family are all pure Norman. The account of their descent from an Anglo-Danish chief, as given by George Crawfurd, and adopted by Robertson in his Ayrshire Families, is altogether erroneous. Burke, [History of the Commoners, vols. ii. and iii.,] conjectures that they are descended from that old and distinguished race, the earlier earls of Richmond, with whose armorial bearings theirs nearly correspond, being Gules, a fesse ermine in the former, and a bend on the latter. According to his hypothesis, Reginald, youngest son of Alan, fourth earl of Richmond, who died in 1146, and great grandson of Galfridus, duke of Brittany, who died in 1008, obtained large grants of land from King David the First in Clydesdale, being one of the thousand Norman knights whom he established in his dominions. These grants may have originated in his (Reginald’s) connection with the royal family of Scotland, as his brother Conan le Petit, fifth earl of Richmond, married a grand-daughter of David, namely, Margaret, daughter of Prince Henry, and sister of King William. In connection with this relationship and settlement of Reginald in Scotland, Theobaldus the Fleming, the reputed ancestor of the Douglases, who held lands in Yorkshire under the earls of Richmond, appears to have followed his fortunes into that kingdom, as also Baldwin of Biggar, formerly of Multon in Yorkshire, under that family, who afterwards married the widow of Reginald. He is presumed to be the party who assumed the surname of Crawford, according to the practice of that age, from his barony of Crawford in Clydesdale. He is alluded to, in a charter of William de Lindsey, afterward confirmed by King William, early in that prince’s reign, wherein mention is made of Johannis de Craufurd, filius Reginaldi. In 1127 there were two brothers of this name, knights, sons must probably of this Reginald, namely, Sir John Crawford and Sir Gregan Crawford, both in the service of King David the First. On the foundation of the abbey of Holyrood by that monarch, Sir Gregan’s arms were placed therein, as he was instrumental in saving his majesty’s life from a stag that had unhorsed him whilst hunting on that spot on Holyrood day, in 1127. [Nisbet’s System of Heraldry, vol. i. p. 334.] The old stones on which his arms were emblazoned, taken from the ruins of Holyrood Abbey, were built over the lintels of the Canongate church porch; this church having been a dependency of the Abbey. He carried in his armorial bearings, argent, a stag’s head erazed, with a cross crosslet, between his attires, gules, laying aside his paternal bearing; gules, a fesse ermine, carried by some branches of the Crawfords. On the abbey of Holyrood are the arms of Archibald Crawford, treasurer to James IV., and brother of Crawford of Henning, as shown in the subjoined cut, viz., a fesse ermine with a star in chief, and the shield adorned on the top with a mitre. Sir Gregan had a grant of lands from King David in Galloway, called after him, Dalmagregan. This appellation is most probably a corruption of “De la Mag Gregan,” and implies “the lands of the chief Gregan,” and is an instance of the adoption of the prefix Mac in connection with the Romanesque Dal, as well as in reference to a Norman knight.
Contemporary with the above Galfridus de Crawford was Gualterus de Crawford, witness to a charter of Roger, bishop of St. Andrews, sometime between 1189 and 1202. From him came Sir Reginald de Crawford, who, about 1200, married Margaret de Loudoun, the heiress of the extensive barony of Loudoun in Ayrshire. He was the first vice-comes or high sheriff of the county of Ayr, an office hereditary in his family. In consequence of this marriage he quartered the arms of Loudoun with his own. He witnessed a donation of David de Lindsay to the monastery of Newbottle, confirmed by Alexander the Second in 1220. It was under this Sir Reginald, as hereditary sheriff principal of Ayrshire, that the three bailiwicks of Carrick, Kyle, and Cunningham were first formed into a county, in 1221. [See Chalmers’ Caledonia, vol. iii. p. 452.]
His son, Hugh Crawford of Loudoun, sheriff of yr, in a charter of Walter, son of Alan, high steward of Scotland, of a donation to the monastery of Paisley, of the lands of Dalmullin (De la Mouline) in 1226, is designed Hugo, filius Reginaldi. By a grant of Allan, son of Roland of Galloway, he had, pro homagio et servitio suo, the lands of Monoch, which is ratified by a charter of King Alexander the Second at Cadihou (Cadzow) the last day of March, 1226. He had another charter from the great constable his superior, de tota terra de Crosby, afterwards enjoyed by his descendants the Crawfords of Auchinames. He was one of the magnates et barones Scotiae, who put themselves into the protection of the king of England, in the commotions that happened in 1255. He died in the end of the reign of Alexander the Second. His son Sir Hugh Crawford, sheriff of Ayr, had a letter of safe-conduct to go to England in the year last mentioned. He settled a contest with the abbot of Kelso, cum consensu Alicie spousae suae. He had two sons and a daughter; the latter, Margaret, married Sir Malcolm Wallace, of Elderslie, knight, and became the mother of Sir William Wallace, the hero of Scotland. As old Wintoun says:
“His father was a manly knight, His mother was a lady bright.”The Scottish Nation Crawford [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/crawford.htm]
=== Name ===
:: Gualterus Crawford-381
=== Birth ===
:: Date: 1150
:: Place: Clydesdale,Lanarkshire,Scotland
=== Death ===
:: Date: 1189
:: Place: , Renfrewshire, , Scotland
: Husband:
: Wife:
: Child:
: Child:
: Child:
: Child:
:: Source: [[#S219]]
::: Page: Database online.
::: Data:
:::: Text: Record for John De Crawford
== Sources ==
Events
| Birth | 1150 | Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland | |||
| Death | 1189 | Lanarkshire, , Scotland | |||
| Marriage | Unknown Huntington | ||||
| Reference No | 452885 | ||||
| Reference No | 468995 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Unknown Huntington (1199 - 1252) |
| Father | Sir John Crawford ( - 1153) |
| Sibling | Reginald Crawford (1165 - 1220) |
| Sibling | Margaret De Crawford (1179 - ) |