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== Biography ==His seal is provided;Scottish Armorial Seals; W. Rae Macdonald, No. 1609 On a bend, three buckles. Seal on the Homage Rolls of 1296; Normanni de Lecelin, Militis. He held the lands of Leslie in the Garioch, to the Earl of Mar. He was the last constable of the Royal castle at Inverurie as it ceased in that role around 1280 and is certainly not noted as such during Edward I's tour of Scotland in 1296 where he stops at Rothes, in Moray, and Kildrummie castle.
Historical records of the family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868-9 Vol.1 by Colonel Leslie KH of Balquhain 1869 :
Sir Norman de Leslie, Dominus de Leslie or Dominus Ejusdem, succeeded Norino as fifth possessor of the lands of Leslie. It appears that he was the first of the family who was distinguished by the sur-name of Leslie ; for while his predecessors had only been known either by their patronymics, or by the offices which they held, such as that of Constable of Inverurie, he is styled in all public documents " Norman de Lesley, dominus de Lesley," or " dominus ejusdem."
The Laurus Lesleana states that Sir Norman de Leslie received from King Alexander III. the gift of the forest of Leslie in the king's forest, 4th December 1282. Douglas states that he also got Fytekill, now called Leslie in
Fife, from the same king.
It is recorded in the "Ragman's Roll" that King Edward I. of England arrived at Aberdeen on Saturday, 14th July 1296, and that on the morrow, the 15th, there swore fealty to him at that place-Sir Norman de Lesselyn, Chevalier, Sir Alexander Lamberton, and others ; and that on Monday the 16th, and following days, Sir Gilbert de la Haye, Sir. Hugh de la Haye, Sir William Innes, and on the 19th, Henry, Bishop of Aberdeen, performed the like homage to the English king.
Sir Norman de Leslie was one of those summoned by King Edward to attend the parliament held at Berwick, 24th August 1296.
King Edward appointed Sir Norman de Leslie sheriff of Aberdeen in 1305.
Sir Norman de Leslie sat in the parliament which was held by King Robert Bruce at Cambuskenneth, 6th December 1314, and signed the decree of forfeiture issued by that parliament against all those who refused to return to their allegiance after the battle of Bannockbum.
The Laurus Lesleana does not mention the name of the wife of Sir Norman de Leslie. In Douglas's Peerage, however, it is stated that he married Elizabeth Leith, heiress of Edengarioch, in Aberdeenshire ; while Shaw, in his History of Moray, on the other hand, says that " in the end of the reign of Alexander III. (about 1280) Norman Lesley, son of Lesley in the Garioch, married the daughter and heiress, it is said, of Watson of Kothes." Whichever of these accounts be correct, it is at all events certain that Sir Norman de Leslie had a son:

: Andrew Leslie, his successor.
Besides this son, however, the Laurus Lesleana states that Sir Norman had another - Walter, Earl of Ross ; but, as will be shown here- after, in treating of that Earl, this statement is inconsistent with correct chronology.
In Douglas's Peerage it is stated that Sir Norman had also two daughters.This statement appears to be correct, although the Laurus Lesleana describes these ladies as daughters of Sir Norman's son Andrew.
Sir Norman de Leslie is a contracting party to the marriage-agreement of his son Sir Andrew de Leslie with Mary Abernethy, in 1313.
Sir Norman de Leslie died before 1320 as it is his son, Sir Andrew de Leslie, Dominus Ejusdem, that appears in the list of the greater barons of Scotland who signed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_signatories_of_the_Declaration_of_Arbroath Declaration of Arbroath].




== Sources ==



http://www.thepeerage.com/p68707.htm#i687068

== Acknowledgements ==
Profile created by [[Ridley-388 | Leslie Ridley]], Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Birth	Abt 1246	Lesslyn, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Death	Bef 1317
Marriage		Elizabeth Leith
Alt name		5th of Leslie Constable of Inverurie
Reference No		7725646
Reference No
Reference No		60

Spouse	Elizabeth Leith (1250 - 1320)
Child	Sir Andrew Leslie (1280 - 1324)

Father	Sir Norino "4th of Leslie, Constable of Inverurie" Leslie (1190 - 1253)
Mother	Katherine More (1225 - )