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Sir Hugh Abernethy
(Abt 1212 - Abt 1292)
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== Biography ==
=== Disputed Parentage ===There appears to be information appearing in web resources, and carried into wikipedia, that sources "Historical Records of the Family of Leslie" by Charles J. Leslie; Volume 1, page 37, note A. A person Andrew B. W. MacEwen has been correcting material with "Laurence de Abernethy was previously noted as the father of Sir Hugh de Abernethy, but this is in error. Sir Hugh's father was Patrick de Abernethy, who predeceased his father Laurence."
However this is an error in Leslie's work. His work, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie, printed 1869, is used, as a source by Sir Balfour Paul for his work, "The Scots Peerage" printed 1908 and this note is discounted when he described the family of Abernethy,[[#S-1]] Sir James Balfour Paul; [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun07pauluoft#page/398/mode/2up Vol. 7, page 398]
Hugh is clearly identified as brother to Marjory in the agreement of her marriage with Hugh de Douglas,Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook03fras#page/201/mode/2up Volume 3, page 1] and thus as a brother to Patrick. Hugh is also noticed contemporary with Patrick in 1233 when he receives a grant of the lands of Oxton and Lyleston, Lauderdale.[[#S-1]] Sir James Balfour Paul; [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun07pauluoft#page/398/mode/2up Vol. 7, page 399] Hugh must have been a brother of Patrick and not a son.
===Events===In 1259, 6 April, he was a signatory to one of, if not the, oldest marriage contract still surviving in private Charters. The contract, between [[Douglas-110|Sir William Douglas]] and Sir Hugh Abernethy for the marriage of [[Douglas-2298|Hugh of Douglas]], son and heir of Sir William, with Sir Hugh's sister, Marjory, is still preserved in the Douglas Charter chest.[[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/211/mode/2up Volume 1, page 16] The contract is retained in The Douglas BookSir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook03fras#page/201/mode/2up Volume 3, page 1] and clearly provides the relationship to Marjory. Earlier that year, in arranging the marriage, he is noticed as being the Sheriff of Roxburgh and Forester of Selkirk.[[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/211/mode/2up Volume 1, page 16] This agreement is interesting as Sir William of Douglas was clearly a supporter of the English while Sir Hugh of Abernethy, on the other hand, was a powerful member of the Scottish party.
The same source informs that Hugh of Douglas was under age, as was, apparently, Marjory.[[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/315/mode/2up Volume 1, page 68] The terms obliged Hugh Douglas, stated as son and heir, to marry Marjory, sister of Sir Hugh of Abernethy, immediately after the following Easter (Easter 1260).
===Imprisonment and death===
Hugh de Abernethy, although sometimes (Wyntoun and Fordun) confused with his brother William, is regarded as the perpetrator of the plot to murder Duncan, Earl of Fife, on 7 April 1288. The Earl was murdered at Petpolloch (Pitteloch) by Sir Patrick de Abernethy and Sir Walter de Percy, with consent of Sir William of Abernethy who lay in wait with a large party on a different road, so that the Earl might not escape alive. The party were pursued and de Percy caught and summarily executed. Sir Patrick de Abernethy escaped to France where he died.[[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/343/mode/2up Volume 1, page 82] In the confused history it is given that William was captured and handed over to Sir William Douglas to be imprisoned for life in the castle of Douglas. It was however his elder brother, Sir Hugh de Abernethy, that was the person imprisoned in Douglas Castle on that account. This appears in The Douglas Book, Douglas being his brother in law (had married his sister Marjorie), and in The Scots Peerage. [[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/343/mode/2up Volume 1, page 82]
Hugh remained in Douglas castle until 1291 when on 28 June 1291, Edward I, who was then at Berwick-on-Tweed, commanded Alan, Bishop of Caithness, Chancellor of Scotland (an Englishman), to transfer Sir Hugh de Abernethy "from his place of confinement to one of the king's own prisons".[[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/343/mode/2up Volume 1, page 83]Cited also on [http://db.poms.ac.uk/record/factoid/79138/ People of Medieval Scotland] Nothing appears to have followed this order and there is no record of a transfer occurring. Both Fordun and Wyntown indicate that Abernethy died during his captivity in Douglas Castle. This must have happened either late 1291 or in 1292 and certainly before Feb 1293 as his wife, Mary (said to be a daughter of John Comyn of Badenoch by Fraser in The Douglas Book), is noticed, now as the Countess of Strathearn in the Records of the Balliol Parliament of 9 February.Records of the Parliament of Scotland; Parliament of Balliol, [http://www.rps.ac.uk/trans/1293/2/10 9 February 1293, at Scone]. The Douglas Book noting same indicates that Alexander, his heir, was a minor and he, with the Abernethy estates, were placed under the charge of Alexander de Menteith, elder son of Walter Stewart, fifth Earl of Menteith.[[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/343/mode/2up Volume 1, page 83]
== Footnotes ==
==Sources ==* Source S-1 }* Source S-2 }
* Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_de_Abernethy
See also:* http://www.geni.com/people/Hugh-de-Abernathy/6000000004148910947?through=6000000005391128983
== Biography ==
=== Disputed Parentage ===There appears to be information appearing in web resources, and carried into wikipedia, that sources "Historical Records of the Family of Leslie" by Charles J. Leslie; Volume 1, page 37, note A. A person Andrew B. W. MacEwen has been correcting material with "Laurence de Abernethy was previously noted as the father of Sir Hugh de Abernethy, but this is in error. Sir Hugh's father was Patrick de Abernethy, who predeceased his father Laurence."
However this is an error in Leslie's work. His work, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie, printed 1869, is used, as a source by Sir Balfour Paul for his work, "The Scots Peerage" printed 1908 and this note is discounted when he described the family of Abernethy,[[#S-1]] Sir James Balfour Paul; [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun07pauluoft#page/398/mode/2up Vol. 7, page 398]
Hugh is clearly identified as brother to Marjory in the agreement of her marriage with Hugh de Douglas,Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook03fras#page/201/mode/2up Volume 3, page 1] and thus as a brother to Patrick. Hugh is also noticed contemporary with Patrick in 1233 when he receives a grant of the lands of Oxton and Lyleston, Lauderdale.[[#S-1]] Sir James Balfour Paul; [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun07pauluoft#page/398/mode/2up Vol. 7, page 399] Hugh must have been a brother of Patrick and not a son.
===Events===In 1259, 6 April, he was a signatory to one of, if not the, oldest marriage contract still surviving in private Charters. The contract, between [[Douglas-110|Sir William Douglas]] and Sir Hugh Abernethy for the marriage of [[Douglas-2298|Hugh of Douglas]], son and heir of Sir William, with Sir Hugh's sister, Marjory, is still preserved in the Douglas Charter chest.[[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/211/mode/2up Volume 1, page 16] The contract is retained in The Douglas BookSir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook03fras#page/201/mode/2up Volume 3, page 1] and clearly provides the relationship to Marjory. Earlier that year, in arranging the marriage, he is noticed as being the Sheriff of Roxburgh and Forester of Selkirk.[[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/211/mode/2up Volume 1, page 16] This agreement is interesting as Sir William of Douglas was clearly a supporter of the English while Sir Hugh of Abernethy, on the other hand, was a powerful member of the Scottish party.
The same source informs that Hugh of Douglas was under age, as was, apparently, Marjory.[[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/315/mode/2up Volume 1, page 68] The terms obliged Hugh Douglas, stated as son and heir, to marry Marjory, sister of Sir Hugh of Abernethy, immediately after the following Easter (Easter 1260).
===Imprisonment and death===
Hugh de Abernethy, although sometimes (Wyntoun and Fordun) confused with his brother William, is regarded as the perpetrator of the plot to murder Duncan, Earl of Fife, on 7 April 1288. The Earl was murdered at Petpolloch (Pitteloch) by Sir Patrick de Abernethy and Sir Walter de Percy, with consent of Sir William of Abernethy who lay in wait with a large party on a different road, so that the Earl might not escape alive. The party were pursued and de Percy caught and summarily executed. Sir Patrick de Abernethy escaped to France where he died.[[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/343/mode/2up Volume 1, page 82] In the confused history it is given that William was captured and handed over to Sir William Douglas to be imprisoned for life in the castle of Douglas. It was however his elder brother, Sir Hugh de Abernethy, that was the person imprisoned in Douglas Castle on that account. This appears in The Douglas Book, Douglas being his brother in law (had married his sister Marjorie), and in The Scots Peerage. [[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/343/mode/2up Volume 1, page 82]
Hugh remained in Douglas castle until 1291 when on 28 June 1291, Edward I, who was then at Berwick-on-Tweed, commanded Alan, Bishop of Caithness, Chancellor of Scotland (an Englishman), to transfer Sir Hugh de Abernethy "from his place of confinement to one of the king's own prisons".[[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/343/mode/2up Volume 1, page 83]Cited also on [http://db.poms.ac.uk/record/factoid/79138/ People of Medieval Scotland] Nothing appears to have followed this order and there is no record of a transfer occurring. Both Fordun and Wyntown indicate that Abernethy died during his captivity in Douglas Castle. This must have happened either late 1291 or in 1292 and certainly before Feb 1293 as his wife, Mary (said to be a daughter of John Comyn of Badenoch by Fraser in The Douglas Book), is noticed, now as the Countess of Strathearn in the Records of the Balliol Parliament of 9 February.Records of the Parliament of Scotland; Parliament of Balliol, [http://www.rps.ac.uk/trans/1293/2/10 9 February 1293, at Scone]. The Douglas Book noting same indicates that Alexander, his heir, was a minor and he, with the Abernethy estates, were placed under the charge of Alexander de Menteith, elder son of Walter Stewart, fifth Earl of Menteith.[[#S-2]] Sir William Fraser; The Douglas Book [https://archive.org/stream/douglasbook01fras#page/343/mode/2up Volume 1, page 83]
== Footnotes ==
==Sources ==* Source S-1 }* Source S-2 }
* Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_de_Abernethy
See also:* http://www.geni.com/people/Hugh-de-Abernathy/6000000004148910947?through=6000000005391128983
Events
| Birth | Abt 1212 | Abernethy, Fifeshire, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 5 Apr 1281 | Scotland - Mary MacDougall | |||
| Death | Abt 1292 | Douglas castle, Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 9329297 | ||||
| Reference No | |||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Mary MacDougall (1234 - 1303) |
| Child | Sir Alexander Abernethy (1273 - 1315) |
| Child | Unknown Abernethy (1285 - 1320) |
| Father | Laurence Abernathy (1190 - 1260) |
| Mother | Devorguilla Unknown (1190 - ) |
| Sibling | Patrick Abernethy (1210 - 1254) |
| Sibling | William Abernethy (1220 - 1295) |
| Sibling | Marjory Abernathy (1245 - 1270) |