Family records of the Bruces and the Cumyns

538 DOUGLASES, EARLS OF MORTON.
Douglases, Earls of Morton.
I. John de Douglas, fourth son of William the Hardy — that is, his second son
by Eleanor de Ferrars — was probably the heir of his granduncle Andrew.
II. Sir James de Douglas, his son, was styled of "Loudon." He left two
sons — I. Sir William ; and, 2. Sir John of Dalkeith.
III. Sir William de Douglas, the Knight of Liddesdale — surnamed "the
Flower of Chivalrie" — was taken prisoner near Lochmaben, A.D. 1332, by Sir
Anthony Lucy, and kept in irons by Edward III. for two years. He married
Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir John Graham of Abercorn, * by whom he
had an only daughter, who was given up as a hostage to Edward III. in 1353,
along with Sir William's nearest heir-male, " James de Douglas," son of Sir Joint
Douglas of Dalkeith, his brother-german, who had defended the castle of
Lochleven against the English during the minority of David II.
1353. The Knight of Liddesdale was slain in Ettrick Forest by his cousin and god-
son, "William, Earl of Douglas," who had lately returned from France to
avenge, it was supposed, the death of Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie,
who had been starved to death in 1342 by the Knight of Liddesdale in Hermi-
tage Castle ; but more likely to put a stop to the intrigues which he was known
to be carrying on against the liberties of Scotland with Edward III.
Oct. 8, Hermitage Castle was seized by Edward, who soon after bestowed it upon
T 354- Elizabeth, the widow of the Knight, the King of England at the same time
undertaking to put her in possession of whatever lands belonged to her of right
011 his attaining the sovereignty of Scotland. Not long after, Elizabeth married
" Hugh Dacre," brother of Lord Dacre, appointed by Edward keeper of Hermi-
tage Castle ; upon which her daughter and " James de Douglas," heir-male of
the Knight of Liddesdale, were delivered up, 1st July 1355. — Lord Hailes.
Sir John Douglas had married " Agnes de Monfode;" and it was their son, Sir
James, who was sent to England as security for his uncle's goodwill towards Ed-
ward, rather than as a hostage, and who succeeded to most of his possessions.
IV. Sir James de Douglas was present, as " James, Lord of Dalkeith" at
Scone at the coronation of King Robert II., and appended his seal to the Act
of settlement of the crown, 26th of March 1371. His wife was " Egidia,"
daughter of Walter, the high steward, by his second wife, Alice Erskine, and
thus half-sister of the king. Egidia was relict of Sir Hugh Eglinton, whose
only daughter married Sir John Montgomery, who took Sir Harry Percie
* Sir John Graham of Abercorn and DundufF, proprietor of Dalkeith in 1303, bought by the Buccleuchs
in 1642.