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marriage.     In 1191, King William gave his daughter Isabel, the widow of
Robert de Bras, to Robert de Ros (q).
(5.) Robert de Brus was succeeded by his son William, who confirmed to
the monks of Gyseburn those several churches in Annandale (r). William de
Brus died in 1215.
(6.) He was succeeded by his son, Robert de Brus, who married Isabel,
the second daughter of David, the Earl of Huntingdon, the brother of
William the Lion, and one of the greatest barons in Europe (s). In 1216,
King John confirmed to Robert de Brus his weekly market at Hartlepool,
adding the privilege of an yearly fair at the same place (t). In 1221,
Robert de Brus was one of the Magnates Scoti� who attended Alexander II.
to York, and witnessed the endowment of Queen Johanna, and performed
other splendid ceremonies for his wife's relation, Alexander II. (u). It was
in consequence of this marriage that the son of Robert and Isabel entered
into competition for the crown, and that their great grandson ascended
the Scottish throne (v). The sixth lord of Annandale is said to have
died, aged, in 1245 ; and his widow Isabel, in 1251. Robert and Isabel
were buried in the Abbey church of Saltrey, near Stilton, which had
been founded by Simon de St. Liz, the second Earl of Northampton and
Huntingdon (w).
(7.) Robert and Isabel were succeeded by their son Robert, who mar-
ried, in 1244, Isabel, the daughter of Gilbert de Clare, the Earl of Gloucester.
The seventh Lord of Annandale, on the death of his mother in 1251, had
(q) Chron. Melrose, 179.
(r) Dugd. Monast., ii. 151, wherein is a charter of confirmation by William the Lion, who mentions
William de Brus as the son of the late Robert, Lord of Annandale. William gave those favoured
monks some other lands at Hartlepool. Dugd. Bar., i. 449. In the 9th of Richard I. [1197-8]
William paid a fine of 20 marks, to be exempted from going beyond the sea, the king being then in
Normady. Id. William de Brus obtained from King John a grant of a weekly market on Wednesday,
at his manor of Hartlepool. Id.
(s) Sir P. Leicester's Antiq., 153. For her portion, Isabel had the manors of Writtel and Hathfield
in Essex. Id.
(t) Dugd. Bar., i. 449.
(u) Rym. F., i. 252. David, the Earl of Huntington, was the uncle of Alexander II. ; and Isabel,
the second daughter of David, was the Scottish king's cousin.
(v) Robert confirmed to the monks of Gyseburn the grants of his father. Dugd. Monast.,
ii. 151-2.
(w) Stukeley's Itinerary, 77. David, the Earl of Huntington, and many eminent nobles, reposed in
that Church ; and we may thus perceive why Robert de Brus and Isabel wished to repose with them
therein.