Genealogie of the Sainteclaires of Rosslyn
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SAINTECLAIRES OF ROSSLYN. 5
welcomed by the courtiers and fervants, to whom he was very beneficial].
He married Dorothea Dunbar, daughter to the Earle of Marche, upon
whom he begot Sir Henry Saintclair. He got alfo of the King and
Queen the barony of Rofline in liferent ; after which, being defirous to
try his fortune in warres, he obtained a company of men, underwent many
dangers in refifting the Southern forces, and was appointed to defend the
borders. William the Conqueror, offended att King Malcolm becaufe he
would not deliver in his hands Edward [Edgar] Ethling, fent about
this time the Duke of Glocestre, with a great army, to invade the Scots.
King Malcolm hearing therof, fent the Earles of Marche and Monteith
with a company of men of warre, to aid and affift the Sinclair's forces ;
wherupon Sir William Sinclair rufhed forward, with a defign to put the
enimie out of ordre, but being enclofed by the contrary party, he was
flain by the multitude of his enimies, wherof he made fall many in heaps
flat down before his feet. The news of his death comeing to the two
other chaiftains, Marche and Monteith, they fell fo boldly upon the eni-
mie, that they fcarce left any alive. The King and Queen lamented his
miffortune, and vowed to be avenged of the Southerns 1 cruelty. He
left three childring, two daughters, who died infants, and one fone, Sir
Henry Saintclair, who fucceeded his father, and was entirely beloved
of the King and Queen, who gave him Roslin in free heretadge, and
made him Knight. He was not inferior to his father. He was made
governor and captain of 600 men, past to Northumberland and Cum-
berland with the King, to be avenged upon the Southerns for his
father's death, when William the Concpieror rencountered him with
great force ; but he being vehimently stirred up to anger by re-
membering the cruell flaughter of his father, went amongft his eni-
mies like a lyon, fo that in a fhort time he put them to flight.
The King beholding this was overjoyed, and rewarded him with the
barony of Penthland. Not long after, King Malcome was flain att the
fiege of Anwick in Northumberland; for when thofe who were within
the Caftle were almoft ftarved, and readie to yield, one of their com-
welcomed by the courtiers and fervants, to whom he was very beneficial].
He married Dorothea Dunbar, daughter to the Earle of Marche, upon
whom he begot Sir Henry Saintclair. He got alfo of the King and
Queen the barony of Rofline in liferent ; after which, being defirous to
try his fortune in warres, he obtained a company of men, underwent many
dangers in refifting the Southern forces, and was appointed to defend the
borders. William the Conqueror, offended att King Malcolm becaufe he
would not deliver in his hands Edward [Edgar] Ethling, fent about
this time the Duke of Glocestre, with a great army, to invade the Scots.
King Malcolm hearing therof, fent the Earles of Marche and Monteith
with a company of men of warre, to aid and affift the Sinclair's forces ;
wherupon Sir William Sinclair rufhed forward, with a defign to put the
enimie out of ordre, but being enclofed by the contrary party, he was
flain by the multitude of his enimies, wherof he made fall many in heaps
flat down before his feet. The news of his death comeing to the two
other chaiftains, Marche and Monteith, they fell fo boldly upon the eni-
mie, that they fcarce left any alive. The King and Queen lamented his
miffortune, and vowed to be avenged of the Southerns 1 cruelty. He
left three childring, two daughters, who died infants, and one fone, Sir
Henry Saintclair, who fucceeded his father, and was entirely beloved
of the King and Queen, who gave him Roslin in free heretadge, and
made him Knight. He was not inferior to his father. He was made
governor and captain of 600 men, past to Northumberland and Cum-
berland with the King, to be avenged upon the Southerns for his
father's death, when William the Concpieror rencountered him with
great force ; but he being vehimently stirred up to anger by re-
membering the cruell flaughter of his father, went amongft his eni-
mies like a lyon, fo that in a fhort time he put them to flight.
The King beholding this was overjoyed, and rewarded him with the
barony of Penthland. Not long after, King Malcome was flain att the
fiege of Anwick in Northumberland; for when thofe who were within
the Caftle were almoft ftarved, and readie to yield, one of their com-
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| Description | By Father Richard Augustin Hay, prior of St. Pieremont, Including the chartulary of Rosslyn. Edinburgh: T. G. Stevenson, 1835. Edited by James Maidment. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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