Family records of the Bruces and the Cumyns

WILLIAM THE LION. 47
the people of Scotland, but they became reconciled by the fortress of Edinburgh
Castle being given up as the dowry of the bride.
Henry then deputed William and his brother David to bring Roland of Gal- Sept.
loway to his presence, which he accomplished with difficulty, giving hostages Il8 °-
for his safety ; and here we must pause to consider who these lords of Galloway
were who gave so much trouble to both England and Scotland in early days,
and from whom the sovereigns of both countries afterwards descended.
Fergus, sovereign Prince of Galloway, was conquered by Malcolm IV., and, 1160.
retiring into the Abbey of Holyrood, died there in 1 161.
He left two sons: 1st, Gilbert, ancestor of the Earls of Carrick ; and, 2d,
Uchtred. They held Galloway (including great part of Ayrshire) conjointly
under William the Lion ; but, rebelling during his captivity, offered their
homage to Henry of England in 1174.
Uchtred was cruelly murdered by Malcolm, second son of his brother Gilbert; Sept. 22,
but on Gilbert's death in 1185, his eldest son " Duncan" being still at the Eng- IJ 74-
lish court, Roland, the eldest son of the murdered Uchtred, who had passed ten 1185.
years in exile, rose in arms and possessed himself of all Galloway, rebuilding
and garrisoning the castles which had been destroyed after the battle of Aln-
wick. This was not approved of by Henry, and Roland was consequently
called upon to appear at his court, when he tendered his allegiance, and pro-
mised to abide by the decisions of the English court as to the claims of Duncan,
giving his three sons as hostages for his fidelity.
It is impossible to say whether Duncan ever prosecuted his claims upon his
paternal inheritance ; but, upon the death of Henry in July 1 189, King William
conferred the district of Cari'ick upon Duncan as an earldom, on condition that
the earl never should make any claim on the lordship of his cousin of Galloway
— an arrangement which satisfied all parties, and ended for a time the disturb-
ances in Galloway.
Six years had now elapsed since Donald-bain M'William had been established 1187.
in Moravia, where his interest had increased to a formidable extent. Most of
the barons and thanes of the north were ranged under his banner, whilst the
connection of the lords of Argyle and the Isles with the family of Malcolm
M'Heth disposed the leaders of the Western Highlands to display coldness to
the royal cause ; besides which, MWilliam had many adherents in the south.
Accordingly, in summer, all the military force at the king's disposal was ordered 1187.
to concentrate at Inverness, and William intended to put himself at the head of
his army. His barons, dreading a repetition of some disastrous accident from
the fiery courage of the king, vehemently opposed the project, being also some-
what uneasy as to the fidelity of a portion of the royal army, realised by the