Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton

22 MEMOIRS OF THE DE BELLOMONTS,
kobert, He undertook a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but, on his return from
fitzparnell. thence, he fell sick at Duras in Greece, (the ancient Dyrrachium,) where
he died and was buried, in the year 1190.
He married Petronilla, daughter and sole heiress of Hugh de Grand-
mesnil, Lord of Hinckley, and Great Steward of England. With her he
got the whole estate and honours of Hinckley, and succeeded to the Great
Stewardship. He had issue the following sons and daughters : —
I. Robert, his successor.
II. Roger, a churchman,* who came to Scotland in the reign of William
the Lyon, and, being that monarch's relation, was much patronised by him,
having first been made Chancellor of Scotland, and afterwards, at the ter-
mination of the famous dispute which that monarch had with Pope Alex-
ander the Third, concerning the bishopric of St Andrew's, was raised to
that see, anno 1189- He died at Cambuskenneth on the 9th July 1202, and,
his body being carried with much funeral pomp, was interred in the church
of St Rule at St Andrew's.
III. William, from whom it is said the Hamiltons are descended.
1. Amicia, married to the Pope's general in the crusade against the
Waldenses and Albigenses, the famous Simon de Montfort.
2. Margaret, who married Saer de Quincy, Earl of Winchester in Eng-
land, and of Winton in Scotland. His father, Robert de Quincy, married
the daughter and heiress of a Scottish noble, by whom he came to have
large possessions in that country. Saer and Margaret had a son, Roger
de Quincy, Comes de Winton, who was Lord High Constable of Scotland,
and who married Elian, eldest coheiress of Alan, Lord of Galloway.
ROBERT, surnamed FITZPARNELL,
FOURTH EARL OF LEICESTER.
Dugdaie, Henry, He enjoyed a large share of the confidence and friendship of Richard
Cceur de Lion. He carried one of the swords of state at his coronation ;
* This prelate is termed by Fordoun a relation of William the Lyon. For what reason I
know not, he was not consecrated until 1198, although he had been raised to the bishopric
nine years before. The Chronicle of Melrose says, " Rogerus, filius Comitis Leicestriae, con-
" secratus est in Episcopatum Stae. Andreas, prima dominica quadragesimae 1198." He is
mentioned as one of the witnesses to the foundation-charter of the Abbey of Inchaffray in
Strathearn, founded by Gilbert, Earl of Strathearn, anno 1200.