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Past and Present by Janet McNeilly � 2002 |
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24 June 2013 Alan of Galloway Alan of Galloway was born c1186, the son of Roland of Galloway and Elena de Morville.
Alan married at least 3 times., first to a daughter of Reginald, Lord of the Isles, whose name has been cited in some sources as Ragnhild (Fiona or Hilda) by whom he had -
To his second wife, Margaret of Huntingdon, who he married c1209, he had a son and 2 daughters-
In 1228 Alan married a daughter of Hugh de Lacy of Scotland, by whom he had no issue. Scots Peerage Volume 4 states- Alan, son of Roland, succeeded his father as Constable, and also in the lordship of Galloway, with his other large domains in Scotland and England. he is first named in 1196 in connection with lands at Teinford, co. Northampton, which apparently he held apart from his father. After his father's death in 1200, he constantly appears as a witness in royal charters, and apparently took his share in public affairs. In July 1212, partly, no doubt, as a kinsman, and also as a Scottish baron holding large fiefs in England, he was asked by king John for assistance in the latter's invasion of Ireland. The King begged Alan to send as soon as possible to Chester a thousand of his best and most active Galwegians before Sunday 19th August. For this, and no doubt other services, King John granted him, in 1213, a large number of fiefs in Ireland. To these were added the rights of forest and privileges of fairs and markets. The grants were repeated and confirmed two years later, on 27th June 1215. This was a few days after the granting, at Runnymede, of the Great Charter, alan of Galloway being named among those present as one of the great barons of England. Alan was present at York on 15th June 1220, and swore to observe king Alexander's oath that he would marry Joanna, the eldest sister of King Henry. In October 1229 he was summoned to go abroad with King Henry. One of the latest references to him in English records is a permit to him to send a ship to Ireland to buy victuals, between Candlemas and Michaelmas 1232. He died in 1234 and was buried in the Abbey of Drundennan.
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