Sir Laurance (Lawrence) OLIPHANT

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• FamilySearch ID: LR3L-R8L
• Name: Laurence OLIPHANT OF ABERDALGIE
• Occupation: ; Sheriff of Perth, Lord of Privy Council.
• _UID: CB138BC3282B4FCDB6F4E0387234F6E5DE3B
• TitleOfNobility: 1458, Alberdalgie, Scotland; 1st Lord of Oliphant
• TitleOfNobility: Between 1464 and 1498; 1st Lord Oliphant

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Oliphant,_1st_Lord_Oliphant
Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord Oliphant (c. 1434 ? 1498) was a Scottish peer.[1][2][3]
Laurence Oliphant was first styled as Lord Oliphant in July 1455, one month after he came of age.
Laurence Oliphant was the eldest son and heir of Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgie and Isobel, daughter of Sir Walter Ogilvie of Auchterhouse, Hereditary Sheriff of Angus. Born around 1438, his father was killed fighting in a feud between his Ogilvie brother-in-law and the Lindsays on 23 January 1445 when Laurence was seven or eight years old. He had brothers James Oliphant, 1st of Ardchailzie; John Oliphant and sisters Christian who married Alexander Blair of Balthayock; Elizabeth married James Herring of Tullibole and Lethendy and Margaret who married Sir Henry Wardlaw of Torrie.[3] In 1450, King James II granted "the ward and marriage" of Laurence to Sir David Hay of Yester.[4]
References:
Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition, The Kingdom in Scotland
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage 107th Edition
The Red Book of Perthshire by Gordon MacGregor
The Oliphants in Scotland
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Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord of Oliphant married Elizabeth Cunningham, daughter of Sir Humphrey Cunningham and Marjorie Scot; His 2nd wife.3,4 Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord of Oliphant married Isabel Hay, daughter of Sir William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll, 2nd Lord Hay, Constable of Scotland and Beatrix Douglas, before 20 May 1472.5 Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord of Oliphant died between 1 February 1499 and 8 April 1500.1
Family 1
Elizabeth Cunningham
Family 2
Isabel Hay
Children
John Oliphant, 2nd Lord of Oliphant+1 d. bt 12 Apr 1516 - 18 Nov 1516
William Oliphant2,6
Isabella Oliphant+
Isabel Oliphant+7 b. c 1476
Per Our royal, titled, noble...com sources
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father: Laurence Oliphant 1440? Death before April 8, 1500 (Age 60) Killed At Arbroath, Scotland
mother: Elizabeth Cunningham 1450?
daughter: Isabella Oliphant, 1480?
Laurence's family with second wife Isabel Hay, 1440
half-brother: John Oliphant, 1460? 1516
half-sister: Isabel Oliphant, 1472?
half-brother: William Oliphant, 1475? 1508
Per http://myfamilytree.scot/webtrees/individual.php?pid=I354145&ged=tree3 sources

Laurance married Lady Isabel HAY on 20 May 1472 in Forfarshire, Scotland. Isabel (daughter of William HAY, Earl Of Errol and Lady Beatrice DOUGLAS, Countess of Erroll) was born in 1441 in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 27 Jun 1509 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom; was buried in Gask, , Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isabel OLIPHANT was born in 1446 in Perthshire, Scotland; died about 1525 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
2. Matthew Oliphant OF GASK was born after 1450 in Gask, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 12 Apr 1516 in Scotland.
3. Lady Euphemia OLIPHANT was born in Jan 1456 in Findo Gask, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1525 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
4. John OLIPHANT was born about 1461 in Abergeldie Castle, Abergeldie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England.
5. Sir John OLIPHANT, Baron Olip was born about 1465 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland; died in 1516 in Scotland.
6. William OLIPHANT was born about 1470 in Gask, Angus, Scotland; died in 1509 in Berridale, Caithness, Scotland; was buried in 1509 in Scotland.
7. George OLIPHANT was born in 1479 in Gask, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom,; and died.

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• Name: John Oliphant
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23 Jan 1444
Killed in the Battle of Arbroath

He was killed at Arbroath on 24 January, 1445, assisting the Ogilvies against the Lindsays of Crawford in a dispute which had arisen as to the ownership of the office of Bailie of Arborath Abbey.

Battle of Arbroath
Part of Gordon ? Lindsay feud
Arbroath Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 3180.jpg
Arbroath Abbey where the battle took place
Date24 January 1445 or 1446
LocationArbroath, Scotland
ResultVictory for Alexander Lindsay, Master of Crawford
Belligerents
Clan Ogilvy
Clan Gordon
Clan Oliphant
Clan Seton
Clan ForbesClan Lindsay
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Ogilvy, 2nd Baron of InverquharityAlexander Lindsay, Master of Crawford
Casualties and losses
500.[1]At least 100.[1]
vte
Clan Gordon-Clan Lindsay feud
The Battle of Arbroath was fought on 24 January 1445 (or by another version in 1446) at Arbroath in Scotland. It was between rivals claimants to the post of Baillie of the Regality.[1]


Contents
Background
The conflict began after the monks of the Abbey of Aborath, appointed Alexander Lindsay, Alexander Lindsay, Master of Crawford as the "Bailie of the Regality", a position charged with dispensing justice throughout the domain of the monastery.[2]

The monks soon regretted the appointment, as the Master of Crawford began quartering large numbers of his men in the abbey, whose behavior vile and cruel.[2]. The monks described the Master of Crawford as "uneasy to convent", and soon dismissed the Master of Crawford.[2] Afterwards the appointed Alexander Ogilvy, 2nd Baron of Inverquharity, as Bailie.[2] It should be noted that Alexander Ogilvy not only had the right of election, but also had hereditary claims to the office.[2] The Master of Crawford disputed the rights Ogilvy had to the position.[2] When unable to reconcile the dispute, he arbitrated with the sword.[2]

The Master of Crawford, who would become the 4th Earl of Crawford, was the son of David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford, and son of Marjory Ogilvy, daughter of Alexander Ogilvie of Auchterhouse.[3]

The battle
On 24 January 1445, the Master of Crawford arrived at the gates of the abbey with over one thousand men, mostly Lindsays, including a group of Hamiltons from Clydesdale.[2] Alexander Ogilvy of Inverquharity, was fortunate that he was entertaining guests on the day of the attack; Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, Sir John Oliphant of Aberdagie, Maxwell of Tealing, Brucklay of Gartley, Forbes of Pitsligo, and Gordon of Borrowfield, were all in the Baron's company.[2] Though outnumbered, Ogilvy and his allies drew up the lines of battle.[2] Alexander Ogilvy's force was supported by men from Clan Oliphant, Clan Seton, Clan Gordon and Clan Forbes.[2]

Meanwhile, the Earl of Crawford rode with great haste from Dundee in order to prevent hostilities.[2] The Earl rode across the field, between the two armies, to confer with Ogilvy.[2] but one of the men assembled under Ogilvy, mistook his approach for hostilities, threw a spear which struck the Earl in the mouth, killing him instantly.[2] Although an accident, this ended any chance for a peaceful resolution.[2] The battle began, both lines with spears at the ready.[2] It is said in an account of the battle by Buchanan, that the Lindsays cried out "Why do you bring those goads with you, as if you had to do with oxen? Pray, throw them away, and let us fight it out with out swords, hand to hand, by true valour, as becomes men."[2] As a result, both sides abandoned their spears, with the exception of a hundred of the Clydesdale men, who held the points of their spears in their hands behind them.[2] When they entered combat, the Clydesdale men held the spears out, creating a spear wall, which broke the ranks of the Ogilvy line.[2]

The Ogilvy force retreated, and made a last desperate stand about three miles away, at the village of Leysmill, where they rallied and turned to face the pursuers.[2] This second battle raged into the night, and Ogilvy and Pitsligo fell.[2] The Lindsays, though victorious, suffered heavy casualties at Leysmill, and were unable to pursue the Ogilvys further when they fell back to Kinnell, the men carrying the bodies of Ogilvy and Pitsligo with them.[2] It was determined that the body of Ogilvy should be interred in the aisle of the church in Kinnell.[2] This couplet was engraved on the aisle where he was buried: "While the girss grows green and the water rins clear, Let nane but Ogilvys lie here".[2]

Aftermath
Though the battle ended in Clan Lindsay's favor, they lost a disproportionate number of men, and the Earl of Crawford.[2] Alexander Ogilvy, Forbes of Pitsligo, Brucklay of Gartley, Gordon of Borrowfield, and Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgie perished.[2]

Following the battle, the Master of Crawford, who would later be known as "The Tiger Earl of Crawford", unleashed what remained of his army upon the lands of his enemies: "and the flames of their castles, the slaughter of their vassals, the plunder of their property, and the captivity of their wives and children, instructed the remotest adherents of the Bailie of Aborath, how terrible was the vengeance which they had provoked."[2]

From this time forward, clan Lindsay had an aversion to the color green, and from the battle originated the couplet: "An Ogilvy in Green, Should never be seen".[2] It appears to have become a curse to the Lindsays, who were later defeated at the Battle of Brechin against the Earl of Huntley.[2] The Earl of Crawford attributed this loss to the Lindsays being dressed primarily in green, much like the Ogilvys at Arborath.[2]

The body of Alexander Ogilvy, 2nd Baron of Inverquharity, was uncovered at the Church of Kinnell in 1885, during a demolition. A local tale stated that for hundreds of years, the large boots and spurs of the Baron hung over the aisle.[2] The remains found were of a "gigantic" man, confirming the stories of the great stature of Ogilvy.[2] The spur, having been recovered, now sits in the vestibule of the present church at Kinnell.[2]

John married Isabel Or Margaret OGILVY in Aberdalgie, Perth, Scotland. Isabel (daughter of Sir Walter Of Auchterhouse OGILVY and Isabel RAMSEY) was born about 1420 in Auchterhouse, Angusshire, Scotland; died after 1471. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: MM74-HZN
• TitleOfNobility: ; Isabel of Auchterhouse
• Name: Isabel Margaret (Margaretha) Ogilvy
• Name: Margaret Ogilvy
• _UID: AB1B6367B56D475085EB3C93A7FC3991F51A

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• FamilySearch ID: GJK8-R9F
• TitleOfNobility: ; Kt., laird of Aberdalgie
• Name: Willem Lord Oliphant van Gallery
• Name: William Oliphant
• _UID: 04BA8E05317B407D8FDFE867FD7AA638CC8F

William married Lady Isobel STEWART in 1394 in Innermeath, Perth, Scotland. Isobel (daughter of Lord John Of Lorn And Innermeath STEWART, Baron and Isobel Of ERGADIA) was born in 1378 in Tullibardine Perthshire, Scotland; died on 26 Oct 1446 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 9Q8X-QZ4
• Name: Christian Stuart
• Name: Isabel "Countess of Tullibardine?
• _UID: C539C29B70BB4FD9803E9781B696D7C970F4

Notes:

When Lady Isabel Stewart was born in 1378 in Innermeath and Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland, her father, John, was 20, and her mother, Isabel, was 16. She married David Murray and they had one son together. She also had one son and two daughters with William Oliphant. She died on October 26, 1446, in Tullibardine, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, at the age of 68.

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• TitleOfNobility: ; Sheriff of Angus
• _UID: 75E40CA8FC6E4820BDB010822E631DC450D7

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Sheriff of Forfar, killed fighting robbers

About Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse
Sir Walter Ogilvy, of Auchterhouse; married Isabel, daughter and heir of Sir Malcolm Ramsay; and was killed in a skirmish with robbers 1391. [Burke's Peerage]

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse:

http://thepeerage.com/p291.htm#i2908

Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse [1]

M, #2908,
b. circa 1360,
d. 1392
Last Edited=22 Feb 2011
Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse was born circa 1360.[2]

He married Isabel Ramsay, daughter of Sir Malcolm Ramsay, circa 1380.[1],[2]

He died in 1392, killed in action.[1],[3]

He was the son of Walter Ogilvy of Wester Powry and Auchterhouse.[1]

He held the office of Sheriff of Forfarshire.[1]
He lived at Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland.[1]
He fought in the Battle of Glasklune in 1392, against Highland invaders.[3]
Children of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse and Isabel Ramsay

1. Sir Alexander Ogilvy of Auchterhouse+[1] d. bt 14 Jul 1421 - 2 Oct 1483
2. Sir Walter Ogilvy of Lintrathen+[1] d. 1440
3. John Ogilvy [1]
4. George Ogilvy [3] d. 1411
Child of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse

1. Henry Ogilvy [4]
Citations

1. [S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 45. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
2. [S5162] Werner Kittel, "re: Normandy FAmilies," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 4 February 2011. Hereinafter cited as "re: Normanday Families."
3. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 59. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
4. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 111. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.
From "Duncan the fat's descendants become Robertsons" by Joe Adair:

http://www.adair.ca/Robertson/Robertson.html

Duncan's son, Robert became second Lord of Struan about 1355. Through his second marriage, he acquired the lands of Stermont. However, his first marriage to the daughter of Sir John Sterling of Glenesk created some friction due to shared inheritance of the lands of Glenesk in Angus with her sister who married Sir Alexander Lindsay. The Lindsays had a son, Sir David Lindsay.

The Lindsays were very powerful, owning 2/3 of Angus County and were overlords of the highland district of Strathnairn. The division of land to the two sisters may have annoyed our chief.

Sir David Lindsay expected trouble from his aunt's family, and quite rightly so as it turned out. He arranged a meeting with Robert to discuss the matter. Robert did not attend. Sir David Lindsay sent a scout to find out what was going on. The scout never returned. Robert did not attend the meeting, instead secretly met with Sir Duncan Stewart who was backed by his men and the Roses from Strathnairn.

Robert had 3 younger half brothers, through their father's second marriage. They were Patrick of Lude, Thomas of Strowan and Gibbon. These brothers led a small army of our clansmen and secretly joined with Sir Duncan Stewart and his men to form an army of over 300 in 1392. They marched into Angus to the east and killed many Lindsays and their Ogilvies allies and their homes were burnt. Three thousand head of Angus cattle were stolen and driven to Rannoch.

The surviving enemy regrouped and caught up with our clan near Blairgowrie. At the battle of Glasclune, the Angus men were defeated, but we suffered heavy losses. The cattle were driven along the valley of Strathardle to our clan territory.

Still the enemy was not content to let it stand. Sir Walter Ogilvie, hereditary Sheriff of Angus, got it in his head that our clan's action was on shaky legal ground. He and his possy joined the retreating Angus men previously defeated and caught up with our men at Glenbrierachan in western Strathardle, six miles northeast of Pitlochry. Sixty mounted knights and sundry others comprised the enemy.

This steel armour and long lances were matched against our array of weapons:

Claymore - large broadsword, sharp on both edges
Targe - small, light shield which sacrifices defense to make offence easier
Dirk - dagger that can be used while the enemy fends off your claymore
We sent the Angus cattle ahead and positioned ourselves on rough ground, difficult for the enemy horses. Thus a charge by the knights with lances lowered would be difficult.

The battle did not last long. Sir David Lindsay had pinned one of our men to the ground. Our clansman pulled himself up using Sir David's own lance and using his claymore, penetrated Sir David's stirrup and armour steel boot to nearly sever Sir David's foot off, having cut through to the bone. Unfortunately, our brave clansman died later of his wounds.

In the quick defeat of the enemy and their subsequent panic, Sir Walter Ogilvie (the now late sheriff), his brother, nearly a dozen knights and about 60 others were killed by our clan. After so much harassment over this simple cattle transaction, our clan realized that

Walter married Isabel RAMSEY about 1377 in Auchterhouse, Forfar, Scotland. Isabel (daughter of Malcom RAMSEY) was born about 1356 in Auchterhouse, Forfar, Scotland; died in in Carcary, Forfar, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: G4LF-XR4
• Name: John of Aberdalgy
• Name: John Oliphant
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Notes:

In 1388/9 Sir John Oliphant obtained from King Robert II confirmation of a charter of all the properties and grants pertaining to his predecessors under The Great Seal of Scotland. There is a marriage contract of 1399 of Marion, daughter to Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgy, to Robert, son of Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine, (indicating she must have been born, say, 1383-8). Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgy, son to Sir Walter, gave a feu charter in 1412 to Malcolm Oliphant, his brother, of the lands of Hazelhead and Mekilkeyhede in the Lordship of Giffan, Sheriffdom of Ayr, witnessed by several important personages, including Phillip and George Oliphant, whose relationships are not given. It was ratified by Sir John Montgomerie of Ardrossan, the Superior of the said lands.[1]

He married firstly a daughter of Sir William Borthwick.[2] They had the following children:

William Oliphant
Mariota Oliphant
Research Notes
Scots Peerage names only one daughter for Sir John Oliphant..Marion
The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.Marion Oliphant, Vol VI, pps 537-8
The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.Robert Graham, Vol VI, pps 214-5
The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.William Graham, Vol VI, pps 215-6
Sources
? Mentioned by Macfarlane in his "Genealogy of the Oliphants" (pps:97-124) as living during 1377-1412. Genealogical Collections concerning families in Scotland by Walter Macfarlane 1750-51, edited by James T. Clark, Keeper of the Advocates' Library, Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1900, vol.ii, p.102.
? Sir Robert Douglas, Bt., The Peerage of Scotland : containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation, Edinburgh, pubs. R Fleming, 1764, pps:76 & 526, digital images, https://archive.org/details/peerageofscotlan00doug/page/76
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John married Lady Filia BORTHWICK. Filia (daughter of Thomas BORTHWICK and Janet FILIA BROMLEY) was born in 1351 in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1400 in Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Isobel Of ERGADIA. Isobel (daughter of John Macalan De ERGADIA and Joanna De ISSAC) was born about 1365; died in 1439. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Walter married Christina KEITH. Christina (daughter of John KEITH and Isabella DE SOULIS) was born in 1319 in Auchterhouse, Angushire, Scotland; died in 1380 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Christian de Keith
• Name: Lady Christina Keith of

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