Walter OGILVY b. 1347 Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland d. 1391 Glscune, Angus, Scotland: Our Family History

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Name	Walter OGILVY [1]
Born	1347	Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland [1]
Gender	Male
FamilySearch ID	L1XK-NGF
TitleOfNobility	[2]
	Sheriff of Angus
Died	1391	Glscune, Angus, Scotland [1]
Buried	1392	Moulin, Perthshire, Scotland [1]
Person ID	I594772060	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	8 Apr 2024

Father	Walter OGILVIE, b. Wester Powie, Angusshire, Scotland. , d. 1365, Kirkton of Auchterhouse, Forfarshire, Scotland
Mother	Christina KEITH, b. 1319, Auchterhouse, Angushire, Scotland , d. 1380, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland (Age 61 years)
Family ID	F536730016	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Isabel RAMSAY, b. 1350, Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland , d. 1403, Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland (Age 53 years)

Children

	1. Sir Knight Walter OGILVY, b. 1369, Lintrathen, Angusshire, Scotland , d. 1440, Lintrathen, Forfarshire, Scotland (Age 71 years)
	2. Margaret OGILVY, Countess of Moray, b. 1372, <, , Morayshire, Scotland> , d. 1422, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 50 years)
	3. Alexander OGILVY, of Auchterhouse Earl of Airlie, b. Abt 1373, d. 24 Jul 1421, Auchterhouse, Forfarshire, Scotland (Age ~ 48 years)
	4. Sir John OGILVIE, 1st of Inverquharity, b. 1375, Castle Auchterhouse, Angus-shire, Scotland , d. 13 Mar 1421, Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 46 years)
	5. Andrew OGILVY, b. 1378, Castle Auchterhouse, Angus-shire, Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Isabel OGILVY, of Auchterhouse, latterly of Bedingfield, b. 1378, Bedingfield, Suffolk, England , d. 1406, Bedingfield, Suffolk, England (Age 28 years)
	7. Lord Alexander OGILVY, b. 1385, Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom , d. 1461 (Age 76 years)

Last Modified 8 Apr 2024

Family ID F536730014 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

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

Sources

[S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 8 Apr 2024), entry for Walter OGILVY, person ID LZVH-28Q. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 8 Apr 2024), entry for Walter Ogilvy, person ID L1XK-NGF. (Reliability: 3).