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Sir James Douglas is the lead character of the novella, "The Knight" by Monica McCarty; Sir James Douglas is a major character in author Nigel Tranter's Robert the Bruce trilogy. The trilogy focuses on King Robert the Bruce and the Scottish War of Independence. Sir James Douglas is the lead character in J. R. Tomlin's Black Douglas Trilogy.
By the time his father had made over lands in Liddesdale to him in 1380, he had been knighted, being known as Sir James Douglas of Liddesdale. [2] Earlier his father had been in dispute with King Robert over the latter's succession to King David II , but returned to royal favour by concluding a marriage contract between his son and the Princess ...
He had been knighted prior to 1621, and obtained a grant from the Crown of the lands and barony of Over Mordington in Berwickshire on 24 August 1634, although he appears to have already been in possession, as a minute of the Privy Council of Scotland records Sir James Douglas of Mordington, Alexander Lawder, brother of Robert Lawder of Edrington, Alexander Torrie in Mordington, and Patrick ...
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas: 1426–1488 c.1463 197 Robert Harcourt 1410–1470 c.1463 198 Richard, Duke of Gloucester: 1452–1485 c. 1466 Later Richard III, King of England 199 Anthony Woodville, Baron Scales: 1442–1483 c.1466 Later Earl Rivers 200 Inigo d'Avalos, Count of Monteodorisio: d. 1484 1467 Not Installed F58 Lady Margaret ...
Sir Symon Locard, 2nd of Lee (1300–1371) was a Scottish knight who fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence. According to Lockhart family tradition, he accompanied Sir James Douglas in their curtailed attempt to carry the heart of Robert the Bruce to the Holy Land in 1330. [1]
During his confinement, he joined the English cause, and remained attached to them until he was captured by Sir James Douglas in 1307, and persuaded to rejoin the Scottish side. His defection came to the attention of Edward II of England , who forfeited all his lands, bestowing them on his favourite Hugh le Despencer .
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c. 1323 – 1 May 1384) was a Scottish nobleman, peer, magnate, and head of the Black Douglas family. Under his leadership, the Black Douglases continued their climb to pre-eminence in Scottish politics begun under his uncle, Sir James the Good, as well as their military dominance of the south of Scotland.
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale (1371 – 24 March 1443), latterly known as James the Gross, and prior to his ennoblement as James of Balvenie, was a late mediaeval Scottish magnate. [1] He was the second son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas, and Joan Moray of Bothwell and Drumsargard (now Cambuslang), d. after ...