Ada de Dunbar

Ada of Dunbar who brought to her marriage to William of Greenlaw, the lands of Home in Berwickshire which she has received from her first husband, William de Curtenay.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dunbar-221

Ada Dunbar is a member of Clan Dunbar.

Ada de Dunbar (d. after 1230), is the only known daughter of Patrick, Earl of Dunbar and Ada, natural dau. of William 'the lion' of Scotland by an unknown mistress. She married twice.[2]

Siblings

• Patrick
• William
• Robert
• Fergus

Marriage

• m.1 William de Courtnay of Bulwick, Upminster and Morle
• m.2 Theobald de Lascelles of Aylesby
• m.3 (disputed) William FitzPatrick of Greenland.[1]

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Family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_I,_Earl_of_Dunbar

Patrick I (c.1152[1] – 1232), Earl of Dunbar and lord of Beanley married (1) Ada (died 1200), an illegitimate daughter of King William the Lion, by whom he had four sons and a daughter:

Ada, who married her second cousin Sir William de Greenlaw (son of Sir Patrick de Greenlaw, son of Gospatric III, Earl of Lothian). Her dowry was Home Castle, and Sir William later became known as 'de Home' in her right. The couple were progenitors of the Home family.

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PATRICK de Dunbar, son of WALTHEOF Earl [of Dunbar] & his wife Aline --- (1152-31 Dec 1232, bur Eccles St Mary, Berwick[1533]). m firstly (1184[1547]%29 ADA, illegitimate daughter of WILLIAM "the Lion" King of Scotland & his mistress --- (-1200). Earl Patrick & his first wife had [five] children:

4. ADA de Dunbar (-after [1230]). "P. comes de Dunbar et P. filius eius" donated property which "Willo de Curteneya et A. uxori ei teneant…de Home" to Kelso monastery by charter dated to [1200][1585]. Bracton records a claim, dated 1220, by "Theobaldus de Lasceles…et Ada uxore eius" against "Willelmum de Cantelupo" for "terre…in Bulewico" which was "dotem ipsius Ade unde Willelmus de Curtenay quondam vir suus"[1586]. "Ada de Curtenay filia Patricis comitis de Dumbar" donated property "in territorio de Home" to Kelso monastery, for the souls of "maritorum meorum", by charter dated to [1230][1587]. William FitzPatrick is shown in Europäische Stammtafeln as the third husband of Ada de Dunbar[1588]. Balfour Paul states that there is no proof of Ada’s supposed third marriage[1589].

m firstly WILLIAM de Courtenay, of Bulwick, Upminster and Morle, son of ROBERT de Courtenay Lord of Sutton, Berkshire & his first wife Matilda of Bulwick (-18 Jan before [1212]). Lord of Montgommery 30 Jun 1207. [1590

]m secondly THEOBALD de Lascelles of Aylesby, son of [1591][ROGER de Lascelles & his wife Beatrice ---].

[m thirdly WILLIAM FitzPatrick "of Greenland"[1592], son of [PATRICK de Dunbar Lord of Greenlaw & his wife ---].

Evidence not wholly conclusive of the marriage to William.

“The marriage of William, lord of Home, to Ada, daughter of Patrick l de Dunbar, is nowhere proved, and the charter by William of Home in 1268 suggests that she was not his mother.”

Family

The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. By Robert Douglas, Esq;. Douglas, Robert, Sir, 1694-1770. Link

HOME Earl of HOME.

I. PATRICK, second son of Cospatrick, third earl of Dunbar, flourished in the reigns of king William the Lion, and king Alexan∣der II. He died inter 1228 et 1230, and was suc∣ceeded by his son,

II. Sir WILLIAM, who made a donation to the monastery of Coldstream, pro salute a∣nimae suae,*&c. terrar••• de Rhondes et Bread∣po•s, in the shire of Berwick, wherein he is de∣signed 〈◊〉•ilius Patrtcii, &c. to which Thomas de Gordon, Bernard de Frafer, Ed∣ward de vallilus, &c. are witnesses, anno 1230.

He is also particularly mentioned in several other charters,* in the same chartulary, and always under the same designation.

He married 1st, M. comitissa, (but of what family we know not.) This appears from a donation made by Willielmus filius Patricii,*pro salute animae suae, et M. comitissae, 〈◊〉 suae, &c. to•tam illam in Greenlaw, &c. with several other parcels of land in the shire of Berwick. By her he had no issue.

He married, 2dly, his cousin, Ada, daughter of Patrick, fifth earl of Dunbar, who had been formerly married to—Courtenay. By her he got the lands and barony of Home, which had been given to her by her father up∣on her marriage. This is clearly instructed

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by a charter upon a donation made by the said Ada in these words: Ada de Courtenay, fi∣lia Patricii comitis de Dunbar;* sciatis me dedisse, &c. pro salute animae meae, patris et matris meae, et maritorum meorum, &c. mona∣sterio de Kelso, &c. quandam partem terrae de libero maritagio meo, in territorio, deHome, &c. ante 1240.

From the lands and castle of Home this William took his sirname, the family of March having assumed the sirname of Dunbar a few years before. He also carried the armorial bearings of the earls of Dunbar,* which his posterity, the family of Home, have continu∣ed to do ever since, with little variation; all which is fully documented afterwards.

Here we have taken the liberty to differ from former authors, who have deduced the descent of the family of Home from Williel∣mus, filius comitis Patricii, which is certainly a mistake; for that William married Christi∣ana, daughter and heiress of Walter de Cor∣bet of Mackerston, by whom he had two sons, Nicholaus and Patricius de Corbet; and nei∣ther he nor his posterity ever took the name of Home; all which is well vouched, and more fully set forth under the title of Dunbar earl of March, and sufficiently prove, that Wil∣lielmus, filius comitis Patricii, could not be progenitor of the family of Home.

Sir William died before 1266, and was succeeded by his son,

III. Sir WILLIAM HOME,* who, in many authentic writs, is designed dominus de eodem, filius domini Willielmi, militis, &c.

Notes

https://www.scotlandshop.com/us/tartanblog/the-castles-of-clan-home

Hume Castle

It would be impossible to talk about clan Home’s castles without mentioning the great Hume castle. Since the 13th century, this castle has dominated the landscape between the river Tweed and Lammermuir Hills. So let’s go back to the beginning, the lands of Hume, or Home, were first granted as a dowry to Ada who was the daughter of Patrick, Earl of Dunbar in 1214, when she married her first husband, William de Courtney. He died in about 1217 and two years later married Theobald de Lascelles who also died. She then married her cousin, William, son of Patrick of Greenlaw (not far from here you can find the little town of Greenlaw) who is the descendant of many great kings such as William the Loin and King Aethelred, the Dane slayer. He assumed, in her right, the name of Home.

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From Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut, being the ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith., vol.5. Seversmith, Herbert Furman, (1904-Seversmith, Herbert Furman, 1904-,) Page 420-421 < text link > https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89063148589

… While at first, in the earlier years of his association with Henry II, both in Normandy and in England, de Courtenay appears to have held only of the king's gift, he formally received a grant of the manor of Sutton at some date between 1172 and 1178. This was perhaps associated with the wardship of the two daughters of Matilda or Maud d'Avrlanches, which, to- gether with their marriages were given to Reginald de Courtenay after their mother died in 1172. Shortly thereafter Reginald married Matilda Fitz-Ede, , one of the daughters, and by 1178 his son by an earlier wife, Reginald, married Matilda's half-sister, Hawise de Courcy. The senior Reginald de Courtenay died during Michaelmas term (October. December), 1190. Both he and his son Robert, who received the manor Sutton during the term, are recorded successively in the Pipe Roll the term. for Reginald de Courtenay married at least twice, and perhaps three times. The name of the mother of his son Reginald is not known. His last wife, who survived him, was Matilda or Maud 'Fitz-Ede', daughter of Robert Fitz- Ede or Edith, illegitimate son of king Henry I of England and Edith, dau.. of Forn, by Matilda (d'Avranches) de Courcy, widow of William de Courcy. By her he had no known issue. His first wife has been unauthoritatively termed the sister of one Guy de Donjon. Issue, by first wife: 1. William. He had a wife named Ada, who after his death married to Theobald de Lascelles, kt. Issue is said to have included a son Robert, who died without hei'ss of his body. Issue, wife's name unknown: 2. Robert, who paid a relief of 300 marks to the king in 1191 to en. joy in peace ( saving the rights of the heirs of his first born brother William) the manor of Sutton, which had been his fa ther's. William had no heirs to claim the manor, and when Ro. bert died in 1209, also without heirs of his body, the went to his brother Reginald. 3. REGINALD, married Hawi se de Courcy. See page 2, 419. 4. Egelina, married Gilbert Basset. See CURTENAY. second line. manor NOTES See Calendar of Documents in France.

References

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