Duncan Kirkpatrick of Torthorwald

DUNCAN KIRKPATRICK OF TORTHORWALD

According to Richard Godman Kirkpatrick, Duncan Kirkpatrick of Torthorwald, here treated, is the son of Stephen Kirkpatrick of Closeburn. He is said by him to have married Isabel Torthorward, daughter of Sir David Torthorwald of that Ilk. Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, p. 4

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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1390 x 1406: Carta Duncani Kirkpatrik de terries de Torthorwald. [RMS 1304-1424, Appendix 2, Index A, charter number 1764 on p. 634]

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1390 x 1406: To Duncan Kirkpatrick, of the barony of Torthorwald. Drumfreis. [RMS 1304-1424, Appendix 2, Index B, charter number (18) on p. 634]

Printed Evidence

Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland. A. D. 1306-1424. New Edition, to which are added indexes and the remains of the lost charter rolls. Edited by John Maitland Thomson, LL,D. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1912), 780 pp. including indexes and errata and corrigenda

Genealogy

Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, p. 4

Biographical Summary

Duncan Kirkpatrick - Fought beside William Wallace "The Great Patriot", his cousin,and was also a constant companion. He was also a cousin of Robert the Bruce. Some have recorded his name as Sir Humphrey Kirkpatrick , and his wife as Idonia, who were named in the petition by his brother Roger dated 12th December, A.D. 1322, asking King Edward II for a safe conduct and protection within the realm of England. He appears to have outlived these troubled times,as King Robert the Bruce grants Duncan and his wife the lands of Torthorwald in 1326. Sadly,due to a lack of available records,the lineage of the Torthorwald branch remains uncertain.