Ivo Kirkpatrick of Closeburn

IVO KIRKPATRICK OF CLOSEBURN

In the time of King Alexander, possibly Alexander I, King of Scots, 1107-24, Ivo Kirkpatrick held the barony of Closeburn by the service due from one quarter knight. On 16 September 1594 James VI, King of Scots, ratified the original grant made to Ivo Kirkpatrick for the benefit of his descendant Thomas Kirkpatrick: "Insuper rex ratificavit originale infeofamentum per Alexandrum regem Scotie concessum Ivon Kirkpatrik, predecessori dicti Tho., de dictis terris de Closburne (bondatis modo in eodem specificato), tenendis in alba firma pro solutione servitii quarte partis unius millitis aurati". RMS 1593-1608: charter number 155

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

16 September 1594: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland by which James VI, King of Scots, confirms that he has given the baronies of Closeburn and Brigburgh, together with other lands, to Thomas Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, to be held by him and his male heirs bearing the name and arms of Kirkpatrick. Thomas had previously resigned these baronies into the King's hands in order to obtain a new grant. Thomas is identified as the son of the late Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn. King James VI also ratified the original grant of Closeburn to Thomas's predecessor, Ivon Kirkpatrick, by King Alexander, notwithstanding the fact that he and his deceased father had failed to produce evidents. The barony of Closeburn was held of the crown by the fourth part of the service due from one knight. RMS 1593-1608: charter number 155

Printed Evidence

Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland. A. D. 1593-1608. Edited by John Maitland Thomson, MS., Advocate. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1890), 1151 pp. including indexes and errata

Genealogy

1. Kirkpatrick of Closeburn (George Norman, London, MDCCCLVIII), 71 pp.
2. Stirnet: Kirkpatrick 1
3. Stirnet: Kirkpatrick 2
4. Darryl Lundy's Peerage

Biographical Summary

Ivone de Kirkpatkick of Kilosbern (Cella Osberni), is the first whose name can be traced in any known document. In the reign of David the First, King of Scotland, who came to the throne a. d. 1124, his name occurs in a Charter of Robert Brus the elder and Eufemia his wife, granting the fishing of Torduff to the Monks of Abbeyholm ; and in another Charter, in which Brus grants to Ivone de Kirkpatrick, the fishing of Blawode and Eister. The family name is derived from their Estate of Kirkpatrick (Cella Patricii) in the north-western Annandale. Hence in old documents the name is sometimes spelt Kilpatrick. Kirkpatrick of Closeburn: pp. 1-2