Laird Norman de Leslie, of Lesslyn, 2nd Constable of Inverurie

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III. NORMAN.

Norman, the son of Malcolm, succeeded his father about 1176.

About the year 1224 Norman obtained a charter confirming to him, as Norman the son of Malcolm, the lands of Lesselyn, Achnagart, and Mile, and their pertinents, with the exception of the church of Lesselyn, which the said Norman had previously granted to the abbey and monks of Lindores. By this charter Norman also received a grant, for the first time that the family held them, of the lands of Caskyben, now called Keith Hall.

Norman appears to have succeeded his father Malcolm in his office of Constable of Inverurie. Under this title he is named as a witness in a deed by which David, Earl of Huntingdon, renounced, in favour of the Earl of Mar, all claim to a serf called Gillecriste MacGillekuncongal, and his four sons, the two Gillecristes, and Gillenem, and Gillemartin.

Norman, the Constable of Inverurie, also appears as a witness to a charter granted in the reign of William the Lion, by Matthew Kinninmount, Bishop of Aberdeen from 1165 to 1197, for the erection of St. Peter's Hospital in the Spittal, near Aberdeen.

Norman, the son of Malcolm, and Constable of Inverurie, is also one of the witnesses to the charter of foundation granted to the Church and abbey of Lindores, by David, Earl of Huntingdon, between 1202 and 1206.

Norman, the son of Malcolm, married a daughter of Stuart, Earl of Lorn, by whom he had —

  I. Norino, his successor ; 

  II. Leonard, who, some say, succeeded his brother Norino ; 

  III. Bartholomew, who died young. 

It has not been ascertained when Norman, the third possessor of the lands of Leslie, died. He was succeeded by his son Norino.

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III. NORMAN.

Norman, the son of Malcolm, succeeded his father about 1176.

About the year 1224 Norman obtained a charter confirming to him, as Norman the son of Malcolm, the lands of Lesselyn, Achnagart, and Mile, and their pertinents, with the exception of the church of Lesselyn, which the said Norman had previously granted to the abbey and monks of Lindores. By this charter Norman also received a grant, for the first time that the family held them, of the lands of Caskyben, now called Keith Hall.

Norman appears to have succeeded his father Malcolm in his office of Constable of Inverurie. Under this title he is named as a witness in a deed by which David, Earl of Huntingdon, renounced, in favour of the Earl of Mar, all claim to a serf called Gillecriste MacGillekuncongal, and his four sons, the two Gillecristes, and Gillenem, and Gillemartin.

Norman, the Constable of Inverurie, also appears as a witness to a charter granted in the reign of William the Lion, by Matthew Kinninmount, Bishop of Aberdeen from 1165 to 1197, for the erection of St. Peter's Hospital in the Spittal, near Aberdeen.

Norman, the son of Malcolm, and Constable of Inverurie, is also one of the witnesses to the charter of foundation granted to the Church and abbey of Lindores, by David, Earl of Huntingdon, between 1202 and 1206.

Norman, the son of Malcolm, married a daughter of Stuart, Earl of Lorn, by whom he had —

I. Norino, his successor ; II. Leonard, who, some say, succeeded his brother Norino ; III. Bartholomew, who died young.

It has not been ascertained when Norman, the third possessor of the lands of Leslie, died. He was succeeded by his son Norino.

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Sir Norman, who succeeded, though at what date is not certain, but he is styled Sir Norman of Leslie, Knight as a witness to a charter in the Register of Arbroath, of uncertain date, but not later than 1269.

There is no other mention of Sir Norman until 1296, when he did homage to King Edward I at Aberdeen on 15 July in that year, and again on 28 August.

He appears in the earlier part of the struggle for independence to have joined the English party, as Edward I appointed him sheriff of Aberdeen, and he was summoned to the English Parliament as such in 1305. He is said, however, to have joined Bruce before december 1314.

He was apparently alive on 19 June 1317, and died between that date and 1320, when his son was Lord of Leslie.

His wife is not certainly known. One authority asserts that he married Elizabeth Leith, heiress of Edengarioch, while another alleges that he married the heiress of Rothes.

He had issue, so far as recorded, one son,

Sir Andrew, who succeeded.

According to the family historians, Sir Norman had two daughters

Margaret, married to Sir John Innes of Innes, and
Ann, married to Sir Alexander Dunbar of Westfield, but dates will not admit of this.

Source: THE SCOTS PEERAGE, ed. by Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol VII, Edinburgh, 1906, p. 268