Margaret de Montgomery

MARGARET

Margaret, here treated, is the daughter of Eschina of London The name of her father is not known.

Margaret's mother married Walter FitzAlan, 1st High Steward of Scotland but he may not have been her father. The probability of this is suggested by the fact that Walter FitzAlan, 1st High Steward of Scotland is identified as the feudal superior of Eschina of London "Waltero filio Alani domino meo" in the witness list of the charter by which she confirms that she has given one ploughgate of land at Molle in Roxburghshire to the monks of Paisley Priory. The charter is undated but the principal witness was Walter FitzAlan, 1st High Steward of Scotland and so it must belong to the period between the foundation of Paisley Priory in c. 1163 and Walter's death in 1177.

Death and Burial

Margaret predeceased Walter FitzAlan, 1st High Steward of Scotland who died in 1177. She was buried in the chapter house of the Priory of Paisley: "Margarete filie mee que apud Passelet in capitulo jacet sepulta". Paisley Registrum: pp. 74-5