Robert Erskine of that Ilk

Sir Robert Erskine of that Ilk

• Birth: 1320 at Erskine; Renfrewshire; Scotland
• Death: 1385 at Erskine; Renfrewshire; Scotland
• son of Sir William Erskine of that Ilk.2

Marriage:

1. ? at ? to Beatrice Lindsay, 1291 - 1352 [17]

He married,

• firstly, Beatrice de Lindsay, daughter of Sir Alexander de Lindsay.1 (1291-1352)
• secondly, Christian Menteith, daughter of Sir John Menteith, Lord of Arran and Helen of Mar, in 1352.2 She was the widow of Sir William Keith, the Grand Marischal of Scotland.

Children:

1. Mary Erskine Abt 1338 - ?
2. Thomas Erskine Abt 1340 - 1405
3. Nicholas Erskine Abt 1345 - ?
4. Jean Erskine Abt 1350 - ?

notes

ERSKINE, anciently spelled Areskin, and sometimes Irskyn, a surname of great antiquity, and one which has been much distinguished in all periods of Scottish history, was originally derived from the lands and barony of Erskine in Renfrewshire, situated on the south side of the Clyde, the most ancient possession of the noble family who afterwards became Lords Erskine and earls of Mar.

http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/erskine.htm

Sir Robert de Erskine, knight, his eldest son, made an illustrious figure in his time, and for his patriotic services, was, by David the Second, appointed constable, keeper, and captain of Stirling castle. He was one of the ambassadors to England, to treat for the ransom of that monarch, after his capture in the battle of Durham in 1346. IN 1350 he was appointed by David, while still a prisoner, great chamberlain of Scotland, and in 1357 he was one of those who accomplished his sovereign’s deliverance, on which occasion his eldest son, Thomas, was one of the hostages for the payment of the king’s ransom. On his restoration, David, in addition to his former high office of chamberlain, appointed Sir Robert Justiciary north of the Forth, and constable and keeper of the castles of Edinburgh and Dumbarton. In 1358 he was ambassador to France, and between 1360 and 1366 he was five times ambassador to England. In 1367 he was warden of the marches, and heritable sheriff of Stirlingshire. In 1371 he was one of the great barons who ratified the succession to the crown of Robert the Second, grandson, by his daughter Marjory, of Robert the Bruce, and the first of the Stuart family. To his other property he added that of Alloa, which the king bestowed on him, in exchange for the hunting district of Strathgartney, in the Highlands. He died in 1385.

• http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/erskine.htm
• http://www.scotsconnection.com/clan_crests/Erskine.htm
• page 36-37 of The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom by Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 Published 1904 Volume 6.