Sir David of Brechin

SIR DAVID OF BRECHIN

Sir David of Brechin is the son of Sir William of Brechin and his wife Elena Comyn. Medievan Lands His Coat of Arms was recorded in the Balliol Roll. Balliol Roll

The homage of Sir David of Brechin of the County of Forfar was received by King Edward I of England, at Berwick on Tweed, on 28 August 1296. Instrumenta Publica Sive Processus Super Fidelitatibus Et Homagiis Scotorum Domino Regi Angliae Factis, A.D. 1291-1296. (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, M,DCCC,XXXIV,) pp. 126 and 157

Death

Sir David of Brechin was convicted of treason in the Scottish parliament which met at Scone on 4 August 1320, was subsequently hanged and beheaded at Perth. [Geoffrey W. S. Barrow, Robert Bruce & The Community of The Realm of Scotland (University Press, Edinburgh, 1988), p. 310] See also Medievan Lands

Genealogy

Medieval Lands

Biographical Accounts

1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2. Wikipedia