William de La Haye of Errol, Butler of Scotland

William who married Eva of Pitmulin, identifying him as the pincerna (cupbearer) to Kings Malcolm IV and William the Lion. Commoners (vol i, Hays of Leys) shows that honour to have been held by that William's father, the William who follows. TSP (Erroll) reports "The pincerna of 1171 is clearly the person who married Eva ...so that if there were two successive Williams as given in the Peerages, they must have held the office one before and the other after Ranulph de Soulis."

Name: William De LA HAYE , 1st Laird Of Erroll

Sex: M

Birth: BEF 1160 in Scotland

Death: 1201

Marriage 1 Eva Of PITMULIN , Heiress Of Pitmulin b: ABT 1170 in Scotland

Children

David De LA HAYE , 2nd Laird Of Erroll b: ABT 1190 in Scotland

William De LA HAYE b: ABT 1192 in Scotland

John De LA HAYE , Sheriff Of Perth b: ABT 1194 in Scotland

Thomas De LA HAYE b: ABT 1196 in Scotland

Robert De LA HAYE b: ABT 1198 in Scotland

Malcolm De LA HAYE b: ABT 1200 in Scotland

Unknown De LA HAYE b: ABT 1200 in Scotland

William de Haya, who held the office of royal butler to Malcolm IV. and William the Lion

William who married Eva of Pitmulin, identifying him as the pincerna (cupbearer) to Kings Malcolm IV and William the Lion. Commoners (vol i, Hays of Leys) shows that honour to have been held by that William's father, the William who follows. TSP (Erroll) reports "The pincerna of 1171 is clearly the person who married Eva ...so that if there were two successive Williams as given in the Peerages, they must have held the office one before and the other after Ranulph de Soulis."

The family appears in Scottish records in the 1100's during the reign of William the Lion, who bestowed on him the lands of Errol. William de La Haye was a cup bearer (butler) to King Malcom IV who reigned between 1153-1165. One source says: William married the Celtic heiress Eva who brought him the Errol lands. But another source says it was William the Lion (brother of King Malcom) who bestowed on him the lands of Errol. William de Haya married Juliana de Sordis (maybe) William de Hay married a daughter of Randolph, Lord of Liddlesdale, and had children. His second son, Robert became the ancestor of the Earl of Tweeddale. William also married Helen, daughter of the Earl of Strathearn.