Sir Gilbert UMFRAVILLE

Abt 1244 - 1307  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Gilbert UMFRAVILLE
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	Abt 1244	Northumberland, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Earl of Angus
  Died	1307	Hexham, Northumberland, England
  Buried	13 Oct 1307	Hexham Priory, Hexham, Northumberland, England
  Person ID	I15487	Main
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth COMYN,   b. Abt 1260,   d. 1329, England  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Children	1. Sir Robert UMFRAVILLE,   b. Abt 1277, Northumberland, England ,   d. Bef 12 Apr 1325, England  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F5071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  For 10,000 marks the wardship of the young Gilbert was granted to Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, under whose influence his charge joined the barons in their revolt against Henry III. However, Earl Simon's death at the battle of Evesham in 1265, by when Gilbert had joined the royalists, presumably released the young man from his obligation to pay Montfort 1200 marks for entry to his inheritance on reaching his majority. Gilbert was Lord of Redesdale between 1245 and 1307, and Earl of Angus in Scotland between 1267 and 1307. Gilbert was summoned by writ directed "Gilberto de Umfraunvill' Comiti de Anegos" in 1283. He was Baron of Prudhoe at Northumberland, England, between 1283 and 1307. He fought for King Edward I in the victory over the Scots (who were led by William Wallace) on 22 July 1298 at the Battle of Falkirk, Scotland. He served with Edward I in Wales in 1277 and also in Gascony in 1294. In 1295 Gilbert was summoned to the English parliament as Lord Umfreville, although his Scottish title of earl of Angus was sometimes also used as a courtesy in English royal writs. In 1286. Earl Gilbert was given custody of Dundee and Forfar castles and in 1290 attended the parliament held at Birgham to ratify the marriage contract between Margaret, the Maid of Norway, and Edward, Prince of Wales. After the death of the Maid, he, along with other keepers of royal castles, professed himself unsure of King Edward's right to take them into his hands until a new king was chosen, but he was soon persuaded and did homage to the English king as lord superior of Scotland.