15th and 16th century clan conflicts In 1449 Gilbert Haig was a commander in the Scottish host that defeated the Earl of Northumberland at the Battle of Sark. Gilbert also opposed the rising power of the Clan Douglas family. Gilbert's son, James Haig, was an adherent of James III of Scotland. When James III was murdered in 1488, Haig was forced into hiding until he could make peace with the young James IV of Scotland.
Beyond his implication along with his father in the quarrels with the Abbot of Melrose, there is little to be learned of Gilbert, the eleventh Laird. He married Barbara M'Dougall, his cousin, daughter of the Laird of Makerstoun ; and is said to have been present with Hugh Earl of Ormond at the battle of Sark, in 1450, and to have afterwards joined the Earl of Angus against the Earl of Douglas, in 1455.
