Person:Richard Morville (1)
Richard de Morville, Constable Of Scotland
b.Abt 1125 Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England
d.Abt 1189
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1126
  1. Richard de Morville, Constable Of ScotlandAbt 1125 - Abt 1189
  2. Roger de MorvilleAbt 1127 -
  3. Malcolm de MorvilleAbt 1129 -
  4. Hugh de Morville, Lord of Westmorland - Abt 1202
  5. Ada de MorvilleAbt 1179 - Aft 1230
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Richard de Morville, Constable Of ScotlandAbt 1125 - Abt 1189
  • W.  Avicia de LancasterAbt 1145 - 1191
m. Abt 1160
  1. William de MorvilleAbt 1161 - 1196
  2. Helena de MorvilleAbt 1170 - 1217
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Facts and Events
Name Richard de Morville, Constable Of Scotland
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1125 Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England
Alt Birth? Abt 1143 Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England
Marriage Abt 1160 <, Kirk Oswald, Cumberland, England>to Avicia de Lancaster
Death[2] Abt 1189
Reference Number? Q7330202?
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Richard de Morville (died 1189), Lord of Cunninghame succeeded his father Hugh de Morville (died 1162) as Constable of Scotland and in his Scottish estates and English lands at Bozeat in Northamptonshire, and Rutland, as well as a number of feus of the Honour of Huntingdon.

Around 1180 Richard de Morville, with the consent of his son William, granted liberty to the monks of Melrose to plough and sow the lands of Blainslie and the plain beyond the grove over to the Leader Water. This grant was confirmed by William de Morville, presumably his son.

Based on the writings of cartographer Timothy Pont (who viewed the cartulary of Kilwinning Abbey), it was Richard de Morville who founded the Tironensian abbey of Kilwinning, Cunningham. Pont cites a date of 1191, but Richard de Morville was dead by then. Other sources claim dates of 1157 It has been suggested by historian Ian B. Cowan that the dates cited are likely to be incorrect, and makes a strong case for the foundation date of 1187. However, Cowan acknowledges that the precise details of the founding of this Abbey would be found in the cartulary, which is now lost. All that is certain is written in the Liber Pluscardensis which notes 'Kylwynnyn in Connyngham Tironensis Fundator Morville.'.

Richard established the St Leonard's Hospital at Lauder.

Later in the twelfth century, Richard de Morville rented Eddleston - now a parish in Peeblesshire - from the Bishop of Glasgow.

Richard married Avice (who survived him), the daughter of William de Lancaster I, possibly by his spouse Gundred, daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey. They had at least four children:

  • Malcolm, accidentally killed by Adulf de St.Martin while hunting.
  • William, alive in 1180 but said to have died without issue.
  • Maud, who married William de Vieuxpont (who became Lord of Westmorland)
  • Elena, also known as Helena,(born circa 1167), eventual sole heir to her father, who married Lochlann of Galloway(also known as Roland Fitz Uhrtred)(died 1200).

After Richard's death the lands and title went to his sole heir, his daughter Elena (sometimes written Helena) and her husband, Lochlann, who then became Constable of Scotland, a title he preferred over that of Lord of Galloway.

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References
  1.   Richard de Morville, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ Richard de Morville, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3.   RICHARD de Morville (-1189), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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