William HAY, Earl Of Errol

Abt 1423 - 1462  (~ 39 years)

• Name	William HAY
  Suffix	Earl Of Errol
  Birth	Abt 1423	Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	L6T1-3Y8
  TitleOfNobility	[1]
  	Knight
  TitleOfNobility	17 Mar 1452  [1]
  	1st Earl of Erroll
  Occupation	[1]
  	Constable of Scotland
  _UID	0C581AE7934A44DCA8A9EBC8A47E33B26DF0
  Death	Oct 1462	Slains, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I28948	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Gilbert DE LA HAYE,   b. 1395, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland d. 7 Sep 1436, Ardmair, Cromartyshire, Scotland (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Alice Elizabeth REID,   b. 1395, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 22 Apr 1484, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F536731297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Beatrice DOUGLAS, Countess of Erroll,   b. Abt 1427, Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Aft 1490, Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland (Age ~ 64 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1449	Errol, Perthshire, Scotland   [2]
  Children	1. Lady Isabel HAY,   b. 1441, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland d. 27 Jun 1509, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, (Age 68 years)   2. Elizabeth HAY, of Errol - Countess of Huntly,   b. Abt 1442, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 27 Jun 1509, Scotland (Age ~ 67 years)   3. Gilbert HAY,   b. 1445, Errol, Fife, Scotland d. Y, Somme, Picardie, France   4. Nicholas HAY, of Erroll - 2nd Earl of Erroll,   b. 1447, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1470, Scotland (Age 23 years)   5. Lady Beatrice de HAY,   b. Abt 1449, Midmar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 27 Jun 1509, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 60 years)   6. William HAY, 3rd Earl of Erroll,   b. Abt 1453, Huntley Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 14 Jan 1507, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age ~ 54 years)   7. Marjorie HAY,   b. 1460, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland d. Deceased
  Family ID	F40	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  William Hay of Erroll, succeeded to the estates in 1436, and had sasine of the lands of Inchira on 25 January 1443-44, on a precept from Joanna Beaufort, Queen of James I, and to him and Beatrix his wife on 30 January 1449-50, on his own resignation. He granted a charter of the lands of Achmore to Sir David Hay of Yester in 1452. According to Douglas, he was created EARL OF ERROLL 17 March 1452-53, but the Auchenleck Chronicle states that he was belted Earl in the Parliament held 12 June 1452. As Earl of Erroll, he resigned all his lands into the King's hands to be erected into the lordship of Erroll and regality of Slains respectively, on which resignation he had on 31 july 1452 two charters under the Great Seal, one of the lordship of Errol and the other of the regality of Slains, to himself and a long series of heirs. It was in virtue of these charters that the title and estates passed to the heir-male in 1541, and remained a male fief till the destination was changed in the time of Charles II. The Earl was alive on 15 November 1461, so that the date of his death in the Erroll Obits, 24 August 1460, must be wrong. The true date is probably October 1462. He married, before 17 March 1449-50, Beatrix Douglas, daughter of James, seventh Earl of Douglas, who survived him. William, first Earl, had issue: 1. Nicholas, second Earl 2. William, third Earl. 3. Gilbert, a substitute in a charter of 1460 by his father of the lands of Meikle Arnage. He probably died young. 4. Elizabeth, who was contracted in marriage …with Sir Andrew Gray … 5. Margaret, married, first, about 1470 to Alexander Fraser, fourth of Philorth … 6. Isabel, married Laurence, first Lord Oliphant. Source: THE SCOTS PEERAGE, ed. by Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol III, Edinburgh, 1906, pp. 564-5 ------------------------------ FatherGilbert de la Haye d. 7 Sep 1436 MotherAlice Hay ChartsPedigree of James Irvine Sir William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll, 2nd Lord Hay, Constable of Scotland was born at of Erroll, Perthshire, Scotland. He married Beatrix Douglas, daughter of James Douglas, 7th Earl Douglas, 1st Earl Avondale and Beatrix St. Clair, before 17 March 1450.3,6 Sir William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll, 2nd Lord Hay, Constable of Scotland died in October 1462 at Slains. Family Beatrix Douglas d. bt 1507 - 1511 Children Maria Hay+ Beatrix Hay+ William Hay, 3rd Earl Erroll+3,6 d. 14 Jan 1507 Isabel Hay+ Margaret Hay+8 Elizabeth Hay+2,4,5,7 d. a 1526 Nicholas Hay, 2nd Earl of Erroll b. c 1451, d. 1470 Sir Gilbert Hay+9 b. c 1460, d. 9 Sep 1513 Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 94/5; Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II, p. 396; Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 955. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I and III Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I The Scots Peerage, Vol. III, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul -------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hay,_1st_Earl_of_Erroll

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Apr 2024), entry for William HAY, person ID L6T1-3Y8. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Apr 2024), entry for Beatrice DOUGLAS, person ID LDV4-2Y5. (Reliability: 3).