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William HAY, Earl Of Errol

William HAY, Earl Of Errol

Male Abt 1423 - 1462  (~ 39 years)

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  • Name William HAY 
    Suffix Earl Of Errol 
    Born Abt 1423  Errol, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 
    Died Oct 1462  Slains, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I28948  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2024 

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

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

  • 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
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      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
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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hay,_1st_Earl_of_Erroll

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

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