Olifard of Scotland

Thanks to John Ravilious I have revisited the Olifard family and am
presenting a tentative outline for them [this line begins with David Olifard, godson
of David I of Scotland. The two brothers of David Olifard and their
descendants who remained in England are not included in this analysis].

1. David Olifard [-bef. 1170]
2. Walter Olifard [-aft. 1223]
+ Christiana
3. Walter Olifard [-1242]
+ Isabel
4. David Olifard
+ Devorguille
4. Daughter
+Walter of Moray [-bef. 1284]
5. William of Moray [-bef. Nov. 28, 1300]
5. Andrew of Moray [-ca. 1289]
+ Eufemia Fitz Roger [1248-ca. Jan. 27, 1289].
+ Unknown. [Connection from this point forward not
proven].
6. William of Moray, lord of Drumsagard
7. John of Moray, lord of Drumsagard [-aft. 1330]
+ Mary of Strathern [-aft. 1330]
8. Maurice of Moray, lord of Drumsagard [Oct.
17,1346]
+ Joanna Menteith [-aft. 1370]
9. Joanna of Moray
+ Thomas of Moray, lord of Bothwell
[-1361] See below.
+ Archibald Douglas [1325-Dec. 24,
1400]. They had issue.
+ Daughter of John Comyn, lord of Badenoch
6. Sir Andrew Moray, lord of Bothwell [-1297 at the
Battle of Stirling Bridge]
7. Sir Andrew Moray [ May 1298-1338]
+ unsure of mother
8. John Moray [bef. Sept. 5, 1351]
+ Margaret Graham
8. Thomas Moray [-1361]
+ Joanna Moray of Drumsagard. See above.
3. David Olifard [-aft. 1235]
+ Joan
2. Philip Olifard [-bef. 1170]
2. Fulk Olifard [a cleric]

The Olifard descent above can be documented. David Olifard was the godson
of David I king of Scotland and was given the barony of Bothwell as well as
Smailholm in Roxburghshire.He was a witness to a charter of David I to Kelso
Abbey in 1244. He gave land in Smailholm to Dryburgh Abbey as late as 1162 as
a gift of David Olifard to the monks there was confirmed by the Pope on Nov.
24, 1162. He is mentioned again in another papal confirmation of an
additional gift to the monks on July 29, 1164. He gave a tenth of the mill at Crailing
to the monks of Jedburgh Abbey before 1170. He possibly married a daughter
of Berengar Engaine who held Crailing before David Olifard.

David Olifard was dead before 1170 and had three sons that are recorded.
Philip Olifard witnessed two charters of Malcolm IV and probably predeceased his
father. Fulk Olifard was priest and witnessed two charters to Paisley abbey.
He was also called Fulk the chaplain in a charter to Coldingham abbey and was
parson of the church in Smailholm.

Walter Olifard succeeded his father before 1174. He witnessed a charter of
William I of Scotland with his father and is called his son and heir in a
charter to Melrose Abbey. Walter Olifard was one of the hostages for William I in
1174 and is named in the list of hostages by Bendictus Abbas in Volume 1, p.
496. By 1180 Walter Olifard was Justiciar of the Lothians as his father had
been for William I of Scotland. He was alive at least until 1223 when he
witnessed a charter with his son Walter who is called Walter juniore. His wife
Christiana is assumed to be a daughter of Ferteth, earl of Strathern based on
charters of Inchaffray abbey that he witnessed with Gilbert, earl of
Strathern and the fact that Christiana was supposedly dowered with lands in Strageath
which their son Walter exchanged with Earl Gilbert of Strathern.

Walter Olifard had two sons David who married Joanna as is shown by a
charter to St. Kentigern in Glasgow dated about 1230, and his heir Walter Olifard
who married Isabel who died before Oct. 25, 1242 when Alexander II of Scotland
confirmed a gift of Walter Olifard for the soul of his late wife Isabel to
St. Katherine's chapel in Orbiston. Walter Olifard was also Justiciar of the
Lothians and appears in charters from 1211 until his death in 1242.

Walter Olifard was succeeded by his son David who married a Devorguille.
They died childless and the lands of the Olifards [ including Bothwell and
Smailholm] were inherited by a sister of David Olifard who had married Walter of
Moray. She brought Smailholm and Bothwell to her husband as is shown by a
charter of Sept. 18, 1278 to Dryburgh Abbey where Walter of Moray held both
lands.

Walter Moray and his wife had two sons. The eldest son William Moray was
dead before Nov. 28, 1300 when an Inquisition Post Mortem was held into his
lands in Berwick. His heir was the grandson of his brother Sir Andrew Moray [died
1289] who was aged two at Pentecost 1300.

Sir Andrew Moray brother of Sir William Moray above married twice. He
married a daughter of John Comyn, lord of Badenoch by his first wife Amabilla by
whom he had a son Sir Andrew Moray who was slain at Stirling Bridge in 1297.
Whether William Moray, lord of Drumsagard was the son of Sir Andrew Moray is not
known. Most of the proof of William Moray of Drumsagard parentage comes
from Burke's Landed Gentry which is very unreliable and also the fact that
William of Moray was already active in the Baron's council in Scotland in 1290.
No charters have been found to date which clarify this either. The descendants
of William Moray of Drumsagard are listed in CP XIII (1): 387.

This is for discussion purposes only. Any addition information will be
appreciated.

Sincerely,
MichaelAnne