Sir Henry St Clair was a 13th- and 14th-century Scottish noble, who was the 7th Baron of Roslin and Lord of Catcune.
Henry St. Clair | |
|---|---|
| Baron of Roslin | |
 Sinclair, Baron of Roslin coat of arms | |
| Predecessor | William St. Clair, 6th Baron of Roslin |
| Successor | William St Clair, 8th Baron of Roslin |
| Died | c. 1335 |
| Noble family | Clan Sinclair |
| Spouse(s) | Alice de Fenton |
| Father | William St. Clair |
| Mother | Amicia de Roskelyn |
Henry was the son of William St. Clair and Amicia de Roskelyn.[1] He fought at the Battle of Dunbar on 27 April 1296, where he and his father William were captured and he became a prisoner of King Edward I of England at St Briavels Castle. Henry was later exchanged for William FitzWarin in a prisoner exchange.[2]
St Clair was the Sheriff of Lanark in 1305. Fought with his two sons John and William at the Battle of Bannockburn on 23–24 June 1314. King Robert I of Scotland rewarded him for his bravery with the gift of Pentland, the forest of Pentland Moor, Morton and Mortonhall. He was one of the Scottish nobles who in 1320 signed the Declaration of Arbroath.[3] He died around 1335.
Family and issue
editHenry married Alice de Fenton, daughter of William de Fenton of Baikie and Beaufort and Cecilia Bisset, and is known to have had the following issue;
- William (d. 1330), who left a son, William St Clair, 8th Baron of Roslin (d. 1358), who married Isabella de Strathearn, daughter of Malise, Earl of Strathearn[4]
- John (d. 1330)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ People of Medieval Scotland - Henry Sinclair (d.c.1330)
- ^ Armstrong, Peter (2003). Stirling Bridge and Falkirk 1297–98 - William Wallace's rebellion (Campaign 117). Osprey Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 9781841765105.
- ^ Paul, James Balfour (1909). The Scots Peerage : Founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Vol. VI. Edinburgh: David Douglas. p. 565-566. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ Saint-Clair, Roland (1898). The Saint-Clairs of the Isles; being a history of the Sea-kings of Orkney and their Scottish successors of the sirname of Sinclair. Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand: H. Brett. p. 284-285. Retrieved 6 June 2021.