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| FITZ ALAN, Simon
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FITZ ALAN, Simon 1
User ID: R542 General Notes: "Simon (Fitz Alan), who accompanied Walter (his brother) to Scotland, and witnessed his charter to the Abbey of Paisley about 1160, signing as ' Frater Walteri, filii Alani, dapiferi.' Simon had a son, Robert, who is designed in the chartulary of Paisley nephew of Walter, the High Steward, and from him the Earls of Kilmarnock were descended. To this Robert, the name of Boyt or Boyd was given, derived from the Gaelic word ' Boidh,' signifying fair or yellow." Simon married. |
1 e-books, The Stewarts of Appin by John H. J. Stewart (1880).
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