VAUX, William Lord Dirleton, Sheriff of Elgin, Sir ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for William was DE VALLIBUS, William.¹

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  General Notes:

"William de Vallibus inherited all the estates of the family ; he was one of the Scottish prisoners taken at the Battle of Durham. After being detained for some time in England as a prisoner, he returned to Scotland, and his name appears in many of the transactions of that period, especially as a party to the ransom of King David II., and as one of the twelve Scots nobles and knights, who obliged themselves to compel their king either to return to his captivity in England, or to observe the conditions of his ransom, and of the truce concluded in 1357 ; and also as a witness to the execution of this treaty in England, and to its ratification in Scotland by the King and his parliament. William was made steward of the household ; for in the Chamberlain Rolls of the year 1358, there is mention 'Domine Willielme de Vaus Senescalli, Domus Regis.' King David appears to have granted to him the keeping of the Forest of Buyne and Awne, and Patrick, Earl of March and Moray, having granted to him the sheriffship and constabulary of Elgin, it was confirmed to him by the king. William's death must have taken place in 1364, for in the Chamberlain Rolls of that year, mention is made of the wfird 'heridas Domine Willielmi de Vaux.' "

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William married Catherine DOUGLAS.¹ (Catherine DOUGLAS was born about 1315.)

  Marriage Notes:

"William Vaux, by his wife Catherine Douglas, had issue, first Thomas, who was killed at the siege of Berwick, 1355, and second John, who it is alleged, carried on this line of descent, but another account states Thomas's younger brother to be named William, and to have succeeded William, his father, the former William died in 1392, according to " Caledonia, Vol. 2, page 410," and was succeeded by two co-heiresses, but whether they were the daughters of Thomas, or of William, is uncertain. The eldest married John, son of Sir Walter Halyburton, of Halyburton, who became Lord of Dirleton, and whose family after a few descents, ended in three co-heiresses"

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