DOUGLAS, Mary heiress 1
- Born: About 1338
- Marriage (1): ERSKINE, Thomas of that Ilk, Sir about 1365 1
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Mary married Sir Thomas ERSKINE of that Ilk, son of Sir Robert ERSKINE of that Ilk, High Chamberlain of Scotland and Beatrice LINDSAY, about 1365.1 (Sir Thomas ERSKINE of that Ilk was born about 1337 and died by Whitsunday 1404 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"His (Thomas Erskine's) first wife, the heiress of Dalkeith, of whom later, died at the birth of her first child, and there was a difference of opinion as to whether the child was born living or not. Erskine claimed the liferent of his wife's estate on the plea that the child lived, while James Douglas, the next heir, claimed the estates on the ground that the child died, and the parties resolved to decide the matter by personal combat. The duel was to take place at Edinburgh in presence of the King, and just before they entered the lists the parties were knighted, James Douglas by Sir Archibald Douglas, 'the Grim,' and Thomas Erskine by his own father. Then they fought, but were separated by the royal command and led out of the lists. No agreement could be effected, and they were again about to engage, when the King's influence prevailed and the matter was arranged. Sir Thomas Erskine accepted a sum of money in lieu of his rights, and Sir James Douglas obtained the estates in dispute." (page 597)
"Sir Thomas Erskine married, first, about 1365, Mary Douglas, only child and heiress of Sir William Douglas, known as the 'Knight of Liddesdale.' She died in childbed, and Sir Thomas was obliged to give up possession of her estates to the next heir." (page 598)
from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1
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