4990606.
Sir John de Soules &
4990607. Hawise ?
~1250, John de Soulys, born in Scotland, 2nd s/o 9981212. Sir Nicholas de Soules &
9981213. Annora de Normanville.
8/19/1274 at Westminster abbey, Edward I crowned king of
England.
1282, John “by treachery” got possession of Cruggleton
castle [SE Scotland] while a guest of its owner William Kerlie. [William
escaped, but through multiple attempts could not recover his castle.]
1283, Sir John an envoy to Paris to negotiate King Alexander
III’s marriage to Yolande de Dreux.
3/19/1286, Alexander III, King of Scotland, died in a fall
from a horse. The Guardians awaited the arrival of the infant Maid of Norway,
the last descendant of the Canmore dynasty.
8/2/1288, Warrant for payment of £20 to John de Soulys,
knight. Edinburgh. (S) UKNA.
1289, Warrant from the Guardians to the Chamberlain of
Scotland to pay John de Soulys, knight, his fee. (S) UKNA.
11/6/1289, By the Treaty of Salisbury, the return of the
Maid of Norway as Queen was arranged. [d/o Queen Margaret of Scotland, d/o King
Henry III.]
2/4/1290, Receipt by John de Soulys, knight, for a sum
received from the Chamberlain of Scotland. (S) UKNA.
3/14/1290, John and his brother William present at the
parliament in Brigham which confirmed the Treat of Salisbury.(S) The Records of
the Parliament of Scotland.
1290, The Maid of Norway died and immersed Scotland in
crisis. There were 14 competitiors for the crown.
6/13/1291, at Upsettlington, John and others magnates of
Scotland swore fealty to King Edward I.
9/22/1291, Grant to John de Senles of the wardship of the
lands late of Hugh Luvel (4990604), tenant in chief, until the full age of [the
heir of] the said Hugh. (S) CFRs. [John’s daughter married to Hugh’s son.]
9/24/1291, Order … and to deliver 2 parts of Hugh’s lands to
John de Soulys, to whom the king has committed the custody thereof during the
minority of Hugh’s heir. (S) CCRs.
2/6/1292, Grant to John de Soules, in extension of a recent
grant to him of the custody, … of the lands of Hugh Lovel, … during the
minority of the heirs, … (S) CPRs. [Same date:] John de Soules, going to
Scotland, nominating … and Robert Luvel for 3 years. (S) CPRs.
3/28/1292, Protection with clause volumus for John de
Soules, staying beyond seas, for 1 year. (S) CPRs.
11/6/1292, John Balliol selected as King of Scotland; a
solution that was never accepted by the next best claimant, Robert Bruce of
Annandale.
11/16/1292, Protection with clause volumus, for 1 year, for
John de Soules, going to Scotland. (S) CPRs.
[––John––]
By 1293, John married 2nd Margaret, d/o
Merleswain, s/o Waldeve, s/o Merlswain; widow of Hugh de Perisby.
2/9/1293 at Scone, John de Soules, knight, who was ‘infeft’
by Margaret, who was the wife of Hugh de Perisby, in a 4th part of the barony
of Ardrossan, comes before the lord king and says that the said Margaret infeft
him therein to be held in chief of the lord king, and he offered the lord king
his homage.
11/7/1294, Tower of London, Grant to John de Soulys of the
custody, during the minority of the heir, of the lands which Eva [Eleanor]
Lovel, deceased, held in dower of the inheritiance of Hugh Lovel … with the
advowson of the church of the manor of Storketon. (S) CPRs.
7/3/1295, John an envoy to France to negotiate the marriage
of Edward Baliol with a daughter of Charles, brother of the French King.
1295, John fell out of favor with the king.
10/3/1295, Appointment … to the custody … of the lands late
of Hugh Luvel, … granted to Joh de Soules, but taken … for divers causes ; …
(S) CPRs.
10/1295, John sent a letter to
the King of France.
4/27/1296, The Scottish army was
defeated at the battle of Dunbar by King Edward.
7/10/1296, John Balliol, King of
Scotland, captured in the churchyard Stracathro in Angus. [John was released in
1299 to exile to his family’s estates in France.]
1299, John de Soules named
“custos regni Scottiae” by John Baliol.
6/10/1299, … charged to prevent
the bishop of St. Andrews, … John de Soules, knight, and other of the king’s
enemies of Scotland, and who are now in Flanders ready to cross to Scotlan,
from putting to sea, … (S) CPRs.
2/23/1300, Sir John de Soulis, identifying himself as
“custos regni Scocie”, sent a letter to the King of France. (S) The Guadians of
Scotland and a Parliament at Ruhterglen, Sayles, 1927.
1300, John commanded the siege of
Stirling castle which he took from the English.
5/1301, Ingram de Umfraville, John Comyn and William
Lamberton resigned as joint guardians of Scotland and were replaced by John de
Soulis, knight, as sole Guardian. [John appointed because he wasn’t part of
either the Bruce or Comyn camps, and was a patriot. John continued in this role
during the Wars of Scottish Independence, 1301-04. 70 years later the historian
Fordun called him feeble and ineffectual.]
5/21/1301, John, Guardian of the kingdom of Scotland,
addressed a letter to Pope Boniface.
9/8/1301, John, using Comyn of Badenoch’s estate as a base,
attacked Lochmaben, and then menaced the main English force at Bothwell
[commanded by Prince Edward]. John and
Sir Ingelram de Umfraville had 240 men-at-arms and 7000 foot soldiers. (S) A
History of Dumfries and Galloway, Maxwell, 2009, P82.
1/1302, King Edward and John agreed to a 9-month truce.
1302, John an envoy to Paris to address a possible
Anglo-French treaty which was not to include the Scots. In his absence, John
Comyn was appointed Guardian.
5/1303, King Edward mounted a major invasion of Scotland.
[John de Soulis was still in France. Edward forced most of Scotland in
submission. Bruce remained at large, John was defiant in exile in France, and
William Wallace was still at large. Edward declared that John and others in
exile could not return until William Wallace was captured – the only commoner
to defeat Edward in battle.]
5/25/1303, John’s and his wife is mentioned in a letter from
the king of France.
1303, John identified as a Scottish commissioner in Paris.
2/9/1304, Return as to the seizure of castle and barony of
Durisdeer and lands in Westerkirk and Philipston held of Ingelram de Gynes by
John de Soules, a fugitive. (S) UKNA.
2/9/1304, John excepted from the conditions of the
capitulation at Strathurd by Edward I. It was provided that he should remain in
exile for 2 years.
2/21/1304 at Dumferline, Safe-conduct, until Ascension, …
the king in Scotland, for … those … [coming] into the king’s peace, their
horses, baggage and other goods … John de Soules, knight …. (S) CPRs.
4/1304,
King Edward started the 90-day siege of Stirling castle. King Edward first used
the Warwolf siege engine, the largest trebuchet ever constructed.
5/1304, Sir William Oliphant, in charge of the castle at
Stirling, asked permission of King Edward I, who personally was in charge of
its siege, to send a message requesting authority to surrender to his master,
Sir John de Soules. [Edward refused, King Edward eventually took the castle.]
8/13/1304, King Edward's answer to messages sent by the
commonalty of Scotland concerning an amnesty to John de Soules.
Bef. 1305, John permanently
banished to France by King Edward.
1305, Maragret de Soulis requests grant of the town of
Liddel [Cumberland]. (S) UKNA.
John died in France. (S) Melrose
Charter.
(S) Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland,
Barrow, 2005. (S) Caledonia, V2, Chalmers. (S) POMS.
Family notes:
·
John, a younger son, was not a wealthy land
owner, having only the upland barony of Westerkirk in Eskdale; and in right of
his wife the barony of Ardross on the Fife coast.
·
The records of John de Soules, knight, nephew of
John, can be confused with his records, especially after 1300.
Child of John and Hawise:
i. Muriel Soules
(2495303), born ~1283 in Scotland. [Heir]
1305, Richard Lovel, who has married the daughter and heir
of John de Soules, requests the king's grace concerning the manor of Old
Roxburgh, which belonged to the aforesaid John. (S) UKNA.
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