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| Name |
John (of Dirleton) Halyburton |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1355 |
1st Battle Of Nisbet  |
| Person ID |
I125000 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
19 Aug 2013 |
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| Notes |
- From Stirnet Genealogy at
'Halyburton1'
http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/hh4aa/halyburton1.htm#linklo
Families covered: Halyburton (Haliburton) of Dirleton, Haliburton ofHaliburton (Halyburton)
Main sources: TSP (Haliburton), BE1883 (Halyburton).
TSP = "The Scots Peerage", founded on Wood's Edition of Sir RobertDouglas's "Peerage of Scotland". Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul.Published 1908.
BE1883 = Burke's Extinct Peerage "Genealogical History of the Dormant,Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire by Burke"(1883 edition).
Copies of this are held in many of the larger public libraries in the UK."
"During the reign of David II (1329-1371), the de Vaux male line endedand the Dirleton passed to Sir John Haliburton by marriage to one of thede Vaux daughters in 1340. In 1440, Sir Walter Haliburton, Lord HighTreasurer of Scotland, was created Lord Dirleton." Dirleton Castle athttp://www.clanmaxwellusa.com/dirleton.htm
"At the 1st battle of Nisbet in 1355 John Halyburton of Dirleton waskilled while helping Ramsay of Dalhousie, Dunbar of Dunbar castle andDouglas of Tantallon castle defeat the English garrison from Norhamcastle. Surprisingly, a few years later in 1363 Douglas and Dunbar turnedon the Halyburtons and seized Dirleton castle in their first steps ofrebellion against King David II of Scots for his attack on Kildrummycastle. This led to the battle of Lanark where Douglas and Dunbar weredefeated by King David and forced to sue for peace. Dirleton was thenreturned to the Halyburtons." Reconstruction of Dirleton Castle AndrewSpratt (spratt@supanet.com) Dec 2001A.D. Athttp://www.maybole.org/history/castles/dirleton.htm
Battle of Nisbet Moor
See William Douglas and the Battle of Nisbet Moor
by Andrew Spratt
at http://www.douglashistory.com/library/spratt/nisbet_moor.htm
This has a image intitled "John Halyburton killed in the Scots charge atthe first Battle of Nisbet in 1355"
2nd Battle of Nisbet
About Patrick (yr of Hailles) Hepburn, shown here as husband of Beatrix(of Dirleton) de Vaux.
"For his "good and faithful service" Sir Patrick granted him estates inEast Lothian including Hailes and Traprain. Adam's son, Sir Patrick ofHailes, and grandson, Patrick Younger of Hailes, both distinguishedthemselves in the Battle of Otterburn in 1388. Fourteen years later theyounger Patrick fell in the Battle of Nisbet Moor with, family historyrelates, "the flower of youth of East Lothian"
From Loyalties, Conflicts, Intrigues and Affiliations
Sir Alastair Buchan-Hepburn of Smeaton Hepburn, 7th Bt
Interview by Sarah Powell
At http://www.origins.net/art-burkes1.html
Dirleton Castle at:
http://www.heritage.me.uk/castles/dirleton.htm
http://www.clanmaxwellusa.com/dirleton.htm
http://www.marie-stuart.co.uk/Castles/Dirleton.htm
http://www.maybole.org/history/castles/dirleton.htm
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