Uchtred Lord of Galloway

  General Notes:

~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 38:25, married to Gunnild of Dunbar, son of Fergus, Lord of Galloway, 121B:27, killed 22 Sep 1174 at Loch Fergus by nephew Molcolm, son of Gilbert his brother. He married Gunnild, daughter Waltheof, Lord of Allerdale, brother of Gospatric, 2nd Earl of Dunbar. ¹⁶⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁸⁷⁴
Uchtred, usually styled as "Uchtred, son of Fergus," because he shared the rule of Galloway with his brother Gilbert. He was the elder son of Fergus. His name appears in writs as witnesses to royal charters both before and after his father's death. His father was obliged to send him to the Scottish court as a hostage after Fergus had been involved in an insurrection against the king.

Uchtred was a benefactor of the church, was founder of a nunnery at Lincluden, and gifted various churches to Holyrood and Holmcultram abbeys. He granted some land in Troqueer to the hospital of St. Peter of York, by writ, dated between 1158 - 1167. Uchtred remained peaceful until 1175, and he and his followers accompanied their monarch on his march into England. When William, King of Scotland, was taken prisoner by the English, Uchtred and his brother Gilbert seized the royal castles. The brothers quarrelled, and Gilbert had Uchtred killed on 22 Sep 1147, in his house in Loch Fergus, by a party under Gilbert's son, Malcolm.

Uchtred married Gunnild, daughter of Waldeve, Lord of Allerdale, brother of Gospatric, the second Earl of Dunbar. there children were:

• Lochland, apparently died between 1164 and 1165, when his brother Roland was first named.
• Roland, who became Lord Galloway.
• Unnamed son, who was killed 30 Sep 1185, in conflict with Gillecolm.
• Fergus, who is named as "Ferus, brother of Roland," in a charter to the monks of Melrose between 1203 and 1214.

~The Scots Peerage, Vol. IV, pp. 136-138

• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Uhtred of Galloway.
"Uhctredus filius Fergusi" donated "ecclesiam de Colmanele" to Holyrood abbey by undated charter [Holyrood, 23, p. 19]. "Uctredus filius Fergi et Gunnild filia Waldef sponsa sua" donated "ecclesiam de Torpennoth" to Holyrood abbey by undated charter [Holyrood, 24, p. 19].

Uchtred married Gunnild of Dunbar, daughter of Waltheof Lord of Allerdale and Sigrid ¹⁶⁰.^,874 (Gunnild of Dunbar was born in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland.)