Walter Olifard (died 1242)

Sir Walter de Olifard (died 1242), Lord of Bothwell and Abernethy and Justiciar of Lothian, was a Scottish noble.

Walter de Olifard
Died1242
BuriedMelrose Abbey
Noble familyOlifard family

Life

Olifard was the eldest son of Walter de Olifard and Christiana de Strathearn. He was known as the younger to distinguish between his father. Walter held the office of Justiciar of Lothian between 1221 and 1242.[1] He founded a church at Ormiston, near Bothwell dedicated to Saint Catherine.[2]

Marriage and issue

His spouse was known at his death as Isabella. He is known to have had the following known issue:[3]

  • William de Olifard, married Isabel Douglas, had issue.
  • Hugh de Olifard
  • Walter de Olifard

Citations

  1. Talyor 2016, p. 218n.
  2. Notes and Queries 1870, p. 256.
  3. Douglas 1764, p. 526.

References

  • Douglas, Robert. The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation. R. Fleming, Edinburgh, 1764.
  • Notes and Queries, Oxford University Press, 1870.
  • Taylor, Alice. The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290, Oxford studies in medieval European history. Oxford University Press, 2016. ISBN 9780198749202
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