12. Sir Robert ERSKINE (William , John , John , John , Henry de ) died in 1385. Robert was employed as Ambassador to the Court of France.
In 1343 Robert witnessed a charter by John Maxwell to the monks of Dryburgh.
Sir Robert was appointed constable, keeper and captain of Stirling castle by King David II.
Prominent supporter of David II against the Balliol faction, he was one of the ambassadors to England to negotiate the ransom of the King after his capture in the battle of Durham in 1346. In 1350 he was appointed Great Chamberlain of Scotland by David II while still a prisoner. In 1357 he was one of the people who negotiated for the release of the King and his son Thomas was one of the hostages for the payment of the King's ransom.
Upon his return David appointed Sir Robert justiciary north of the Forth and constable and keeper of the castles of Edinburgh and Dumbarton.
In 1358 he was ambassador to France and was ambassador to England between 1360 and 1366 receiving a gift of a gold cup valued at £9/18/6 in 1363.
In 1359 he applied to the Papal See for a dispensation and release from a vow he had made to bear arms against the Saracens in the Holy Land and to visit Mount Sinai as he was unable to go due to the King's business and the frequent wars. The reply on 11 Aug. 1359 said that if a date for his going was fixed it might be postponed for a year.
In 1367 he was warden of the marches and heritable sheriff of Stirlingshire. In 1371 he was one of the great barons who ratified the succession of Robert II to the crown.
In 1373 he exchanged the lands of Ednam for an annual rent of £100 from the custom's duties of Aberdeen. He also received 500 marks as compensation for giving up the keepership of Stirling castle. The Barony of Alloa was added to his other property in exchange for the hunting district of Strathgartney (a Menteith possession) in the Highlands in 1368. In 1358 he had a charter of the lands of Garioch from Thomas, Earl of Mar.No child with Christian Menteith.
The Earls of Mar Pedigree writes:
"Sir Thomas Erskine of that Ilk, +1385; Great Chamberlain, 1350; cr. Justiciary 1360; Warden of the Marches, 1367; resigned the Barony of Dun to his eldest son Sir Thomas."
"Schere Robert Stewart was made King, specially throw the grate helpyng of gude scher Robert of Erskyne. Worthy, wys, and bold was he".
The Earls of Mar pedigree also says that Robert had for second wife: "Christian Keith ( daughter of Sir Edward Keith of Sinton, and Christian Menteith); d.s.p. circa 1389. The dispensation for the marriage of the noble Robert Erskine with Donna Christiana de Keith by Pope Innocent VI is dated March 1355."
Robert married (1) Beatrice LINDSAY, daughter of Alexander LINDSAY. Beatrice died ante 1352.
daughter of Alexander LINDSAY, (Earl?) of Crawford;
widow of Sir Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent of Scotland (d. 1333);
mother of William created Earl of Douglas in 1358
Robert and Beatrice had the following children:
+ 17 M i Sir Thomas ERSKINE of ALLOA and DUN + 18 M ii Nicholas ERSKINE of KINNALL 19 M iii Sir Alan ERSKINE 20 F iv Marion/Muriel ERSKINE 21 F v Elizabeth ERSKINE
Robert also married (2) Christian MENTEITH, daughter of Sir John MENTEITH Lord of Arran and Ellen/Elyne of Mar, circa 1352. Christian was born before 1314. She died circa 1387.
Only daughter and borne before 1314 according to the Earls of Mar Pedigree.
married 1. Edward Keith of Sinton (+ 1346 according to the Earls of Mar Pedigree)
married 2. Robert Erskine, father of her son in law Thomas...
married 2. Sir David Barclay of Brechin & Dun +1353, according to the Earls of Mar Pedigree
13. Alan ERSKINE (William , John , John , John , Henry de ) was born in 1348. He died in May 1400.
"Sir Alan Erskine, of Inchture & Inchmartin, 1st march 1369. Confirmed a grant of his father-in-law in 1334."
(from the Earls of Mar pedigree)
born 1348 in Selkirk (from internet)
m. before 1362 Isabel Inchmartine (d.c.1399)
Alan married Isabel INCHMARTIN.
They had the following children:
22 F i Isabel ERSKINE 23 F ii Margaret ERSKINE