Uctred FitzWaltheof

Uctred FitzWaltheof

Male Aft 1070 - 1152  (< 80 years)


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  • Name Uctred FitzWaltheof 
    Birth Aft 1070  Tynedale, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1152  Dumfries-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9856  footsteps | Ancestors, Charlamagne
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Father Waltheof of Northumbria, Earl Of Northumberland ,   b. 1045, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 31 May 1076, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Judith de Lens,   b. May 1054, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1088, Northinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Jan 1070 
    Family ID F2373  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bethec Dunkeld, Lady ,   b. Abt 1080, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1160, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 1120  Nothumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Hextilda Fitzuchtred,   b. 1122, Morayshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1182, Perthshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - Aft 1070 - Tynedale, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1152 - Dumfries-shire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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    • ==Biography==UctredJoseph Bain, ed, ''Calendar o f D o c u m ents relating to Scotland Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Reco rd O f f i c e, London.'' (Edinburgh: H M General Register House, 1881), I:3 , D i g i t al Image ''Internet Archive'' (https://archive.org/stream/calend ar o f d o cume01edin#page/2/mode/2up accessed 12 September 2017). No 13. o r ' ' 'Huctred son of Waldef'''Joseph Bain , e d , ' ' C alendar of Documents relating to Scotland'', [https://archive. or g / s t ream/calendarofdocume01edin#page/448/mode/2up I:449], No 2287. o r ' ' 'Huctred of Tynedale'''James Balfour P a u l , e d ., ''The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert D o u g l a s's Peerage of Scotland, containing an Historical and Genealogical A c c o u n t of the Nobility of that Kingdom'', 9 vols (Edinburgh: David Doug l a s , 1 9 07), I:504-5, Digital Image ''Internet Archive'' (https://archiv e . o r g /stream/scotspeeragefoun01paul#page/504/mode/2up accessed accessed 1 2 S e p t e mber 2017). (or GothricSir Archi ba l d H D u n bar, Bart, ''Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish H i s t o r y 1005-1625 with Notices of the Principal Events Tables of Regnal Y e a r s , P edigrees, Calendars, etc.'', (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1899), 4 3 , D i g i tal Image ''Internet Archive'' (https://archive.org/stream/scott i s h k i ngsre00dunbuoft#page/42/mode/2up accessed 12 September 2017). ) o r U c htred FitzWaltheofRobertson, 1862 (FitzWalde v e ) < r ef name=gff>Goldsborough, Feist & Feist, 2011 of TynedaleWikipedians, n.d.

      b. after 1070

      ===Parents===Uctred was the son of Walleof or W a l d e f .

      ====Disputed Parents====There is no evidence for the statement in the ' ' C i t y o f Sheffield'' that Uctred was the son of Waltheof who married Ju d i t h o f L ens in 1070. Waltheof, earl of Northumbria, and a l s o a n a chronistically called earl of Huntingdon, (born circa 1050-died 1 0 7 6 ) , w as the second son of the Dane, Siward, earl of Northumbria (d. 1 0 5 5 ) , a nd his first wife, �lffl�d, daughter of Earl Ealdred, son of Ear l U h t r e d, and he married Judith, the niece of William I, king of Englan d a n d d u k e of Normandy,C. P. Lewis, `Waltheof, e ar l o f N o r thumbria (c.1050-1076)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biog r ap hy ' ' , Oxford University Press, 2004 https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb / 2 8 6 4 6, accessed 26 March 2024). Waltheof (c.1050-1076): doi:10.1093/re f : o d n b/28646. Waltheof and Judith had two daughters:# Maud, born b e t w e e n 1070 and 1076, married 1) Simon (I) de Senlis, earl of Northampt o n a n d o f H untingdon and 2) David, later king of Scots;# Alice, also known as Judith, born between 1070 and 1076, mar r i e d R a lph de Tosny or Adelise married Raoul I I I o f T o s ny;
      Some sources state Waltheof and Judith had a third daughter.
      In 1086, Waltheof's widow, Judith, owned some 200 rural manors mainly s c a t t e red between Lincoln, Leicester, Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridg e , w i t h h ouses in several east midland towns.
      At the end of 1113 David, who was to become Davide I, king of Scotland, w a s g i v e n by Henry I, king of England, the rich, highly born heiress, Ma u d o r M a t ilda de Senlis (d. 1131), the daughter of Waltheof, earl of No r t hu m b ria, and Judith (died in or after 1086), the widow of Simon (I) d e S e n l i s (or St Liz, died 1111-3), who would have been approaching fort y w h e n s h e married David. Through this marriage, David acquired propert y s t r e t ching from south Yorkshire to Middlesex, but mainly in the shire s o f N o r t hampton, Huntingdon, Cambridge, and Bedford, which formed what c a m e t o b e k nown as the `honour of Huntingdon'. King Henry I also grante d h i m a n e a rldom, but to assign the names Huntingdon or Northampton to t h i s e s t ate before the mid-twelfth century is anachronistic. When the Se n l i s f a mily and the Scottish royal house vied for control of the honour , w h i c h w as never partitioned, the former preferred the title earl of N or t h a m pton (given by Stephen), while the Scots simply spoke of the hono u r o f H u n tingdon without using any territorial style. G . W . S. Barrow, `David I (c.1085-1153)', ''Oxford Dictionary of Na t i o n a l Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2006 ( h t t p s ://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/7208 accessed 14 Sept 2017).
      If Huctred was the son of Waltheof and Judith, he would have inherited t h e s e e s tates, not their daughters.

      ===Marriage and Children===
      Uctred married Beth�c circa 1085. Beth�c wa s t h e o n l y child of Donald III [Domnall B�n, Donalbane], king of Scots. A. A. M. Duncan, `Donald III (b. in or before 1 0 4 0 , d . 1 099?)', rev. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxfo r d U n i v ersity Press, 2004 (https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/37366 acces s e d 1 3 S e pt 2017). Donald III (b. in or before 1040, d. 1099?): doi:10. 1 0 9 3 / ref:odnb/37366.

      Uctred married Beth�c had children:#[[Tynedale-4|Hestilla or Hextilda]] , w h o m a r ried [[Comyn-6|Richard Comyn/Cumyn]], c i r c a 1 105. John Comyn (died 1302) of Tynedale and Badenoch who was a Competitor on 3rd A u g u s t 1 291 for the throne of Scotland, was their great-great-grandson. J o h n m a r ried Alianora, the sister of John Balliol, king of Scotland. https://archive.org/stream/scottishkingsre00dun b u o f t #page/282/mode/2up
      ===Records referring to "Uctred son of Walleof", "Uchtred son of Waldef " a n d " H u ctred son of Waldef"===
      In 1130-1, at Northumberland, Uctred, son of Walleof, rendered an accou n t f o r 2 0 m arks of silver, three palfreys, and three coursers for the l i b e r ti es of soc and sac which the king, Henry I of England [reigned 110 0 - 1 1 3 5], had granted him. He paid to the Treasury 5 marks of silver an d s t i l l o wes 15 marks of silver, three palfreys, and three coursers.
      '''Uchtred filius Waldef'' was a juror in the ''Inquisitio per David Pr i n c i p em Cumbrensen de terris Ecclesiae Glasguensi pertinentibus facta'' w h i c h w a s witness by, among others, ''Cospatric frater Dalfin, Waldef fr a t e r s u us. Cospatric filius Uctred, Uhctred filius Scot''.46. Digi t a l I m a ge ''Internet Archive'' (https://archive.org/stream/earlyscottis h c h a 0 0lawruoft#page/46/mode/2up/, accessed 13 Sept 2017). Charter L. L a u rie, in his notes regarding this charter, remarks that the writ e r o f t h e c harter added a list of witnesses that included the leading p e o pl e a s sociated with David when he was an earl, which he probably made u p b e c a u se there was no grant or act to attest; that the jurors, in the o p i n i o n of Dr Prescott were Cumbrenses judices, although he doesn't agre e t h a t U c htred was as he doesn.299, 304. Digital Image ''Internet A r c h i v e'' (https://archive.org/stream/earlyscottishcha00lawruoft#page/29 8 / m o d e/2up/, accessed 13 Sept 2017). Charter L.
      On 8 February 1261/2, Henry III, king of England, confirmed to John Com y n t h e g r ant by David king of Scotland and his son, Earl Henry [died 11 5 2 , e a r l of Huntingdon from 1136, earl of Northumberland from 1139] , t o R i c h a rd Comyn, John's great-grandfather, and his wife Histilla, and t he i r h e i rs, lands in Tindale, viz Wallewie, Thornton, Staincroft and He t h i n g ishale, which was the heritage of Histilla's father, Huctred, son o f W a l d e f, just as King Henry's grandfather, King Henry [II], had previo us l y c o n firmed the grant by charter to Richard and Hestilla.

      ==Research Notes==Robertson's statement "Uchred the son of Waltheof was s l a i n i n t he time of Canute, and his brother Eadulf Cudel only succeeded t o t h e h e r editary dominions beyond the Tyne;"Eben William Robertson , ' ' S c o tland Under Her Early Kings: A History of the Kingdom to the Clo se o f t h e T h irteenth Century'', (Edmonston and Douglas, 1862), I:442; D igi ta l I m a ge ''Internet Archive'', . does not refer to Histilla's f a t h e r , Huctred, son of Waldef, because Cnut died in 1035.M. K. Law s o n , ` C nut (d. 1035)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxf o r d U n i versity Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2013 (https://doi.org/10.10 9 3 / r e f:odnb/4579 accessed 15 Sept 2017). Uhtred, earl of Bamburgh , s o n o f W a ltheof, was murdered in 1016 after which his brother, Eadulf C u d e l , s ucceeded to the earldom.William M. Aird, `Uhtred, earl of B a m b u r gh (d. 1016)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford U n i v e r sity Press, 2004 (https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/27981 accessed 1 5 S e p t 2 0 17). Histilla and her first husband, Richard Comyn, wer e g r a n t ed the heritage of her father Huctred, son of Waldef, by King He nr y I I , w h o reigned from 1154 until 1189. If Histilla was the daughter o f U c h r e d who was slain in the time of Canute, she would have been 138 y ea r s o l d a t the beginning of Henry II's reign.
      Line 121A Nos 23-25 in Weis' ''Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colo n i s t s '',Frederick Lewis Weis, ''Ancestral Roots of Certain America n C o l o n ists who Came to America Before 1700: The Lineage of Alfred the G r e a t , C harlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Some of T h e i r D e scendants'', Genealogical Publishing Com, 1992 [https://books.go o g l e . com.au/books?id=XLqEWwa7fT8C&lpg=PP1&vq=tynedale&pg=PA108#v=snippe t & q = h uctred&f=false 108] calls him '''Huctred of Tyndale, son of W a l d e f ''' citing ''The Scots Peerage'', I:504-555 (a typo for 504-5 IMHO [ [ T h o m pson-14289|Thompson-14289]] 20:42, 13 September 2017 (EDT)], which cites Bain's ''Calendar of Documents relat i n g t o S c otland'' both of which are referenced above.
      == Sources ==

      See also:*Goldsborough, E., Feist, P. & Feist, M.W., (2011). The Hous e o f G o l d sborough: Goldsborough: From 6th Century England to Colonial A me ri c a , ( pp.261). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ek8iwcgtTNwC&lpg=P A 2 6 1 & dq=Uchtred%20(Uchtred)%20%22of%20Tynedale%22&pg=PA261#v=onepage&q= U c h t r ed%20(Uchtred)%20%22of%20Tynedale%22&f=false Google Books]*Roberts o n , E b e n William. (1862). Scotland Under Her Early Kings: A History of t h e K i n g dom to the Close of the Thirteenth Century, (Vol.1, pp.442). Edm o n s t o n and Douglas. [https://books.google.com/books?id=pobSAAAAMAAJ&dq= U c h t r ed%20Lord%20of%20Tynedale&pg=PA442#v=onepage&q=Uchtred&f=false Goo g l e e B o ok].*Wikipedians, (n.d.). City of Sheffield (Part 1 of 3, pp.66) . P e d i a P ress. [https://books.google.com/books?id=PCEKGAoMuL0C&lpg=PA66 &d q = U c htred%20(Uchtred)%20%22of%20Tynedale%22&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q=Uchtr e d % 2 0 (Uchtred)%20%22of%20Tynedale%22&f=false Google Books].