General Notes

Name Suffix:<NSFX> Lord Of Folkingham
Walter de Gaunt, d. 1139, held barony of Folkingham, co
. L i ncoln, a commander in the battle of the Standard 1138
, fo un der of Bridlington Priory, co. York before 1113-4
; m. b y 11 20 Maud (or Matilda) of Brittany, daughter of S
tephe n I, Co unt of Brittany. [Ancestral Roots]
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Sir Walter de Lindissi or Lind(e)say (almost certainl
y 3 r d son of Gilbert de Ghent) probably accompanied David
, Ea r l of Huntingdon, subsequently King David I, in his a
nglic ising of the Lowlands in the early 12th century; he w
as wit ne ss 1116 to an inquisition concerning the see of G
lasgow . [B urke's Peerage]
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Note: It is not obvious from the descriptions, but appare
n t ly Walter de Gaunt/Gant of Folkingham & Walter de Linde
sa y, whose son William de Lindsay of Fordington, Lincs. fo
und e d the Lindsay line of Scotland, are one and the sam
e pers on. At least they are both named Walter and sons o
f Gilber t de Gant/Ghent. I presume, given Walter's rathe
r late marr iag e to Maud of Brittany, that he either ha
d a 1st wife o r a m istress who was mother of William de L
indsay.