General Notes

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Sir Andrew De Livingston was one of the Scottish knights summoned by King
Edw ard I on May 24th 1297 to attend his expedition to Flanders. He was
killed th e same year in the revolt led by the great Scottish hero Sir
William Wallace. Sir Andrew was the Sheriff of Lanark, and it appears
that Sir William Wallac e emerged as the leader of the Scottish forces
after Sir Andrew was killed.
It is on official record that the Sheriff of Lanark was killed when
Scottish rebels burned Lanark in 1297. Blind Harry, the Minstrel, asserts
that this sh eriff was an Englishman by the name of Hesilrig; but there is
no record of su ch a man having held this office. Sir Andrew De Livingston
is known to have b een Sheriff of Lanark during the year preceding
Wallace’s Revolt; and it is a lso evident that he must have been deceased
about this time due to the fact t hat after Wallace’s Revolt there is no
further reference to him in the public records.
Died: 1297, slain during the revolt led by by Sir William Wallace
M arried: Lady Elene De Quarantley or De Carantelegh
Sir Andrew De Livingston an d Lady Elene De Quarantley had the following
child:
Sir William Livingston
Copied from Drumry history website,
templum.freeserve.co.uk/history/drumry.ht m:
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Drumry is first mentioned in the 1328 Exchequer rolls when the Lady of
Drumry paid the Chamberlain of Scotland one chalder of flour at the feast
of St. Martin for the freedom of her lands. It seems likely tha t this was
either Elena Livingston, who was married to Andrew Livingston; or their
daughter-in-law, Margaret, who married their son William and are
ment ioned later as lairds in 1338.
With their estates in West Lothian, the Livings tons were a powerful
family. In 1302, Andrew's brother, Sir Archibald Livings ton was listed as
only one of two Scots noblemen who supported Edward Longsha nks, the
English king, in his claim to Scotland; the other being the Earl of
Dunbar. Later that year, Robert the Bruce was also to feign loyalty to
Edwa rd – but while Robert was later to challenge Edward after the death
of his fa ther in 1304, when he had a stronger claim to the throne, the
Lothian held Li vingston lands continued to be a vital lifeline for Edward
as he tried to kee p Stirling Castle out of Bruce’s hands. Bruce was made
King in 1306. Edward L ongshanks died in 1307 and the battle against King
Robert I was taken up by t he new King of England, Edward II. Bruce took
Linlithgow when his men were hi dden under hay to penetrate the guard.
Around 1308-9, both Rutherglen and Dum barton fell to Bruce and his
allies, and given its proximity, the estate of D rumry would follow suit.