General Notes

REFN: 3063AN
REFN: P3064
Adam De Gordun, 7th of that Ilk
Adam De Gordun married an English woman named Marjory and in her right
possessed an estate in England for which he had to do homage to the
English King [Henry III]. Alexander of Scotland h ad died the previous
year [1286] and his grand daughter, the young Maid of No rway, died in
1290 leaving the throne vacant. The matter was referred to Edwa rd I [of
England] who decided in favor of John Balliol to whom Adam adhered.
["Braveheart" fame] ...he [John Balliol] raised an army in the West which
w as joined by Adam whose Berwickshire lands were plundered by the English
duri ng Edward’s victorious invasion of Scotland. When, on the 28th of
April 1296, the armies met on the field of Dunbar, Adam was one of the
large number whic h fell in that fight so fatal to Scottish independence.
He left a son.