| Notes |
- Sir Robert de Keith, the eldest son, succeeded his father in the lands and office of Marischal of Scotland, and in the year 1294 he obtained from John Baliol a charter of confirmation of the lands of Keith and others in East Lothian, in which he is designed ' our Marischal.' He, as ' marescallus Scotise,' confirmed the lands of Johnston and others to the monastery of Soltre by a charter to which Sir Richard de Keth, Sir Philip de Keth, rector of the church of Biggar, his brother. Sir Adam de Keth, rector of Keith-Marischal, his uncle, and John de Keth, his son and heir, are witnesses, about the year 1290." Between that date and the year 1300 he granted to the monks of Kelso the right to build a mill on his lands of Keith-Hundeby." In August 1299 he was appointed Warden of the Forest of Selkirk, which post he held until the year 1300, when he was captured by the English and cast into prison at Carlisle, whence he was transferred to Nottingham and Bristol. On February 1303-4 he received notification of peace by royal messenger. He was liberated the same year, and dined with the Prince of Wales at Perth in February 1304. In 1304 he held the office of Sheriff of Aberdeen. In 1305 he was chosen one of the ten Scotsmen to represent Scotland in the English Parliament, and in that year he attended the Parliament held by Edward I at Westminster. On 26 October 1305 he was appointed by King Edward one of the four Deputy Wardens of Scotland, and in the same year he obtained the office of Justiciar of the country between the Forth and the Mountli, at a salary of 40 merks yearly. In July 1307 he was still in the service of the King of England. In September of that year he was ordered to aid against Bruce, but at Christmas 1308 he joined the cause of King Robert, and remained faithful to him during the remainder of his life.
|
Abt 1262 - 1332 (~ 70 years)
