Hay Family Line

Hay Family Line

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Grandy's 15x Great-Grandmother:

My 17x Great-Grandmother:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 18x Great-Grandmother:

Lady Margaret Hay, Countess of Angus (1400 - 1484)

Margaret Hay, of Yester

Margaret ,Countess of Angus, Hay

Margaret Douglas

Also Known As: "Margaret le Hay"

Birthdate: circa 1400

Birthplace: Yester Castle, Yester, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Roman Catholic

Date of Marriage: December 3, 1414

Place of Marriage: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death: after April 22, 1484 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Parents:

William Hay of Lochorwart

1375-1421

Yester and Alice de la Haye

1382-1451

Family

Spouse:

William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus (1398 - 1437)

Sir William "2nd Earl of Angus" Douglas

William , 2nd Earl of Angus, Douglas

Birthdate: circa 1398

Birthplace: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Roman Catholic

Title of Nobility: He inherited the Earldom of Angus in 1402, following his father's death of the plague whilst in English captivity, following the Battle of Homildon Hill. Angus was a captain in the Royal army and when Islay finally submitted to the King at Holyrood Abbey he was entrusted to the keeping of Angus at Tantallon for two years.

Military Title: In 1430 he was appointed Warden of the Middle March.

Military Veteran: 10 September 1435 Battle of Piperdean

Death: October 1437 in Mar Castle, Aerdeenshire, Scotland

Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Thomas Hay of Locherworth (1345-1406) and Joanna Giffard, Lady Yester (1347-1401)

See: Douglas Family Line

Children:

1. George Douglas 4th Earl of Angus 1417–1463

2. Hugh Douglas 1425–1466

3. Helen Douglas Baroness Ogilvy Of Airlie Countess of Angus 1425–1486

4. James Douglas 3rd Earl Of Angus 1426–1446

5. William Douglas Of Cluny 1430–1475

About Lady Margaret Hay, Countess of Angus

Biography

She is the daughter of William Hay of Yester and Alice Hay.

She married Sir William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus, on 3 Dec. 1414, having have been contracted to him on 12 Dec. 1410.[1]

From 3 December 1414, her married name became Douglas. As a result of her marriage, Margaret Hay was styled as Countess of Angus circa 1425. A papal dispensation of marriage was granted in 1425.[2] She died after 1484.[3]

Children of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay

James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus

George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus

William Douglas

Hugh Douglas

Elene (or Helen) Douglas

Sources

↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. pg. 175. Print.

↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. pg. 175. Print.

↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. pg. 175. Print.

Adrian Benjamin Burke, The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland, Part II: Identifyng their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," in The Genealogist, 2013, p. 176.

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10822.htm#i108219

Paul, Sir James Balfour. "Douglas, Earl Of Angus." The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. 172-213. Print.

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Hay-of-Yester/6000000003645818905

https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I250&tree=CC

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBH8-8GP

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hay-53

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Grandy's 16x Great-Grandfather:

My 18x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 19x Great-Grandfather:

William Hay, of Lochorwart (1375 - 1421)

Sir William Hay, of Locherworth and Yester, Sheriff of Peebles

Birthdate: circa 1375

Birthplace: Lochorwart Castle, Midlothian, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Roman Catholic

Title of Nobility: 1st Lord Haye

Occupation: Constable of Scotland

Title of Nobility: Lord of Lochorwart and Yester

Occupation: Sheriff of Peebles

Military Service: Battle of Homildon Hill 1402 (In 1402 William Hay of Yester marched on Newcastle with the Scots army under the command of Archibald 4th Earl of Douglas . After retiring from Northumberland the Scots carrying much booty were intercepted and routed by 'Hotspur' Percy and his expert Welsh archers at the Battle of Homildon Hill, near Wooler. William Hay along with the Earl of Douglas was among the many nobles unhorsed and captured during the battle.)

Death: 1421 in Castle Gifford, Yester, East Lothian, Scotland

Parents:

Sir Thomas Hay, of Locherworth

1342-1406

Lady Joanna Gifford of Yester

1340-1401

Family

Spouse:

Alice de la Haye

1382-1451

Alice "of Erroll" Hay

Alicia Hay

Also Known As: "Alicia Borthwick"

Birthdate: circa 1382

Birthplace: Kinnoull Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Roman Catholic

Date of Marriage: 1399

Place of Marriage: Loth, Sutherland, Scotland

Death: circa 1451 in Gifford, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Place of Burial: Gifford, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Hay, 7th Baron of Erroll (1342-1406) and Elizabeth Stewart, Princess of Scots (1350-1389)

Children:

1. Lady Jean Hay 1385–1444

2. Janet De Hay 1394–

3. Alice Hay 1395–1484

4. Sir Thomas of Lochorwart and yester Hay 1396–1434

5. Lady Margaret Hay, Countess of Angus 1400–1484

6. Edmund Hay Laird, of Linplum and Talaw 1402–1463

7. Elizabeth Hay 1402–

8. Sir David Hay 1404–1478

About William Hay of Lochorwart

SIR WILLIAM HAY, son of Sir Thomas, was Sheriff of Peeblesshire. His mother was Jean or Joanna, eldest daughter of Sir Hugh Gifford of Yester, the head of an old family which settled in Scotland in the reign of David I., and obtained from that monarch lands in East Lothian. William the Lion conferred upon him the barony of Yester. In the course of time the parish which bore that name came to be popularly called Gifford. His grandson, Hugh Gifford, was one of the guardians of Alexander III. and his queen. He was regarded as a skilful magician, and several anecdotes are told of his magical art, and his control over demons and the powers of nature. Fordun mentions that in Gifford’s castle there was a capacious cavern, said to have been formed by magical art, and called in the country, ‘Bo-Hall,’ that is, Hobgoblin Hall. Sir David Dalrymple, in his ‘Annals,’ says, ‘A stair of twenty-four steps led down to this apartment, which is a large and spacious hall, with an arched roof; and though it has stood for so many centuries, and been exposed to the external air for a period of fifty or sixty years, it is still as firm and entire as if it had only stood a few years. From the floor of this hall another stair of thirty-six steps leads down to a pit, which hath a communication with Hope’s Water.’ This ancient and strong castle, which stands on an elevated peninsula, near the junction of two streams, has long been in ruins, though the Goblin Hall was tenanted by the Marquis of Tweeddale’s falconer so late as 1737. Sir Hugh’s appearance and dress are vividly described by Sir Walter Scott in the third canto of ‘Marmion;’ and of the hall he says—

‘Of lofty roof and ample size,

Beneath the castle deep it lies;

To hew the living rock profound,

The floor to pave, the arch to round,

There never toiled a mortal arm

It all was wrought by word and charm.’

Sir Hugh Gifford’s heiress brought the barony of Yester into the Tweeddale family, and they quartered the arms of Gifford with their own.

The church of Yester, of which Sir William obtained the patronage along with the estate, was originally called St. Bathan’s. It was converted by him into a collegiate establishment for a provost, six prebendaries, and two choristers; and in this state it continued until the reformation.

Though the Hays were henceforth designated as of Yester, they still continued to reside at Neidpath Castle, on the banks of the Tweed, near Peebles. In all probability the newer part of that castle was built by Sir William in the early part of the fifteenth century. For the sake of security the walls of the new structure were made enormously thick and strong; but a serious mistake was committed in a military point of view, in allowing the old castle to remain, for its walls were greatly inferior in strength and thickness to those of the new part of the fortress, and the old part consequently formed its vulnerable part as soon as artillery came into use.

Sir William took for his second wife, Alice, daughter of Sir Thomas Hay, of Errol, and had issue by both wives. The first bore to him three sons and three daughters, the second a son and a daughter. The eldest son, William, predeceased him; the second son, Thomas, was one of the hostages for James I. in 1423, when his income was estimated at six hundred marks yearly. He survived his father only four years, and died unmarried in 1432. He was succeeded by his brother, DAVID, who married the sister of the first Earl of Angus, and relict of the first Lord Forbes. He obtained with her the lands of Gliswell and Torbirus.

Father Hay states that there was a double marriage, on the authority of a document at Hermiston, dated 4th December, 1409, and of a bond, dated 12th December, 1410, given by the Countess of Mar for one hundred pounds Scots to Sir William Hay of Locharward, ‘because William, Earle of Angus, her sone, married Margaret Hay, his daughter.’ It thus appears that the sister of the first Earl of Angus married Sir William Hay’s son, and the daughter of Sir William married the Earl of Angus.

Links

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjhonson/Royals/G...

http://community-2.webtv.net/NUbrubun55/GIFFARDOFYESTER/page2.html

http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1668.htm

Sir William HAY Knight was born 1365 in Yester, East Lothian, Scotland. He died 6 Apr 1421 in Yester, East Lothian, Scotland. William married Alice BORTHWICK on 1389 in Yester, East Lothian, Scotland.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg189...

In May 1400 William Hay of Yester accompanied George the 'Red' Douglas Earl of Angus of Tantallon castle to a meeting at Bothwell castle with Archibald the 'Grim' 3rd Earl of Douglas , to defuse an ongoing feud between the 'Red' Douglas and James Douglas of Dalkeith (Archibald's ally) over possession of the lands of Liddesdale. The 'Red' Douglas and his allies had burnt the lands around Dalkeith castle and other estates throughout Scotland "To recover from James Douglas all mails and rents of Liddesdale which he wrongfully occupies." Eventually an agreement was made where the 'Red' Douglas faction would end their attacks in exchange for some of the Liddesdale lands.

In 1402 William Hay of Yester marched on Newcastle with the Scots army under the command of Archibald 4th Earl of Douglas . After retiring from Northumberland the Scots carrying much booty were intercepted and routed by 'Hotspur' Percy and his expert Welsh archers at the Battle of Homildon Hill , near Wooler. William Hay along with the Earl of Douglas was among the many nobles unhorsed and captured during the battle. By 1403 Hay of Yester was back in Scotland signing land charters for the still captive Earl of Douglas. At this time a dispute arose between the Percies and King Henry IV of England over who could claim the ransom money for the many Scots nobles taken at Homildon. This led to open rebellion where 'Hotspur' Percy led Welsh and English rebels against King Henry at the Battle of Shrewsbury . During the battle 'Hotspur' was killed and the rebels defeated.

In 1407 the Earl of Douglas appointed 'his very dear squire' William Hay as Sheriff of Peebles. Later he also gave Hay lands in Galloway. By 1418 Douglas orderd his men to 'impose distress' on the people of Galloway for refusing to pay their rent to their new Master William Hay. Showing that he like his father Archibald the 'Grim' ruled by fear and force of arms.

In 1409 Margaret, daughter of William Hay, married William the 'Red' Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus in an attempt to bring the 'Red' Douglases back into the fold of the 'Black' Douglas camp. With the death of William Hay in 1420, his son Thomas took over as Lord of Yester.

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/William-Hay-of-Lochorwart-and-Yester/6000000002187913180

https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I5623&tree=CC

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKM6-G1C

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hay-49

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Hay_%289%29

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Grandy's 17x Great-Grandfather:

My 19x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 20x Great-Grandfather:

Sir Thomas Hay, of Locherworth (1342 - 1406)

Sir Thomas Haye, 7th of Erroll, Constable of Scotland

Sir Thomas de Haya

Also Known As: "de la Haya", "de Haye"

Birthdate: circa 1342

SIR THOMAS was one of the hostages for King David’s liberation, 3rd October, 1357, and seems to have been detained a good many years in England. In 1385 he received four hundred of the forty thousand francs which were sent by the French king with John de Vienne, to be distributed among the most influential Scottish barons.

Married Janet Jean Gifford - coheir of Hugh Gifford. and so acquired the castle and a quarter of the lands of Yester

Joanna Giffard was the eldest of the four daughters, and was probably born in the period 1345-1350. She married Sir Thomas de Hay of Locherworth circa 1369. Sir Thomas de Hay had been one of the pledged hostages held by the English as part of the treaty arranged for the release of King David II. He was appointed the Sheriff of Peebles before 1373, and died between 1395 and 1399. In 1386 (Yester writ 35), Sir Thomas de Hay was called to represent the portioner interests of the four heiresses in the land of Ochtercummane. On Dec. 1, 1399, Joanna Giffard confirmed an earlier (1345) charter of her deceased father John Giffard. The document describes her as: "Joanna Hay, Lady Yester, spouse of the deceased Sir Thomas de Hay of Locherworth". Joanna Giffard was still living in January of 1401.

The known children of Sir Thomas de Hay and Joanna Giffard were:

1. Sir Willam de Hay, (eldest son and heir who married Alicia de Hay of Erroll).

2. John de Hay.

3. Daughter who married Sir William Borthwick.

Links

http://community-2.webtv.net/NUbrubun55/GIFFARDOFYESTER/page2.html

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjhonson/Royals/G...

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=namegame&...

http://www.rickster.org/tng10/getperson.php?personID=I57065&tree=32gen

Name Hay, Thomas de Born 1330 Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location Gender Male Reference Number Burr Died 1397 Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location Person ID I57065 32 Generations Last Modified 19 Mar 2003

Father Hay, William de, b. Abt 1300, Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 29 Aug 1392, Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 92 years) Mother Douglas, b. Abt 1300, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F29971 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family Gifford, Johanna, b. 1339, of Yester, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Yes, date unknown

Children

1. Hay, William, b. 1365, Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Bef 1421, Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 56 years)

2. Hay, b. Abt 1372, Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F29968 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes m. Johanna Gifford; father of William Hay who m. Alicia Hay. [Eva K. Stamper BURR LINE

b. 1330, Locherworth; m. Janet/Johanna/Jean Gifford; father of William who m. Alice Hay. [Gail Martin

b. bef 1357, d. 1397; son of William de Hay; m. Janet Jean Gifford; father of:

1. William who m. Alice de la Haye

2. dau who m. William de Borthwick

Eileen McKinnon-Suggs

https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00705044&tree=LEO

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Thomas-Hay-of-Locherworth/6000000001701035908

https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I14671&tree=CC

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZF6-R8D

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hay-471

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Hay_%2820%29

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Grandy's 18x Great-Grandfather:

My 20x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 21x Great-Grandfather:

Sir William de Haya, Kt., of Locherworth (1318 - 1392)

Sir William de Haya

Also Known As: "DeHaya", "de Haye"

Birthdate: circa 1328

Birthplace: Locherwart Castle, Gorbridge, Midlothian, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Roman Catholic

Title of Nobility: Lord of Lochorwart

Military Service: Battle of Durham 17th September, 1346 (fought under the banner of David II at the Battle of Durham, where he was taken prisoner along with that monarch.)

Death: August 29, 1392 in Locherwart Castle, Gorbridge, Midlothian, Scotland

Parents:

Sir Thomas de la Haye, of Locherworth

1300-1335

Lora Coningesburgh

1310-1367

Family

Spouse:

Lady Jane Douglas, Countess of Lochor

1317-1357

Also Known As: "Lady Jane de Haya", "Countess of Lochor"

Birthdate: 1317

Birthplace: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Roman Catholic

Date of Marriage: [date unknown]

Place of Marriage: [location unknown]

Death: November 1357 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir James Douglas of Hermiston and of Lothian and Joan [surname unknown]

Children:

1. Sir Thomas Haye 7th of Erroll, Constable of Scotland 1342–1406

About Sir William de Haya, Kt., of Locherworth

The Battle of Durham where Queen Philippa defeats David Bruce of Scotland Date: 17 October 1346

SIR WILLIAM DE HAYA, Sir Gilbert’s grandson, fought under the banner of David II at the battle of Durham (17th September, 1346), where he was taken prisoner along with that monarch.

SIR WILLIAM DE HAYA, Sir Gilbert’s grandson, fought under the banner of David II at the battle of Durham (17th September, 1346), where he was taken prisoner along with that monarch.

http://www.rickster.org/tng10/getperson.php?personID=I57070&tree=32gen

Name Hay, William de Born Abt 1300 Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location Gender Male Reference Number Burr Died 29 Aug 1392 Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location Person ID I57070 32 Generations Last Modified 19 Mar 2003

Family Douglas, b. Abt 1300, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Yes, date unknown Children

1. Hay, Thomas de, b. 1330, Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1397, Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)

Family ID F29971 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes Son of Thomas de Hay and Lora, heiress de Cuningesburgh; m. ?? Douglas; father of Thomas de Hay who m. Janet Jean Gifford. [Eileen McKinnon-Suggs BURR LINE

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-William-de-Haya-Kt-of-Locherworth/6000000006444602478

https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I12326&tree=CC

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GC92-G6D

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hay-472

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Grandy's 19x Great-Grandfather:

My 21x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 22x Great-Grandfather:

Sir Thomas de la Haye, of Locherworth (1300 - 1335)

Sir Thomas de Haya, of Locherworth

Also Known As: "de Haye", "de la Haya", "Thomas Hay"

Birthdate: 1300

Birthplace: Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Roman Catholic

Title of Nobility: Lord of Lochorwart

Death: October 15, 1335 in Lochorwart Castle,Gorebridge,Midlothian,Scotland

Parents:

Sir Gilbert de Haya, of Locherworth

1275-1333

Mary Margaret Grahame, Lady of Neidpath

1283-1322

Family

Spouse:

Lora Coningesburgh

1310-1367

Lora de Cuningesburgh

Also known as: "Lora de Bykretone"

Birthdate: 1310

Birthplace: Tullybody, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Roman Catholic

Date of Marriage: [date unknown]

Place of Marriage: [location unknown]

Death: 1367 Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir William de Cuningesburgh (1269-1304) and [mother unknown]

Children:

1. Sir William de Haya 1318–1392

2. John Hay, of Tullibody, d. date unknown

About Sir Thomas de la Haye, of Locherworth

Sources

↑ Entered by Alexander Sives, Saturday, December 28, 2013.

[S474] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vans.

[S73] Burke's Landed Gentry 2001, Peter Beauclerk Dewar,, (2001.).

[S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Hay04.

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Thomas-de-la-Haye-of-Locherworth/6000000050141552951

https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I12322&tree=CC

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GC9L-MMS

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hay-470

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Grandy's 20x Great-Grandfather:

My 22x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 23x Great-Grandfather:

Sir Gilbert de Haya, of Locherworth (1275 - 1333)

Gilbert "5th Laird of Erroll" de Haya

Also known as: "Hay", "de la Haye"

Birthdate: bef. 1275

Birthplace: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Roman Catholic

Title of Nobility:

Death: April 1333 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Parents:

[parents unknown]

Family

Spouse:

Mary Margaret Grahame, Lady of Neidpath

1283-1322

Mary Fraser, co-heiress of Oliver Castle

Margaret Fraser

Also Known As: "Sinclair-Grahame Fraser"

Birthdate: circa 1275-1283

Birthplace: Yester, Haddington, Midlothian, Scotland

Denomination: (probably) Roman Catholic

Date of Marriage: [date unknown]

Place of Marriage: [location unknown]

Death: 1322 in Locherwarth, Pebbles, Scotland

Immediate Family:

Daughter of David Graham, of Lovat (1250-1297) and Maria Fraser Bisset (1248-1348)

Children:

1. Sir Thomas de la Haye of Locherworth 1300–1335

About Sir Gilbert de Haya, of Locherworth

Sources

[S474] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vans.

[S73] Burke's Landed Gentry 2001, Peter Beauclerk Dewar,, (2001.).

[S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Hay04.

[S18] Betty and Dick Field's Family History, Richard Field.

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Grahame-Lady-of-Neidpath/2285111

https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I12305&tree=CC

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GC92-T7R

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hay-3116

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Hay History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The Hay Motto

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Serva jugum

Motto Translation: Keep the Yoke

Hay Modern Tartan Hay Hunting Tartan

Hay Dress Tartan Hay Ancient Tartan

The Hays are one of the major clans of Scotland, whose Chiefs, the Earls of Erroll, have been hereditary Lords High Constable of Scotland since Sir Gilbert Hay of Erroll was rewarded with that office after the Battle of Bannockburn by King Robert the Bruce.

Although Hay is now seen as a quintessentially Scottish name, its origins are in northern France, and branches of the family settled in England shortly after the Norman Conquest. The first Hays appeared in Scotland about the middle of the 12th century.

In Scottish history, few names go farther back than Hay, whose ancestors lived among the clans of the Pictish tribe. The ancestors of the Hay family lived in ancient chronicles where the tradition relating this distinguished Pictish family of Hay begins during an attack by the Danes in the reign of Kenneth III of Scotland in 980. The defeated Scottish army retired through a narrow pass near Lochnarty in Perthshire which was later defended by a local farmer and his two sons. Upbraiding the retiring Scottish army, the farmer rallied the retreating Scottish and eventually defeated the Danes. They took the yokes from the oxen with which they were ploughing, and so belaboured the invaders as to drive them from the field, amidst shouts of Hay! Hay! The King rewarded the family with many grants of land including the Carse of Gowrie on the River Tay, traditionally marked by the limit of a falcon's flight, six miles in length. There is a monument still extant called the Falcon's Stone marking the falcon's place of rest. The king also assigned three shields or escutcheons for the arms of the family, to intimate that the father and his two sons had been the three fortunate shields of Scotland.

Early Origins of the Hay Family

The surname Hay was first found in Perthshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland, but looking further back we find Hay family of Normandy was of considerable rank and importance in the year 823 AD.

Significantly, the family held a Coat of Arms from ancient times that consisted of three red shields on a silver background. They also held many baronies, including the Castle and Barony of La Hai-du-puits in Coutances from whence the Sire-de-la-haie came.

He accompanied Duke William of Normandy in his conquest of England and was granted vast estates in Sussex, Essex and Suffolk, as recorded in the Domesday Book. He died in 1098, his daughter marrying her cousin Robert de la Haie, Count of Mortain. William de Haya, who first settled in Scotland was probably Robert's son, and he witnessed charters by King Malcolm IV in 1160 AD.

Hay Spelling Variations

Although Medieval Scotland lacked a basic set of spelling rules, which meant that scribes recorded names according to their sounds it was not uncommon for the names of a father and son to be recorded differently. As a result, there are many spelling variations of Scottish single names. Hay has been written Hay, Haye, Haya, Mac Garaidh (Gaelic) and others.

Hay Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Daniel Hay who settled in Maine in 1606

Arthur Hay, who arrived in Maryland in 1641

Elizabeth Hay, who settled in Virginia in 1654

Arthur Hay, who settled in Virginia in 1663

Thomas Hay, who landed in Maryland in 1664

House Hay of Yester Cadet branch of the House of Hay Coat of Arms

http://wappenwiki.org/index.php/House_Hay_of_Yester

House of Hay Coat of Arms

http://wappenwiki.org/index.php/House_of_Hay

Earldom of Erroll Ruling Houses

http://wappenwiki.org/index.php/Earldom_of_Erroll