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ROBERT I ('Robert the Bruce', 1274-1329), king of Scotland. Letters patent given at Scone, 20 March 1326, granting lands at 'Uthirtyre' (Auchtertyre) in the sheriffdom of Forfar to Sir William Oliphant for the feudal service of three archers in the king's army, witnessed by William de Lamberton, Bishop of St Andrews, Bernard of Kilwinning, Abbot of Arbroath, Duncan, Earl of Fife, Maol Iosa, Earl of Strathearn, Walter Stewart, High Steward of Scotland, and Sir Gilbert de la Haye, Lord High Constable, in Latin on vellum, 11 lines on one membrane, 135 x 320mm, fragment of the Great Seal pendant on vellum tag, in a fitted box.
Sir William Oliphant of Dupplin and Aberdalgie (d.1329) is, together with his cousin of the same name, a notable figure of the Wars of Scottish Independence, a veteran of the Battle of Dunbar (1296) and the Siege of Stirling (1304), both cousins being captured by the English on both occasions; curiously, they are then both thought to have been amongst the garrison holding Perth for Edward II when it was captured by Robert the Bruce in 1313. Oliphant is one of the signatories of the Declaration of Arbroath (1320).
Sir William Oliphant of Dupplin and Aberdalgie (d.1329) is, together with his cousin of the same name, a notable figure of the Wars of Scottish Independence, a veteran of the Battle of Dunbar (1296) and the Siege of Stirling (1304), both cousins being captured by the English on both occasions; curiously, they are then both thought to have been amongst the garrison holding Perth for Edward II when it was captured by Robert the Bruce in 1313. Oliphant is one of the signatories of the Declaration of Arbroath (1320).
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