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 DUNBAR 507 the King's Lieutenant for Scotland, and in 1300 was with his son Patrick at the siege of Carlaverock.(^) He m., in or shortly before 1282, Marjory, da. of Alexander (Comyn), Earl of Buchan [S.], by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Roger (de Quinci), Earl of Winch ester. ('') She held the Castle of Dunbar for the Scots till forced, 29 Apr. 1296, to surrender it to Edward I. He ^. 10 Oct. 1308, aged 66. Writ for /wj'. ;>.?«. 8 Nov. (1308) 2 Edw. II. VIII. 1308. 8. Patrick, (de Dunbar), Earl OF March, or Dunbar [S.], b. about 1285; was with his father in 1300 (when but 1 5) at Carlaverock. He was aged 24 in 1308/9, having had livery of his father's lands 10 Nov. 1308. He, like his father, favoured the English faction, and after the defeat of Edward II at Bannockburn, 24 June 13 14, received him into his castle of Dunbar and enabled him to escape into England. After losing this unexampled opportunity of serving his countrymen, he went over to their side, and was in the Pari, at Ayr in Apr. 13 15, when the suc- cession to the Crown [S.] was settled; was at the capture of Berwick, Mar. 13 1 8, being then Sheriff of Lothian; signed the letter, 1320, to the Pope asserting the independency of Scotland; was at the defeat of Dupplin, 1 2 Aug. 1332, and of Halidon Hill, 19 July 1333, at which time the fort of Berwick, of which he was Governor, was surrendered to Edward III, and he himself for the 2nd time joined the English side, which he again, in the next year, deserted, and assisted in some small skirmishes against them, while his gallant Countess maintained a nineteen weeks' siege, from Jan. 1337/8, of the Castle of Dunbar by the English, whom she forced to retire therefrom. (■=) He was at the defeat of the Scots in the battle of Durham, 17 Oct. 1346, and was one of the sureties for the release of David II from captivity in 1357, receiving from him various grants, the town of Dunbar being erected a free burgh in his favour. On 18 Feb. 13 60/1 he is described in Close Rolls as an enemy and rebel whose lands are forfeited. Hew., i stly, in or shortly before 1303, Ermengarde. On 26 June 1304 she is mentioned as being pregnant. He »/., 2ndly, shortly after Sep. 1320, Agnes,('*) elder da. of Thomas (Ran- (^) He is there called " Conte de Laonois;" Laonia, or Lothian, being that country south of the Forth which is not comprehended in Galloway and Strathclyde. The Earl was also styled " Conte de la Marche D'Ecosse." C") According to the statement in 1 400 of George, loth Earl of March, but see Scots Peerage, vol. iii, p. 263. V.G. C^) They were commanded by William (de Montagu), Earl of Salisbury, who advanced his men to the Castle walls under cover of an enormous engine (like the Roman testudo) called the Sow. The Countess is said to have scornfully cried out to him: — " Beware, Montagow, For farrow shall thy sow," causing a huge fragment of rock to be let down on the engine, which it crushed to pieces, the men running therefrom like a litter of pigs. (■*) He had Papal disp., 18 Aug. 1320, to m. Agnes, da. of Ralph [i.e. Randolph] of the diocese of St. Andrews, related to him in the 4th degree, and again 16 Jan. 1323/4, to remain m. to her though related in the 3rd and 4th degree. V.G.