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 5o8 DUNBAR dolph), 1st Earl of Moray [S.], sometime Regent [S.], by Isabel, (probably) da. of Sir John Stewart, of Bonkill. This lady, usually known as " Black Agnes," the heroine (as before mentioned) of the siege of Dunbar, became (17 Oct. 1346) by the death of her br., John, 3rd Earl of Moray [S.], a coh. of that family, whose estates included the Isle of Man, the Lordship of Annandale, &'c. She was living 24 May 1367. Earl Patrick in her right had, 1357-8, a grant of the EARLDOM (^) OF MORAY [S.]. Both his sonsC") being dead, s.p., he resigned his Earldom of March, or Dunbar, to the Crown, who granted the same, 25 July 1368, to his great-nephew and h. male, George Dunbar and "his heirs. "(') He ^. soon afterwards, 1 1 Nov. 1368 (having possessed his Earldom 60 years), aged about 83. IX. 1368. 9. George C) (Dunbar), Earl OF March, or Dunbar [S.], great-nephew and h. male, being s. and h. of Sir Patrick Dunbar, by Isabel, yst. da. of Thomas (Randolph), Earl of Moray [S.] abovenamed, which Patrick (who was at the battle of Poitiers 1 9 Sep. 1356, but who d'. that year in Crete) was s. and h. of Sir Alexander Dunbar, br. of the late Earl of March, or IDunbar. He was i>. about 1336; in the reign of Robert II (1370-90) he is styled Lord of Annandale and Man.(') A Warden of the Marches, 1372; was at the Pari, at Scone, 1373, when the succession to the throne [S.] was settled; accompanied Douglas in his raid into England, after whose death at Otterburn, in 1388, the command of the Scots devolved on him. His da., Elizabeth, having been betrothed to the Duke of Rothesay [S.], the h. ap. to the Crown [S.], and that prince, disregarding such contract (having w. Marjorie Douglas in Feb. 1399/1400), the Earl renounced his allegiance, 25 July 1400, and joined the English,(') whose King (Henry IV) granted him the forfeited estates of the Lord Bardolf, he having assisted at the battles of Homildon Hill, 14 Sep. 1402, (*) The Earldom of Moray [S.] as conferred on Sir Thomas Randolph in 1 314 was a male fief. It was, however, again conferred 9 Mar. 1 37 1/2 on John de Dunbar, next br. of Earl George (who apparently was heir of line), both being sons of Sir Patrick Dunbar, by Isabel, yst. da. of Thomas (Randolph), Earl of Moray abovenamed. (*") Their names were Patrick, who was b. 1304 and d. before 5 Sep. 1351, and John, living 5 Sep. 1 35 1, and 5 Oct. 1354, who d. before (this date) July 1368. if) This is the first record of any charter settling the title. In it the Earl is called Patricius Dunharr, miles, ultimus Comes ejusdem, referring to the words totum comitatum marchie which appear in the line above, {ex inform. A. H. Dunbar). C) This is an early occurrence of the Christian name " George." See vol. iii, pp. 607-8. V.G. (') See vol. i, p. 81, note "a." (') In his very curious letter, 18 Feb. 1 399/1 400, from Dunbar to Henry IV, he writes (claiming cousinship with that King), " If dame Alice the Bewmont was your Graunde-dame, dame Marjory Comyn, her full sister was my Graunde- dame on the other side." The writer's ^r^a/-grandmother, Marjory Comyn (Countess of March, or Dunbar, abovenamed), was aunt (not sister) of Alice, Lady Beaumont (born Comyn), whose daughter, Isabel, Duchess of Lancaster, was {maternal)