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ANGUS. 91 II. 1135 2. Gillewiide,( c ) Earl of Angus [S.], was at the battle of the Standard, 113S, and was (long afterwards) one of the hostages for King William the Lion [S.] in 1174. He seems to have m. firstly a da. of Patrick, Eakl of March [S.] He m. subsequently the heiress of the Earls op Caithness [S.], who was mother, by him, of Magnus, Earl OF Caithness [S.] in 1232. See Skene's " Celtic Scotland," iii, 450. He was living 1195 or 1196, but d. before 1198. III. 1197? 3. GiLCHiusT,( d ) Earl op Angus [S.], s. and h. Ha in 1198 was witness to a document cited in the chartulary of Arbroath Abbey (No. 148), to which Abbey he was a great Benefactor. He d. between 1207 and 1211. IV. 1210? 4- Duncan, Earl of Angus [S.], s. and h. He d. before 1214. V. 1214? .). Malcolm, Earl of Angus [S.], s. and h., called " Earl of Angus and Caithness " in 1232, most probably from having the last named Earldom in ward. See " Chartulary of Moray," No. 110. He IK Mary, da. and h. of Sir Humphrey Berkeley. He was living 1237, when he took part in the Convention of York.(<>) VI. 1210? 6. Matilda, suo jure Countess of Angus [8.T, da. and h., m, John Comyn, who, in her right, became EARL OF ANGUS [S.], and who d. in France, 1242. She m. secondly, in 1243, Gilbert de Umfravill.C') Lord of Prudhoe and Kedesdale in Northumberland, who, in her right, became EARL OF ANGUS [S.] See " Umfravill " Barons by tenure.(e) He d. in Passion week ( c ) "During the whole reign of David I (1124-53) these Earls [i.e., the seven Earls of the seven Provinces of transmarine Scotland], appear simply with the designation of Comet, without any territorial addition, with two exceptions, which occur towards the end of his reign. In the last year of David's reign, the Earl who sue. Gillemichel appears as Dunchad, Domes dc Fif, and, along with him, for the first time appears Gillebridc, Comes de Annas." See Skene's ■* Celtic Scotland," vol. iii, p. (J3. Thus the two Earldoms of Fife and of Angus appear to have been already territorialised. ( d ) It has been said (but this is doubtful) that his wife was Maud (or Marjory), sister of King William the Lion [S.] ( e ) "The family of Ogilvie, who retained possession of a considerable portion of the Earldom [of Angus], appear to have been the male descendants of these old Celtic Earls, and they likewise gave a line to Caithness, who possessed with the title of Earl one half of the lands of the Earldom [of Caithness]. Of the land of the Earldom of Angus, the district of Olenisla was alone included within the Highland line, and preserved its Gaelic population." Skene's " Celtic Scotland," vol. iii, p. 290. (0 " The name seems to be derived from one of the several places in Normandy now allied Amfrkville, but in some instances originally Onfreville, that is Hunfrcdi ma, the vill or abode of Humphrey." See " Dictionary of Family Names," by M. A. Lower, m.a., f.s.a. It is however usually spelt in old writings as Unifravill (as in ' Dugdale "), Umframvill, Umfranvill or Humfrainville, and the spelling of the word with e in lieu of a (though apparently more according to its derivation) seems but a modern fashion never occurring in any of the numerous writs issued to these Earls. (8) In a work (issued, apparently, about 1880, but with no date, place of publication, or name of author), entitled " The Umfrevilles, their Ancestors and Descendants," (4to., pp. 46), it i,s stated (p. 18) that (1) the Countess Matilda was aunt (not da.) M Earl Malcolm (being da. of Earl Gilchrist), and that (2) it was Elizabeth her da. and »■ by John Comyn (and not she herself ) who was the Countess of Angus who m. Gilbert ile Umfraville. As a confirmation of this last assertion it is stated (3) that Thomas, MT younger s., sealed with an escutcheon of his father's arms (Umfravill) placed between 3 garb3— i.e., the arms of Comyn. Nothing, however, is clearer than that (1)