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DUNBAR. 197 (as distinct from the ancient Mormaerships) could, properly, be held to exist. See some remarks in vol. i, p. 88 (sub "Angus") on the " Seven Earldoms of Scotland," among which, for many centuries, was Dunbaras late as 1244, not, however, being included therein iu 1297 when, for the hut time, they appear.] Earldom IS.] 1. GosPATRic,( b ) s. of Maldred.( c ) by EalJgyth, da. and L 1072 W n " °£ Ugtred, Prince op Northumberland (and Elgiva, da. o£ A i Ethelrkd, King of England), was b. between 1040 and 1048 ; is styled " a noble youth " when visiting Rome in 1061, in company with Tostig the br. of King Harold II. ; joined the Danes in an invasion of the north of England, but making peace with King William was at Christmas 1067 cr. EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND. Being, however, deprived of that Earldom iu Oct. or Nov. 1072, he fled to Scotland receiving from Malcolm III. [S.] "Dunbar with the adjacent lands iu Lothian." He d. probably before 1115(") and most likely is the " Gospatrieus Comes " bur. at Durham. MI. IX 1115 1 -2. Gospatric de Dunbar, Earl [SJ, 2d s. of theabove, being yr. br. of Dolfiu (expelled 1092 from Carlisle) was (apparently unless, indeed, it was his father( a ) and not himself) one of the nine signatories(°) to the charter of Scone (circ. 1115) as also about a year later (under the style of Gospatrieus, frater Doljini) to the " Inquisitio Davidis."(t) In a charter, confirmed 16 Aug. 1139, (after his death) to the monks of Durham(S) he is styled " Gospatrieus Comcs,(') frater Dolfiui," being, iu the heading thereof, called " Oospairicus secundus( h ) Comes frater Dolfiui." This Earl is doubtless the " summus dux Lodonensium" (the leader of the men of Lothiau) slain at the battle of the Standard 22 Aug. 1138.(') III. 1138. 3. Gospatric de Dunbar, Earl [S.], s. and h., who, as "Gospatrieus Comes" witnesses a charter of 1140. He was founder of the Cistertian nunneries at Coldstream and Eccles, co. Berwick. He m. Derdcre. Ho d. 1166. He, probably, is the Earl said to be bur. in the church of Norhom.( k ) IV. 1166. 4- Waltheof de Dunbar, Earl [S.J, s. and b. Ho was (circ. 1175) one of the hostages for the release of King William I. [S.] from imprisonment. He Ml. Alina who d. 1179. He d. 1182. (») This date must he taken as the grant of the lands of Dunbar rather than that of the origin of a Scottish Earldom. ( b ) " Gospatric " is pure Celtic (Skene's " Celtic Scotland ") for " the servant of Patrick; the word " Gwas" meaning "servant." Mr. Bain finds the word as " Qioaspalrieius " in an inquisition. Cal. of Doc. [5.] vol, i, No. 1712. ( c ) Maldred was probably br. to Duncan, King of Scotland, 1034-40, who was s. of Crinan Abbot of Dunkeld, which Crinau is conjectured (by Skene) to be the same as Crinan Tein, the father of this Maldred. Gospatric was thus cousin (paternally) to the Scotch and (maternally) to the English Kings. ( d ) See " Memorandum " at head of this article. (°) He is the only one of the nine persons by whose consent the charter was granted, whoso name is appended thereto without the designation of " Comes " or of " Episcopus," whence it might be fairly conjectured that he was not an Earl at tha} date, tho' possibly the word " Comes " may have been omitted (accidentally) by the scribe, who certainly omits the word "frater" before " Dolfiui." O " From this period till the rise of the [house of] Douglas under Bruce, the heads of this princely house held the foremost rank [though, perhaps, not far ahead of that of the house of Cumyn] iu Scotlaud. After that era their vacillating policy [perhaps partly owing to their English possessions which compelled them to do homage to the King of that hostile dominion] hastened their downfall." See articles in "N. and Q." abovenamed, p. 196, note " b." («) Raine's " North Durham." ( h ) Here is a valid recognition (if such heading is that of the original document) of the second Gospatric having been an Earl and also if the word u secundus" is to be taken with "Comes" (instead of with "Gospatrieus" of his having been the second Earl, and, consequently, of his/o(/tcr having been tho first Earl, (') "Scriplorcs decent" (1652), p. 1,027 ; also Lnppenberg's "England wider the Normans" 1867), p. 386. ( k ) See " Dugdale," vol. i, p. 54, where, however, the first Gospatric is indicated.