John de Halyburton of Dirleton, Knight

Family

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Sir John Halyburton was the son of Sir Adam Halyburton and Isabella (?).1 He married unknown daughter de Vaux, daughter of Sir William de Vaux of Dirleton.1 He died in August 1355, killed in action.1

He fought in the Battle of Nisbet Moor in August 1355.1

Child of Sir John Halyburton and unknown daughter de Vaux

• Sir John Halyburton+1 d. 1392 Married Margaret Cameron

Citations

• [S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.
• https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p129.htm#... cites
• the Douglas Archives

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Sir John Halyburton, a valiant warrior against the English, was killed at the battle of Nisbet, in 1355.

He married the daughter and coheiress of William de Vaux or Vallibus, lord of Dirleton, with whom he got that estate, and in consequence quartered the arms of Vaux with his own.

His son, Sir John Halyburton of Dirleton, died in 1392. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Cameron of Bellegarno, coheiress with her sister, Jean, (the wife of Sir Nicol Erskine of Kinnoul,) of their father, whose great estates in the counties of Perth and Haddington were divided between them.

He had, with a daughter, two sons: Sir Walter; and George Halyburton of Gogar, of which lands he had a charter from his brother, 8th June 1409

Haliburton

The castle and lands of Dirleton passed to the Borders family of Haliburton (or Halyburton) when John Haliburton (d.1355) married the heiress of the de Vaux family, shortly before 1350.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirleton_Castle

At the 1st battle of Nisbet in 1355 John Halyburton of Dirleton was killed while helping Ramsay of Dalhousie, Dunbar of Dunbar castle and Douglas of Tantallon castle defeat the English garrison from Norham castle. Surprisingly, a few years later in 1363 Douglas and Dunbar turned on the Halyburtons and seized Dirleton castle in their first steps of rebellion against King David II of Scots for his attack on Kildrummy castle. This led to the battle of Lanark where Douglas and Dunbar were defeated by King David and forced to sue for peace. Dirleton was then returned to the Halyburtons.

http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/Places/dirletoncastle.htm

The second son, Sir John Halyburton, a valiant warrior against the English, was killed at the battle of Nisbet, in 1355. He married the daughter and coheiress of William de Vaux or Vallibus, lord of Dirleton, with whom he got that estate, and in consequence quartered the arms of Vaux with his own. His son, Sir John Halyburton of Dirleton, died in 1392. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Cameron of Bellegarno, coheiress with her sister, Jean, (the wife of Sir Nicol Erskine of Kinnoul,) of their father, whose great estates in the counties of Perth and Haddington were divided between them. He had, with a daughter, two sons: Sir Walter; and George Halyburton of Gogar, of which lands he had a charter from his brother, 8th June 1409.

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