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  • Name William de La Haye of Errol 
    Suffix Butler of Scotland 
    Nickname de Haye 
    Born Abt 1150  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Butler to William the Lion  
    Died Abt 1201  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Errol Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Scotland
    Scotland 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} William who married Eva of Pitmulin, identifying him as the pincerna (cupbearer) to Kings Malcolm IV and William the Lion. Commoners (vol i, Hays of Leys) shows that honour to have been held by that William's father, the William who follows. TSP (Erroll) reports "The pincerna of 1171 is clearly the person who married Eva ...so that if there were two successive Williams as given in the Peerages, they must have held the office one before and the other after Ranulph de Soulis."

      Name: William De LA HAYE , 1st Laird Of Erroll

      Sex: M

      Birth: BEF 1160 in Scotland

      Death: 1201

      Marriage 1 Eva Of PITMULIN , Heiress Of Pitmulin b: ABT 1170 in Scotland

      Children

      David De LA HAYE , 2nd Laird Of Erroll b: ABT 1190 in Scotland

      William De LA HAYE b: ABT 1192 in Scotland

      John De LA HAYE , Sheriff Of Perth b: ABT 1194 in Scotland

      Thomas De LA HAYE b: ABT 1196 in Scotland

      Robert De LA HAYE b: ABT 1198 in Scotland

      Malcolm De LA HAYE b: ABT 1200 in Scotland

      Unknown De LA HAYE b: ABT 1200 in Scotland


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      William de Haya, who held the office of royal butler to Malcolm IV. and William the Lion

      William who married Eva of Pitmulin, identifying him as the pincerna (cupbearer) to Kings Malcolm IV and William the Lion. Commoners (vol i, Hays of Leys) shows that honour to have been held by that William's father, the William who follows. TSP (Erroll) reports "The pincerna of 1171 is clearly the person who married Eva ...so that if there were two successive Williams as given in the Peerages, they must have held the office one before and the other after Ranulph de Soulis."


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      The family appears in Scottish records in the 1100's during the reign of William the Lion, who bestowed on him the lands of Errol.
      William de La Haye was a cup bearer (butler) to King Malcom IV who reigned between 1153-1165.
      One source says: William married the Celtic heiress Eva who brought him the Errol lands.
      But another source says it was William the Lion (brother of King Malcom) who bestowed on him the lands of Errol.
      William de Haya married Juliana de Sordis (maybe)
      William de Hay married a daughter of Randolph, Lord of Liddlesdale, and had children. His second son, Robert became the ancestor of the Earl of Tweeddale.
      William also married Helen, daughter of the Earl of Strathearn.
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      https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY%20UNTITLED.htm#_Toc389126081
    • The traditional account of the beginnings, in the Tenth Century, of thehistoric Hous of Hay, among whose descendants may be numbered a Presidentof the United States (the surname, Hayes, derived from the older form),is as follows.
      The Scottish Army, led by King Kenneth III, were engaged in battle withthe Danish invaders of their land, the place of this encounter being inPerthshire, near Loncarty. Douglas, the celebrated Cronicler ofScotland's noble families, says: "The Scotch at first gave way, and fledthrough a narrow pass, where they were stopped by a countryman of greatstrength and courage, and his two sons, with no other weapons than theyokes of their ploughs; upbraiding the fugitives for their cowardice, hesucceeded in rallying Them; the battle was renewed, and the Danes totallydiscomfited. It is said that after the victory was obtained, the old manlying on the ground, woulded and fatigued, cried, 'Hay, Hay,' which wordbecame the surname of his posterity; the King, as a reward of the signalservice, gave him as much land in the Carse of Gowrie, as a falcon shouldflly over before it settled; and a falcon being accordingly let off, flewover an extent of land six miles in length, afterwards called Errol, andlighted on a stone, still call Falconstone; the King also assigned threeshields or escutcheons for the arms of the family, to intimate that thefather and the two sons, had been the three fortunate shields ofScotland."
      http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/i/l/Lynn-P-Wilson/

      The ancestor of the Scottish Hay family, William de La Haie, came toScotland in the reign of David I and became butler to both Malcolm IV andWilliam the Lion. His place of origin was named La Haie, near Loos inwest Flanders whose lords served the castellans of Lille; their devicewas exactly like that of the Scottish Hay. The first castellans of Lilledescended from the noble Fleming, Saswalo of Phalempin. Their chartersurname, de Insula, appears many times in British history and Roger deInsula was the ancestor of the lords Lyle in Scotland. One of hisgrandsons married Matilda of Wavrin whose family was also of Lille andwho could trace their descent from Charlemagne by several lines.
      http://amg1.net/flemfam.htm

      "The Hays are amongst the oldest and most illustrious of the historicfamilies of Scotland, but their real origin has been obscured by afabulous traditionary story which would still appear to be held forgospel truth in the northern district of Aberdeenshire, as variousallusions were made to it on the banners and triumphal arches displayedwhen the eldest so of the present Earl [1890's] came of age, as well asin the speeches delivered on that occasion. It is said that in the reignof Kenneth III, the Danes invaded Scotland, and encountered a Scottisharmy commanded by their king at Luncarty, near Perth. The battle was longand fiercely contested, but at length the two wings of the Scotish forceswere compelled to give way. As they were flying from the field, pursuedby the victorious Danes, a husbandman named Hay, who happened, along withhis two sons, to be at work in a neighbouring field, armed only with theyokes of their ploughs, stationed themselves in a narrow pass throughwhich the fugitives were hurrying, compelled them to halt in theirflight, restored the battle, and gained a complete victory. "sone after,'says Hector Boece, 'ane counsal was sat at Scone in the quhilk Hay andhis sons were maid nobil and doted for their singular virtew provin inthis field, with sundray lands to sustane thair estait. It is said thathe askit fra the King certaine lands liand betwixt Tay and Arole, and gasals mekil thairof, as ane falcon flew of ane man's hand or scho lichtit.The falcom flew to ane tower, four miles fra Dunde, called Rosse, andlichtit on ane stant quhilk is yet callit the Falcon Stane, and sa he gatall the lands betwixt Tay and Arole, six milis of lenth and four ofbreid, quhilk lands are yet inhabit by his posteritie.' In proof of thetruth of this story an appeal is made to the arms of Hays -- threeesutcheons supported by two peasants, each carrying an ox-yoke on hisshoulder, with a falcon for the crest. In all probability, however, thisstory which is entirely fabulous, was invented to explain the arms, forarmorial bearings were unknown at the date of the battle of Luncarty.
      "A very ingenious attempt has been made by Mr. Hay Allan, a gentleman whoclaims affinity with the Hays, to vindicate the truth of the story toldby Boece, on the alleged authority of a manuscript history of the family,which, however, does not appear to have been seen by anyone but himself.
      " 'Mac Garadh,' he says, 'is the ancient name of the Hays. It is ofgenuine Gaelic origin, and was given first to the family in allusion tothe celebrated action by which he [the peasant] raised himself fromobscurity. It is very expressive of the circumstances. Its literalsignification is a dike, or barrier, and was given to the ancestor of theHays for his conduct at the battle of Luncarty, where he stood betweenthe flying Scots and the victorious Danes, like a wall or barrier ofdefence ... Surnames did not come into use in England before the time ofthe Conqueror, and their introduction into Scotland was at a date alittle subsequent. The name of Garadh was given to the ancestors of theHays about one hundred and fifty-six years before, and had not,therefore, been subsequently retained by his descendants as an individualdesignation, but was only used generally as the name of the whole race,as Clann na Garadh, and particularly as the patronymic of the chief, whowas designated Mac Mhic Garadh Mor, and Sgithan Deang, the son of the sonof Garadh of the red shields.
      " ' At the time, therefore, of the adoption of surnames, the appellatoinof Garadh had grown into antiquity, and there were also other reasonswhich still more forcibly actuated its neglect. In the reign of Mac Beaththere were two brothers of the direct descendants of Garadh, and duringthe troubles of that tyrant's usurpation the younger, "being right bauldand stalwart of heart," went into Normandie, where he married thedaughter and heiress of one of the barons of the dukedom.
      " 'Surnames had by this time become partially in use on the Continent,and on his domiciliation in Normandie the descendant of Garadh wasdesirous of adopting a name which should conform to the language andusage of the country, and at the same time perpetuate the memory of hisorigin. For this purpose he assumed the name of De la Haye, which is asufficiently literal translation of Garadh, the first signifying a hedgeor fence, the latter a dike or barrier.
      " 'In the reign of Malcolm Bean Mor, the son of the first De la Haye wasone of the warriors who accompanied William of Normandie into England.Some time after the Conquest he made a journey into Scotland, to visithis uncle, the chief of the Clan na Garadh, they grown to a very advancedage and without children. During his visit the old chief died, and therebeing no other heir, De la Haye was declared his successor. From thistime he abandoned the service of William, residing wholly in Scotland.The name became hereditary to the descendants of Garadh, and the oldappellation dropped into oblivion.'
      "Mr. Hay Allan has also given a war-song of the family, which he says hecopied from an old leaf that he found pasted into that history. Somestanzas, he asserts, are very ancient, and others, he admits, are quitemodern. He has heard scraps of it sung by old people in Perthshire. Andhe states that the old war-cry of the Hays was, 'Halen Mac Garadh.'
      "The song begins in the following manner: --
      'Mac Garadh! Mac Garadh! red face of the Tay,
      Ho! gather, ho! gather like hawks to the prey;
      Mac Garadh, Mac Garadh, Mac Garadh, come fast.
      The flame's on the beacon, the horn's on the blast;
      The standard of Errol unfolds its white breast,
      And the falcon of Loncartie stirs in her nest:
      Come away -- come away -- come to the tryste --
      Come in, Mac Garadh, from east and from west.'

      "Then follows the picture of the charge: --
      'Mac Garadh is coming ! like stream from the hill,
      Mac Garadh is coming, lance, claymore, and bill;
      Like thunder's wild rattle
      Is mingled the battle
      With cry of the falling and shout of the charge:
      The lances are flashing,
      The claymores are clashing,
      And ringing the arrows on buckler and targe.' * See Bridal of Coalchuirn,by James Hay Allan, Esq.

      "All this is, no doubt, very interesting, but until this MS history ofthe Hays is produced, and the circumstances in which it was found aremade known, the alleged Celtic origin of this family must be regarded asromance, and we must continue to believe that the Hays are in reality abranch of the Norman family of de Haya.
      "They derive their designation from an estate in Normandie, and theirarmorial bearings are the same as those borne by families of the name inItaly, France, and England. A Sieur de la Haya accompanied William theConqueror to England in 1066. A William de la Haya, who married adaughter of Ranulph de Soulis, Lord of Liddesdale, was principal butlerto Malcolm IV, about the middle of the twelfth century, and to hisbrother, William the Lion, who bestowed on him the lands of Errol."
      The Great Historic Families of Scotland, James Taylor

      The first record of the name Hay, Norman in origin, is William de Haya,Cupbearer of Malcolm IV of Scotland, who arrived in this country around1160 and married a Celtic heiress. He was one of the hostages held inEngland with William the Lion and on his return was granted an extensivemanor in Erroll. His younger brother Robert was progenitor of the Earlsof Tweeddale. Tradition has it that Thomas the Rhymer prophesied that anoak tree, covered by mistletoe would fall during a strange Hay ritualwhich took place every Halloween. When this prophecy became fact, theestate of Erroll was sold in 1636. The 3rd Baron, Gilbert was Co-Regentof Scotland, Sir Gilbert the 5th chief featured prominently in theScottish War of Independence and was given Slains castle in Buchan andmade Hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland by Bruce. (A post whichthe family retains and is the highest ranking position in Scotland afterthe Royal family) The 7th chief married the King's daughter, whileWilliam, 9th chief was created Earl of Erroll in 1452. At the Battle ofFlodden in 1513, the 4th Earl, William was killed along with 87 otherHays. In 1594 the Royal forces under Argyll were defeated by the Earl ofHuntly in alliance with the 9th Earl of Erroll. In revenge King Jamespersonally blew up Slains Castle. Sir William Hay of Delgaty, Montrose'sChief of Staff was beheaded with him in 1650. The 13th Earl, Charleshelped to organise the 1708 Jacobite attempt and was imprisoned after theRising. His sister Mary who succeeded him as Countess of Erroll in 1717raised her clan for Prince Charles during the '45. The Border branch ofthe Hays became Lords Hay of Yester in 1488 and are now represented bythe 11th Marquis of Tweed-dale.

      HAY: This name comes from haie - a stockade, whereof derives the Normanplace-name la Haye. The name became Hay in English and Garadh in Gaelic.The Scottish Hays trace descent from William de la Haye, Court Butler toKing Malcolm IV who became 1st Baron of Erroll in Gowrie. The story oftheir reward of lands for fighting off invading Danes with ox-yokes atthe Battle of Luncarty, and the ensuing flight of a hawk to define theselands, owes more to legend than fact, for the date of the battle predatestheir arrival by over two centuries and the story more probably pertainsto the family of Eva, William's wife, who, as heiress of Pitmilly broughtmuch land to the Hays. Sir Gilbert, 5th of Erroll, supported King RobertI (Bruce) who, in 1314, granted him the lands of Slains in Buchan andcreated him hereditary High Constable of Scotland. The 8th Chief becameLord Hay, and his successor, 1st Earl of Erroll in 1452. The 9th Earl,with the Earls of Huntly and Angus, were parties to the 16th centuryCounter-Reformation (dedicated to the reinstatement of a Catholicmonarchy), and when King James rose against them, their efforts failed,obliging Erroll to go into exile. The old castle of Slains was then blownup by the king and though never re-built, the modern home of the Chieflies within its ruins. The Baronial lands of Erroll were sold c.1664, anda new Slains Castle built at Cruden Bay. The 13th Earl opposed the Unionof 1707 and was imprisoned as a Jacobite while his sister and successor,Mary, Countess of Erroll, raised the Clan for the Prince in the 1745Rising. She was succeeded by her great-nephew James Boyd, son of thelately beheaded Jacobite Earl of Kilmarnock, who took the name Hay.


      South now to the town of St. Lo, most of which was destroyed between 3-25July, 1944 as the US 7th Corps fought to break out to the south. Nearhere is the village of La Haye- Bellefond, cradle of the Scottish Hays.Haye means a Hedge, or perhaps a defensive stockade such as surroundedNorman castles. The Normandie campaign became known as la Guere de Haiesdue to the problems the Allies had in fighting through the thick hedgessurrounding the fields. William de la Haye, Butler of Scotland and firstbarron of Erroll near Perth, first appeared in Scotland around 1160. Hemarried the Celtic heiress Eva who brought him the Errol lands while hisson married Ethna, daughter of the mighty Celtic Earl of Strathearn. Thehead of the family today is Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, 24th Earlof Errol and Heriditary Lord High Constable of Scotland. In this capacityhe ranks second only to the Queen when she visits Scotland.

      'According to legend, it all started with an ox-yoke and a falcon. Familytradition has kept the saga alive for more than a thousand years. It isthe beginning of the story of 'The HAYS of HISTORY and LEGEND.'

      In that place now known as Demarkfield, just about a mile from a littlevillage of Luncarty in Perthshire, Scotland, they remembered the heroicsof a Scottish farmer and his two sons in the year 971 A.D., beforerecorded history was commonplace, but when it was quite common forstories to be passed down from clansmen to clansmen around the fires thatwarmed not only their bodies but their pride as well.

      "The traditional story . . . concerns the Battle of Luncarty which isbelieved to have taken place in 971 A.D., but as it belongs to the oraltradition, this can be but a guess. The reigning sovereign was KennethIII who, at the time of the event, was residing at Stirling.

      "News came to him that the Danes had landed north of the River Esk inAngus and that they had pilaged, burned and murdered subjects, regardlessof age or sex, and that they were now enroute to Perth. King Kennethimmediately set off, with his soldiers camping at Montcrieffe Hill on theway.

      "The King and his followers engaged the Danes at Luncarty. A fiercebattle developed, with no quarter being given by either side. The Kingcommanded the center, with the wings being led by the Thane of Athol andthe Prince of Cumbria. The Danes, noted for their ferocity, broke one ofthe wings of the Scots army, with the result that survivors began toretreat in confusion.

      "A countryman and his two sons, ploughing (plowing) in a field nearby,saw this happen, and the father, commanding his sons to follow with theirimplements, snatched up an ox-yoke as a weapon and barred the way of thefleeing men. He and his two sons lead them back into battle and theyfought so well that the tables were turned and the Danes were completelyrouted.

      "The father was a man of great personal strength and stature and he wasacclaimed by all for his sterling contribution to the victory. He wasrequested to accompany the King to Perth, and was taken there with honor,although he spoke modestly of his part in the affair.

      "The King commanded that a falcon be let off from Kinnoull Hill and thatas far as it flew, the land would belong to the hero and his sons. Thebird flew to a stone in St. Madoes Parish, still known as the HawksStone. (It is now situated in a private garden.) This took in some of thebest land in the Carse of Gowrie, so overnight the peasant had become apowerful man.

      "The Chiefs of the Hays carry their coat-of-arms three bloodstainedshields representing the father and his two sons, the falcon, the ox-yokeand the supporters, two peasants, representing the two sons. . . ManyHays believe the tradition implicitly, although no written proof ispossible.'

      "A most interesting aspect relating to the legend is the fact that in1770 a Mr. Sandeman, who farmed at Denmarkfield, which is the farm nowoccupying the site of the Battle, decided to level some tumli (mounds ofearth, especially ones marking the sites of ancient graves) to make ableaching field. On proceeding, the bones of men and horses were found. Alittle distance off, beside a large stone, traditionally pointed out asthe grave of a Danish King, a sword was uncovered. This would appear toprove that a battle had been fought, to say nothing of the name of thefarm."

      In 1971 members of the Clan Hay Societies of Scotland, the United States,Canada, Australia, and other places throughout the world gathered in afield along the river Tay, a few miles up from Perth, to observe the1,000 anniversary of the legendary Battle of Luncarty between the Scotsand the Danes.'


      Notes for William de Haya:
      The traditional account of the beginnings, in the Tenth Century, of thehistoric Hous of Hay, among whose descendants may be numbered a Presidentof the United States (the surname, Hayes, derived from the older form),is as follows.
      The Scottish Army, led by King Kenneth III, were engaged in battle withthe Danish invaders of their land, the place of this encounter being inPerthshire, near Loncarty. Douglas, the celebrated Cronicler ofScotland's noble families, says: "The Scotch at first gave way, and fledthrough a narrow pass, where they were stopped by a countryman of greatstrength and courage, and his two sons, with no other weapons than theyokes of their ploughs; upbraiding the fugitives for their cowardice, hesucceeded in rallying Them; the battle was renewed, and the Danes totallydiscomfited. It is said that after the victory was obtained, the old manlying on the ground, woulded and fatigued, cried, 'Hay, Hay,' which wordbecame the surname of his posterity; the King, as a reward of the signalservice, gave him as much land in the Carse of Gowrie, as a falcon shouldflly over before it settled; and a falcon being accordingly let off, flewover an extent of land six miles in length, afterwards called Errol, andlighted on a stone, still call Falconstone; the King also assigned threeshields or escutcheons for the arms of the family, to intimate that thefather and the two sons, had been the three fortunate shields ofScotland."
      http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/i/l/Lynn-P-Wilson/

      The ancestor of the Scottish Hay family, William de La Haie, came toScotland in the reign of David I and became butler to both Malcolm IV andWilliam the Lion. His place of origin was named La Haie, near Loos inwest Flanders whose lords served the castellans of Lille; their devicewas exactly like that of the Scottish Hay. The first castellans of Lilledescended from the noble Fleming, Saswalo of Phalempin. Their chartersurname, de Insula, appears many times in British history and Roger deInsula was the ancestor of the lords Lyle in Scotland. One of hisgrandsons married Matilda of Wavrin whose family was also of Lille andwho could trace their descent from Charlemagne by several lines.
      http://amg1.net/flemfam.htm

      "The Hays are amongst the oldest and most illustrious of the historicfamilies of Scotland, but their real origin has been obscured by afabulous traditionary story which would still appear to be held forgospel truth in the northern district of Aberdeenshire, as variousallusions were made to it on the banners and triumphal arches displayedwhen the eldest so of the present Earl [1890's] came of age, as well asin the speeches delivered on that occasion. It is said that in the reignof Kenneth III, the Danes invaded Scotland, and encountered a Scottisharmy commanded by their king at Luncarty, near Perth. The battle was longand fiercely contested, but at length the two wings of the Scotish forceswere compelled to give way. As they were flying from the field, pursuedby the victorious Danes, a husbandman named Hay, who happened, along withhis two sons, to be at work in a neighbouring field, armed only with theyokes of their ploughs, stationed themselves in a narrow pass throughwhich the fugitives were hurrying, compelled them to halt in theirflight, restored the battle, and gained a complete victory. "sone after,'says Hector Boece, 'ane counsal was sat at Scone in the quhilk Hay andhis sons were maid nobil and doted for their singular virtew provin inthis field, with sundray lands to sustane thair estait. It is said thathe askit fra the King certaine lands liand betwixt Tay and Arole, and gasals mekil thairof, as ane falcon flew of ane man's hand or scho lichtit.The falcom flew to ane tower, four miles fra Dunde, called Rosse, andlichtit on ane stant quhilk is yet callit the Falcon Stane, and sa he gatall the lands betwixt Tay and Arole, six milis of lenth and four ofbreid, quhilk lands are yet inhabit by his posteritie.' In proof of thetruth of this story an appeal is made to the arms of Hays -- threeesutcheons supported by two peasants, each carrying an ox-yoke on hisshoulder, with a falcon for the crest. In all probability, however, thisstory which is entirely fabulous, was invented to explain the arms, forarmorial bearings were unknown at the date of the battle of Luncarty.
      "A very ingenious attempt has been made by Mr. Hay Allan, a gentleman whoclaims affinity with the Hays, to vindicate the truth of the story toldby Boece, on the alleged authority of a manuscript history of the family,which, however, does not appear to have been seen by anyone but himself.
      " 'Mac Garadh,' he says, 'is the ancient name of the Hays. It is ofgenuine Gaelic origin, and was given first to the family in allusion tothe celebrated action by which he [the peasant] raised himself fromobscurity. It is very expressive of the circumstances. Its literalsignification is a dike, or barrier, and was given to the ancestor of theHays for his conduct at the battle of Luncarty, where he stood betweenthe flying Scots and the victorious Danes, like a wall or barrier ofdefence ... Surnames did not come into use in England before the time ofthe Conqueror, and their introduction into Scotland was at a date alittle subsequent. The name of Garadh was given to the ancestors of theHays about one hundred and fifty-six years before, and had not,therefore, been subsequently retained by his descendants as an individualdesignation, but was only used generally as the name of the whole race,as Clann na Garadh, and particularly as the patronymic of the chief, whowas designated Mac Mhic Garadh Mor, and Sgithan Deang, the son of the sonof Garadh of the red shields.
      " ' At the time, therefore, of the adoption of surnames, the appellatoinof Garadh had grown into antiquity, and there were also other reasonswhich still more forcibly actuated its neglect. In the reign of Mac Beaththere were two brothers of the direct descendants of Garadh, and duringthe troubles of that tyrant's usurpation the younger, "being right bauldand stalwart of heart," went into Normandie, where he married thedaughter and heiress of one of the barons of the dukedom.
      " 'Surnames had by this time become partially in use on the Continent,and on his domiciliation in Normandie the descendant of Garadh wasdesirous of adopting a name which should conform to the language andusage of the country, and at the same time perpetuate the memory of hisorigin. For this purpose he assumed the name of De la Haye, which is asufficiently literal translation of Garadh, the first signifying a hedgeor fence, the latter a dike or barrier.
      " 'In the reign of Malcolm Bean Mor, the son of the first De la Haye wasone of the warriors who accompanied William of Normandie into England.Some time after the Conquest he made a journey into Scotland, to visithis uncle, the chief of the Clan na Garadh, they grown to a very advancedage and without children. During his visit the old chief died, and therebeing no other heir, De la Haye was declared his successor. From thistime he abandoned the service of William, residing wholly in Scotland.The name became hereditary to the descendants of Garadh, and the oldappellation dropped into oblivion.'
      "Mr. Hay Allan has also given a war-song of the family, which he says hecopied from an old leaf that he found pasted into that history. Somestanzas, he asserts, are very ancient, and others, he admits, are quitemodern. He has heard scraps of it sung by old people in Perthshire. Andhe states that the old war-cry of the Hays was, 'Halen Mac Garadh.'
      "The song begins in the following manner: --
      'Mac Garadh! Mac Garadh! red face of the Tay,
      Ho! gather, ho! gather like hawks to the prey;
      Mac Garadh, Mac Garadh, Mac Garadh, come fast.
      The flame's on the beacon, the horn's on the blast;
      The standard of Errol unfolds its white breast,
      And the falcon of Loncartie stirs in her nest:
      Come away -- come away -- come to the tryste --
      Come in, Mac Garadh, from east and from west.'

      "Then follows the picture of the charge: --
      'Mac Garadh is coming ! like stream from the hill,
      Mac Garadh is coming, lance, claymore, and bill;
      Like thunder's wild rattle
      Is mingled the battle
      With cry of the falling and shout of the charge:
      The lances are flashing,
      The claymores are clashing,
      And ringing the arrows on buckler and targe.' * See Bridal of Coalchuirn,by James Hay Allan, Esq.

      "All this is, no doubt, very interesting, but until this MS history ofthe Hays is produced, and the circumstances in which it was found aremade known, the alleged Celtic origin of this family must be regarded asromance, and we must continue to believe that the Hays are in reality abranch of the Norman family of de Haya.
      "They derive their designation from an estate in Normandie, and theirarmorial bearings are the same as those borne by families of the name inItaly, France, and England. A Sieur de la Haya accompanied William theConqueror to England in 1066. A William de la Haya, who married adaughter of Ranulph de Soulis, Lord of Liddesdale, was principal butlerto Malcolm IV, about the middle of the twelfth century, and to hisbrother, William the Lion, who bestowed on him the lands of Errol."
      The Great Historic Families of Scotland, James Taylor
    • Ancestor of the Earls of Errol.
    Person ID I6000000023191586885  Ancestors of Donald Ross
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2020 

    Father William de la Hay,   b. Abt 1100, La Haye, Cotentin, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1170, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Juliana de Soules,   b. Abt 1110, Cotentin Peninsula at Soules, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1220, Tay Estuary, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 110 years) 
    Family ID F6000000003828691375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. David de La Haya,   b. Abt 1176, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1230, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000023191586890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart