Gilbert Malherbe

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Sir Gilbert Malherbe († after August 4, 1320 ) was a Scottish knight and conspirator.

Malherbe was a knight with possessions in Slamannan and Livilands in Stirlingshire . During the Scottish War of Independence he fought on the Scottish side against the English occupation, probably serving as sheriff of Stirling in 1299 . Together with his relative Thomas Morham , he led the siege of Stirling Castle in 1299 until the starved English garrison surrendered at the end of the year. Although the English commander John Sampson had handed the castle over to Malherbe, the Scottish government appointed William Oliphant as the new commander . Apparently Malherbe was upset about this. When almost all the remaining Scottish rebels submitted to the English King Edward I in February 1304 , Malherbe also submitted. Oliphant, however, continued the defense of Stirling Castle, whereupon the English king awarded the possessions of Oliphant Malherbe. When Robert Bruce rose to the rank of King of Scots in 1306 , thus continuing the rebellion against the English, Malherbe continued to fight on the English side. He presumably served again as sheriff of Stirling and claimed in 1309 and 1310 the administration of Menteith and Jedburgh Castle . However, his claims were rejected. By 1314 he switched to the Scottish side. He now claimed guardianship over the underage John Logie of Strathgartney , but that too was refused. In 1320 Murdoch informed Menteith that Malherbe would be in contact with Edward Balliol , the son of King John Balliol , who was deposed in 1296 . Malherbe was arrested and sentenced to death from August 4, 1320 by the so-called Black Parliament in Scone for participating in the Soules conspiracy , as was John Logie. He was dragged to the place of execution by horses , hanged and beheaded .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Brown: The wars of Scotland, 1214-1371 . Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 2004, ISBN 0-7486-1237-8 , p. 189.
  2. ^ A b Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 150.
  3. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 200.
  4. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 430.
personal data
SURNAME Malherbe, Gilbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Malherbe, Sir Gilbert; Malherb, Gilbert of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish knight and conspirator
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH after August 4, 1320