(3) Coull Castle - and its late 14th century owners
On the Thursday before the Feast of All Saints, 1299, Isabella Countess of Fife executed a deed conveying to Sir John de Hastings, Lord of Abergavenny, her lands of Coull and Lumphanan in the shire of Aberdeen, along with other properties in Scotland and England. The grant is stated to be in discharge of a debt which the Countess was unable to meet because of the war in Scotland and the depredations of Sir Herbert de Morham, who has seized her goods and chattels. On his part, Sir John de Hastings agreed to pay the Countess £80 sterling per year for life. This transaction received the approval of Edward I.
In July 1305, John, Earl of Athole, addressed a petition to King Edward, in which he pointed out that whereas he was authorised by the King and Council to draw revenues up to 1200 merks from the town of Aberdeen and the fermes of Aboyne, Coule, Mortleye, and Botharme, he had received from them only £540, which sum he had spent in repairing the Castles of Aberdeen and Aboyne, and garrisoning each with 20 men-at-arms and 40 sergeants-on-foot. The King responded by instructing the Earl to draw his fixed assignment from the Chamberlain of Scotland.
Six years later, John de Strathbogie, Earl of Athole, whom we thus discover in occupation of Coull in 1305, was Edward's warden and justiciary north of the Forth. In the year following however, he joined Bruce's insurrection, was one of the defenders of Kildrummy Castle, and, being captured at or shortly after its surrender, was hanged by Edward's order, his royal descent being tactfully recognised by the provision for him of a gallows 30 feet higher than usual!
(3) Coull Castle - and its late 14th century owners
On the Thursday before the Feast of All Saints, 1299, Isabella Countess of Fife executed a deed conveying to Sir John de Hastings, Lord of Abergavenny, her lands of Coull and Lumphanan in the shire of Aberdeen, along with other properties in Scotland and England. The grant is stated to be in discharge of a debt which the Countess was unable to meet because of the war in Scotland and the depredations of Sir Herbert de Morham, who has seized her goods and chattels. On his part, Sir John de Hastings agreed to pay the Countess £80 sterling per year for life. This transaction received the approval of Edward I.
In July 1305, John, Earl of Athole, addressed a petition to King Edward, in which he pointed out that whereas he was authorised by the King and Council to draw revenues up to 1200 merks from the town of Aberdeen and the fermes of Aboyne, Coule, Mortleye, and Botharme, he had received from them only £540, which sum he had spent in repairing the Castles of Aberdeen and Aboyne, and garrisoning each with 20 men-at-arms and 40 sergeants-on-foot. The King responded by instructing the Earl to draw his fixed assignment from the Chamberlain of Scotland.
Six years later, John de Strathbogie, Earl of Athole, whom we thus discover in occupation of Coull in 1305, was Edward's warden and justiciary north of the Forth. In the year following however, he joined Bruce's insurrection, was one of the defenders of Kildrummy Castle, and, being captured at or shortly after its surrender, was hanged by Edward's order, his royal descent being tactfully recognised by the provision for him of a gallows 30 feet higher than usual!