The Lisle Family Home Page:Information about Sir Robert Lyle of Duchal
Sir Robert Lyle of Duchal (b. Aft. 1423, d. date unknown)
Notes for Sir Robert Lyle of Duchal:
He got safe conduct on 12/13/1423 to extend to 4/30 following, to meet King James I of Durham, England.
He became a hostage for that King 3/28/1424, his annual revenue being estimated at 300 merks. In the following May he was sent from Knaresborough to the Tower, and from London to Durham to be exchanged 2/28/1424/25. He does not appear to have gone north, however, for some time, as he was not warded in York Castle till 16 June. On the death of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, in 1435, Sir Robert Lyle claimed his right to a moiety of earldom, and in 1444 he entered into an agreement with Sir Alexander Forbes for an exchange of his parts of the lands of Strathdee and Kindroeht, lying within the earldom of Mar, for other lands after the said Sir Robert shall recover possession of half the lands of Mar lying within the sherifship of Aberdeen.
He, however, made the agreement conditional on the rights of the Crown not being established against him, and he appears to have subsequently acquiesced in the title of the Crown, especially after the service of his brother-in-law, Robert, Lord Erskine, to the other moiety of the earldom had been reduced, at all events no further claim in connection with the earldom was made by Sir Robert or his successors in the title.
Children of Sir Robert Lyle of Duchal and Elizabeth Stewart are:
- Robert Lord Lyle, b. Aft. 1470, d. date unknown.
- Elizabeth Lyle, d. date unknown.
- George Lyle, d. date unknown.