Walter Fitz Alan 1st High Steward of Scotland

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷⁴²
Walter the Steward, or FitzAlan, who went northwards to Scotland and became Dapifer Regis under the Scots King David. From Walter the Steward, the Royal House of Stuart, as well various still existing familes of Stuart or Stewart. In the year 1335, the office of Steward of Scotland was claimed by Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, as his hereditary right; the real holder, Sir Robert Stewart (later King Robert II) the representative of Walter the Steward (FitzAlan) the first grantee, having been temporarily dispossessed by invading English. [The Scots Perrage, vol. I, pg. 11]

~"The Origin of the Stuarts and the Fitzalans." The New England Genealogical Register. Vol. 116, January 1962, pp. 21-23

• Background Information: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Scotland . ⁷⁰⁹
Walter Fitz Alan was appointed first High Steward of Scotland, during the reign of King David. Malcolm IV King of Scotland confirmed the grants of "Renfrew et Passeleth et Polloc et Talahec et Kerkert et Le Drep et le Mutrene et Eglisham et Lauchinauche et Innerwick" made to "Waltero filio Alani" by David I King of Scotland by charter dated 24 Jun 1158, which states that King David had appointed him to "Senescaliam suam""Walterus filius Alani dapifer regis Scotie" founded the monastery of Paisley by charter dated to before 1163, witnessed by "…Simone fratre Walteri filii Alani"[1073]. "Walterus filius Alani dapifer regis Scotie…et Alanus filius meus" donated property to Paisley by undated charter[1074]. The Chronicle of Melrose records the death in 1177 of "Walterus filius Alani, dapifer Regis Scotiæ"[1075].

Walter married Eschyna de Londoniis. (Eschyna de Londoniis was born about 1105 in Molle, Roxburghshire, Scotland.)