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David Olifard, in Roxburghshire and East Lothian, Kt.? Birthdate: circa 1115 Birthplace: Lilford, (now Northamptonshire), England Death: after 1170 Crailing, Roxburghshire (now Scottish Borders), Scotland Immediate Family: Son of William Olifard, of Lilford and Muriel Olifard Husband of Joan Olifard, of Calder Father of N.N. Olifard; Philip / Phillip Olifard; Fulco / Fulke Olifard; David Oliphant and Walter Olifard, Kt.? Brother of William Olifard; Thomas Olifard, of Barton and Robert / Osbert Olifard Occupation: Justiciar of Lothian Managed by: Private User Last Updated: November 6, 2016 View Complete Profile view all Immediate Family Joan Olifard, of Calder wife N.N. Olifard daughter Philip / Phillip Olifard son Fulco / Fulke Olifard son David Oliphant son Walter Olifard, Kt.? son Muriel Olifard mother William Olifard, of Lilford father William Olifard brother Thomas Olifard, of Barton brother Robert / Osbert Olifard brother About David Olifard, in Roxburghshire and East Lothian, Kt.? Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be: circa 1138 in Crailing, Roxburghshire (now Scottish Borders), Scotland circa 1162 at Smailholm Tower in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland The progenitor of the Olifard family was "David Holyfard", godson of King David I of Scotland and in 1141 his protector; who was also in possession of Lilleford in Northamptonshire, showing the Northamptonshire family connection to Scotland. David was a son of William Olifard, mentioned in the pipe rolls of Cambridgeshire (1158), Northamptonshire (1163) and Huntingdonshire (1168 and 1169). He saved his godfather from capture during the Battle of Winchester in 1141. David held the lands of Crailing and Smailholm, both in Roxburghshire, and served as the Justiciar of Lothian. He is not mentioned in records after 1170 and is supposed to have died shortly thereafter. In 1141 he saved his godfather, King David I of Scotland, from capture at Empress Matilda's defeat at siege of Winchester, and soon thereafter he and several generations of his descendants were Justiciars of the Lothians. David Olifard's son Sir Walter Olifard, the second Justiciar, in 1173 married Christian, the daughter of Ferchar, Earl of Strathearn; her dowry was the lands of Strageath. This David allegedly begat other male issue, among whom might be Walter, Philip and Fulco. There appears to be no record of this David having begotten any female issue. Date of death also been erroneously reported to be:1170. sources J.H. Round, Feudal England (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1895), p. 223 The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Vol. VI, Ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909), p. 524535 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Oliphant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olifard

David Olifard, in Roxburghshire and East Lothian, Kt.?
Birthdate: circa 1115
Birthplace: Lilford, (now Northamptonshire), England
Death: after 1170
Crailing, Roxburghshire (now Scottish Borders), Scotland
Immediate Family:
Son of William Olifard, of Lilford and Muriel Olifard
Husband of Joan Olifard, of Calder
Father of N.N. Olifard; Philip / Phillip Olifard; Fulco / Fulke Olifard; David Oliphant and Walter Olifard, Kt.?
Brother of William Olifard; Thomas Olifard, of Barton and Robert / Osbert Olifard
Occupation: Justiciar of Lothian
Managed by: Private User
Last Updated: November 6, 2016

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Immediate Family

Joan Olifard, of Calder
wife

N.N. Olifard
daughter

Philip / Phillip Olifard
son

Fulco / Fulke Olifard
son

David Oliphant
son

Walter Olifard, Kt.?
son

Muriel Olifard
mother

William Olifard, of Lilford
father

William Olifard
brother

Thomas Olifard, of Barton
brother

Robert / Osbert Olifard
brother

About David Olifard, in Roxburghshire and East Lothian, Kt.?
Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

circa 1138 in Crailing, Roxburghshire (now Scottish Borders), Scotland
circa 1162 at Smailholm Tower in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
The progenitor of the Olifard family was "David Holyfard", godson of King David I of Scotland and in 1141 his protector; who was also in possession of Lilleford in Northamptonshire, showing the Northamptonshire family connection to Scotland.

David was a son of William Olifard, mentioned in the pipe rolls of Cambridgeshire (1158), Northamptonshire (1163) and Huntingdonshire (1168 and 1169). He saved his godfather from capture during the Battle of Winchester in 1141. David held the lands of Crailing and Smailholm, both in Roxburghshire, and served as the Justiciar of Lothian. He is not mentioned in records after 1170 and is supposed to have died shortly thereafter.

In 1141 he saved his godfather, King David I of Scotland, from capture at Empress Matilda's defeat at siege of Winchester, and soon thereafter he and several generations of his descendants were Justiciars of the Lothians.

David Olifard's son Sir Walter Olifard, the second Justiciar, in 1173 married Christian, the daughter of Ferchar, Earl of Strathearn; her dowry was the lands of Strageath.

This David allegedly begat other male issue, among whom might be Walter, Philip and Fulco. There appears to be no record of this David having begotten any female issue.

Date of death also been erroneously reported to be:1170.

sources
J.H. Round, Feudal England (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1895), p. 223
The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Vol. VI, Ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909), p. 524535
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Oliphant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olifard