Walter Olifard (died 1242)

Walter de Olifard
Died	1242
Buried	Melrose Abbey
Noble family	Olifard family

Sir Walter de Olifard (died 1242), Lord of Bothwell and Abernethy and Justiciar of Lothian, was a Scottish noble.

Life

Olifard was the eldest son of Walter de Olifard and Christiana de Strathearn. He was known as the younger to distinguish between his father. Walter held the office of Justiciar of Lothian between 1221 and 1242.^[1] He founded a church at Ormiston, near Bothwell dedicated to Saint Catherine.^[2]

Marriage and issue

His spouse was known at his death as Isabella. He is known to have had the following known issue:^[3]

• William de Olifard, married Isabel Douglas, had issue.
• Hugh de Olifard
• Walter de Olifard

Citations

1. Taylor 2016, p. 218n.
2. Notes and Queries 1870, p. 256.
3. Douglas 1764, p. 526.

References

• Douglas, Sir Robert (1764). The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, from Their Origin to the Present Generation: Collected from the Public Records, and Ancient Chartularies of this Nation, the Charters, and Other Writings of the Nobility, and the Works of Our Best Historians ... R. Fleming.
• "St. Osbern". Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc. January - June 1870. Oxford University Press. 1870. OCLC 1008998390.
• Taylor, Alice (2016). The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290. Oxford studies in medieval European history. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-874920-2.