Aylmere Le Huntar (Del Counte de Are) (8th Laird)
Clan Chief Aylmere Le Huntar (Del Counte de Are) | |
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| Born | About 1280 |
| Died | Around 1320 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Predecessor | William Hunter |
| Successor | Aylmere Hunter |
| Children | 1 |
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Aylmere Le Huntar (Del Counte de Are) was born around 1280. <ref name=":0" /> was the 8th chief of Clan Hunter.<ref name=":1">Scottish Clan Family Encyclopedia. Collins. pp. 172–173.</ref> Born in Ayrshire (possibly Hunterston Castle),
There is no records at this time if he was married.
- Aylmere Hunter (b. 28 August 1320) (d. ?)<ref name=":0">"FamilySearch".</ref>
Aylmere was one of the Magnates Scotiae who like the majority of those of Norman descent settled in Ayrshire, signed the noted submission to King Edward I of England, known as Ragman Rolls. These documents referred to the question of succession to the Scottish Crown, between King Edward and Balliol. It was signed in Berwick on Tweed on 28 August 1296 for faithful services rendered.<ref>Burke, Bernard (1879). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. p. 835.</ref>
A traditional ancestor of the Hunters was with Rollo, a Viking, at the sack of Paris in 896. He was appointed as a huntsman to one of Rollo's descendants. The Hunters later followed Matilda, queen of William the Conqueror, to England and as a result their name is not included amongst those who accompanied William.
It is likely that the Hunters came to Scotland with David I of Scotland upon his invitation and were given lands named Hunter's Toune.
In 1296 Aylmer le Hunter of the county of Ayr appears on the Ragman Rolls submitting to Edward I of England.<ref>Instrumenta Publica Sive Processus Super Fidelitatibus Et Homagiis Scotorum Domino Regi Angliae Factis, A.D. 1291-1296. Edinburgh: Bannatyne Club. 1834.</ref><ref>(Public Record Office), Joseph Pane (1881). Calendar of documents relating to Scotland preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London. H. M. General Register House.</ref>
The Ragman Rolls are held in the Tower of London.
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