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WALTER FITZ ALAN (Dapifer)
First High Steward
WALTER FITZ ALAN, the third son, accompanied King David I. to Scotland, and was appointed HIGH STEWART.
He was the founder of Paisley Abbey to which he brought monks from Shropshire, and which he dedicated to St. Milburga of Wenloc, and he married Eschyna de Molle, widow of Robert de Croc and daughter of Thomas de Londoniis.
He had a grant of the office of High Steward of Scotland and the lands of Renfrew, Paisley, Pollock,
Talahee, Cathcart, Eagilsham and Innerwick from King David I. and which was reconfirmed by Malcolm IV. on 24 June 1157 when he is styled “Waltero, filio Alani Dapifero meo.”
He died 1177, leaving two sons, ALAN Stewart, Second High Steward and Simon, the latter being claimed (without proof) as ancestor of the Boyds.
