John de Soules (died 1310)

John de Soules
Sir; John de Soules
	Arms of John de Soules; Barry of six argent and gules, a bendlet.[1]
Guardian of the Kingdom of Scotland; (Second Interregnum)
	In office; 1301–1304
Preceded by	John III Comyn; William de Lamberton; Ingram de Umfraville;
Succeeded by	Robert I (as King of Scots)
Personal details
Died	1310
Nationality	Scottish

Sir John de Soules (or de Soulis or Soules) (died 1310) was Guardian of Scotland from 1301 to 1304, at a crucial period in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

Life

John was the second son of the William de Soules (d. c.1292), Lord of Liddesdale and Ermengarde Durward. John had previously protected Galloway from Sir Andrew Harclay, Earl of Carlisle and Warden of the English March. He appointed in 1292 the custodian of Hugh Lovel. After the appointment of a Council of Twelve—in practice, a new panel of Guardians, by the leading men of Scotland, which sidelined King John Balliol in 1295, Soules was sent to France along with other envoys to negotiate an alliance.[2] In 1301 after the resignations of Robert The Bruce and John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch he was appointed Guardian of Scotland. John, was exiled and died in France in 1310.

Marriage and issue

He married Halwise Stewart, the daughter of Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland and Jean Macrory, they had the following known issue:

Muriel, married Richard Lovel, had issue.

Citations

McAndrew, p. 71.
Magnusson, Magnus (2003). Scotland: The Story of a Nation. Grove Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780802139320.

References

McAndrew, Bruce A. Scotland's Historic Heraldry, Boydell Press, 2006. ISBN 9781843832614
Peter Traquair Freedom's Sword

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[1] McAndrew, p. 71.

[2] Magnusson, Magnus (2003). Scotland: The Story of a Nation. Grove Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780802139320.