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allied to the Scottish King. By Elizabeth he had two sons and 

 one daughter — viz., Uchtred and Gilbert, and Affrica. She 

 married Olave, King of Man. To anyone who has studied the 

 history of Galloway carefully it is quite evident from the career 

 and actions of Fergus that he was not a Gallovidian by birth, but 

 one of the many Norman favourites by whom Da\id was sur- 

 rounded, and to which favourites he was very lavish with grants 

 of land. The most of our historical accounts perpetuate the 

 error that Fergus was of the line of native Galloway princes or 

 rulers. I am afraid, however, that all the facts to be deduced 

 from a careful study of his history go to prove that he was a 

 Norman. In 1130, Angus, Earl of Moray, raised the Standard 

 of Insurrection, and entered Scotland proper with 5000 men, with 

 the intention of reducing the whole kingdom to subjection. 

 Mackenzie, Sir Herbert Maxwell, and other writers have con- 

 cluded that Fergus was implicated in this rebellion, and thus for- 

 feited the confidence and trust of David I. I canot see what 

 Fergus had to gain by such an action. In fact he had everything 

 to lose. The greater probability is that it was the rebellion or 

 insurrection by Malcolm M'Eth in 1134 to 1137 that he joined, 

 because it was also joined by Somerled, the Regulus of Argyll, 

 who was related to him by marriage. This is borne out by the 

 fact that he also joined the second insurrection in 1154 by the 

 sons of Malcolm M'Eth and Somerled, which insurrection led to 

 his downfall. 



Battle of the Standard. 



In 1135 Henry I., the King of England, died, and David I. 

 invaded England in support of the cause of his niece, Matilda, 

 who was the daughter of the English King. This invasion culmi- 

 nated in the great Battle of the Standard. This battle is interest- 

 ing and important, because it shews the desperate savage nature 

 of the Gallovidians at that period. The " Wild Scots of Gallo- 

 way," as they were called, were pressed into the service of the 

 King, led by their two chiefs, Ulric and Duvenald. A Monastic 

 historian thus described the Gallovidian contingent as " that 

 detestable army, more atrocious than Pagans, reverencing neither 

 God nor man, plundered the whole province of Northumberland, 

 destroyed villages, burned towns, churches, and houses. They 



