Kirkpatrick
Sir Roger Kirkpatrick was named the third among five knight envoys at truce negotiations between Scotland and England in December 1319. Humphrey Kirkpatrick, assumed to be a kinsman of Sir Roger, was prominent in the financial administration towards the end of King Robert's reign. Chronicles from both sides of the Border maintain that there were two stages to the death of the Red Comyn in Dumfries. There is nothing definitive in the Chronicles about what happened but one story maintains there was the initial assault by Bruce himself followed by a later stabbing involving Roger Kirkpatrick and Sir James Lindsay. The Kirkpatrick family adopted a bloody knife on their coat of arms as a result. The name is taken from a chapel dedicated to St Patrick at Closeburn north of Dumfries. Roger was the favoured forename and the first on record appears in a charter of the Bruces before 1141. Ivo de Kirkpatrick had a charter from Robert Bruce for fishings on the River Esk in Annandale in 1190. The family was closely allied to the Bruces. In 1232, Ivone de Kirkpatrick had a charter for all the lands of Kelosbern from Alexander II and the estates remained in the family ownership until 1783. Towards the end of the 18th century William, son of William Kirkpatrick of Conheath, became a successful wine merchant in Malaga, southern Spain. He married a daughter of Baron de Grivegnee. One of their daughters married the Count de Montijo and their daughter, Marie Eugenie, married the Emperor Napoleon III. The Spanish branch of the family currently owns Closeburn Castle.