Aymer de Strathbogie

Sir Aymer de Strathbogie, also recorded as Adomar de Atholl, was the second son of David II Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, and Joan Comyn. His father had rebelled against Robert the Bruce in 1307, lost his Scottish lands, and been compensated in England, where he became warden of Northumberland.

In 1324 his mother became co-heiress of her uncle Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, bringing Northumberland manors into the family. While his elder brother David upheld the claim to the earldom of Atholl as a leading supporter of Edward Balliol, Aymer made his life in England, holding Jesmond, Ponteland and Felton, and in 1381 was returned to parliament as Knight of the Shire for Northumberland.

He married Mary, said to be a daughter of Walter the Steward, and the couple were buried together in the chancel of St Andrew's church in Newcastle upon Tyne. He died on 14 April 1402.