The Early Barons
The seat of the Lundie, Lundy, Lundin family is, what is now, Lundin in Fife. They held the Barony of Lundin from 1164 until 1755.
The first laird of Lundin was Phillip de Lundin. He was given the Barony of Lundin in 1164 by King Malcolm IV of Scotland. He had at least one son, Walter, who succeeded him to Lundin.
Walter, Lord of Lundy, succedded sometime between 1166 and 1171. He was married to Chrisina de Benne, heiress of the Barony of Benholm, through which marriage the Barony of Benholm came into the possession of the Lundie family until around 1597. Walter had at least three sons, Peter, Thomas and Archibald. Although Peter was the eldest, it is thought that Thomas succeeded.
Around this time, it is thought that the male line ended in an heiress, who married Robert de London, the natural son of King William the Lion of Scotland. The suposed descent of the family from William the Lion is commemorated through the entitlement of the Lairds of Lundin to bear the Royal arms of Scotland as part of their coat of arms.
