Peerage Record – 58996

     Sir Ernulf de Swinton is the son of Udard (?)²
     He was succeeded by Cospatric (presumably a kinsman but not necessarily a son.)¹ He was perhaps the first instance on record of a Scottish knight.¹ He was living in 1166.¹

     Cospatric de Swinton is the son of Sir Ernulf de Swinton.²
     Before 1177 a witness to a charter of Duncan, Earl of Fife, to the nuns of North Berwick, which was also witnessed by another Hugh, who was probably identical with Hugh de Swinton, the founder of the family of Arbuthnott.¹

     Alan Swinton of Swinton is the son of Cospatric de Swinton.²
     He was witness to numerous documents at the end of the 12th and beginning of the 13th centuries.¹

     Alan Swinton of Swinton was the son of Alan Swinton of Swinton.² He died after 1247.¹
     In 1211 he received a charter of the lands of Collessie and Abernethy in Fife by which was confirmed by King William I.¹

     Alan Swinton of Swinton is the son of Alan Swinton of Swinton.²
     Alan was his heir (presumably kin, though not necessarily a son.)¹ He was living in 1262.¹

     Alan Swinton of Swinton is the son of Alan Swinton of Swinton.²
     Henry was his heir (presumably kin, though not necessarily a son.)¹ In 1271 he was granted the Kirkcroft of Lower Swinton to the monks of Coldingham.¹

     Henry Swinton of Swinton is the son of Alan Swinton of Swinton.²
     John was his heir (presumably kin, though not necessarily a son.)¹ In 1296 he swore fealty to King Edward I.¹ In 1331 he was witness to a grant of a holding in Swinewood to Coldingham.¹

     John Swinton of Swinton is the son of Henry Swinton of Swinton.²
     Alan was his heir (presumably kin, though not necessarily a son.)¹ In 1335 his lands of Swinton were confiscated by King Edward III when he temporarily annexed the Merse, after the Battle of Halidon Hill 1333.¹

     Alan Swinton of Swinton is the son of John Swinton of Swinton.²
     Henry was his heir (presumably kin, though not necessarily a son.)¹ In 1364 he was witness to an inquest at Bonkyl.¹

     Henry Swinton of Swinton is the son of Alan Swinton of Swinton.²
     In exchange for the lands of Mykery, in the Sheriffdom of Perth, he made over all his possessions in Little Swinton to Sir John de Swinton.¹ He was apparently residing at Abernethy during the English occupation of southwest Scotland.¹