William TURNBULL, Baron of Minto

Abt 1283 - 1333  (50 years)

• Name	William TURNBULL
  Suffix	Baron of Minto
  Birth	Abt 1283	Minto, Lochgelly, Fifeshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Jul 1333	Northumberland, England
  Person ID	I34695	Coombs
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Adam ROULE,   b. Abt 1260, Rule, Roxburghshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Johanna WYSCHARD,   b. Abt 1265, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret DOUGLAS,   b. Abt 1295, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1321, Dunvegan Castle, Invernessshire, Scotland (Age 26 years)
  Children	1. John TURNBULL,   b. Abt 1315, Minto, Lochgelly, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 1355, Nesbitt Muir (Age 40 years)   2. James TURNBULL, Baron of Minto,   b. Abt 1320, Minto, Lochgelly, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 1355 (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F12212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Also from this valley comes the branch of the Rule Family whose name is now Turnbull. As the story is told, in the history of Selkirkshire, a William Rule, who was a giant of a man , was on one occasion (about 1315) on a hunting trip with King Robert the Bruce when he, the king, was attacked by a wild bison or bull. Grasping it by it’s horns, he turned its head to one side and killed it. He was given the name of “Turn-E-Bull” by King Robert and from him has descended a quite extensive family. This story is referred to in the register of the great seal of Scotland. Leyden describes the incident in verve as follows