Robert Halkett

ROBERT HALKETT, collector of the thirds of Benefices Fife in 1360 and as Sheriff of Kinross by charter of Robert II on 9th March 1372. Robert was a prominent land holder in Kinross, for shortly after we find - There is a Hugh of Lochore, Sheriff of Fife, when he gave ⅓ of the lands of Pitfirrane in 1245 in the reign of Alexander II to his nephew Hugh (⅓ of Lands of Pitfirrane from his uncle). Hugh was the father of two sons and one daughter:

1) David de Lochor, 1251, Sheriff of Fife, 1264 - 1266

2) Unknown son

3) Constantine de Lochor 1234, he gave Kinglassie to Dunfermline Abbey, also Sheriff of Fife and a Prisoner at Dunbar. Hugh's daughter married William Scott, Lord of Balwerey, with consent of his heir, Philip Hacat, his beloved cousin, of the two Mutthulies and Capeth, and third part of Pitfirrane. Philip Halkett, Lord of Balmagall 1290, Lord of Lumphenen 1393, had a brother William of Louchquhor and a sister, who had a son.

Collector of the Thirds ofenefices Fife in 1360