{{Short description|Scottish knight}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2011}} {{Infobox person | name =Sir Symon (Simon) Locard (Lockhart) | image = | image_size = | caption = To | birth_date = 1300 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death-date|1371}} | death_place = Unknown | occupation = Knight | spouse = Unknown | parents = Sir Stephen Locard (d. 1320) | children = Sir Alexander Lockhart (1350–1444), 3rd of Lee }}
[[File:HallbarLockhartArms.jpg|thumb|Ceiling painting of the Lockhart arms at the [[Tower of Hallbar]], Lanarkshire]] '''Sir Symon Locard, 2nd of Lee''' (1300–1371) was a [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scottish knight]] who fought in the [[Wars of Scottish Independence]]. According to Lockhart family tradition, he accompanied [[James Douglas, Lord of Douglas|Sir James Douglas]] in their curtailed attempt to carry the heart of [[Robert the Bruce]] to the [[Holy Land]] in 1330.<ref>[[Sir Robert Douglas|Douglas, Sir Robert]]. ''The Baronage of Scotland''. Edinburgh, 1798, p. 324.</ref>
==Mission to the Holy Land== Following the death of [[Robert the Bruce]] in 1329, his companion [[James Douglas, Lord of Douglas|Sir James Douglas]] (aka the "Black Douglas"), set out to fulfil the King's last wish, that his heart be taken to the [[Holy Land]], to be deposited in the [[Holy Sepulchre]] at [[Jerusalem]]. King Robert's heart was placed in a silver casket, which was carried by Sir James. It is claimed by a Lockhart family historian that Sir Symon Locard was entrusted with the key:
“In 1329 a band of Scottish knights set out to fulfil the last wish of their dead King. Their leader, Lord James Douglas, carried the King's heart in ‘ane cas of silver fyn, enamilit throu subtilite’ hung about his neck. Beside him rode Sir Symon Locard, carrying the key of the casket. Sir Symon had won fame and distinction in the wars against the English; and now he was entrusted with the key of the precious casket.”.<ref>Lockhart, Simon Macdonald. ''Seven Centuries - A History of the Lockharts of Lee and Carnwath''. Scotland, 1976</ref>
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==References== * Sir Robert Douglas, ''The Baronage of Scotland'', 1798 * Simon Macdonald Lockhart, ''Seven Centuries - A History of the Lockharts of Lee and Carnwath,'' 1976 * Forbes Macgregor, ''Famous Scots - the Pride of a Small Nation''
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100819215004/http://www.thelockharts.net/lhistory.php Lockhart Family History] *[http://www.clanlockhartsociety.com Clan Lockhart] *[http://www.lockharts.com/2010/01/09/first-lockharts-of-record/ First Lockharts of Record]
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