He witnessed the charter of Alexander I of Scotland founding Scone Abbey.
[2] Gospatric enjoyed the benefits of the renewed prominence given to native Englishmen in the reign of Henry I.
He and his children obtained many lands in England proper, and he himself gained jurisdiction over some northern English legal duties.
Earl Gospatric, described as "the chief leader of the men of Lothian" was killed at the Battle of the Standard, being "struck by an arrow, he fell".
[3] He had four sons, Gospatric III (his successor), Adam, Edward, and Edgar.