GOSPATRIC or COSPATRIC (fl. 1067), earl of North umberland, belonged to a family which had connections with the royal houses both of Wessex and Scotland. Before the Conquest he is said to have accompanied Tostig on a pilgrimage to Rome (1061) . About 1067 he bought the earldom of Northumberland from William the Conqueror; but, repenting of his submission, fled with other Englishmen to the court of Scotland (1068) . He joined the Danish army of invasion in 1069, but was afterwards able, from his possession of Bamburgh castle, to make terms with the conqueror. The peace concluded with Scotland in 1072 left him at William's mercy. He lost his earldom and took refuge in Scotland, where Malcolm seems to have provided for him.