 Thomas sold the earldom to Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway and Earl of Douglas in 1372.The recreation of the Lordship of Galloway for Archibald the Grim in 1369 had posed some conceptual problems for the earldom, as it fell within the old territories of the lordship.The Douglases were, moreover, much more successful than the Flemings at crushing resistance to the Bruce dynasty in the south-west.