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A N
HISTORICAL
AND
GENEALOGICAL
ACCOUNT
O" T,HE
Moft fllufthuus Family of
STEWART-,
Fron the Original, to tlic Advancement to
the Imperial Crown of SCO TLAhl).
The long ^xpeifted Work of that Greqt Anti-
quary, Q;tvid Symfun > M. A. Hiftoriographer
Royal for ScothnJ.
Prmte>&k Geergi' Sire, \ Mm B*U «^.;
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WMMM
TO H E R
Moft Excellent Majefty
ANNE,
By the Grace of GOD,
Of Great Britain^ France 9 and lre!and y
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0,U E E N.
'.*
•»
"W -
t "Hiis HISTORY of the
^*MolMUuftrious u Name of
• s rgm^ 1 k r; ; $■ molt
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AN
InProduBion
To a genealogical;
mONOLOGlCAL Hiftory
iE I N G to give t Genealogical account of
all the Noble Familys of Scotland, 'at
well of the Extinft as of theft now
flourishing; & having made considerable
^ances on thatSubjed, 'twill be butjufttobc-,
with the Uluftrious and Royal Family of
STUARTS, and its honourable branches,
being of great Antiquity , and of the firft
g&ity} riot only becaufe Walter tht8tb of the
ac, and great Stewart of Scotland and \tb of
< t )
that Name, married Marjory Bruce \ Daughte
the Wife and Magnanimous, King Robert
which intituled his Pofterity to the Crown :
which Marriage; are iffued a Race of as Mc
foil, Juft and Heroick Princes,as any Nation
ever Blefs'd with: but becaufc, before that fo
nate match, this excellent Family owed its
rigine to the Royal Stoek,as (hallappear by &
and had produced & numerous train of fan:
Worthys , hereditable Lord Great Stewart
Scotland* exceeded by no fubjeft in Piety, mi]
ry Glory, Riches, Honours and Aliances, &C i:
rior only to the foveraign in Grandeur ahd ;
thority, the infepcrable diftin&ions of Roya
all which will evidently appear from their m
and great Mortifications , numerous Lordf
and Pofleflions, blbody Conflifts and Ban
pofts of Honour, and number of Relations, R
al Grants and Priviledges, &c:
Now, as this family oyres its hereditary Gi
nefs, Office, and Surname, by the concur
Testimony of our Hiftorians,to fFalter^vuho
% his gfeat fcrviccs was made hereditable Ste\
oi Scotland* by Make Im the $d> Surnamed I
more i about 1 08 \\ which Walter wasfon of
antCy Son of Bancbo Thane of Locbabtr, \
H juried before the middle of the 1 1 tb Cent!
in die. Court of King T>*ncan> and was kill'<
thc^furpct JfrhiM an 104?- So » tra0
r + )
ft* Pedegree of this Bancho, GeneaJogiftszxt not
igrcrf. * One Mr. Kennedy an Irtfhman. from
^hc Book of Lecan, deriving him from Maine-
Leauna, who flouriflied before the middle of the
$tb Century , and was one of the 7 Sons of
Cm King of Munfler. * Sir George M?kcnzey %
* Mr. Dunlip and others, affirm he was Son
of Fercbard, Thane of Lochaber, fecond Son to
King Keneth the 3^/, who dyed 994. But as
for mei 1 incline to follow the Tradition of our
own Scotifo- high land * Scheanchies fupported
with Notes colle&ed by an Ingenious Gentle-
man, from ancient Scotifi Records ( faid to be
preferved in the Tower of London , fincc the
Reign of King Edward the 1/?) and commu-
nicated to the Illuftrious James Dukc jf Lenox ,
and from him to his Nephew Charles Duke of
tenox, by whofe favour Copies came abroad ^
one of which was perufed by a very Critical
tGenealogtfl with which alio agree the antece-
dent difcoveries made by the Judicious and
LcarnM Mr. Thomas Crawford* back'd with
.the modern Authoritys of the right honourable
* William firft Vifcount of Stratbatt**? % * Mr..
George Martin ofClermourit, induftrious fearch-
$rs in Record* and the Monuments of Anriqui-.
^y, with thefe likewife concur the joynt 1 cfti-
monies
' £ Cuningbam 9 s Defcent of King Charles id>
in 4 Male line from Etbodius. 1 . ^age 1 5
monies of others'emmenj; in Charafter, Learni
Judgement, and Obfervation, all unanimoi
affirming that Dorm or Doir M'Eth fecond J
to Ethus, Surnamed Alipes qr the fwift ? Kinj
Scotland in 870, was the firfl: Progenitor oft
Ancient and IUuftrious family.
In profecuting.this Work, I fh^ll divide it
4 periods.* beginning the firft with the abo
inentioned Doir M-Eth 890 'J'hane of Lo
Abft\ father of Murdoch 900, Father of Ph
qiidrdg2^ y father of Keneth 960, Father of 2fc
cho 99b, {iicceflivcly Thanes of Lochaber vi
iflourifhed in the $th t ior/?,aiid nth Centu
the fpace of 173 years, in the Reigns of C
Jfantine a 5 Ethus, Gregory, Donald 6, Conjl*
tine 3, Malcolm \(l, Indulfus, DuffusyCulen
Keneth ^d, Conflantine 4, Grimus, Malcolm :
Duncan* M'beth, Kings of Scotland. The feco
(neccffarly including 53 years of the firfl: peric
in 99Pj beings according to die Chronology •
go by, the year of the Birth of the immed
named Banco 990, 5 th Thane, of Lochaber, fatl
pfFleance 1020, father of-* Walter ( a feith:
Subject and favorite to Malcolm 3^) Fart
of * Alan, father of Walter, * third Heredita
Lord great Stewart of Scotland and Foyndcr
Pajlay* who flourifhed in the 10th nth a
isrjfr Centurys, the fpace of 188 years in t
•A*
< + -> ■
Reigns of the fbrefaid Keneth %d (Conflantine 4
miGrimus 2 J Ufurpcrs ) Malcolm 2d, Duncan
ift ( the Ufurper, M'betb ) and their Succef-
fors Malcolm %d: ( Donald Bane and Duncan
?, Ufiirpers ) Edgar \ Alexander 1/?, David i/?,
Malcolm %thi an<T William Kings of Scotland,
The 3*/ Period ( neceffarly including 71 years
of the 2d) with Weaker above named, 3d Lord
Great Stewart of Scotland, father of Alan? fa-
ther of Walter, father of Alexander , father of
^unor, father of Walter ( who married Mar-
jory Daughter to Ktng Robert the ifl ^ father
PI of Robert , $tb Lineal great Stewart of Scotland
and Earl of Stratbern, who on the death of his
uncle King David id, and in right of his Mo-
" ther Marjory, afcended the Throne, in 1 3 jo,
i)| who flourished in the i2tb, 13th, and iqtb
4 Centurys, the fpace of 2 5 5 years, in the Reigns
d)| pftheforefaid Alexander 1/?, David 1/?, Mai-
«l colm /ph 9 William and their Succcffors, Alexan-
der zdj Alexander %d y Qiieen Margaret &c*
John Baliol &c: Robert ift, David id* &c:
Monarchs oi Scotland.
*k The tfb Period ( including alfo 5 5 years
iry] of the 3 d) with Robert 9th Lineal Lord great
oil Stewart of Scotland and Earl of Strathern, com-
n| morilydefignM 5^^rt 2d (2nd fyH of the Sfw r
to *rti) fang of Scotland, father of ifriw* 3^ fa*-
ter
fbl
m thcr
the* 6fjdtnel itf, father of James od 9 i
*f James 3</, father of James J$h s fath
"taw 5*&, father of Qjieen May, Mod
km« 6£&, father of Pb Aries iff, fath
Cbarks id znd James ytb^ whofc elded!
full Surviving Daughter QUEEN ^fl
ftoW poflefs'd .of the Throne: who flourifl
the i4fb> i$tb i6tb ijtb andi8d> Ccn
the fpace of 398 years, viz: from 13 1 5 t
prcfent 1707, which 4 Periods in all at
to 837 years, ftom 870 to 170)7: contaij
Series of 16 Generations. The method as s
including mutually a part of one period :
other, was neceflary and unavoidable ,
there mult be a retrofped to the birth
Son in one period , and a profped to, the
of the Father in another.
. *' r " t -
ftfy obfervations in the firft Period are
the Tradition of the Scheanchies^ and it
difcoverieS; faid. to be founded on ancief:
thorities,and tnefe ftanding at a diftance b
a Critical Examination, I have thought
"Ways my bufinefs to debase their trtlth ar
teittty a* AfTerted , telyirig on the Candoi
judgment of toy Authors, in whom I ha
covered no^nconflftencies : and as things
occurred to me,fo I have faithfully handed
doua a« they qqw are, wifh fyme alter
Ifi
c t ;
Ally ifl die djdT?, and a fupply in thcCbranot*-
r, which I thought necefTary & allowable: and
freely own is imaginary though founded on
probable Obfervations from events andCircunj-
pncep. But hereafter more of this in gteater
length.
My vouchers in the id period 9 are for the moft
J feart the current teftimonics of our Hiftoriara*
only toward the clpfe here they fall under cor*
reftfon , affirming one Alexander Lord StUart
to be founder of Pajlay, whereas from ftandine
Charter proofs, Walter great Stewart to Mai-
iolm 4tb, in that reign founded that Magni-
ficent Abbay.
For Documeiats and Supporters for the $<f
and \th periods, I have had the advantage df
accefs to Original Charrers, and Chartulafyi
of Bifhops Sees and Religious Houfcs, and tne
A publick Records of the Kingdom, &c: wherebf
1 have been enabled to place my account in an*
other light than many of our former Hiftoriani
have, by difcovcring their Inadvertencies, O-
miffions & Additions, if not deliberat Miftakes^
and Inventions: Whereby the Reader may per-
ceive thatHiftory muft fubmit to the Correction
of thefc valuable Monuments, and fall doun and
worfhip and reverendly do Homage to, and ac-
knowledge them her Parent, and the great Law
by which (he otoht to aft and be determined.
^ And
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And at any time when chance and ihq
have throun thefe ttito my hands, I eftee
them as David did Goliab's S word * whe:
{4$ there is none like that, give it met An
prefer any remote Authorities to thefe fa
Remains , inftructing their very Age,-
thors & Pcrfons mentioned, would not onl
a violence done to my temper, and a Robl
me of a real fatisfactiori, butalfo an indig
offered to the beft tf itneifes of Truth* *
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Dorm or Voir
Aoib
EtCOND Son to* Ethus furriamed th*
Swift 9 was born 870111 the 12 of tht
Reign of his XJndcCpnftantin* a J: He
in his young and tender age wa* depri-
of his Father (who anfweted the great hope*
ceived of him before he wa3 Kins:, with a
iffolute life, after his advancement to Royalti
hidi ehded in a violent Death in 876 an
t id of a Malecontented Reign ) he had 60
ifion to be a (hater of the Bleflings of the Glo^
ious and Virtuous times of King Gregory ancf
)ofiaU 6tb 9 and on the afeceflion of his brotheit
lonfiantine 3d to the Throne, itt 903 he wai
teated Thaiie of Locbaben H& death bears date
n 93^ being the 66 of his Age and the 3
if his laid brothers Reign, having iurvive
lis Misf ortunat Father King f Etbus fumamed
th*
A "
,. Thfc lrifi Antiquaries till him Ao&% jwhiid*, ,
> EhgUfh i$ £«gi&. . ' ' f Tlie Chronic .'of
lAtkofi quis. hup He Jot ^r^ndpi ake9;^iql t
'fooxtdhisbrotBeiCc^*ntW(rl(i^m^i^ v i
//*«&/ iiufirdf tpjbc warn fc^
.he $wfi or Light foot, 60 years j I<
,fTue by X)sfl*d* Daughter to Egbert , by
^"d (^m, King etmtbumfcrLmJ.
I. Murdoch, of whom in the next Chaj
II. (W<Aw,Thane of Atbok Either o^Z
&»* Thane of Jth*U father of Pbaetui. 1
of ^riW, father of MukBvina or A/W, w
Ban^m Tnaifc of hdchahr, Son of ii
^c^^«tyf/^^/SdnrfAf«r^ifr,5on .
•vepaMcd DWksi ThahS of hocbticr.
•» * / *.
MVRDOC
THANE, d£%ockdkeh, by.theChronc
. "t: . wegobyj vrjsi.born in the, year 90*
iag.th|e jtofc of* tfre Reign of Donald 6tb: h
dncation. .-as is. nfoft prefttmable was in
Cqafjt^hitf Vncte CfnJlJnttne 7,d ( who
certainty a Pijii^e of ^rtraordinjiry Virtue
eJB^ueHje^tSj. t%ogg& .mfe&rtimate toward
lofe pfiJ^s &dgn).;nfc: Succeeded his ft
|«*rifl j^^ dyd^i 9.59 tbe. 59 of his .
_»ej6,aniM«f^ie^gRof M^colm i.h
in&furvived his feid Father 33 } leaving ]
by Helen % ( by fome cal#d Dorvagtl ) Dai
ter t o Hug by An ceftou r of the Duglajfet.
X.Tt>ffiuBa73,of ',wfi6mint!rle'ne»€hai
grfceM *Md : ^erfiAiofe . wVefeHi; ,wK6 at tie
i!fe3r#r£of hfe *ft&tf wife, Hfcferthe' <tfrift*
[rairar. zz^.
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fc&ekx zr m
tm**.it *-* JSm. .
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« Ancient is
V Guuora,
11
,hc Swift or Liphtfoot, 60 years j lea
,flue by K)sflefo Dai^hter to Egbert, by 1
^li (tyJw*, King efNittbumterUnJ.
I. Murdoch, of whom in the next Chapl
II. G^dWjThaneof^o/, father of Lii
iW Thane of Jtfol, father of Pboelui.TI
of >4riv/» father otMulJivina or Mmut % wii
.»«$**&• tnanfc of hdcbithr, Son of A*
"^of ^^y^r^,S6tiof Af«r^j??,Son oj
•vepaMcd DbH«, t%an@ of Ucbder.
— * . ■»
MVRBOC
H AN E of &eb*hr\ by the Chronejj
. <• ' we gofcyi w^si.born in the, year 990
. it& the 8»Ji of the Reign of DmmA/ 67 *.•. hit
duration..^ is, fl|oft prefttmable was in,|
Coorjt' $£h& Uoete Ctmftdnltne 3*/ ( wh<M
certainty a- Pignc^ of -^raordinaty Virtue i
ej^emc]jt8 i .t*oii»fc .misi&rtuna;e . towarj- ; ]
lofe ofihjs Tteif^'fa Succeeded his Fi
to#ito 93&M dy&M $59 the. 59 of hisi
fyc kiMdm tf *eJgggn.of Mtjtfplm *» hfc
ing-furvived his Ma Father 23 } leaving In
by /fc/sa, ( by fome calJM Dorvagil ) Daugj
tcr t o Hugh t An ceftour of the Duglafes.
." Tr.therquh"df'd 1 oi whom In the fle^fC
g&ejfbf 'a&T ^erMioiis , wttfcih; ,wMrfc tt<
J^i^nh:;of ^ tf IcM wife, Hfcfe "1hfc 6#$
< 4 V
' KENETH
^THANE ofLethaber, on the authority qH
Fragment of Bajffbn a Norwegian, a verj
confident Genealogift, was born 9(Jo, the 3</oi
the Reign of InMph*h& Succeeded his Father
Pkerqubard in 987, not only in his Eftate airij
Honour!, but alfo in his Love and Favour wiffl
Kennetbiht 3^ to whom, on the above Autho-
rity, - he was an inward friend, and very feen
viceable in. the Ad offettlement made in 989^
eftablifhing the Succeffion of the Crown to the
next in blood, which before refoefted any <sA
the Royal Family, who had mow intcjeft and
favour with the people '+> which good \#v? hi
faw interrupted by theMurther of the Excellent
Prince its Author , in 994, and the Thrprt
invaded firft by Conjtantine 4f^and then in 99^
by Grimusfwo ufurpcirs, who had Fates anfwen
able to their infolcnt Ambition : but he lived
fee the forefeid Law revived by the true
of the Crown, Malcolm a, Prince oiCumbtri
in die 26 of whofe Reign he dyed, vix* 103
and of his age 70 having furvived his fathq
tbctquberd 50 years*, leaving Iffuc, by Dmrfm
** daughter to Ketimb the 3^ t Ranqm
? ■ ■ .. .1 ..» ... . ' . ' . ' ". . . 1. . 1 1
** Some Gcneahfffts have made Banqubo A
Grandchild to Keneib the 3 /by a fecond Sod,
which miftake it feem* they have fain in \H
pteccing a jSori fox a Daughter*
I. Banqubo, of vmorn in the next Chapter.
I I. Alexanfaprogcnltor to the ancient Earls
tf Lenox'^ht tiavdl'd-to 'Jerufalem and wat.
Egped with the Grafs': he founded the Caftles
wlnebmoryn, Incbinnan and Cruxtoun.
1 1 f. G^ij&,.married to Donald Thane of &*-
Jbertand, Anceftour to the ancient Earls of
Sutherland.
m
IV. Gutwra married to A/* Wm Lord of But*
V. Marion, Married to Angus, Anceftour of
\ht15amerons. ,
VL Beatrix, Married to Hugh alias Jodk
Mac Bean, Anceftour to the Duglafleu
THANE of Locbafcr, by the Univerfal con*
fent ofGeneabgifts, was born about 990
the *otb year of his Grandfather Kenneth the
%d, he fucceeded his Father Kenneth y in 1030
being the a 6 of the Reign of his Uncle King
1 Malcolm *d) under whole Government it may
fee prefumed he hath made a confidera£>le figure*
for Reafons already and to be afterward men*
tioned. But now being thus far entered in our
fecond period, i% is £t we call tomipd our pro*
©life, that our Authors in the main, in this
bart of our work, are our printed and received
Hiftories, who account that while Duncan by
hereditary defcent pofp&'d the Scotjfk Throng
e * )
wild ty the heft Calculation began to Reim
tto%±>ianquh$ Thane of Lwbtfat* one of J^
ftinctsqfthe Royal Blood, and a chiitfOf^a*,
of the Crown, being upon the very nick of thai
Kings acceffion to the Government, impWi
as hit Lieutenant and Stewart, in gathering
• m the publick Revenues in fome of the Mr.
moteft Provinces, and purfuant to his truft, ef?
ertifing Juftice upon notorious Delinquents,
with a feveriw which became their Crimes, he
tender'd himfelf hated by the incenfed Mob,
Who framed a defign aganft his life, fet upon
hiin,kiird his Servants, feiz'd his Treafure: he
himfelf efcaping with many Wounds, & arrive^ \
ing at Court made known to the King the par- '
dollars of the Rebellion, who immediatly dif- -
fatch'd a Meflenger at Armes with offers of
anion upon Submiflion, and to denounce pu*
jnifhpQent in cafe of obftinacy •, but the Rebels
joking advantage of the foft Nature of King .
Xhwcan with whom they had to do, and being
C~ up with their late tr'cafonable fuccpfi,!
M iwfolcnt, and back'/d one Viilany vitk \
(pother, by inhumanely Murthering the MeP
fenger,and being headed, by one ArdonaM, i
ftowerfiill man, and cruel by nature, who by
JW iptereft and Friends made the* RcbeUio*
pay formidable, againft whom Ifrbctb Tharit
of Ghnffs 9 C\£n to King Duncan,*n aftive afl|
valiant Perfon is difpatch'd as Generaliffiai^
jjithwhom was joyn'd the fordaid Brtuptb*
who!
■fcdfc March and approach igainft the Rebeb
km ravaging Locba&dr* were as fwift- as Fame
rir felf, andfuch was the Terror that feizM
hi Malcontents that many of them fled, o»
he» fubmitted, and thofe that adhered to AN
ImcU became an eafy prey to the Royal Ar*
ay t be hirafelf efcaping, ned to a Cattle, and
lefpaiing of Pardon, prov'd Executioner not 6a*
y to his wife, and Children, but alio to him*
d£, and by fuch a Scandalous death neaderM
he black deedsof his life, blacker and blacker.
Simpho ■ being thus Co-partner with M**
\ctk in his Lrfwrels, flood pone&'d of a largia
bare of his Prince's favour: and about this tunc
M/ho King of "Borrow*/ and his Dah&r havemg
nvaded Scotland^ to revenge the deaths and re* ,
)fre the lofles of their Anceftours and Frieodi
vftuncd under King Kenetb and Malcelm ?a£
%,Long€arty and Awrj *£* .* King Duncan <m
&. Emergent* being ; roufed out of-his nativt
ggaper* omitted no duty proper for a wife King.
|£ 4 brave Captain, in providing .for his owfc:
nd.hjs peoples fefety. He aflerabied an Araiy-
ig&. ali the . expedition and order he was op*
*fc#? of, led by liimfelf, M<&*& and &mf*fe^
nd eacountetring the Enemie* neer Ckkcft eft'
i% fe&nks. of Ftfrc^ after a btoody: fight htf
ras forced to retreat, leaving the field aajt 1
jm *PHght V^wgr.la 4fe jQm^yeiPfiol
tttfcput jkof&raftfeette? fifcoefr ioaekky <j* ^
m, hp%m r m& &nmM&xski tot te»&
< * )
Mid Almond, aboundantly ftufPd with all lie*
seffary Provifions, while Mbetb headed the
Army force Miles diftant, with whom At\
King from his Garrifon, notwithftanding of 1]
Siege now formed againft him by King Bulnoi
kept an exatt Correfpondencc by the wife
management of Bamjubv , the Cattle being at- 1 ]
tack'd and defended vigoroufly from without :
and within, fo that by Prifoners or other Ac*
tidcnts of War, each had Obfervations of the :
others ftrength and Circumftances : the Scots <
underftood that xhtDsncs were no lefs weakned j
than themfelves in the late Battel^ahd that there j
was great fear city in their Camp: on the other j
hand the Danes found the Came Strong, and :
plenty within it, and the aftive M*betb encou* \
Tageing and recruting the Army with frefh j
li'opes and fupplies: to fpin out time, was the \
bufiricfe of the one, and to improve every mi* *
oute and advantage with the outmoft diligenc* i
and Vigour, was the only intcreft of the other J'
to that very neceflity which fpurr'dtheBefiegea*
to fudden a&ion, obliged the Defenders to accer
fcrat aTreaty,buta feigned oile,& clogg'd with
fuch finooth Dilators, and Articles which lull'd :
the fceceflituous Dane fecure, while the Scots* \
were making all things ready to execute a Stta- .
I*gem.
For while this fham Treaty wis thus oh fee**
Ifce Scots haveing wifely fotfeen the Circum-
Msuum #f tbiD^wjequkedftiptliw td prt
\
' ( 9 )
tut ,a Famine or render them defi^erate,
nacli might prove fatal in the confequence;
!$ made large Provifions prepared with
rbng mixtures of the juice of raeikje- Wert
^Jbemlock^) n igh^fhade-berries & pttief fo-
6riferou£ ingrMientSjwhich were offered in a
irefent to the ujawairy and Half ftarved Dane:;
rho gladly accepted the fatal Complement;
ndqramm'd their empty Stomachs, with rhe
Ifefted Liquors and Meats. . while hanqnho
dwfttifed maebctb how affairs ftood, who
iy at hebtutbil, aboiit feven Miles difhnt
Rim Be'rtlia } whofe fiiddaih approach and
foody Sword made an eafy prey of the in.
oiicated and fleeping Dants h King Sutno
limfeif efcaping, with a poor train 6f Pen
tf company,* having not only loft his Lahd«*
forces ' but aifo his Mariners, who cafne to
ccruit his Mouidring Army, and be fharers
Irith their companions ix> their good and bad
Fortunes: and with the fmall remains ottiis
fleet, manii'd one Veflel, returning homei
JllM with difappointmcntSj ind'ghatiori
fod Reverige, leaving his Royal Navy fbfe-
btp, and eXpbfcd to the taercy of Wave*
tnd 'Storms, Much vfras violently tofs'd and
Mattered by contrary Tides, and a ftront;
Salt Wihd, itiA rufhing againfi one anodic*
Jtre cfrWen In 1 gorges and funk in'th*
Suith oftT^.at a^pkefeever fince called
YcVj£&
C io ) . ... *
pfbjefl: the Srtto. were freed frbmthe pre
Terror and Danger, but not from the' fb
attempt^ of theiif powerful And refilefs I
mies: for tfye fpoils of the Field were fc
divided arid the Solemnities over, du
fuch extraordipary Succefles, when C#\
King of England&iXizx labouring to affifl
Brother Sueno with frefli fuccours of Men
Prdvifions; or as fonie write to fall upon
Scots, zt una wires, and revenge the late c
throW fuftained Ibv his Coiinttey-men,
iitted £ut a great Fleet wirh a new powe
. Danes, who, landing at Kin^rn % aftei
manner of Cruelty in the Province of :
jpareing neither Places, Perfons, Char
Age ncr Sex, that were the objtfts of]
furie, Sword, Luft or the various Pafs
ofanincenfed Enemy.
'; 40; divert this impetuous Torrent* 1
Hfnqufto and Valiant \Aacbeih are difpat
With an Army of choice Troops, whofe
fo their Countrey and hatred to the D
fired their Coufage, and promifed them
ce'fs, and encountering their Enemy, obi
ed an abfolute Victory, which whered
t eace, by which the Scots fuffered the D
to interr their Dead in Incb-celtn f a final)
' lapd in the River of Forth, and the 13
fcottnd themfelyes never to enter ^cation
Ml time coming-in ahoflile Maimer.
That uiiicii remain* \\«*v*>a*Ka
.farjxubot is a Stdrj vtafcb ^aYo^W^
neet with much credit ftorn fome, but fee*
» otters hW related it,having fome con*
ion with fubTeqiitfnt fafts I (ball here
bioe it in its due* order, and is as follows,
Tiaf biir Banqubo and Macbeth being on
Brir tourney f o *he Town of fortes, wherk
Jrtg Duncan then kept his Court, and di-
nting therafclves in a Wood, while their
?rain lay at a diftance, there appeared to
Kern three; Women in Antique Figure and
tteft, on* of which Saluted Macbeth
rhane of Glamjs which was his Paterrfal
ttMritancetthe i^Thane tACalder % and the
hl|rd King of Scotland. Banqubo gathering
Ipirit told them this was unequal dealing
b be" fo liberal of their Complements to his
Ito^nion a}id fc> Tpaieing to him, the one
if them, anfy*red, he ought not to envy
As friends fafce though a King; feeing his
Dfeath would be violent; and his Pofterity
EKshbnouted and extingurfhrdi whereas,con-
imiesthc Pft>£hetcfs, alrhoSrou, Banqubo %
Ball not attain to Sovereignity, yet the time
ifoH <;otrie that from your pofterity (hall if-»
AS a Race of Kings, who : fhall Govern the
}coti through all Ages.Thus faid,they diftp-
feared, and left' the two Thanes to Gaze
Upon one another, who looked on what
bft, Z9 no better than a DeSufion, till Mae*
ietb arriving at Court had the Thancdome
tfl Colder 'conferred upon him, which ac-
fdnyrtiihed one put of the ^itdv&wei* vA
avatered fc* : /mbitiott to ecte
thoughts of Sqveraignity: ? but confide
that though he was of th$ , Royal ft
"yet the King having Chi ldre?,and the A
JSucetffipn if cludtd aJI his Tif^c and t
;tq the Crotm, therefore taking adyactaj
^Kirg Dvwans dioufy mature, ; he ingj
the whp]e njanagerr.ent of affairs, and b
ways and meam endeavoured to r^
,hiiTifeJf confiderable, and as if of l^Ss on
. lpiiing iBicdj he had no: bt^a.proj
»Qugh to gratify his unhouqded Arabi
.he was incef&ntjy hauntc^with the rcj
f rye? of his Proud and Ctu^l Wife, »
in patient dkfa? aftually : to ,bc affrari
floyahy, enpouraged hi^defigfy -with
the aJJuring iufinuationsthat Wit cpuji
Vent or Atthirjpn rcceirfj that the.B
of theKirg i* as j^he firitfleg tp theThr
J.anc ha\ing formed a pajry and all ,t&
anfacriug. his wi(hcs,he .gave vert. ij;
eViii^ny in the unnatural Hflaflinat jojj
$ood kijj££*t;can at Lvckgifntne^jiiQ t
-.of his Vvouiftisat Llgin \n 1939. 4a the
.year of his Reign*
Upon tLcle foundations Macbeth entc
Vpon th$ Govermneqr,att<i wss fcarce wa
. cd in his Throne, when reflecting that
fuccclles had proven his part of the fayi
of three grange-like \Yon;cn* he, begat
entertain deep prejudices fgainlt Brfff^f
he knew him to be a rov.c\tu\ u&xv iti
*■■-«.■* . . ..* ...
•■:.' .C ** )• ■■■■ ' " . ,-v.-*
peati reaeh^ttttt ^ive j he confer 'd tVat he
Ms -of the Blood Royal, and by a doubfe
iak(tion was tj*c Heir of the Crown^est to
be Children of the late King Duncan, jinfy
Adebeth hirafelf, as being' by hisiather?
ide, the 6tb in a direct Line; from the, great
t&oetb Kfi.pnd fo the. Heir male of J he
*rqwn, and f -Qrand-chiid to Kennefb the
t bird, by hi* $ot)«pJ^£r /£ P^glfteip
o,, that King r fo that, this^way he <ioqd,}).ut
ne) .degree ; reippter dt.jUre thzn- Maffeip
twnCeift whp^was Son of tyW*, fecon4
>iug&terto Male^m ££, $od . tcx K>^fM^»
bg.30. $0 that, the Gr'eat^BctfW^ ^Ii©
Vely intjtriypts the thieed.of his General
fiflory, -ha|d # >j s the by^ very good grain*!
ymritc of. hqnqubc, that, be- was howpof
MM t tnauftriyf C regtojatfl \) anguine mau*
vad elfe' wherc--~~if«wi»ir«t ^crc^.^
frtettV unieum cukorettu .• jTheFp ' tb^irigt
put together, made Banqubo. very '£ejrr(fat)e
> t #«^«?^,: jnid. augmented his fwrsj to
jajf degre^tbat he thought tlieir Uves'in,
jsnpaftible. : hoyqvpr he difiembiea! hjs ha-
ed while he contrived to deft roy t and
>wng treated -£*»? »^ and his Sons, > wit ft
any qthers*at a Royal entertainmen^whicb
ring ended, while ftdnqubd was return-
ig.from Coart to his dwelling place, he
as ftt upon oy a band of mercenary Rufr
lbs, fecret inftrumtnts of Vtacbetb'v
%$w$ fyilions, and was ViiitA \x\.qw vVti
< 14 )
Spotj.wirh.hi8 tfireeP Sons, Malcolm, ]
rubarJ, & JCtrmitfrft;'* 11 * H^^isBroth
Law Anceflour to the U0ugbjfn\
fleantt efcaped &e malbtur t < by the t
Yieff of the night; and other interne
fceidents.
Thus ft H this/ great man, a Sacrifice
fierce' jealoufie, inseparable .from Tyi
and, ail yjcioys tntrometters. : Hrtfor
fw avttfome t»f «is^toS#era have cba
!fct»9<4>d Vith prtcogniri6n f Kinfe 1
jrwii Death, but in. this he may be flifpe
feeing. M^tf£V treatment * and Baichs
Ibrccrtcd-^— ^ *-*^uUUt unicuuf cnjfi
fa)r yfcfjr mwch'tb temdvfcthe afpe*
Jwityttfce's Death is reckoned tdhavc
pened in 'riitey'the 3</or T Ath year 01
tJruftfcr Maibeik % the 5?// of his Age,
iJjg Survived hisFatfier Firquhard ta 5*
' ^ f " ~ iK9 - *"ne by his Ceofin M
wmtjDaaghtcr to']
r&r Thane of .AM,
'- ' rV Vleanch,- by foroe called fletmim
whom above and alfo in the ne^t Chap
3. Beatrix, Married to Malcolm M4
Thane of Fif*. ' *- r -
?;C^i/ tf ,Married to fr#irr ^Andef
«o the Z/f qvbaru.
v ' ■ • » ... r .
mi i 1 ■
— : . '. — . ■ * ■ ,...%..- « . .
V fj 1 • . 1 «
A* * * • • - ■ v
'f- . . •• $«.,-■ ■ ' $V&&
FLEANCH
«Od of Itatytti'i Thane of Z.«j&#i/r $ bit
& Birth w placed in the year 1020, the
$ ye* of f/Uucdmthc ThirdsAnd in 1043,
e waft the forrowful meflenger to King
i&B&tb of hit Fathers and hisBrothers cruel
►eath* then having no fufpition of the
tfidio* or the eaufe, and being wholy Ig*
p'tetitwho were theAflaffines. Macbeth
o lefe rejoiced inwardly at the Death of
bmqubo and ' h» other Sons, than he was
toubled for the prefcivation of Fkantklki*
$3ty mind was rack*d with dreadful appro* >
ienfioris. flaamb's addition of Royal BtootJ
torn his Mother. Vtd, Fag. 13. befide what
U derived from his Father, and Youth be*
ng afpireihg, and fortune its companion^
ill fricreafed his fears: in fhort, he almoft
coked upon Fleaneb as the perfoft pointed
% in the fayings oi one of the three wife
romen> and* fancy *d the leaft ' difcovtry
bight incenfe him to revenge hi* Father*
freath, an4 in one minute rob him of hii
fejfarp*& Grown and Life, ■;./ 1
TtieTe things made him eaft about htf#
leiindbe the innocent Youth, brie while lie
fcfts' bufied 16 frameng t he Engine; hi
Wifoeirfctf 4tmt Court, tfe&t Yi\mfe&
fmfrHti-S&H-u&nt ©tin*
cffcanqubo and bis Sons, and (hit FUdncl
was no lefs aimed at than the reft of tb
Family; who now being convinced of hit
danger, provided for his fafety, by an ex]
ditlous flight; aiid rendered the Tyrants Hi
Plots abortive • ( for who can-Plot agai
^icaven ?) for he was the car^of Pjw
dence andprefcrved to be the common P»
rent of illuftrlousHerocs and Royal Prifici
; Fltflncb\ firfl retreat was to the Cojirt,
MdkolmlfatimoreVxmcc oiGumbtrland right*
fulHeir of theCrown of StotUrid. where tl
Inter vieu muft have been melancholy y coni
dering theit;c$fes were be to pitjyed and irr
medable for the timc;both their Fathers 6K
< ling by one Bloody hand, who had fqffici
power to Tupport himfelf and keep the c
from the Poilefljon of the Crown, and tl
other fi om a large Inheritance* From Q
bcrUnd he removed to Vvrtb-WaUs % wh<
his noble deportment rendered himyi
graeiou6 with Griffith apLeutilin % Prince
that Coumrey, the beauty s of whofe Daugl
ter tfefta cbarmM him with the mod to %
der and reftkfs Paffion in the World , to he^
bis Adreflcs proved agrefeableand Succesful
(for who can refift l^ove from youth 209
nerit added to. Birth?) and made ihe conn
Jy Granger a happy JJridegroom in th^.lM
coffeflion of fcqr afte&ioo* £ S^me Authayi
laycgmnaKQihtt turn to xfcv&i aj^wjijert
&Gj/t$ff6d ; h|r -feU vfeta ^wMra
iy Tlcancb without Marriage, efo But
be aflertion of the Great C&mbJen, who cx«
refsly calls her his Wife, weighs more
[ith us than a whole Legion of unthink-
Bg fabulous and prejudiced Authors, ami
tar MSs. of Genealogies our Highland
fbanacbies, yea & I am told the\VW/& bards
efficiently fupport our Account. 3
But what ftate of the world wants great
fixtures of troubJe>The manner of his Ma-
iage being foinewhat Clandcftine, procu-
ed the difpleafure of Prince Griffith his
father in Law, and drew upon hi<a the En-
ryof feveral Weljh Lords. Envy,. who can
land againft it ? It is a mean but prevailing
Jiiflioni efpecialiy in Natives againft Stran-
gers, tho never fo deferving: and thus arm-
jd prejudice, fell heavy upon this brave
gentleman, and robb'd him of his life, and
jjie World of his Services. His untimely
ath fell out in Anno 1045 the 6th year
rf the. Ufurparion of Macbttb, the 2$tb
fear of his Age, having furvived his Father
panqubo three years: leaving iflueby his
wife Nejla Daughter to. the above Griffith
Prince of North Wales,
, 1. Vfalter^of whom in the next Chapter.
2. Fleancba, born after her*Fathers death
bid brought up in a Nunnery with her Mo*
m >■:.
WbXXEL
■ ■*< I-
1
WALTER
r i "
T^RST of that Name and Line, ]
X 1 <Jfeat Stewart of Scotland by inl
tance, Son of Fleancb y was bora 1045
&ib year of Macbab's Ufurpttion, and
brought up near to and in theCouit o
Grandfather Prince Griffith : in his
<ier Age, he gave many figns of a bold
undertaking Spirit, which made his C
panions frequently feel the fmart of
Hands in their common playeg and fci
If ears no fooncr made him nrong, thai
wasobferved*tohear an implacable ha
to one OwenjL Welfb Gentleman, the r<
ted Murtherer of his Father, and watt
9II opportunities to fatisfic hisRevengtf 1
him, which #t length he executed, and
though he was the fuppofed Author of
fad, yet the enquiry was ftifled, jam
winked at by his Gr^ndFather Prince €
jitb :but upon the very back of this,t?f*
ic£$ Prince Griffith being driven from
Poflcffion n\£ m 1064, brought to his
by Treachery, Wales afforded no loi
prore#*on vo cur young Gentleman, i
was ifrreudiy f ufpeded of the late Cri
and knew t'iiat a full difcovery would q
pleat his Ruine, therefore he prevented
dinger, by a fecret fli^bito xha Coun
C -19 )
EJw^/theGonfcflbr, where his ftay waf
sur ihort, becaufe of a difference with one
hUa ( a retainer and favourite of the.
iwcrfnl HareldJEAtl of Wtff Stxons ) who
5 coatemptnoufly of the JfW/2»,and jufti-
the hard uftge and treatment againft
r W &A» bis Grand>-Fath«r| upon which ha
lied him outright^ and efcaped beyond Set
Lhis, Kins-man ^ *, Sur-naraed the Red,
rl of JSritMgf f a remote relation of his
Mothers, and was ooeof his retinue at the
Famous Battell of HaftingsJdSiker 14. ic66
f with WOum Duke of Eirmandj, who that
irf made himfeif Conquerour of England )
Hie noble behaviour there, and on all oc*
talons, rendered him fo much the Favorite
if that Great and Valiant Earl, that he
mought him very worthy of his Alliance,
and' gave him in Marriage^ his Daughter
Uriflia-n, his only Child by Emma his lbft
Wife, Daughter to Si war dEArl of Nortbum-
krktndi but although he was one of tfi*
irfftrmhents in the aborementioned notable
Vi&ory, yet be was but a ftiort while a (ba-
rer of the fruits of it; for being a fecret fe-
voutzi of Edgar EtbeUrig\Y\t\c totheCrown
of EngUnd % and openly applauding the great
fjenerofity of MakolmK\r\% of itrdttr, he was:
trowuM upon by fame of the great ones about
Court, and adverti&d by his Father in Law
that he Stood in danger v w1\src\^ottte , *v\iy-
fawro Sttfkna, and tr*ft9$iKte4 V\* fSfcSg*-
? .■■(»■).
lance to King Malcolm Kenmiir*, who gs
him a reception fuitabie to the Confang
xiiry, Sufferings of his Family, .Merit and
ther Circumftances, and in lieu of his p
tenfions to Locbaler y the. inheritance ;of
Anceftors, recompenfedhim-with the Ba
nys of R*w/r*w,K> f * and fhany bther Lar
at that time Appendages pf the Crown.
i And by a trad of goodfenricesefpedai
in Martial affairs, he raifecj his Charaflei
that tlegree, that he-was lookMtapon to hi
all the acQotnptilhments of a compleat (
neraJ: and in 1 08 1 . two Rebellions burfti
out, the one m ,G,alkv>ay and the other
the JJle s 9 hfc was, appointed King Malcol
Lieutenant, ?nd* mtrufted with a Royal j
my: and firft marching againft the Reb<
of Gallowcy, with wonderful expedition,
fell upon theqi, killed their General. M
glaue aud routed his Aimy j and with
like celerity , and fuccefs, invaded the frig
cd lJlanderS) and with the utmoft fevei
Jiunifned the furviving Heads of the Reb
ion, and leeways by his dextrous skill
Civil aftairs calm'dthe minds ojfthe peop
and having reltored Peace to the Nation
returred to Court loaded with Trophiesa
applatife, inhere Kiv%MaIcolm rewarded h
•with the JJle of Bute and many Lands
fyivai in the Countiey ot Argyll all fall
Ski his drfpofal by the Late Bxtcllion: and
j&c/jpetUAtc the nwmorj ot h\& ^p&dAtstf
r 2i )
to tlirf Crown (vide Verfiegan P. 355) and
Ills Princes favour, he was creafed Heredi-
tary grcatSteuart&Senefcat of Scotland. In
latin Senffifalhs'^ad Dipi[er % &c. ] Which
vords are very eixtenfive add import feve^
*al capacities, as chief Adminiftrator of
the Revenues of the Crown arid Exchequer
( which perhaps occafioned pur great Stuart
our Kings Anceftout to affurae for Arras a
JFefs Cbtckie} which high Office made him
raofl: considerable, all infettoiir Chamber*
Jand?,Forrefters and Servants being his Subi
fiitutes & accomptable to him. In the Royal
Palace, he was what {6m&i&\\Grand nt'iiter
ie palah or major domo. Which fome under*
itand of Magifter hofpitii % w\\\Q\\ is of a later
life 8c of a more limited Jurifdi&ion, for our
Xiapifer oxSenefialhs fuperintended in theFa- 1
Vmy over the ftnttelarius, pannitarius, p*flor?
foaciatorjnagijtefr cocttSjphtcerna % o(}ami came*
r* Regis &dul& & coquinA^afdarhtS) janitor?
derici Mbtrtationisjhmiis domini regis *& p r o~ :
t>monis domus dominiRcgis & coquhi^faBor-
ignis in aulajStc. &c«and there was a diltinct
Council in which he prefided for ordering the
affairs of the Houfehold, & determined as to
provifions, differences,punifhments, Servants
lees, &c. and at all greit Solemnities, he al-
ways madeafplendid appearance; And alfo his
figure was no lefs coofidcrablc in time of VYar,' ■
for he had not only then the iefc&ft% c&^ta^
vkffels 3c men of his own amyAa ¥oYfeftt!m&%
c »» >
tat alfo added to thefe, he had tbfrchk
noand over the Kings Military Tenan
thofe that depended immediatly upc
great Office as Stewart, which nece
frrell'd his Ttaiu to a very confident}]
dy: and fome great Authors affirm, h
by vertue of his Office the PrivUec
bearing a Royal Banner difplaid in the
of BatteU, before that part of the
joy under his Command, c*c 3 Of'
eminent ftation he was found worthy,b
ay grateful returns and repeated A&$ of
alty to his Soveratgn, and a wife and i
management in the affairs of his grea
difficult Poft 5 i^nd having done all t
him lay to repair the misfortunes land 1
of his Family, he rais'd it to a new pii
Grandeur and may juitty be reckon
fgcond founder, and dyed in 1003, t
year of Malcolm the 3 d t Aged 5 3, h
jnrvived his Father fUanch 5 7 years le
IfTue by his Wife CbriJtianJDangitci to
fiarl oiBritony*
f t A/<?«, of whom in the next Chapl
(9, William*
3* Edgar*
4» Mgtlcotm* ,
5. Flcatub.
, 6 Waker* who afluming other defij
cms than from their Fathers Office, thei
modes are /wallowed up in diftvadFam
( n >
r. MagsMt, Married to amw* Aneeftou*
B. £jm*?» Married to Gn^s a great Lord
South TPidlftr.
p. H*Im, Married wAlexandsr, Anceftout
the Abtrnethy:,
ALAN
«RSTof that Name, and *4 Hereditary
Lord great Stewart of Scotland, was
irn about 1073. the 16 year of Malcolm
e g^Surnamed Can-more > about whbfe re*
Jar Court for the moftpart he was Edticz*
£ On the Death of his renowned Father
alter in tcog, he travel'd to Forreiga
Mjrts, by which abfence he was neither a*
ttor nor witnefs in the fucceflive Ufurpati-
s of the Throne by Donald Bane t and Dm*
a»the firft Lawful Brother, , and the other
f(e Son to the above King Malcolm: and li«
ng in an Age when Chriftian princes and
cat men were zealoufly bent to recover
tlefiine out ofnhc hands of the Infidels, he
lined the Cmfadoes in 1096, and was with
ie good and great Godfrey, Duke of BoxriBo*
1 1697* in the Batteli of Dogorgan againft
ohmdn Goneral of the Turks : and in 109S
id 1099 at the Bloody Sieges and takeine
f the Cities oiAntioch 2nd Jerufalem, and
Eta hsvine ferved Come Qmswa& vm&»
Holy War, he returned in the Reign of 25
far Hereditary King ot Scotland^ with gr<
reputation to his Ccuntrey, and a (hare
' the -Spoiles of the Enemies of the Crate,
•lived in great favour with two grekt Pri
Alexander the firft, and David h\$ Broth
though in the Reign of the latter, his Figu:
and fervices were lefs confpicuous and n
faryi through the Fatigues of his Youth,
Age, and- the early appearance of his exc
lent Son-Walter on die ftage of the World.
^ [In three Confirmation Charters by Co s
fatrick %d of that name, and 2d £arl of Bun?
J?ar* one to the Church of Durham of th
Church oiEderham'j and in another, to thi
Church of Melrofs^ of the Lands of Heref
htued and Spot\ and in a third,of the Lan<
of Dundas to Helias Son of AutteredbyWa\
duus Son of CofpaCrichj to which 3 Chart
. all demonftratively granted towards the clo:
;;\ of the Reign of KmgDavid who dyed ipi
" Aldan Lapifer is a Witnes, who may 1
without ft retch, prefumed to be the Alim 1
whom we now treat, feeing after this no A
Ian Lapifer is to be found: and immediatli
in the Reign of Malcolm the Fcurth, there "
a common witnefs to his Charters, Walte
Filius Alani defigned Dapifer or Senefcalh
1 have obferved no 01 her Dapifer in the Rcig""
of King David than this Aldan alone, whic
word as I conceive had in it at that time to
extend vc SnOflice.&c ineanu& \» \» *«x»s*
* • ■— •- * - • ■" —
\ss
Y '?$ )
pm&tt I. And although in the fnwitloned
ftatrtw«£ftar JUlm Dapifer9 y Regis be not
Mtd, tfett k nettling,, feeing in Chatters
hatted bfKii%'D*trkl himfelf and other*
f his Reign, the fitnnle ftflc commonly was
fa0*rttt* CahceHaiim > Efoardut Con*
&*t*Tiut Scc» without mentioning m&us
r R^'V^as mat be feen in fever&lCharters,
tet&alarly totheAbbay oC Dun/arm lin:
letetfeft on allowable eoftclufiohs I inferr
i&Mfi*wtdD*pif*r to King 2W;/, and
littoe reafon why JPrf/fer his Son 6c SurJ
rifefr, who is early & oft a witnef* to that
Swgs Charters,is only defign'd (imply Wat-
truiFiUui AUnl, without the addition of
ypifetjw&S, oecaufc Alan hath lived during
b' above Reign, ' and hath only lad the
trite of the Office, while his adiveSoa
■Ww hath been in the exercift of it, who
Mhe fubjeft on which I an} imniediatly to
iter: of whom and Jiis Succeflbrs in blood
fcd Office, in the fubfequent Period I (hall
(bit, from the faith of Chatters, the Chro-
Sck of ' Melrofi, the Continuator of Fondon^
Btient and modern Manufcf ipts, all ( and
ith like ) valuable Authorities, afftiming
"myfclf a liberty of makeing CuchObfer-
ionvand natural Inferences as are not
fittent with the Laws of Hiftbry, and
Ihno Ways can he refufed: alio by compa*
tqg the Dares of the Deaths of tut 6^ts»
m m the Line in the next ?ex\o&* >*
condeftended npon by credible voucj
by all imaginable fcrattoy obfervi
fir ft mention and progreffive appears
the Son in the life of the Father, 1 1
ventured to frame an imaginary Cbrc
of rheir Births, with all the Cauti
rationalCalculation that our material
fcrnifh, and comparisons of things 1
but withall, with a fubraiffioa to t]
re&ion and Cenfure of late Difcovi
. dormant Mpnuments of equal Candoi
jny felf, and of better judgement mi
ter Obfervation, and<with this A&
meet, I fhall haften and introduce 1
the firft in the Line in our $d Period
But Imuft firft inform y oil tl
Alan died 115; the firft of the R
Malcolm the fourth ,in the y^tb of b
Jhaving fnrvived his Father Walter 55
Jeaving Iffue by Margaret Daughter
gus de Galueia Senior, Lo*d of GalU
1. Walter \ of whom in the ne£t C
.. x Adam, ddigncd Adam ftlius Aid*
piftri in the Charters of Coldingham
rofs and .Caldftreatn.
3. Simon, called Prater to Walter
Jlani Dapifer in the Chartulary of
arid Father to Robert ( Anceftout
Kobie Family of Bojds, ) dcfigq'd:
mentioned Regiftcr, Uepo* to the
&*Jtn hUm Alani Dafifer*
V
L-'
c:
WALTER
..-•*,
HE Second of that Name,and third Here-
ditary Great Stewart of Scotland, Son
_ Heir of Alan % by our Spputation was bora
the 1 1 08 year of the Chriftian J&a, the
of the Reign of King Alexander ift 9 his
ucation was futeable to the times and his
ity; About 1143, in the tenth year of
Sng David I/?- he is a Common Witnefs ta
fe ^ Charters^ join'd with William Cumin
Hour, Bu/b Morvil afterward Con-
ic, and Fergus de Gaheia &c. and is de-
all that Reign Walterus filhts Alani,
thout any other Addition f his Father A-
' Dafrifer being then alive ) and being fo
ent in the Court, and favour of that great
ince, we^muft neceflarily form a very ad-
tageous Character of him, and may juflly
that he was more than a Spectator in the
tScbenes of that warlick and Feligi*
Reign. He fuccecded his aged Father Alan
1 1 53 in the firft year of Malcolm ^tb 9 in
flteTarlieft of whofe Charters, and in other
ts by many eminent Perfons, about the
e date, he is defigned Filius Alani, Dapifer
1, & Regis. In 1 1 60, that King gives him
Lands of Bircbinfide, and Leg/rardefiade,
£ fully and freely as they were poifefs d by
lus Grandikher King David > likswifc Molie
licretably and as freely as any Earl or
in the Kingdom of Septlandhold their Lan<
of the Crown, in which grant he is defij
Wabeto. Blip 4Um, %**e\wlld mto. And
ttie aboveineptioned Lsinds* he is at this
poflefeM qf R&fetWyJfyb zfAInnerwtche^
fpunded.tbs famous Abbacy of tajtay
Monks of the Bwdi&iw Qr&r* «nd endi
it with large Mawm a&dReyenitea, and
nv Inuniuuties: which Foutid^iQn..is conS
ep by the afefaid Kfog, in? tlje! a^oyewentlj
oned year. £ And here U*$pt tfoctw mi *
t>£ taken notice of% who hath kd his Iblfo
ers, and his and tbeii Readers into a nuftal
relating the FQUftde* ojE ¥ aflat to be
mde.r by name, whach Brrqr of his is It
ej cufeable, be l^cwg a CbH^^man, feci
hjs accefs tw^Qbar^lajcies oiMejs a
JjAfbopsSfiM* or his Cp^efgQn^iiw with th<
i*ho had tftcpn, in keeping, xpighjt have rend
led hi§ infognatfon etfy and Kijmfetf fqcun
»pd in hundred? of inl&ncgs would have dj£
covered to him, that Withet w^s. hi? Nju
\if ho flouriftxedt in this Period of time*'}
Royal Charter exprefTeth him Wftttrus
Alani D/igifer m$UA* So it is plain that at
time Lapifer and SenefcatUs were underflow^
tq import one and the faweSenf?, Significati*j
oh atw Office ]
iTbyrpugh the Comfe of this Reign, one Su**
merUd,thc f overfull Lotdof>^/rebtHM a«;
lis natural Prince KingMtkolm, but h«
on was mpp'd in the Bud by GiUebnd
\JagV% and aJtha he was forc'd co fly
mi. yet he returpU and ufarpcd the
%iSng of the IJUsy and brought tbein
us Subjedion : his new fa^cefe made
teat to revenge his fbnAer difgrace i and
ie plainly forelaur that he could n«fc
e bunfelf fecuritjr in his ufurped Domi-
without afpiring to higher undertakiags. .
linbition knows no bounds) and feing
an heart above a Swbjefi, he therefore
aft the Sovereign* and refolved at one
roak to beat the Crown from King Mal*>
head, and place it on his own, or facri*
*Life in the Caufe* Purfuant to this,
^madg all ueeeflary preparations, as to
jprt Ships and AuxiliaJfiesfeonx belatd*
^ and the IJIe af Man* and tampered;
and?**, and inhabitants of Argyl to hist,
oini and baveing placed his Captains,
«d his Army and Jiandevpuz'd his Fket^
ling of 1090. fail betides. Boats and Car*
&c, oxxzn appointed day Jntu> 11 6j$
'e the Signal and fct out, lwell'd with aft
topes, a? nis Sail& were with at* utiprofpe-
Vmd, and being uncefoLved upon, what
to make his firft defcent, he coafted aboufe
me days, which alarm'd all the I^yai
5s, and gave them time to unii& and
e Spirits* And at laft as if he h*&^«?4.J
» %.
4%
( 3o )
the way to his own deftru&ion, he f failM
far up the River Cfyde 9 till the Tyde was p
turning, and the current of the Water* aii
want of breadth and depth, thronged* h
finaller Veffells on the greater which were \
good as (branded, which put him and his A
my in great Confufion, befide the great difac
vantage he lay at, becaufe of the neceffar]
but fatal difl^nce betwixt the Van and Rci
of his Fleet , however amidft thefe difficult^
fee difpofed things in the bed Order he couJ
and landed on tne Weft fide of the River, i
bout Miles below Glafgow* and* advana
ing forward in Renfrew , to make way for h:
Numbers, and to provide for their fecuritj
But before his Forces were jtfholiy landed, c
.he ftrengthened by an unioft of iiis Confedc
rats and Malecpntents, he was oppofed by ot
Walter y Great Stewart of Scotland, Hereditar
Lord of the Province, who with his Son Ah
and a choice Band of his Retainers, and othe
duty full Subjefts, gave theRebells a brifka
tacque, who after a bloody Conflift, mad
a diforderly Retreat to their Carrochs and c
thcr Boats, leaving Dugal imaginary Kin
Symerled*s Son and Heir kili'd in the Field
and himfelf a misfortunat Captive, who in lie
o£Laurel$, and of mounting a Throne , wa
thurft into a miferableGoal, and mounted 01
a Gibbet to the Terror and Example of w3
Pvfterity. '■/■
Thh iZirprifiiig and 05^ott\mt^d^x^iW
■prepared and terrible Enemy was i&oft plea*
fog to die Court and all good Countreymen,
fed ftrengthned tlte Crown, againft future at-
tempts, and alfo gave convinceing proofs that
the Lord Great Stewart, by his Extraordinary
Offices in a moft Criticall jun&ure, had meri-
ted very- much of the Government, which fi-
minent fervice, not only gave the generous
Performer great fatisfa&ion,but alfo on that ac-
count Fame, Honours, Royal bounty and fi-
fteen! were heaped upon him, as diftinguifli-
ing Marks due to Vertue, Loyaltie, ana fuch
fignal Succeffes.
It is clear, by the beft Obfervation, that a-
bout this Time ( and probably to commemo-
late his late fuccefs ) he gave to the Religious
of Dunfermlin> two compleat Tofts, one in his
Rurgh ofRanfreu, and the other in Innerkeitb-
mg. To the firft of which CJrarits, Engerlam
the Kings Chancel jour is a Witnefs, as to the
fccbnd, Walter his own Chamberlain.
. In December 1 165 his good Mafter Malcolm
\tb dying, in the day of his Interment, for the
refpect he bore to that Kings Soul, as alfo for
^ae of his own Fathers and Mothers, he
gives 24 Acres to Dunfcrmlin lying in the
»unds of the Burgh/ To which deed Rich*
by/ and Andrew Bifhops of St* Andrews and
Katenes are witnefles, as is Wicohms the d<>
Iccea^d aqd the then kings Chapcellour*
m . And as the favour of King Malcolm^ Vv\
hs great, £q it was no way* Lrika^Vj ^
eh
great Prince King: William his Btother
Succeflbr in the. Throne, who conforr 1
fpeft upon him eke to his Age, Gffioe, fl
and Services } in whofe Court he was
oonfiderable, and a conftant Sharer in his
important Affairs: Fpr the firft 12 yea
his Reign, dureing which fpace ( gene
fpeaking ) he is a witnefs to the trad: oi
Kings Charters, at fevcral places and difi
dates; in which he Is defign'd Waltvrut
- Alani dapifer meus r & is frequeritly,.as ar
Succeflbrs, his Son Alan and his Grand-C
Walter % placed in order next to the Qdroc
'■ Chancellour, and before the Earl* and t
greatelt men of thofe times*
Akho'theCourtand Camp were the i
whereon he a&ed the part of a Loyal Su
and a good Coyntrcy-man, yet now fin
Age,and its natural confequences approacl
he gave attendance rarely, and only on<3
occafions : making his prefence matter €
vility to the one, and ot abfolute ncceflii
the other.
Therefore on the main he applied hit
to fuch works of Piety, as that Age th©
raoft religious : He was at great etfpertc
contributing to, and at no lefs pains to t&
rage the finiihing the noble ftru&ores ol
Church and Abbay- of Pajlay: He gave*
Abbot aid Religious oijielfofs^ the L
4)/£M^^(nin^\^\\^\^%t Tradofl
yplefr on the ,North-fide of the water of Jit;
nqt only the liberty of fifhing in theft
Jttds in that River, but alfo the benefit of
\ of three Nets at ttie mouth thereofynore-
pr thq whole Pafturage.( & one carucate of
pured-l?hd ) of his Fotreft limited by Dm- •
$as 9 Lifmabajru and Glengevtl, &c, All iii
Shijre of Air. In whithGrant King . David,
i Henry his Son, Malcolm the j\'tb f King
tyUith* Earl David ahd his owri Anceftofs"
id SuqedTors are remembered . with a fingu-
tenderriefs and refpeft 1 , he alfo giyes to the
ibot and Religious of jTW/aJLands near the
lirgh of Rox burjrh&n Acre iVkMolie, and two
arcels of Land in, Ranfrew. But to cdride-
end to fuch Particulars, would be to make a
ieu of the Regiftersof the moft part of the
>beys in this Kingdom, to whom he was a
fflcwdorjaltho* .this would fhow hisBounty^
d in fome meafure the extent and greatnefs
his Eftate, yet it would fweli this Work
pove its defigned Proportion.
^ Thus he hvM an iiluftriorta Example of
jety aindVertiie,in the uninterrupted FaVout
J three Wife andValiant Kings} And was ail
(Wmeiit to the Court in times of Peace, and
frfeithfull Support to the Crown in time of
fyar; and howevet equalled, not eiceli'd by
pi Contemporaries; Ahd being arrivM at the
ftge of 7 1 y and fpent through Fatigues in the
(wviceS of his King and Countfey, he pay c d
(fjs laft Debt to Nature in ii77 i thc\\v\\x«s^ci
; : E -A
'( 34 )
of the Reign of King ^%*, furnamed
Ljon, having furvived his Father AlaH
years, and was interrM in, the Abbay (lli\
of Pajlav, before the High Altar, leaving
foe by his Wife Ffchina de Molla> Heirei
the Lands of Mourn ^it Shtrifdorirt of w l
bwgb,
I. Man) cf whom in the next Chapb
* 2. . Walter, whpfe Son William is defij
abrut 1185, in-Charrcrs* to the Abbay
Mtlrrfs, Wilielmus FiliusWakeri> Nepo*
lani Dapiferi.
3. Margaret % mentioned in the Chartt
ry of Paflaj* '■'■"'"
A LAN
/ 1
SECOND of that name and /±tb Heredit
Lord Stewart of Scotland, Son 1
Heir cf waiter, was Born in j 140, in 1
16th of David, the 1. In his Education
had the advantages of the Example and
ftruflion of a wife Parent to form hismi
in virtuous habits &Principle?.In 11 64.1m
itfb of his Age,the iitbof Malcolm the 4
he affifted his Father Walter, in the men
rable over-throw of the Notable Rebel*
nierled, as is before related in its prpj
place* During his Fathers Life,he is defig
cd in Charters. Alarms Ftlius W'alteri Da
/sr/, upon whole Dwk. uv yvj% \k.3<
C 3< J .
seeded htm, and always after in the Grants .
mf King WtUiam^ of ct!~ers,& of his own,he
i$defi;n'd f: AlanusTiliusWalteti Dapifer
wneus % And Alarms Filius Walttn Dapifir
Metis Scotorunr he confirmed all thofe
.Clrarts of bis Father to h*; Abbeys of M§U
&ufi and P slay, &c. h- gavs to God^Su
\Mary 9 $t. RenediS, and the Religious of
X!npre f of t^e Ofle+ian Order* ox\t coTipleat
Tjft in h;s tturg'n of Rinfren. Adjacent to
;the {Jiurch yari, and ihe liberty of one
.Net for fiftring Salmon in Cluyd, which
pDeed refpccts the Souls of King David iff.
Earl i/*f>rjr his So ;, and Malcolm the 4*6
: his Grand Child, md the Souls ot the Gran-
, 4 ter, and his Anceftouis and Succeflbursral*
r fo he gave and claim quitted, in pure Alms,.
1 to the Religious of Melrrfs, a Palturage on
fsthe weft fide oiLcdrex like ways the Lands
^ot Bartmor and Godcnetb, which they held
* oLRicbard Waleh* Moreover he Dotes an
"i^fown/Sunim of Money, payable always
■ r at fenttcoft, out of his Lands in the Vii-
►. lage of Tbirlflantfio buy Wax to be Light at
r tfre Altar of St. Aforj in Mclrofs.
in rt9C he g^ve to the Abbot and Reli*
1 gious of K*#o, many Lands lying m the Ba-
rony
f; Boetiu?, £**/> tf*<V? unaccountably paf*
fed ever this Alan in (fkn&c % and* U(l fevm
«5T if'/£? Z/w.
• rony of Innerwkk, inwhichyear he imitate
the example of his Grand-Father Alan, ai
was Signed with the Crofs, arid was onei
thofc Religious Worthies who attended Pi
lip King of France, who with Richard Kh
qf England &c. were engaged in a Hoi;
War againft the Turks, and w^s at the Sic
Viiti taking of PtoUmais, in the Month
July 1191% and having parted through ii
numerable cjaugers,' he returned home fro
thi? melanc]iolfExpcdition, which ajthoq
it produced nothing but disappqintmeii
yet' - the Intention and Interprifq merit
Prate." " : ■■" ■ " '. .
In i r 97 a difference breaking out betwi
the Vaffats ai:d Tenants in the Kings .ft
petty, in the Countrey of Murray, ont
inatier of Boundanes,and powerful and fat
oils men of the Nighbourhood, inftigat
- by Harold Earl oiCatnes, OrknUy, and Hi
land, who clandeftinely lent them Aux/I
xits, headed by his Sons Rpderick and %
Jinfivto infolcnt Youth's: to inquire into tl
: matter, and to compote affairs, Alan,Son
Walter Lord great Stewart to the King**
fent, who tryed all the Arts of Wifdofla a
Experience to bring things to an accoU
elation, but in vain}thcrefore he had recou
to other meafures, and fet up thc^ Roj
Standart at the Town of Forreffjvhiclp, n
flock'd to by all the Loyal Subjods in. 1
nigtikouxin% Cquuire} s, m^Vwv^ wg * t^
< V o
pf choice Troops, which he led on, - to fin d
out the Rebelis, who wtre^ompjeating their
preparations at lm>erne\s y neat to which
ylace he bravely attacked them, killed Ro*
Jetick their General, Son to the Earl
JLtraU,wi\k his own hand j difordcrcd, do*
ibted and put to flight thofc impudent lo-
aders of the Patrimony of the Crown, and
r thus accopiplifhed by the Force of courage
c and the Sword which he could not effeft by
Prudence ^nd gentler Methods, by which
means Eari Hat aid was fo humbled that he
* gave his Son Torfin a hoftage for his bettpr
behaviour.
-.. And this feems to be the lafl considerable
m jSch?ne that 1 this great man afted 5 The re-
t. maining part of his life having produced no
£ extraordinary Occauons. He was by all that;
? can be concluded upon from Antient and
: fcatter d fragments,moft Religious according
fp the times,as his Mortifications to Abbey*
*■ and his. adventures in the Holy-War do fuf-
fj 4cientiy witnefs, and wife, loyal & fouiac!*
^ ous, honoured. by his Prince, cftceflied^jF
f his fellow* fubjeds, and dyed loved and La-.
k raented by both in i204,in the %otb of the
f Reign of WiUiam Sur-named the* Lyon, in
the 64 of his Age, and furvived his Father
Walter 26 years, and was interred in thq
4bbei Church of leaving Iflue by
4lcjia Daughter to Morgund Earl of Marty
/. tFaltetj of whom in the ncxx. Qaa^wt ^
v.
<r ■ < jS >
? Jfr4£T«'A
f
1
THIRD of the name of Walur>
Hereditary Lord Great Ste
Gotland) Son and Heir tc
! Stewarr.fo WiOiam Sjur-ramed the /j
Born in 1173, in the 8/1) year of thai
and Succeeded his Fa; her in 1 204,
40 of the abovementioned King,
de/igqes himfelf in Charters Waken
Alar* filih, )NahertDapifer Regit Scoc
afterwards VJ alter us Ftltus AlaniSent
3t Senefiallus Domini Regis Sow<?,wh
ter defignation he fcems to have ad]
from 1 2 14. In the firftof Alex an
fecond, aqd for ever after he Jaid ai
Word Dapifer, and appears plainly
the firft ot this Line, who impofec
callus orStewart as Surname on his
er Children 9 which was before reftri
the Office, and only given to the Re
tative of the Line, This is that 1
Stewart of Scotland^ whom our Hii
defign of Dundonald: he confirmed a]
Grants of his Anceftours to the Abl
Melros, Paslaj and Keljc, &c An
them additional Donations of Ch
Milns,Forrefls and W oods, with rela:
& new privelegeSt&C'in his Lands of
. - ... t«
( 3? )
tpwode, Birkenfide % Kple and Ihrnfret*',
excepting an aanuat&eddend of twenty
ng and two pair of Boots from the Ab*
nd Monks of Kelfo, for new grants ol
Is in the Barony of Innettticke'i he
rays gives to the. Religious of Balmir*
h t one Aiker of Land in the Burgh of ' -
>, and jsa great fieriefadot to many
rents and Bifhop's Sees, in which Char* -
tie expreffef h a particular concern and"
srnefs for the Soul of his SoVeraign
I William, his Own, and thar of his
; Beatrix, and thefe of all his Ancef-
i and Sticceflburs, and Friends andKU
ns»
1250 At St Andrews, on St Bart la:
ps Day t Auguft 24$, being the Anniver*
Feaft of the Birth of Alexander the Se*
, and the i6f£of his Reign, that King
it a diftinguifhing mark of his favour
1. our WWterGreatStewart of theCrown,
to reward; his merits and Services, £0- ,
lly invefteuMiim Lord Jufticlar of 'Sjeap*-
, and in Charters' a~rW this Datehe is :
ys defignU Vfalterijt'Wui rAlaniSei'
\llus & Jufiiciarius Scotie, wlifchho-.
able and weighty Poft he continue^ in-
iis Death, and' managed it with j»rtatf
siencyarrd commendation.- , ' '•' •
1 234» Alan de Gatweya Lord of G*t*
y, Lord High Confhble of Scotfaftit,
% left his- ampte Poticflioia Ml StiftW*
c '4° y
*tj3£fgZ#iR/to his^baughtcrs, pHcien Wife^
toJUger AcQuincicfUxi ofVfinctjefter. 2,D/r
voj^it^ojobn Bal^lhord of BepnardCaftle 1
Ckt?#ianfyaixi$& ioVJilliam deFo/tihusK
o^^m^r^which par tit ionsfo irritated^
m}^ Cbl^ATbomasMac duALnfiafyxd Son
the wore e^ I?
having made of hjalkrty 0/^ JCii^g qf JH
his Fattier in La^ % £t one Gtiarotb a poptil
& adive felio\p his chief AiTce^ts.wfoug^C
upon the ^alc.c6mentfd inhabitants to A<ik
drefs Alexander^ tu^WXing qf.Sf^ftf, thaf
the greett-prdftm. ^(QhUcwq? Uiopld rarhe^
bg confer'd. upon him and reiipaiii ! ihttre ? tlia i-
be divided & difpoleS tb three Female? ah
their Husbands ftranger^ both againft thl
intereft of that Countrey in particular, atfr 1
of the Crown .of Sfatlan d in general, bi
that juft and wife King refufed to ad an
thing in prejudice of the rightful Heire% d
that the Ballard Thomas and his confeder
(formed to that degree* that heufurpejit
Title and PolTcffions : of Galloway ^ and
fayed to maintain by ; Rebellion, which:
could not dp By favour and juftice. .
Againft w^om theKing himfelf inPc
Ma^chcs^at tended with an Aimy of them
i^ie & confiderahfe of hisSubje^s,of wl !
wereW*/f*rLoid IJighStewar^^few^L
alias Fercbard Earl of Rofs y &Siv <Arcbm
Euglafi* w bo finding the Rcbells compl'
**^/l9ufacd m^
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j* Aliances attd obitinacy, Veil provided
Wd plitcd oti nioft advantageous ground for
Nftfatiofr, and not to 6e attacked without
l y app&reht lofteS: & in this efcigent while
: King With oB6 part of the Army face'd
Rebels t he thtee named Generals led on
her on theRere of the Enemy,una wares,
. fofceed them to fubmit to the neceffities
Death, Flight or furrendcr: the one half
i the Mutineers being killed in the field
fcdGhafep the reft of the head left multitude
Lf d Rdjpes about their necks, & hailed to the
yftil Cam^i crying Mercy, Mercy, which
fey obtained. Thomas and Gildmb efcaped
'Ireland, refolvirig on the firft opportunity
aft aifolJier Scene of Trouble. The King;
uroing from this Expedition, left Walter
fa Earl of lAontetb to compofe and pre-
diforders,who found no bufinefs requi-
a neceffity of his prefence long in tbefe
t,yet in his abfencc the two Arch -rebels*
\ai di Gildrotb jztuin'd with ftrongRe*
ircements, accompany ed with a petty /•
jjftKingsSon & his followers, who to inftem«
tcirCourage wijhRage & all extremes burnt
reir Ships. To guard againft the grouth of
ir Attempts* Walter Lord H gh Stew**
,and Patrick Earl of Dunbar were orde-
'wttfr fufficitnt Troops, who managed;
urs fo wifely, that they difcour aged Tome
the Inhabitants to enter in a raw ^rical-
y on the Argument* o£ law, \$>fc ^«t .
C 4* )\
bought Experience and impending Jui
and by the like methods, others who
joined the Enemies, were fo terrify ed,
they defcrted and returned to their Z
Thomas m&Gildroth finding themfelves
rowly watch'd & hemm'd in on all quai
and their hopes blafted, yielded themft
to Royal Clemency ,& obtained more fai
than could havejbeen expeded, being
lmprifoned and then Pardoned, though
ver truftcdjeaving the poor ftraggling j
to fhift for themfelves, ; abandoned'b/ I
tune, and an eafy Prey to any who hi
mind to knock them on the Head*, \
were miferably infulted over and cut bfl
the Citizens of GUfgovt* with whofe tri
cal Fate I conclude this Story »
About 3 years ifter this, upon the fou
day o£ March, la^i JoanejQpccn to Jl
ander the fecond, and Daughter to^
Kings of Scotland and England^ Deceafi
at London without Iflue, his Majefty t
importuned by the joint and moll earn
Addrefles of his Subje&s, for the prefen
tiori of the Royal Lice in his own Perfc
to enter again in a Married ft ate, which
fo far condefcended to, that he fent Vfalti
his Lord Great 5tewart, his Ambafladour
trance^ to treat on that Subjcd: with In£t
latii Lord of Coucji the excellent Parts, *
mii&ble Beauty and Biuh ot whofe Daogl
*&M*ry % £*aae had ^tc&uu&^^b^
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[oyal Bed ; Which meffage, it feems, he
larged like another faithful Eliexer of
isfius. Having managed: that affair
i that Pnjd v n?^ Qifpaici and Succefs,
ft be made his Matter King Alexander a
(jjppy" Bridegroom, whofe Solemn NuDtials
ere performed v with that incomparable
idy , at Rjxburgh $ on. the Feaft of Petite*
9 ¥ Anna 1239, in prefence of bis Nobles/^.
id many for re^gn Grander, to.theUni*
rfal Joy of his People* having, been a Wi-
wer only .two Months, and ■ - ■'/. days.
Thus this excellent Patriot, having over-
me the Difficulties, and fuftained the
eight of feveral eminent Charaders, in
iich be fhowed himfelf, a faithful Stew*
t of the Revenues of rheCroun, a drfcer-
Dg and exad Judge, a wary and Valiant
literal, a wifeCouncellour, and a compieat
mrtier, Dsceafed Anno 12+1* Aged 63, -
ihc: 27th of Alexander the Second, and
vived his Father Man almoft 28 yea<s,
1 was Interred in the Abbey Church of
(Ia? 9 before the High Altar, leaving lifue
Beatrix Daughter to GiWchrift Earl of
[• Alexander^ of whom in the next Chap-
u John % Signed with the Crofe and kiliM
ne taking of Damiata iwF-gjpt in Africa^
[249, and dyed uithout liiur. Yet Line
lories place his Death in 1270* iv\ Ajn-
\
C ,44 • f: 4
5. Walter, alfo Signed with the Croft ij
1248, who is firft defign f d in Charters Wd
terus Senefcallus Filius Vfalteti Scnefctk
Stotie, and .afterward Vlfttterw Sentfcatbih
Codies deMontptb, of whom tb the Appeqt
dix to this Chapter : fome of whofe Adionl
by a palpable Chronological errour are it*
tributed to his Father, by HeSor ftaetm
ajid his followers, feven years after his tk
tier's pcceaTe.
* 4. William, mentioned in fome Charten
&s a witnefsj of whofe iffue there is no 34
count* Our. Hiftorians and Gencalogifh
&c. hare foiflpd in a Robert, another $$j(
ctf this Walter^ and make him Anceftout tt
Damly and Lenox, but without ground, fl
fliall appear in the Appendix to the senf
Chapter.
5. Beatrix, Married to MaUtmne
of Lenox^ and had Iffue.
6. Cbrifiian ' %d Wife to iWfc*, 5** i
the Lire, Earl of Dunbar, and had Iffue.
7. Margaret, Efpoufcd to Neel cc Grf/W
way alias Carrickfccond Earl of CanickjaA
had Iffue. * 3
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in APPENDIX to the foregojpg
Chapter
OF
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I.
Vdter Stewart Earl of Mw»
tttb ? &c,
9
I
ITT^JLTER STEWART Earl of M<n»
V V tetby was Third Sofy ,tp Walter*
jpd Brother to Alexander Gre^t Stewards of
Mtland, and \pas Born 'about xair, the
(W of the Reign of Alexander theSecQnd,
1 id >4»fl0 1248 April 1 yh, at Berwick, he
defigned Walterus Filius Walteri SeneJialL
a to a Charter by Patrick Eayl of Duntfar^
tonfirming that Grant to the Abbot and
Convent tffMelrofs, of the Lands of ?;;;*£-
^» by Mr. William Greenlaw,m whiclj
he was (isned with theCrofs,and with
Brother Alexander Lord Great Stewart
Scotland, the Earl of Dunbar, Sir ?Ti///-
Duglas, and Sir DiviV Lyndfay of
} awfurd y and feveral Scotijb Gentlemen,
tendedLwi* the Ninth, King of France ia
Expedition in the Holy wan in 1 2 5--—
was one of thefe Loyal Gentlemen who .
:red firmly to the intereft of Alexander
Third, when Wlakfr Cunijn Earl of
\tetb and his Affociats, after a merit »r
lot manner, had made ttat 1&t^mA
. C 4* )
his Queen Prifoners, and ufurped Aul
rity^fid abusMthe Government* under!
cious pretences. In a Charter Dated at .
Jlcth March i$tb u6~ 9 he is defign'd W
terus Senejcallus Comes de Montetb, i
then gets from Dujgil Son of Suvyn,
Lands of Scbyphyncbe &c* and Kei/lijl
in the Weft of Tarbertb and BeUiJacl
Groljlyr. In 126^ Augufi $cL lie ai<
King Alexander the Third at* the Battel]
the Largis in Cuningbam, . againif iZ
King of Norcteaj, and was in the Rij
Wing of the Army, led on by his BrotJ
Alexander Lord High Stewart -of Scotia
who was the firftwho forced theEnem
to lofe Ground, and then turn, their bac
and was the chief Author in obtaininj
glorious Viftory*
y * April 19, in M$$zt Scone, being t
l6tb day after Eajter, William Cumyn
Laucht, Brother to John Lord of Badzen*
and Dalfwintoun, claimed the tvhole Eai
doin of Montehh, from our Walter Stcwsi
upon fome unexpfeisM Caufts,. before Kii
4lexand*r % in a frequent Affembly of h
. Council, (for the very Name of Parliamd
was then unknown, & is not to be found i
any Authentick Record, before the Kcigni
John BaliolJ who determined theTitle M
one half of the Earldom, in favour ot Wi
ur Stewart % and the othet \jart;lto Vfilkfy
In 1286, September the loth, at Turn-
Trie in Carrick, he and his Sons Alexan*
vt and John are members, of a Solemn
HUpadr ot mutual adherence, betwixt fe-
ral Noble perfons,as at more length relate
I, in our account of his Nephew, James
ord High Stewart of Scotland.
In 129 1, he is one of the Arbitrators or
editors in the Competition for the Croun,
ctwixt John Baliol Lord of Gal/owa^ £n&
j>bert brus Sur-named the Noble Lord of
nnandale. And upon Edward the firft King
lEnglands Decifion in favour of the for-
tcr, he had the misfortune to be highly
\ Favour with that fenfelefs King John,
ad made a confiderable figure in all the
nblick Tranfadions in the beginning of
lis Reign,
Id 129?, though arrived at the Age of
5, he with Mails Earl of Strathern t D*-
id Earl of Mar, John Strabolej Earl of
ft*/, Malcolm Earl of Lenox \ William Earl
'&>/>, y^jb* Cw/wyw Earl of Buchan, "and
fa Cumjn Senior Lord Badzenocb, ente«
J England jwzgdi Cumberland add Befieg-
Cartijley to revenge the iitjuries done ta
tf/W & her Independency ty Edward the
ft,Sui> named Lawf/fowiAjKing of England %
returning was at the Battel of Dunbar in
: abovementfoned year,& notwithftanding
tag to the>Ca/JJ^ and fuhendtt\v^\{\vs^
fupon a Siege on honourable coii&ti&t&v
-. r~ .y*
t 48 Jf
yet he was moft inhutolmly Gon&mnsfl t
Deatli;by King E faJtrtPs Orderjand fuffes
accorcihigiyi without regard* to hit A*^
Character, or the Faith arid Honour ofi
' King, or at leaft His Lieutenants wrib MS
prefented him, whofe fttpuflftiotis ought A
Ijave been Sacredly obferved* put that P6>
lUick, Ambitions and Cruel Ptf nee* wa* fq
dextrous, fruitful ' and cunning irk mfntii '
diftinftions, that he fell upon ways ai
means to diffolve the moft inviolable tjri
and turn them to an other Language, Scj
and Party.
This Walter Stewart Earl <X Mauri
was put to Death in the -j6ib year wif
Age, in 1:96, in the tfb, and I may.
thelaft year of the Reign oijiibn BdM
unworthy memcry.
We have no exprefs account of his .
but by the moft probable inferences
was the eldeft Daughter and Co-heirefs
Walter Cumyn Earl of Montetb, and in
{tight he Succeeded to the Honours' .
a part of the Eftare of his Father in LsS]
his iffue were the before named,
1. Alexander, of whom below, who
r302, * is defign'd Alexander de Modi
Filius Comitis de Mantetb. And
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^ '* Foedera Torn* a. P.. ^67
I
*. J&h* t who in i297,J! is defigtl*
\ Johannes de Mfinietb Prater C>mi-
vje Montetb, So if is • clear that thefe
Gentlemen hate afTumedrhe + 5ur*
of Montetb,. feeing hy a mentt*
and fufficierit Authority, Walter Stew*
?.is Earl of M*»f*ffc in i\>8o\ and then
h Sons, Alexander and jfo&ni and front
Is date to 1396, frequent mention ismadd
f Waiter Earl of MvHtetbt and Alex an-
n his Son, in Prynn*s Hiftory of Papal U*
irpations, and it» the- Faster* &c h*i}'**
lad in that above exprefs'd year i 396; 111
lie forecited Author Frynn t Alexander is
jjirl of Montetb t and in the Fatderd Tom
Page 78 2. Anno 1*97 -*-- Johanes df
'ttetb is defigned Frater Comitis de Man*
/which 1 pfefunje makes good the a(Fer-
jon that they were Stewarts by Blood, and
fyntetbs by Surname. ,
.Alexander de Mcntetb, Eldeft Son and
feir to Walter Stewart Earl of Hontetb is
lie of the parties with his Father,&c of the)
foyement'oned Solemn Compaft &c An*
p 1286 * His (aid Father, he and his Wife
h G M*.
m
|] FmJera Tm. a,. P. 782.,
t Tbefe Remarks fay much to ptoiii W
rbrte Sur-name of Monteth, to be Original*
b*/ the Lord ' Stewdrts Familu
?£*>M Chit. Jd. f**'
( $9 ),
Matilda make Donations for a Buryh
place in the Abbey of Camtkenetb, and
1293, he is defign'd Alexander de Monti
filitu Cemitis de Montetb. In .139$, f Prjn
ranks htm with others in that concufi
Bond,coramonly called RaimansRo/fjLxtc
ted by Edward the 1 ft, from the mod conl
dcrablc of theStotiJb Nation, & defigneshi
Jiifaundre Cwttt de Menetetb.Thc Iflue
this Earl Alexander, if Observation i
not, were,
1. Afc* and {ofwhombclo*; '
11 3. Alexander de Montetb of whom fii,
• • ....
Man Earl of Montetb; was early in ti
inttrcft of Robert the firft, in f ac6, a
taken by the EngUfb * carried ftiw
cr to - Enehnd. Forfaulted and his Eft*
given to f «
thereafter dyed, leaving, it feems,a Son a
a Daughter, Mary, both under Age, whi
.1 prefume was the reafon that Jobn\
Montetb ( raoft probably Uncle to 1
'Earl Alan ) was defigned Cuftos Cmitat
'da Montetb > in Anno 1220, in that faffidj
Letter to the Pope from the great menA
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f Ifii?. P4/>. TJfurfationt Page 6$fr.
if fteettands and Earl Alans Sou, Ear! of
Umutb, dying without Iffue, theEfhte
Hid Honour* have fallen to Murdack,vrhom
I have foppofed to have been Brother to
Sari Alan* and if fa, a Minor at his Bro-
ther* Death, otherways he would have been
in Sons Tutor, in the ezpreft'd year 1330,
Itnd perhaps long before,
Murdacvs Earl of Monietb, cirdter Ami
*%\*\ gi ve 8 Marie de lAontetb eenfangmnie
fue, filte mice quondam Alani Cemitie de
jHfontetb, terras de- Aberfoyl Dron^ary, Bucb*
fcMktto, Cumlacbt 0* Bmebap'tO & decern
*ercat:tetr* qua; vocatur Catb leine Mufebet*
* This Earl Murdte, was taken Prifonec
wf Edward Baliol at Duplin in 1^3. -— and
Wkdat
His Sueceflbr in the Earldom, was Sil
ti Graham ^ moft probably of Abercorm)
in manjr f Charters, in the Reign of
id (he ie£on<H t Jobn Grab am is deugned of
Metcorn in the year iuo And Amis 1341
tad 134a* Jpbannes de Graham Cotaes de
mentetk is mentioned This Earl 7^*
was taken at the Battell of Durham, OSeber
the nib. 1346. and by the order of EJvaxd
the third, was hang'd as was Pitman the
ictf, and iaft Lmeal Earl of Fife* ft
f Ex OMtogr: penes Comitcm de Mortem
f" *x. regiftro Cbartarum R. D. *di« \*r#t
■ f ' J« J
It is moft prcfumablc that the Wife of
Eirl John Graham, was Daughter to
MurJac, and that in her Right he afll
the Title, and that his Relid or «
his Daughter, Married Robert St#
third Son to Rofort the fecond/ who
that war Sacceeded to the Title and I
dom of Montetb t and by her was Ti
to the ur lucky Murdoch Stewart fe
Duke of Jibanji as 1 hare vouch'd k
account of his Father Robert Stewart
vernpur of Scotland^ who was the firft
ltd the Title of Duke of Albany, .And
conclude this Append *x to this.Ufl. Qha
*Ld fliall go on with the Stock,
ALEXANDER
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IpIRST of the Name of A\exa*de* r and
* of this Fan.il ?>-m a dired Line f I
Great S.c-ASirtof ±cotlana 9 was birn j
1 2 14, in the firft of King Alexander th$
In 1 248 he joinM / ewis the $tb in h »s
t)edi(iou in the Holy War, and upon
Death of Patrick Eari of Lunbar that 3
at he luciedeed him as chief C
inander of thofe beets , who were fign'd 1
the Crofs, and were forward in recove
Jervfakm and Pale/line from the Hanc
the Intdeis. And in 1255, it appears bj
4*fia fublua &u jubtofoft b^ \b& iadu
rand learnt Mr Rhimer^ that he had the
ioour to be one of the CouncjUours to A*
ander the $d. Arid in 125— with Patrick
rl of Dunbar, and Sir William Vuplafs
1 others, faithfully oppofed the difloy*
pradices of Waiter and Alexander Cumyns
rls of Monteth and Buchan, and their ad-
entei .who had impudently feiz'd on the
Tons of the King and Qneen, anl ufurped
influence whi.h ftrcamed through the
lole Management in Publick Affairs. 1260
ig Alexander and hisQpeen Margaret have-
j made a journey to London, and lhe proves
I to be with Child, her FatfyqrKifjg Henry \
r Mother the Queen, and the Nobles of
^n^-nterceded to let her ftay tijyQjer De-
cry i wiii h being agreed to, there was a
earn Deed granted by King f(entj 9 to
jiich R icbard King of the Roman* his Bi;o-»
or was Guarantee, as were fever^l other
obles, that in Cafe of the Event of our Kings
ath the Child was tj be delivered without
ifpu r e or C^vil, to any three pr four ot cerr
in Noblemen of Scotland, named; in that
rant and among the lait, though not the
aft, was Alexander Lord Stewart to our
ing, whofe Hereditary Greatnefs and Poft,his
pve to his Sovereign & Countrey, and his Jn*
§pendenc?on foreign Influence, renderd him
t confiderabk as any. Anno 1263.. Augitjt
!' at Largi; in Cumngbam % he luA xha <&v&
(J4 )
Amy, and with irrtfiftable Magnanimity s
Courage, killM many if the LeltWiag of
Korvegians and their header t fepaiated tl
from their Companions, and in grtat ttl
der drove them to t^eir Ships \ an<^ wheel
about, fell ipon the Rere of, the Msun Bod
the Ensmy, where &o» King of ffiw
and Alexander King of Scotland wore hat
Heroick Labours, before, as well as now 1
true Valour diftinguifh^d it felf that E
Laurels, Death or Flight were the Lawi
die Sword, but our Alexander, Lord fi
Stewart to the King, having his Veins fi
with the Blood of his Anceftour Banqubq,
being warmM with his Example againft tl
Northern , 'invaders , broke their Meatu
confoupded and routed their Troops, difpc
their remaining Numbers, and forced Vid
to declare for the Scots. Hoc* the &&
Prince, who was pufFd up with a Hop
glorious fucceffes, fuftain'd irrecoverably J
fcs by the misfortunes of \Var and Valooi
die Scots, and w^s chacM from the Field,
with a poor Train of his difcon(blate Foil
ers, efcaped to his fhatter'd Fleet, whfch
the moft part was deftroyed by violent T
pefts and Stormes, and he being overcHa
with grief and Sicknefs, and utterly un
to bear their Mifenes andOpprefiions, he
mitted-at Orknay to the overuling hand of 1
kavciug furviv d hi* DiCgKu;«XK)t many 4
< 5$ >
line Scots having valiantly Defend*
nfelves, and Defeated their formi-
jiemys, Pur Hied the War. and King
Ur Commiffioned * his Lord High
^ to reduce any in the VVeftern 4j*£S,
sreiiot in his Inteceft, which he, ef.
y accomplished, and alfo iftvaded
abitantsof J/«v, and Subjeded the%
Ifiand was made a Pendicle, and an*
to the Croun of Scotland, and the
gans wrung'd out of their Royalty!
lemorial influence, and at leaft of tht
ion of 167 years.
te> Honours and Riches, generally
ig are infeperable Rewards of Merit
dour, and we muft neceffarly fuppofc
ich an excellent King z%AUxander xfri
, would not be unmindful of the r^e-
and great fcrvices of fuch a Subject
itriot;
was in this year, v&. J 363, and in
%ber %otb f that he got a Charter from
$rcued King, of the Barony of Gat'
>w in the Stewaruy of YJrcudfoigbt,
which
The sontinuator of Fordons Chronicle &
Alexander Lord Stewart of Scotland
iUed in the above Battel, butlbeCe**
u evident, bj fovtral fukfeeymf t&z
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whjch I,ands were convey'd to his Scco
Son jfobi, arid his Pofterity t ifl Which Lj
they, hard all along contirqedas 1 am hoj
fill (hall be cleared fufficientfy in my /
count of the Stewarts Baruns oiGarUjsa
Earls of GaUoiqajr, which abovefflentior
Orginal : Evident was in the Hands of l
fete Alexander jkt. Third Earl ofthat Nol
Race, aid was for feme Months in thc(
ftody of John Stewart of ftifpfi Cadtj
that Fam)!/, a Gentleraaaofgood Jud;
toent and Cbfervatibn, who from 1 his N<
and Know Jedge,above 15 years ago, and
all Occaiiors frequently fince,%tte1Ud i
Relation to roy felf. j \". " '.
Thefe Storms and their threatnlng f Q
fequences being overpaft, andtheCrd
h'aving recovered Several of her Aotietit I
^end.ges; the excellent King and j
whole Nation, onthefe Suecefles* were I
poied to breath the Comforts 6f Peace, 1
all after their own ways toacpfefs tJ
various sfle&ions to the goodcefc of fvi
dence,- toihetr Titular St* Andrew* ©fa.'
to good Humour and mutual lotertainnul
During thefe Intervals, our Lord Gl
Stewart imploy'd himfelf in the concern!
lis Family and Friends, and in the'affl
of hi^JEftate and Pcft: And in afis ofVj
followed the Example of his Propepiflfa
Be gave to theCbauotis of T>rybw&
St. Munio's Chuicb, in L0nar^«i l»
c {hillings and eight pence for main j
ig Lights in the great Church and
el of the named Burgh, in which
tot he defigns himfelf Alexander Regis
*bm StncfcaUui.
I gave many Charters confirming thtf
:r Deeds of his Father fF alter \ and hi*
ftour?, to Pajlay and other Abbays and
ches; particularly on the Feaft of the
nciation of theRIefledVirgin^n* 136$'
efence of King Alexander^ Son to the!
fed King of thatNamc,and alfo before
' Reverend and Noble Witnefles, he
to the Abbot and Convent of Melrofs at
f Grant, ratifying to them the Lands
tremor e and Godenetb, which they held
vhard Walyes his Vaflal, and of all.theic
seding Rights they flood »poffefs*d of,
tc Moor of Carntable % and Lands of
:bil/n y alfo he claim quitted their won-
iervitudes, to which they were ty'd by
Antecedent Chatters, as to compearing .
t this Court, freedom of Buying anct
bg in any Mercats they thought fit, ■
.put opposition from his Baillies and
r Servants : likcways he gives them a
gjetc Title to the profits of f Forfal*
UEfcheats and Amercements in thefc ex-
r& Bounds: moreover fo many unnecef*
:';. H far*
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&rhf*8* u d &neu
mmmm
C -.8 )
fary exemptions and privi ledges, too tedio
here to relate: Though this (hawed his g
nerofity greater* yet certainly it lefleriedl
Figure, and was prejudicial to his I uteri
in that Co un trey. In this Charter, which
the faireft that ever pafs'd my hacds,he is
figned Alexander benefcallus Scotie, fil\
Walters SenefcaQi, the firft part of whi
ftyle was after this Date ufed by him
his Succcffcrs, with an alteration only
the Chriitun Name, when it was not t
lame.
- In Annox 37^ January the 2Ctb, ztSti
ting, he and his Son and Heir James,
Witncfles 10 a Charter granted by Alex,
der the Thitd, the ijtb of his Reign, coi
firming a Deed by Nigel (he deceaft'Earl
Carry k, to Roland Carryk ( and his Hei
after him ) declaring him chief of h
Tribe,and Arbitrator in all Pleas, Differ
ces and other Affairs of that Progeny.
In Anao J281. July 25th, on the Fea
of St. James the Apoflle, at RokesBurgb
the final agreemen of the Matrimonial Co:
tra& betwixt Margaret Daughter to Ale
(mdet the thud/ King of Scotland, ar-d
rick Kirg of Isoroway by his Proxies, tbh
Alexander Lord high Stewart of Scotland
is ore of the great men of the Scotijb Pri
Council, who fwoie for the performance of
the Articles agreed upon, as to our Ki
j
C 59 J
As t^nis Char after, it appears from the
ift rational inf rences, that he h*rh beenr
t of the greateil m?nof :befetunes,Mfithis
lion, and that he gave fufticient Proofs
it he had abiiitys and vermes, which
idered him worthy of his Deftent andOf*
!•• highly efteemed by his Prince; lo ed
his Countrey;dear to his Family, Friends
i Neighbours } zealous in the Religion
m in faihion, and a m am fie lent f atroa
the Clergy,
Our writers are not agreed as to the pre-
e time of his Death, iome placeing it in
C year, and fome in an other, but by the
»ft proportioned calculation and atate-
aats, (Twhcrein Authors differ ) he dyed
\no 1289, in the 69th of his Age, and
\d of the Reign of Alexander the $d and
is interred in the Abbay Church of Pajlaj,
;fore theHigli ^har, having Survived his
ither Waher 45 years. His Wife was Jane
dughter and Heirefs to James Son or An-
il Mac Roddruk Lord ot the ifle of Bute 9
fefcended oi his own Family, His iflue by
a: were
I. James, of whom in.the next Chanter*
a, John, of whom in the foiiowmgAp-
tndix to this Chapter,
, 3. Elizabeth, Wife to William Lord Du^
W Knight, Sur-naqjed the .H*rfy\
k»
Atl APPENDIX, tp tfce ^
going Chapter,
OF
i
Sir fobn Stewtrt olBonty
«
HE wasSecond Son tpAkxander ScRrothi
to ^w« Lord High Stewart of &H
landhis birth is placed in 1246 in the
pf Alexander the a^. HisWife was Margi
Daughter and Heirefs to Sir Alexander I
kjll in whofe flight he became poffefs'A
many Lands, in 1286 September *20tb
^Turnbyrtie in Carrick, he is a member off
Solemn ccmpad of mutual adherence 24
iwixt feveral Noble Perfons, as at moil
length related in our Account of his BrotM
james Lord High Stewart of Scotland 1
In that memorable record calPd Ragnu»
Roll, Printed by Prynn in his large Hiftod
pf Papal Ufurpations, mention is made MA
1 5th 1 2^4 of Sir Jchn Stewart Brother O
Jatpes Lord Stewart of Scotland* and Autgd
Zctb ( in the above year J of John Stewm
pf jedde worth, and of Six John Stewart m
the Shines of Roxburgh and Lanark, but il
is molt prefumeable one man is here exptcji
/ft/ thrl^Cy the former fota x^SfBtitiog hi
: fubmiflion to King EJwar 4, . ajid th$
er the Oath impofed in Parliament oa
Nation in general,, and he being ownct
l^ands in both the mentioned Countreys,
i; obliged to fwear twice, as others did
Tuch circumftances, as the obferving rea-
may notice in the f orecited Bond of ho*
5*,
)n ChriJItnafs day in 1396 at Blackball,
John Stewart> in prefence of his Brother ,
ms Lord Stewart of Scotland, and cff
ny -Honourable and Reverend Witnefles,
e a Charter to the Abbot and Convent
Melrofs for the honour of Su Walleve
bot, and for the health of the Souls of his
ceftours and Succeffours, and of himfelf,
Wife Margaret and of his Children,
> pound of Wax, to be pay ed yearly out
bis Lands, by him and his .Heirs at the
res of Roxburgh, for furnifhing one Ta-
for light at the Tomb of the named St*
tteve.
[n 1297, he was in conjun&ion with hia
ithcr James Lord Stewart of Scot Ian d^
%srt Biftiop ofGlafgow, Sir William W**
t and Sir William Duglas, who bravely
gf'd to reftore their Countrey to her An*
tit Rights and Priviledges, and to break
Yokes 9 f King Edwards Slavery and op*
ffion.
dnno 1298, on the indifpofition, nece£
r or accidental abfencc o£ his Tkox\vtt^»
C 62 )
headed bis Vaffcls and Military Tenant
and that year on in July aa
on Su Afor/ Magdalens Day, in that ev<
Lamentable Battel of Falk*rk y ( whtrc Kit
Edward diicharged h : s ommjil fury again
the Scots ) he-a&cd as S;twart of Scotlan
and contended uirft the renouned Walla
for leading cfihe Van Guard^ltecming th
although that Great man fud extraordinai
merits, yet being a Creature of {he Peopl
making, he ought rot to have invaded tl
Hereditary Rights and priv Hedges ofti
Lord Great Stewards Fauiii) ; and turthc
in great Wrath upbraided him to his Fao
compared him to an Qwle, which from fa
Original had begg'd a Featner of every Bill
by which being richly plumM, he ad vane*
himfelf above all others: which fatal coz
tention together with the Treachery of Si
John Cumyn of Bad&enocb and Dalftmt
ton, ( who wasalfo a third Competitor o
that ill timed point of Honour, who with
put fir oak of Sword made a ihamefniRi
treat with ten Thou! and men J aud fo dif
ded the Sect f,that Sir John Stewart and h
Troops fuitainM the whole heat aud weigl
of theEtigagement at firft, which madeti
fjeroick Wallace 3t a diftance admire h
Courage, atid the fticcefs of his Arms, whql
Jieart melted for what had pad, and thio
sway prejudices and lulled \;o his .\id 1 b\
fcfoffs ^ e could advance to Von* Y&TOfcfc
fsM with, irmltifudes, and having per*,
fa'd wonders he was kill'd, fighting Va-
itjjr in defence of his Cpuntrey, as were
> Sir JobnGrabam oiAbercorn, and Mae 9
tbtss Granch.Uncie to Duncan then Earl
ff/J? f and many Thoufands of the com-
11 People.
)ur /fiftories give great Chatafters of this
vc Gcntlcman&sValentiJjmus, nobi\i(Jimus %
*ijffimus % chri]fimusi &cancj uninterrupted
lition and common Fame, which are fre«
:ntly the Echoes of Truth and Merit, do
aciently. confirm their Authorities'; for
ng Interred id the Church yard of Fau-
lt, under a Monument t ais\J over him,
ich is yet remaining, it is called the
mb of the Stout Stewart, contemporary
:b Wallace \ and killed by the Englifi be*
r that Village, in a field Of Battel on the
files of Carton. ^
Some of our former JEfiftorians, upon a
pofition that he was Lord High Stewa# t '
jgne him of Bute, which was a part 6f
i Patrimony of his elder Brother, andal-
nigh others of late have fufficiently difeo-
to, him to be only a Branch and not thd '
irk of that Family, yet they admit that
IJkoi Bute was his property anddefig- :
Ion, and on his Death finding it a part
die Lord High Stewart* Lands, they
tended it reverted to the Family • and to
port this groundkh ailuU^
lie clycd without Iffue, ^ and fo deprive hi
ef a numerous ofF-fpring, as I pfefume
ilia 1 1 make out by and by from fufficient ai
thorities and Inferences* , But 1 fhall fil
name his Children, and then prove my A
iertion, his Iffue were then,
i* Sir Alexander Stewart of Bontyl, f\
titer to John Earl of Angus of the Race <
Stewart.
1. Sir Alan Stewart 9 of whom the l*dfl
of Darnly Earls and Dukes of Lenox ai
their feveral Cadets,
3v Sir Walter Stewart, to whom Kb
Robert fyuce, gave a Charter of the Barq
of Dal/winicun : as did John Ranulpb Ea
of Murray % this Wdlters Nephew, give an
ther of the Barony of Garleys, from who
the Earl of Galloway by an Heirefs &c.
x 4. Sir James Stefrart, AnceftourtbJ
fitrmetb and Craigbalh and from Innermei
Ldrn, Dun f deer % or Rojytbi from Lorn?
lrinermeib 9 the Earls of Atbol and Bucbi
the Stewarts of Garntully &c* Kynard ai
^/w and Inner dunyng\ from the Earl of £
ci^» is the Earl of Traqubare die.
. 5^ Sir Joib Stewart, of whofe iffue I hil
6ifcovered nothing from Charters*
6. and 7.. Sit #«£*» and Sir Rob
tnexitibned by Hollinfiede in his ChroMf
o^ircland, in ^»w *3 ,8 > whofe then c
//fence I am not to &£«&<!*
ft. Ifobely Wife to Thomas Ratiulpb th6
linous Earl ofMUrraj, who got withhet*
I Barony of Garlys ( thin in Drutoffifi
ire, but now in the Stewkrtry of KiJi-
wrigbt, being alfo a diftinft Stewartfy
it felf, ) which his Son John gave td his
icle Sir Walter Stewart as & above rela*
And to prove what is above advanced, I
it from the moil pfefumeable reafbns that
: fubje& requires.
And firfr, an Antient Genealogical frag*
sit of the Duglajfes accounts, that WtlU*
I the Hardy, Lord Duglas, had to Wife*
'f&abetb, Daughter to Alaxandtr Lorl
gh Stewart of Scotland: and by her h»d
dew the good Lord James much faffied fti
iftory: and then the exad and moft judi-j
His Mr* John Barbour, in his excellent
ok of the Life of King Robert the firft,
lateing.in ^rg* 154, that Sir Thomas Ran-
U and Sir AUkander Stewart of Bonkill,
sre taken Prifoners by Lc . J JkwAr Da-
p,writes exprefsly , that the faid Sir ^/«f-
#rr was Son to the above Lord JameS*
w, L e. Uncle. ,
And again, in Original Charters, James
jtdDuglas is designed Cognatus to Waltet
jard Stewart of S^fi^o^and the above ob-
eying Author, in Vdge 189, writes they
?re Coufines in neer degree: Do b^ tW&tf.
pears that Wajtcf Lord St ttoart dt^eOfc-*
C 66 )
land, Sir Alexander Stewart of Bonfyl,
James Lord Duglas were Coufin Gem
and, Sons to Jams Lord Stewart of Scot
Sir 3^Zw Stewart of Bonfyt and £//^
Stewart^ who were all three Childrc
Alexander Lord High Stewart of S«f
Alio John Stewart Earl of Angus is defi
likeway s Lord Buncle and Abernethy,
Chart a Terrarum de tilainerne,"]thc firfl 1
ht had by-Creation, the a</ hy his Fa
Sir Alexander^ and the 3^ by his Wife 1
garet Abetnethy % Daughter and Cohere
Alexander Lord Abernethj* This Earl j
is in 1330 defigoM Nephew, by Thomas
timlpb Jfcarl of Murray, in his Charter to
of the reverfion of the Barony of Morth
toun and Longfarrnacus 9 which defignal
he gave him, having Married his Aunt
bel % as (hall be furthwith cleared. This I
John dyed in .1331 according to the!
cerpts of the Scotichronicon* and thacj
could not be that John Stewart kilted
HalidonbilU in 1333 .His JiTue were 7MJ
Earl of Angus, whole Wife was Marffi
Saintelare^D^ughttr to S'tWiltiam SaifM
of Rvjljv, and by her had Thomas Esjfj
.Angus who dyed about 1377, without.!"
. ard Margaret \ tirft Married to Thomas
. x>f ^r% but had no Children to hioi|
ihen to William firft Earl of Dig las,
. |jof upon her George tuftot that Lineal
0/ Jlngis*. And U> ^*«J& 1°^,
( 67 )
jrl of Murray, Son to the above Earl Tfa
**• gives to bis Unci? Walter Stewart , a
barter of the Barony of Garleys % by which
is evident, that feeing Ifobel was Aunt to
Ion Ear] of Angus, and her Son John Earl
* Murray was Nephew to Sir Walter Stew*
t of GarUys, then 7/^<f/ Countefs of VW •
;was fitter to Sir Alexander Stewart of
vnkil, and to Sir Walter Stewart ot G*r-
prx:But further, HAinfbed in his Chronicle
r Ir*i**d,in ^«w 13 r8, mentions Sir JP*/«
•r Stewart as Brother to Sir Alan Stewart.
Old in a Roll of Robert the fir ft, there is a
artcr to Slf Alan Stewart of the L*nds of
fyegemi which are well known to have
'sa a pa* of the Eftate of that great Pa-
ly pf the Stewarts^ at different times do
ncd of Tar bolt oun, Cruxton, DarnJyzud
\ox : So this fairly proves who were An*
otirs to the Earls of Angus, Lenox and
K* Ujmar, and that they were Brethren*
d moreover, both the Englijb and Scots
diftories account that Alan, James and John
Me warts .were Brethren and killed at Halu
mwnbtll, Anno 1133, but they corrirait a
pofs,fenfelefs and unchronological Blunder,
tailing them Sons to Walter Lord High
cwart of Scotland % for if they were Sons
Walter the Third of the name, and 5th
frf that Line in the Office, then in the year
mentioned of the above Bartell, reckoning ;
horn the Death of that Walut \tv \i\\*vbft|
time the fur-name otStewart could not B
mcrous/A: next that in our Hiftories coi
ning the affairs of thafe times, and in €
ters in that Period, the two above Sten
both named James&rt mentioned^ xsji
Lord Stewart who dyed in 1 3C9, aj
any other of that fur-name then deli
James** were exiftent, they no ways fall
der my coufideration or notice.
And then it is already accounted that
Alexander Stewart was defignM of Bon\
the Reign of King Robert the firft, and
about 1330 that J Son Stewart Earl of
gus is Lord of Boncle, which La^ds all al
have been poflefled by his Succeifors ioBl
which infer rs him to have been Son to
Alexander Stewart of Ronkyl as is prov'd
bove. The Armorial bearing of this 1
Johny of his Son Thomas \ and of his Gn
Children, Thomas and Margaret Earls
Countefs of Angus* was a Fefe Cheque j
mounted of a Bend, Charged with tt
Buckles, for the names of Stewart and I
fti/, which is ftill a part of the bearing of
Marquefs of Duglas, who is Lineal Hcii
their Honours and Eft ate 4 , and thefeft
Arms in a lefier Seal, was the Coat of
Alan Stewart, fon to the Deceas'd Sir Jai
Stewart, which Sir Alan defignes him£
as faid is,and of UgliJrei&nd by his Char
with the above Seal in Anno 1 377, he gi
for onerous Caufes the Baiot^ ^ Y-angtvcv
r
C 71 )
the Shire of Roxburgh, to Sir Henry Dm
u of iMttrnm, and to this Charter his firo*
er Robert Stewart of Innermetb is a Wit*
•,. whofe Seal is a Fes Cheque within a
rdcr cbarg'd wkh Ducklei, wbofc Sons
ere John and Roberfi from John is Inner*
ttb and JLorn, &c. and from Robert is Du-
Tdeet or Rofjtb, as (hall be clearM in due
ne from the evident* of thefe Eftates and
e publickRecords, which famenefs and affi-
ty of Arms, together with what is before
latcd, makes plainly Sir James Stewart of
refioen Brother to Sit Alexander Stewart of
onjylf and Anccftour to many confiderable
unilies.
And to prove It is not to be fuppofs'd that
mes Lord Stewart of Scotland, who is to
i Treated of in the next Chapter, could be
ather to Sir Alexander Stewart of Bonkyl
id his mentioned Brethren, I (hall do it
om thefe following Obfervations ; And
rft'james Lord Stewart of Scotland Jon and
[eir to Alexander Lord Stewart, is early a
itnefs to his Fathers Charters to theAbbay
F Pajlaj, in the Reign of Alexander the 3^
ho lucceeded to the Crown in Anno 1249
id muft have been well advanced in Age
sfore his eldeft Son and Succeffor Vf alter
89 born, feeing the exad Mt.Jobn Barbour
1 his Life of Robert the firft,defcribing the
attci of Banockburn which happened in
C 7* J
as young & ifeaf dlefs, fo that no calculate
will admit Sir Alexander Stewart of Bo
kill to be his younger Brother* feeing thi
Sir Alexander had a Son John Eafl of ^
in 1 33c, whofe Son Thomas was Earl of
gus $ whofe Daughter Margaret was Marrl
before 1370: fo if Walter who Marriedii
jery Brute was fo young in 13 14 there «i|
be fcarce fpace of time to 1370, for'
younger Brothers Succeffion» and parti
larly feeing John Earl of 4ngus is grai
Charters without confent of Tutors and
xators, and is Major before 1330, twoy<
before he dyed.
And if by fuch reafons and confequi
it be found mod improbable that J*
Lord Stewart of ScotIand,coxx\A be Anceftoutj
to the Stewarts of Bonkill> Inermetb or Lord
and Dwifdeer or Rojytb, &c. then fureljj
much lefs could his youngeft Son fame* U
Author to any of them* 1
And to confirm further what I have ai*
vanced, I ft all let fall fome InfinuatioH
which aithough but flender will not bi
flighted altogether.
it is,generaliy f peaking, obfeived that th
Sons of confiderable men & mean ones toft
give their Parents Christian Name to theft
eldeft Children .* and therefore prtfameaU]
Sir Alexander Stewart of honfyll hath be*
named after both his Grand-fathers, bop
J&xandtrs^ then Job* VvfcSou'SaxYtf, h*«
ath had his Name ftcm his Grnnd- fi-
ler Sir Jobnt kill'd at Falkirk it) i 2c3 f ^ P d
ie reft of the Brethren of this .S r vVv.w-
ftAS? J^ianof whom LenoxfN alter of whom
lUoutny, &c Jayiei of whom lnnermetb
&• had all Sons of the name of J«i«, as I
All make out in my account of thefe Farm-*
(fppgdJfully perfwade ray fdf that all the
ap§ut Seals belonging to them will prova
(f irEtefcent ta be from thcStewdrts o^Hioncle i
^r.bx^f^ers of Buckle?, Buckies oa
ends,or fiends (imply charged on the later-
al Coat of the Sterparts % as the Lavs o(
[cpauldry, neceflityyiiftiii&ion and burnout
squired, as in fome fort 1 have ton jefcend*
ju#on.
j.1 have fwell'd this Digreflion largpr thai>
I^Rurpofeifindjng feme foCrincal that they
jtyi believe nothing lqfs than Demon^r/iti*
Rs,and fo tenacious ijn place itig the Origins
ffome of thefe Families in a remoter nnti*
jflfty, and in adhering vidicurly to (bme jn-
ferfcrteat accounts of fome of our writers*
fcerefore if thefe above Particulars be fuf*
piently weight, coi:(iJer\i and comparM
Utfcxandour and judgeuen: r I. have no doubt
|ft;the]T will fup^orr ray accgun^ac.d make
■"iturion of a numerous Progeny to the
iant Sir Jubn Stewart of &oncle 9 which *
ath been ro'ob'd of, by unanf werable ne*
' and filence.
0*
K JAMES
C 74 >
JAMES
FIRST of the ChriftiahName of fa
and yth of this Line in dircft Pdb
Lord High Stewart of Scotland* was Eli
furviveing Son and Heir to Alexander 9 L
Creat Stewart of the Revenues' and Patrii
ny of the Crown of this Kingdom. Hfc 1
born in or about the year 1243, being
the %otb of the Reign ot King Alexander
2d.
Dtftance of Time, Negligence of Wife
or latent Records have overfhadowed 1
Gentlemans FigurA and Circumftances, \
fc the firft 40 years of his Age, unlefs it te I
Wftnefs to mans Charters within that Peris
one of the late (I of which, by the by,is med
oned in the proceeding Chapter: and ; #fl
ther this filence hath been occafion'd by J
Abfence, in the Holy War, in his Traveler
in fome foreign Expedition, or if he M
been fcrimp'd and fupprefc'd by his Fan
Greatnefsand Authority, which raufthi
difcontented him % and made him declio %M
riage while his Father lived, as many
<io in ffich cafes i or if being rcfolv
would not er.ter on the llage of the 1
till his Fathers Deatb,to ad in his Char
as Lord High Stewart f being fatisfyed
the Family of which Ww*? theapparei
C 75 >
refentative was in no danger, feeing it was
lengthened with a numerous IlTue by A is
ranger Brother Sir John Stewart of Bon*
tf J or for what other caufes I (hail not
ike upon me to conje&urej thefc being
jfchout the Laws of t bis fubje#, though ei^
ler of them fingly or together, might be of
me weight in cafes of probability.
But if^as it feems,his ftatc was private du-
ng the time of his Fathers Life, yet that
Ding ended it was no lefs publick, having
U 9 d up the fpace of a 6 years in confiderable
opacities & difFeringSeenes,as (hall be made
nt firoin Hiftories and Records,and particu-
trJy from the Foedera Angli* &c colieded
rith indefatigable induftry and great judge*
l«nt,by the learned Mr. Rhymer who hath
blig'd the world with that excellent work,
tod now after this advertisement & the for-
ler furmifes, it is fit and jufl to return to
jfc matter in hand
j Anno 1282 November 1 atb, at Roxburgh,
uexandet Prince ot Scotland, only Son to
Vexander the Third, having wedded
[■ ^ Daughter to Guido Earl of Flanders,
6t dying, towards the'Jatter end of the next
tar, at St* Andrew:, to the griat grief of
lie King and his People, leaving his difcon-
£Iate Widow, fuppofed to be {hen con-
fav*d of a pofthumous HTue; the Royal Fa*
iMj being weakened by this Fatal emergent
/
and affairs having a,yery *r*HipIe<l sfped,^
ThuBarls 5t the greatBarons pf ibeKmgdoui
couveened at SVpw, on the stb pf February
Anno 1285 the 35JJ& of the Kings Reign, a- 1
rcongft whom was James, Lord High Stewr-j
art of Scotland* and unanimoufly oblidged
thcmielves that if it fhould fo fell out,that at
the Kirgs Death there fhould be no Lawful
iurviving Iffuo Defeended of, him, or of his,
i)fcf afed 5on Alexander, then and in that;
cafe, tRey, fhould receive for their Sove- (
raign and i!i;e& Heir, Margaret his Grand-,
child, -Daughter to his DereasM Daughter)
Margaret (:■> Brie King of Kor'oxcay^ andthflj
Lawful' LTue Dtfcending from her, in the,
K.jght to the. Kingdom, of Srw/tfo^, the Jfle,
of fran, and .all ethers Iflss appertaining to,
rhe Crown, of Scotland, arid ajfo TyndaU and-
fevereth^ & in all Laws $C Liberties belong-
ing, or that ought to belong to the Kmgdon
cf Scotland^ . { .and to maintain, fuppofiani
Defend this with their united Forres, toil
utmoft of their power, againft ail that ii'
or ca,n dy.
March 19th Anno 128I, that Excelieni
PriDCe Alexander the Third, in the $6tb
his Age and -;7f& of his Reign, returnii
from fport to Dumfermling. to his Quo.
and Courtjwas thrown from his Hoife on-
■■ 'UX — '— - *"
t Rkrmcrs FteJeta P«£e »66. Tom. »«
C 77 \
Lock off h's- way .Betwuct JE?fi^mi-BfiJ
\urntfjland, and dying by the f ill, left a dif-
oroioiate t*eQp4e, and an Infant Grand-child
\fdrga et his Heir aSpveraign Lady, Queen
i Scotland, beibte ihe had coqi^leatcd lour
jparsof A$e.
lOn this Lamentable Jgp&ure, t^e Fune*
jj Solemnities being over/dautothe merits
p& memory of an ex.riwiyj.-i'iry Prince,t*o:a
»mo{i Lo*ai i cu.-te, ^ver>hti:a s d «n f&ars
ltd &rief/m -the ntb of-JwiLiwio laSA.ctia
7*ib day after th? -tCin&s Death, tije Imitates
rf&tff/rftfi' alien, tied at Sv^*u> V''j"<Se for
pc ffceuriry of tr-e Govttaoirut, the rrmtual
Btereft of the whole B:<iy*by --a due executi-
«■ of Layrsy&C for thefc ends they ohoosM 6
|egents*under; Queen Margaret^ tthjibpow-
K ; was ample and iumciemiy great, and far
cir Adings to be accountable to their So-
foaign Lady,when the (hould be of Lawful
L |p, and the Eftates of the King do me, who
r an abfolute neceflity were their conftitu-
s^Thefe Governours vrexe 9 WiMam Fraftr
op of Stt AndtewsjLobett Wi/taiv/Bifliop
Glafcov), Duncan MacdufQivl of Fife,
xaridtr Cumjn Earl of Bucban 9 and our
es Lord Stewart of Scotland, and Sir
n Curnyn oiBadewcb S^n'orj wbo,bei-.g
and juft, -Purtuea the end of Gi>ve:n«
nt,, ai)tf their Cpmunfiip n,a a d dt'rnb.ited
ice impartially 1 and by a coa-td-d
KM* by Int&eii and ASuutr \w\tvt; .*
X.70 *
Church and Nobility, cbarm'd tnc
and awed the Bad to Obedience and (
But Oh I a41 things fuffer Chang
calm mctt foon with Interruptic
within that very Year of the aboveon
edEleftion, Alexander Cumyn Earl
chart Lord High Conftable and Jufti
neral of Scotland, one of the fix Reg
perfon of great Wifdom, Expericn
Authority,dyed of a great Age, whoft
produced ftrange eftefts, and infenfi
corporated themfelves in fubfequeni
dents: for his numerous relations, £
favorites and dependents, either W(
the Government by their indiffercn<
neutrality, or maligned it through tfo
fesand disappointments, which oca
contempt in the beginning and tumi
the end: Upon which at Turnebyrie i
rjk September loth, on the Eve of S
tbew the Apoftie Anno % 1286, he w
Brother Sir John Stewart, Walter Si
Earl of Manteth his Uncle ; and Ale:
and John his faid Uncles, and two So
bert Brus Lord of An an dale, Robert 1
Carryk, and Bernard his two Sons ^ J
Earl of Dunbar , with Patrick, Jol
Alexander his 3 Sons; Enegyfius Son
newald, and Alexander his Son, pit*
Solemn Com pad on the one part wit
bert Clare Earl of Gloueejler and R
jBurgh Earl of UlJUr, on \\&<&*
( 79 )
fat they would henceforth adhere to and
ike pait with one another, upon all occafi-
«m and againft all perfons, faving the Alle-
iance of the latter two to the K. of England,
ic thcFidelity of the former 14 to him who
jttuld gain tbeKtngdom of Scotlandjoy Right
it Blood 60m King Alexander then lately
fecealed.
It is moft prefumeable that it was about
hb time that James Lord Stewart of Scot-
'snJ, gave a Charter fine iota to the Church .
|f St. Mary of Melrofs, and the Religious -
here, declaring thatfome time after the
Peath of the late King Alexander jgxtsx. dif-
entions being in the Kingdom,and the pub-
ick Peace difturbed, he was obliged to be
n Arms for to defend himfelf and his Lands,
hat on the account of the Publick fafety,
jhefe Religious of their fpecial favour had
' ' ren him fuccours of men from their Lands
Kyle, to which they were no ways obit*
1, therefore. he confirms to them for him-
If and his Heirs, all privitedges and ex-
ptions, granted to them by his Progeoi-
1, and alfo for their fuffrages for the
Ith of the Souls of his Father Alexander
jd his Mother. Jean, he quit-claim'd Ten
fillings of Annuity, in name of Feu-fcrra
yable out of the Lands of Innertrick
hich they held of him and his Anccftours.
Anno 1388, Duncan the powerful and
fiOiant Earl oiBfe, Son of ColfeavSwv <&
- -•:;»
C So ) r
Malcdlm Earls of Fife, was ba'fply way-1
and, treacherouflf^flaifl, in the flow*
his Age atPetpbfogfyby Patrick Kber*
and Waltef • P^r^^to%hf s,' riot w jthou
precognition arid itiftigation of Sir r"
Aberneibii thlSr Wars ^nothfcr /enfi^l
ito the R^flcy/Aud that power whif 1
at firft lodged in fix^was n^w only fujrp
by four. : ; .
This "change made way % Sear 'Fad
which' fpread themfelv^s thfjoiigh fisk \
of the Government* and infefte^ • jhe^
body politickjfor, Ariftocracy, onrtbit
fuffers contempt: knd although the "
were then a people that, were moft obo
to their Lawful Soyeraigtf sf Gommandsj
ihey could npfiendtireto be governed
by fome few of their equals, whom tin
ftcemed only ftaftows of Royalty en
by themfclves. "*• • :l:
And about th?s ti me, Edwar d the firfl
named I^gfbanks, King of Englam
powerful,cratty and Ambitious Prince,
derftanding perfe&ly well the pofttun
affairs in Scctlandpnd being fcnfible the
verals of the Scots Nobility were unde
influence, and in his intereft, having
Eftates in Ergland> : and Allyed with n
great Fair i) its of that Nation, tobk ad
tage to pur in Execution a Dengn, whicl
or his Anttltiiurs had gtafpedat for Oj
Ages, of Uniting ox S^^^ ^^Ccm
And Kln%Abxander*s Death gave him the
■ft plaufible Opportunity to difcover his
Ided Pretences, for he then Cent his Em-
tfkdours totheEftates of Scotland, con do -
£ theDeath of his Royal Brother, and of*
ling them all the Supports and Friendfhip
cy fhould think fit to defirc of him: and
jirther, propofed an Union of the two
ingdoms by Marrying hi? Son Edward oi
vtnarvan^ Prince of WaUt % to Margaret his
eece, Queen oi Scotland, but this Grand*
popofai as to the Marriage came to no Re-
lation at this time, being as faintly pur-
led by the one, as it was coldly embraced
f the other: but King Edward having fe-
lted a Party in Scotland, doubted not but a
jpet time would create alterations and fa&i*
tt, and bring affairs to his own Meafures,
jMch fell out accordingly; for while he was
aploying his Sword and Polit'cks abroad,
|mq May 1286 to Auguji fifty. theSflttxi
preafed in Difcontents and D»visiona at
ome, and ripened things to his Dcfires*
. Thefe growing Diftra£:or^ moved trick
Jng oiUoroway oui Queers lather, to lend
jtarKnighis his .'.mbafL<iou/s ro King Ed-
p^and a Letter of Credence, Dated at the
ofBergens on the Kalends of April Anns
S89 Impowering them to treat on affairs re-
eling to the Honour aud Intereft of himfclf
Chis Daughter ; Eric plainly focefeeing that
Edward would make Scotland his
a Marriage, or humble it by Arms*
fc On the^r arrival at the Court of
King Edward acquainted rhe (jtoVter
Scotland, that the Import of their
chiefly concerned the affetrs of Que
gant&rul the good of her People, an<
ty being to be fet oh foot for rhefeB
would be abfolutely neceffaryfor th<
point Com mi Hi oners on their fart,
.Articles or Objeft again ft them, a:
to fuch Tranfaftions and Expedient!
*ould not fail to make the who!
Bthtain urited and happy.
Anno 1 289, The 4 Govfernours m
Abbay of Melrofs&vA after Confulta
QBobtr the %d ? agreed to fend 4C1
oners to aflilt id the Treaty, three o
were of their, tfjyti Number, vix.
(hops of St. Andrews and Glafgcw % a
Ctiffpn, and the qtb #as Robert tru
Lord ofAnandale\ fo that the whole
of the Government hefted on our
Lord High Stewart of Scot land, who
reeling times never wanted new o
to gfvc nyals tp his great abilities.
Apd although it was in the poi
choice of tkefe excellent Patriots
elegg'd themfeives with no Limitati*
thejf were fa faithful to their Trufts
dctci their Countrcys freedom* that
Letter to King tuwaxd vi \\^ <&v
jmdat the mcntonedMonaffcrvJnno^cring
"fcemto Tr<nt,and Staled with the Senl ap-
^ >inted thein as Go^erno^s, fonu moment
tuous partiauUts were excepted, to wu ch
[fcey were cautioned, or rather reft rifted
thenifelve* ; as. * Salt is rctnen in omni&us
Jingults & per omnia libertate & honors
tegni Scotia and again, Dummo-to ex hoc
Ifegno Scott a & ejut Incolis nullum impo/le-
*rum pr*y*dicium genereiur. And though
fome Advances were made in that Treat v in
Vovember eafusing, and fully concluded in
July Anno J 2 90, upon raoft equal Conditions
and honourable Terms for both Ninons, jet
Qpeen Margaret dying* about Micbaelmafs
Ithis year, in Orkney in her Voyage hovaNoro*
waj, defeared all thefe Meafures*and involv'd
Scotland Jn Scenes of mifcry and Blood:
Twelve powerful & noblePerfons competing
for the Crown.the chief twobcingRruce and
iW/aAiwided the Kingdo.ii i«i as many ftdti-
ims, v* huh endangered the foundation of *he
Government • i tie Guardi u\*»of whom our
James Lord Stewarc was oi.t, were utter-
ly unable to bring the affair 10 aiiy accom«
modation.
The Scots in this jundure had great con-
fidence in King EdwarJ % becaufe of his fair
dealing
1
r
C »4 )
Sealing with them in the -Articles of
mentioned Treaty, which particularly fc
red their Liberties and Independency wl
tl er their Queen dyed or lived, whereu]
they made himUmpire in this grabd Cor
vcrfy. H6 taking Advantage of their dif
per'd flare and of the Influence be had
moft of the Competitors, and many of tl
great and leading men, threw of Pity, I*
sour and Jufticej for he was fo far from
iroving Divifions, that he ufed all Cland<
ltine and plaufible Ways and Means to "
ment them, he encouraged the Competitoi
with hopes of a Crown, and made the whole
1 2, Kings in their own Imaginations.* and in
1 291, approaching to the Border, qrith his
Nobles, Prelates, Barons, and a Royal amfc
well eeuipV Army*wbere the beft of allDc*
grecs of the Sc^'x were ready to attend him,
who now too iate had reafon to fear no good
was intended for them. Neither were the/ j
deceiVd,for in the Church of Isorham upoh^
Tweedy on the xcth of MajJBLoger Br above on
Knight, Jufticiar of England) as Proftor for ^
his Mafter, entertained them with a frt
Speech in Trench, and trumphM up Edward ■
Liege-Lord of Scotland^ and went on that
things could come to no IfR?e till he were •
Recognised as fuch.
The Scots were confounded and flrait-
ned out of mealu re^to think that they fhouldv
be raviflied of aLibctty \K\nte&&wm A**
!/-*%
ton with tlie Blood and Immortal Honour
Fa long Series of Valiant '/tottftoursjhow*
per in this difordcr, they defired fome
toe to deliberate with themfelves and con*
Ifc their abfent Friends on the matter, fo
\May the I \tb Anthony ©ifliop of Durham
Klared his Mailers Will, and in his Name
tinted their requeft, prefixing the Second
toy of June for their return and peremptory ,
rnfwcrs.
In fliort, as things flood, they iwere en*
Dmpafs'd with infupcrable difficulties on c-
cry hand.* fome return f d upon* the appoints
i Day, and others went to their refpeftiv*
fomes, and all were either filPd with In-
^nation»Fears or Hopes; or brib'd by Pro-
ves &Rewards as they were afted by their
0nftitufions,vieus of things, intereft, depen*
fences or accidental Caufes.
The Competitours were jealous of each
jher, and feared that he who comply'd firft
(bold be firit preferred, and werettore am-
hiqus of a Crown than careful of their
Jpnour: and on the affigned Day, the moil:
tthem without choakingjiecognis'd King
Wward's Right as fuperior of Scotland, a$
p reft afterwards did* Their example, and
b pofture of the times were loob'd upon as
V of -Concuffion, and oblidged others to
their foot-fteps .- And on the nth of
>,William and Robert Bilhops oi Sx.. An-
v andGlafgew; and oui3Ftfm«>\^A
Stewart (fiScetlsnd, zvAJo\m(hm i
vernours of the Kingdom, were it
or forced tofurrender their Office, * t
ceive a new CommLffion from King &
and to aft in his Name; and to «
meaiures to his own mind, he added
Titx> Alan to their number, who ail
1 3 Day of June, (wofe Allegiance to !
Liege-Lord of Scotland, as did fcvei
the Clergy and Nobility*
^ This Seafon till Augufi %d was ta]
in hearing the Claims of theComp
and impofing Oaths on the Arbitral
rather Auditors, &c. and then then
brofce up, and all concerned were com
cd to attend on the King the a^o
1 992 at Berwick in a Parliament, to!
there for concluding the Debate, s
though the King and the great one
the Day, yet new dilators being in
otifly thrown in, and difficulties arifii
Parliament was put off to the i$tbo
ken
The ftateof the Scots BX. this time
very melancholy afpeft, for as com
with King Edward deftroyed their X
for a time,! as things flood, refufeing
as undoubtedly have put them by tin
*nd rendered them an cafy Prey to a 1
ful Enemy, aud might have endangers
wytog.
f *7 )
[Tiefe eonfiderations ihewed theirSubmiffi-
s were pure ads of Neceffity,and that they
elded on a vieu, that nothing but the de«j
Bon of the queftipn in hand could place
cm in a condition to break their yokes,*
feat indignities, and repair their loues;
it through the whole courfeof this manage*
cnt, the generality of the people conceived
»vy dilpleafure and many difcontents,
hicn produced innumerable diforders aud
fefteem of the Governours and many of
te great ones, and tom*d a generous ardour
jainft enemies to inteftine flames againft
ich other, which had not only moft fatal
ffifequences on the trad of affairs in that*
tie, but alfo through the progrefs of thr
loody Wars which afterward happened.
The time approaching for the Parliament,*
log Edward, the Candidates for a Crown,
* 1 the Nobles of both Nations^net at Ber-
k on the appointed i^tb Day of 08obcr t
the two chief Pretenders illuftrated'
ir Claims of .Right on former Pleadings,
Kith new and weak Arguments upon an
ufted Subjed.
; But neither was this the day that brought
h the long expeded Iffue, and therefore
decifive Sentence was deferr'd to Mim»
, the ipb of November, and then John
Utiol was declared King, but with fuch Li-
mitations and Saveings, which ihow'd bisv
Uuckiing Vdinl to another. «dA OaaxVc*
(, «8 >
impotence and Ambition betrayed hisHoi
and. ietterM his Hands.
, On November igtbjting Edward &\xt
9 Brief to the Guardians fonck of which
our Lord Stewart) to give Seafin oi
Kingdom of Scotland to John Baliol ace
ing to his Arbitration; and then the dep
Seal of the now exau&oratedGovernours,
from the Death oi Alexander the Third,
ordered to be broken, and on the next J
in the Caftle of Vorham % King John did
mage to King Edward for the Kingdoj
Scotland* and on the morrow being Noi
#er the irfii a Mandat was direded to j
Sujobn to perform the Ceremony of Crq
ing him at Scoon,by realon of theNon-ag
Duncan Earl of Fife who bad a Heredi
Right to that Office.
And now fames Lord Stewart of Scot
was eafed of his Poft as one of the Gov
ours, which he had (uftained from thcD
of King Alexander * with great Troi
through many Difficulties*
On the id of Auguft, f Anno 129310
£rft of King John in a Parliament hel
Strivel/n, he with Donald Earl of M
were Sureties for the lufficiency of a &
of the Earldom of Karrick, given to theK
by $J>hert Bruce, Son to Robert Earl
Kar
1 1^*?* ?^ ?_•. ?• * 1 *-
trrick in order that he might do Vtoifiifc
r that Earldom defcending to him, by Blood
libfiis Deceafed Mother M2rigartt y ati& front
IFdther, by Refigriatibn;
Anno 1594, on thfc ltitbof June* at Port p*
fctffc v King Edward direds bis Summons
Vfobn King of Scotland, f and to mariy
f tlie Noble*, one of which was James
fcrd Stewart df Scotland, to bfc at Londoit
jlbri tHefirft dav of Sept em for following,
tall appointed with Hoffe and Afms,thence
nail vtririi hifn into France: but it does not
ppeat that this Summon^ wis oberM.
' King Edward's pretence^ arid aoual Ufur-
ittjpii of a Superiority over Scotland, demon*
Kbted not only the weAkhefe of the Scots %
|dt alio fuppos'd their inclination to fcatch ail
■^irtuAities to recover their ' ancient and va-
le Liberty, This the}' eflat ed and flrug-
for, Undet a King who had neither Head,
, nor Hands \ the difefteem they had £
, their Divifibiis and Diflidence, rendered
their Efforts friiitlefs, afid iricehs'd King
ward to difcharge his Fury upon tliem *
mo by himfelf at Betwick and by his Lieu-
ibants at Dunbar on the $th and $tb ot tKb
Wends of April afid Ma} Anna tiyh trium-
bed over them in two Woody confli&s, arid
lacM King Jotin to the North, defeated by
ate, and hated by his Sabjects : who made
• M 4
*» .-
&*
Furdera Zom 2 A (age 64* axA 6 Me
L
a cowardly furrender of himfelf, Kirij
and Kingdom at the Caftle of Br\icbjn r Q
xotb day of July following, and fo hs
Exit futable to his difgracefull.AcceffioD
Throne and precarious Reign.
At the opening of the Campaigns thi<
Jatnes 1 U>T& Stewart of Scotland was C
nour of the Caftle of Roxburgh^ and
Command over the Province oiiivhtdaL
ether Places on the Marches , moll Co
ous to his Truft, but being clofely be
and reduced, to great ftraits, and nndii
Scots divided, defeated and difpjrifed , a
Means of Refifhtnce, and Hopes officii
off, yielded to Edward the infulting Cc
rourj and on the i%tb oiMap at the
place, he fubmittcd to Neceffitjr, and tt
others did, an impofed and fafhionable (i
Fidelity to him, which the Scots tt
themi elves only obliged to keep no !
than they had occafion to breaks as their
riour Pra&ices declared and folly exj
their fenfe and inclination, and convince
World that abfolute Concuffion was the
if not the only, mover of their Swearii
Counteractings.
The Scots became fo fenfibly bu
with Englifb Oppreflion, that they wc
lig'd either tamely to fink under it* or
ly endeavour to (hake it off } the one w
to be thought on, and the other was ft
more on Wilhes, Ho^e* awl ifaffibilitic
ea probable Mean*.
C 9». )
fanidft thefe Calamities, in Ac the begin-
i£ of the year 1297, William Wallace a
ling and privat Gentleman, well dcfcendcd,
rc the firft Cheek to the Enemies Fury,
j was (ingular for ftrentrth of Body, Great-
fe of Mind, f.ove to his Couutrey, impia-
lle Hatred to the Englif^ and a Courage
wever equalled never excell'd. Urxrn forne
jht Provocation he kilj'd one Mr Selbie,
to to the Governour of Dundee y and efcape-
g made hinrfelf an outlaw.
jjHis Chief Aflbciat was Sir William Duglas 9
bole Merits, Birth and Power rais'd his Pi-
pe, and firft made him confitterable, his Ar-
IV encreafed dayly, and feveral of all Ranks,
jbo perhaps were lovers of Liberty in many
(pcds,jbin*d thtmfelves to him, and he made
em all weil-come(as David did 1 Sam.22.2)
d became their Captain, and never faii'd to
Itch all occafions to cut of (mall Bodies and
aggiing parties of the Englijh: but that which
sngihned him m6ft, & made him very fcr-
idable to the Enemy was the pretence, and a
injunction of the Forces of Malcolm Earl of
tnax 9 and James Lord Stewart oi Scotland*
r Jabn Stewart his Brother, Sir Alexander
mdfay and Sir Andrew Murray 6wc.
And although in the. beginning of thefe
jrrs* Robert; brut*. Earl of Ca r rick C thereaf-
c. the famous King Robert the Bruce j * ap-
r 9* y
ptarM to be lb miich in the EngUfb I
that he burnM and plundered the Lam
Coufin Sir WiUiam DugUs , and m
Wife and Children Prifoners , yet
gain'd to the commoirCaufe of his Q
by the means of out James Lord Ste
Stotland^ and Robert Bilhop of GUfeat
whom he was confederated*
And although it is not to be doub
ever any was a greater Lover of Libd
this Young, high fpirited'and defignir
yet his entertaining early Thoughts a
aignity, which he kept a Secret for man
after, determined him, that as Baiiol
Title was fupprefsM, fo, his Claim wa
be reviv -d, nor his Abettors ( where
sm and his Party were) to be er
ed, fo as he was an open Friend to th
he was a fecret Enemy to the Cone
which would have blafted his grand
find Defign.
' Therefore on the yib day of Jul? tl
ff He, by his Writetoot only fubmitt
fclfto King Edward^ but alfo had joyn
him our Lord Stewart, and feveral otl
ibns of Dtftinction || of which date at
the Lord high Stewart became one <
Sureties for this Earl, while he (hould
Vp his; Daughter ~ Marjory an JHoftage
Jfang ot England*
. -n. -•_.-_■- -. .-w *■-
X 93 )
kit by all tliat can be gathered , Jamn
rd High Stewart of Scotland hath been'.
ked or frighted intothefe Aftings,fo* it i»
lent,that ar this Time he rendered not his
fan to the, En^!ifb % hut on the contrary re-*
ned to Sir Wtlliam Wallace, who jarith big
ifcfsM accomplices and others were ani?
ted with extraordinary Courage and FqN
\t in the oourfe of their Affairs,
Thefe Worthies C abateing fomethings }
led frefh Honour to the Glory of their
iceftors ; they were the Wonders of the
;e, and a juft Patera of true Valour to ad*
remg Poiterity ; with Haudfulis they de-
itcd Armies, and atacqued their Enemies
the Fields, Garifons,Caiiles and Towns ;
: Refolution was Vidory , Liberty and
imeis, or an .honourable Death; they with
few raw and undifcipliriM men, overthrew
:eguiar Army of Engltfb Troops at Strivel-
r Bridge on the %d of the Ides of Septem*
r. They eagerly purfued all Opportune '
g of fighting , and never fought without
ccefs; their Wrongs, repeated Advantages
d Caufe inflamed their Courage ; They.
Dve all xhtEnglt^men in the Nation, their
Ives, innocent iflue, Abettors and Influent
£ to Doath, Flight or Silence : They en*
A England, repay 'd received Injuries 9 and
toter'd there in Defiance of all the Power
tild be made againft them y and Kftaxx&
tkh'dwith Spoils
( ?4 \
TheTe Snceefles fiJ I'd the Commons
Pride and Idlenefs, and many of the N
with Envy againft Wallace, and difpofi
Nation to Mutiny and Fa&ion, which
out in Divifions and Parties , made fo
them fall off, and fo broke their'Strci
that on Jul f 2 a J, 1398 at Falkirk, mi
tcl, they became an e-rfy Prey to Kin
war J, who knew full well their Srat<
Circumftances, and improved thefe ac
ingly to his Advantage and their Ruine
although the Lord Stewart was not pi
at this Action, yet there he loft his v
rous Brother, Sir John Stewart of Bp
who was/ killed in the heat of the Figt
Great was the Lofs fuftained then,
greater by the Dimiffion of Sir William fF,
of his Poft as General of the Army,
now difoblig'd, fenfible from what ft
thefe misfortunes arofe. And although
this the far greater part of the Nation gr
under flavery, and this brave Gentlemat
ted no more by the Authority of the S
yet he aflTerted Liberty fo much that he 1
gave one fign of Subm;ffion. He with the
Stewart and others of fome diftin&ion, h
a flying party, which ranged about, anc
ver wanted Intelligence and Friends 5 and
and then invaded the Enemy, like a fa<
Torrent, and then retreated Victors, andb
/carce to be heard of till fome irefh Ooj
olter'd or {ome bold AwcBygx w& \4\a
feroriz'd. " _.~ " ^W«
( 95 )
fevertheiefs, Thcfe Stragglings for thisTima
are but weak againft Lnglijh Power* and
wed more of undaunted Refolution than
teal Jlrength to recover Liberty ; and only
SrM to declare that there was always a party
Scotland* that never fubmitted their Neck?
[the Yoke,
TThefc Difficulties moved them to addrefr
klip King of France* for Aid and Affiftance,
id Anno 1302, William Lamberton Bifhop of
i Andrews* Matbew Crambetb Bifhop o£
Htnhcll* John Cuntfn Earl of Bucban* fames
ord Stewart of Scotland* John Soules* En*
frlam Umfranvill* and William Baliol* men
ninent in Chara&ef , and of confummat Wif-
pjn, are fent over as Ambafladours} who hadi
r^ a Reception futeable to the Temper of
te French* and the ancient Amity betwixt
aem & the Scots\ and afterward a Treatment
ufwerable to the Intereft of Princes, and Cir-
tunftances of Affairs, as the Event did prove*
In the above year; at Rojhn * on the 21ft
[ay of September* being the Feaft of St. JM&*
few the Apoftle, Sir John Cuntyn of Bddenofb
hrnam'd the Red* Governour of Scotland, by
lie appointment of the States 5c Simon Frasf*
Mih a Body of Scots not exceeding eight
fhoufand men, charged firft One Squadron,
shen a fecond, and after that a third, of th«
fygUfi Army, each confifting of Ten Thou-
t^nd men, and without the Intervention of an-
y"
V y • ^ ..... *
for the wealceft, * 5nd Fame was not wantili
toproclatnc it thrcu&h the World.
This Defeat np lefs animated the dr6ophi
Spirits of the $rots y than it fcriraged King £5
Wh/, and hll'd him with Tridigoatioii again
them. He made great Preparations for war % an
refolv'd upon Methods to make his Cbriqud
abfolute, by difableing the Scots for Cv6r!aJ
ter frotn lifting their Heads. -
About the mid'ftof Ma) ^ Anno 1303, H
fchter'd Scotland with a ntitaerous and
appointed Army, of his Subjedsj and Fo:
'errand was life ways lure of a gteat F
before hito, who would make him well
And that nothing fliould divert his
and the Siiccefs of hi? Arms, he concluded
League of .perpemaj Peace and Friendship tfi
: Fbilip Kin If oi France, in which the&tfxWC
iiot induced, who although now deftitiitr
Union at Foiae and all Hopes of fdpplies "
Abtoad, yet were 10 encouraged by the
jheritioned Ambafladours af theCourtof fo
* of which tfce Lord Stewart <was one t ihat
abferit Patriots provU that they* had H
like 'Romans when Hannibal was at the Q
' and wiih'd the like to all their Countrey^m^j
**±
* Sijciretis quantus Honor vobis crcvit fci
. verja Mundi Climata dc ccnfiiBu ultimo fa
: turn Angiitis* multum gauderetis &cc %
Tim. Q. P. 936. ex Literae \j£a&%W*i»
£*> #d wwphw in Scotia. ,
C 97 )
§ appears by that He+oick Letter, dated ht
*dris the 8th of the Kalends of June in this
[eat, notifying to their Conftituents the a-
pve efcprefs'd League; as 'tis publifliM at
frgth by the ingenuous Mr* Ryme? in his
hdetaSko* Tom. 2. p. 929. to which I refer
h curious Reader.
King Edward in his Progrrfs through
land this year, met with nocoofiderabie
'ppofition, only the ftrong Caftlc of 6W-
Jjj kept our, which he part oy, and advaa*
Slflg to the Siege of the Caftle of Breycbytt^
I was yielded upon Terms: after \vhich he
brch'd through the whole Northern Shires
ftd returned and wintered in the Abb ay of
hmfermUng, the ftrongeft Buildings of
faich were demolifh'd by his Order: in the
^ginning of the Campaign, he had ordered
1 much Provifions from England that his
ttny fhould be in ho danger of Famine,
»d fuch a convenient Consumption of all
lings andCirculation of Money iu Scotland^
lat he rather feeraM to court the people to
Icir own Intereft than Conquer them to hi* '
Obedience : thefe fatoothMealures gained the
loft part of the wavering Commons and
lany of the flavifli of the Clergy, who at
*ft' (erve but for a Turi^ and are never tof
ft Trailed* this made not onJy the great
\$n de&rted by their followers & lyable to>
Teacher y, but reduced to extremities & dt*
ided among thQm(^iy<^ % vtd Jjrrifa to. ^vt
^ .-■;■- ■ •job*
c & )
John Cunyn of badcnoch f and fev
toeot Perfons, fubmitted to King &
terms agtccd to, betwixt his Min;
and thein, at Strathord on the 91
•February \n Anno lid* *
Of which Date it was further aj
by the Mmifters in their Maften
C T? r *l ] that 'f 7««« ^- or( ^ St
Scotland (hould return from France \
an Oath of Fidelir v to King Edwara
fermlingy and witnin 15 days after
that he (hould be fafe as to Life an
her, thjj£ he (hold not be Imprifon*
he ft ould not be dis- inherited, thath
* be exiled only two years, out of S
beyond the #iver of Trent \ that dm
Baniihment his Cafties fhouldbe i
Edwards hands, but provided and
tain'd at his own proper Charge and \
ies.
But if does not appear from any
or Hifiory that I have difqpVertd, 1
iubmitted to thefe conditions); though
vident the reft of hisCollegues did; [
And now King Edward was as {
iMafter of all Scotland and Scots men,
the CaftJe of Stirling, and Sir Willis,
lace, and his draggling complices, win
live frte in fpite of his Army and all 1
iluences, and vexed him with frequent
fiorsjBc with incredible Succcfs, wbicl
tvere to be reduced oil \!ta tt \)&"^m&
r 99 y
Cattle was befieged for the Space of
ee Months, and Sir William Olyfard the
/ernour made a g.Uiant Defence^hut was
red >o yield it up, on the 7/pb of July
01304*
Indthe next year the MagnanimousTF*/.
\ was -betraved in the City of Qlafgow %
Eiis intimate friend Sir John Montetb, and
\ carry*d to London and iuffered a moft
baroqs Death,as if he had been the worit
Criminals.
t might have been thought that thefe
lid have been the la ft ftruggles of thcScots
dying Liberty, and that King Edward
x this might have promifed to himfelf
cc and the fruits, of Conqueft *« but new
iblcs arofe which together with the f* *•
f all owing to King Edward* entaii'd
5 and Bloody Wars on both Nations, for
ert Bruce Earl of Ctfrwi,Gr,and-caild to
I who competed with JBahol for the
Wti, on the wtb day of February in the
irch of Dumfries, killM Sir lobn Cumyn
> betrayed his Secrets to King Edward*
on Palm Sunday being the ipb of
?(b Anno 1^06, was Crowned King of
'land at Scone, m pref<?nre of a great con-
nee of the Nobility & Community of all
to*. .
Vhetber at (this time our James Loi?d
part of Scotland was returned tromFranc* %
fhe was an JEfoile in England 01 A w
C I o° )
Juried at Home, -or if be kept correfj
deiKc with the Earl" of Carrick now a Kii
or if he had a hand in the Motions in tl
Beginning of this furprifing Reign, does
appear:th<?fe or any of them being prefui
able Guefles and Suppositions, but not
florical Aflerrions; but this is moft certaj
that the Families of the &ruce 9 s and
Stewart's for fomeGeoerations were in gi
Frien^fhip, and that formerly there wtfl
particular Familiarity betwixt thenowKfl
and the Lord High Stewart; by which ai
by what follows, they were undoubtedly ij
piie another? Interefts: although pertt
the Srewart ha f h a {lifted his Soveraign m<
by IrsCouncils, Friends and Vaffalls, than
coriftant Attendance ( through Woods, £
farts, Dens 2 Loches, Ifles and Mountains,
being now well- advanced' in Age, anddifc
ablet} through innumerable Fatigues >fuftaifr
ed in the days of his ftrength.
On the i6tb Day of thtMonth of Morel
Anno 1 509, the third of the Reign of Robert 1
the fifft, from the City of St. Andreus,mi*
ny of the Earls and Barons,of which Jamv
Lord Stewart of Scotland is one, wrote to
the moft Chriftian'and moft Vidorious PW»
/^King of Ftance, in the name of the whok
Community of Scotland^ that they had Re*
ccgnis'd King Robert's Right to the Crowi^
and that in a t arliameut held at St Andrtt
(hey had received tU^fev^^v^^\>Ui^*\jfe^
ts of C«deticc with great joy, applauding
is pious Defignes for the recovering of the
toly JLand, in which all Chriftians ought
fbe interefted, and that they had a great
nfe of his Royal Favour, in commemorate
g the antient Leagues berwixt the two
ingdoros of France and Scotland^ in notl*
Qg the many "wrongs and great Oppreffions
ey had fuftaine^in his fpecial aflediori to
cPerfon of King Robert^ the Kingdom of
talari d^ and her Liberties \ Moreover they
couragedhim to go on in his devote &he-
ick Refolution, and allured him as foon as
ey could recover their Antient Liberty,
d the affairs of their King and the ft ate of
d Nation would permit, their King and
sy would join moft cordially with all their
ength, and aflift in that Holy Enterprife,
all Chriftian Princes and People ought.
And, by alt that I have obferved this was
i •laft publick A& wherein .James Lord
wart was concerned, for he dyed the i6tb
July following, Anno 1309, in the qtb'
ar of ihe Reign of King Roiert the firft,
the 66th year of his Age, and was Inter-*
I with his Progenitors in the Abbajr
orch ofPaJIay before the High Altar, ha*
i& furvived his Father Alexander Lord
eat Stewart of Scotland 26 years, the moft
t of which were fili'd up in repeated;
tnes of War and CgnjCufion^ . .
1 {hall not adventure upon this great tauty
Charader, leaving jt to be drawn by mxa\
maftcrly Judgements from particular Fail
already represented; but tfiis may be faidb]
tjie by, that be lived in the word of time)
ajid had more frequent and trying Qccafiopf
tobc vers'd in civil and military Affairs thai
any of his Anceftours, to whom he was
inferiour: his drifting (ides ind Comply ai
were pra&ices flowing from jun&ures
moil unhappy CircumftanceS, and procee<
from fo much Force and Neceffitv, that
pleaded more for Pity than Reproach*
"Wife was Cecilia Daughter to Patrick Earj
of Dunbar, who was the firft of that FamiJ
who quitted that Title, and affumed that:
Man b> His Iffue by her were,
t. Walter > of whom in the next Cha]
2. Sir John who was killed at the r
of bundalki with Edward Bruce Earl
Carry ck King of Ir eland H in Anno 13^
leavirg no Succeffion condefcended upon, %
any Authority which, I at prefent reropml
3 Sir ^w«,nho'moft probably alfo djl
without futviving IfTue, [ vide the Nc
upon his Uncle 1 and on the Death of
Brother Walter Lord Stewart of Seal
4pril the gtb, Anpoi^ij^ Thomas Rat
Earl of Mwray and be are Tutors, for
Nephew KffortJUon to his aforefaid B.ol
and Marjory Bra* Pau&hter to the Kin$
tvjiich yqnx Mi% Barbour T^a^e ^y^w^*
^ w -"■ ■ - s - - Srt
C *<>3 )
Reprefcntt him to have Command over his
Deceafcd Brothers Military Troops, in an
Expedition made into England. In Anno
"356, he . is mentioned as alive in the Char*
ufcsrv of Paflaj, and after this 1 have difco*
rered nothing concerning him, and at do
* ne any thing of his Poftcrity.
4 Egidia, Wife to Alexander MHyme % to
ich Alexander and Egidia, King Robert
le firft, give a Charter of the whole Bart*
\J of Durifderis.
1% A L T E R
lb U R T H of the Name of Walter, and
^ hy uninterrupted Defcent, the Eighth
pereditary Lord High Stewart of Scotland %
\i% bom Anno 1293, in the firft of the Reign
^Jobn Baliol, In the year 1309, the i6tb
Y of Jufy 9 he fucceeded his Father Jamef
tf d Stewart of Scotland. The firft account
him, in Hiftory is in the Month QiJune 9 An* t
13 14, at winch time he is reprefented as
riing* and to have brought a Nobie Body of
tainers to the Aid of Robert the firft, King
Scotland \ againft Edward the 2d> King of
rgjgland, and his numerous Army : and on the
™aft of the Nativity of St John the Baptijl %
ping, the 14* h Day of the above Month, he
lad his Kanf-man Jam** L<«& Xto^ ^
C 104 )
Khlghted in the Morning, by that dil
ing and Heroick Prince* arid were that
both the Leaders of ■ the qtb Battel
Scots Array iti the Field of [Bonockbur*
were fignal Inftruments, jand eminent fl
-in the Glory of that ever notable D
which was one of the greateft Inftance
Hiftory can produce, oi the Inftability c
mane Grandeur, "and the Vanity of the
. proinifing Hopes, and Jtrongeft Probabi
and fairly ftiew'd, that much of Succe
pends upon the Valour, Skill and Repui
of the Generals, and that a vaft Inequali
to Numbers, and a lone trad of Advax
in one party, and Misfortunes, in Ae <
will never make the Fight equal, whe
lefler have all atStake,and ftruggle for tk
fence of Life, and Recovery of Liberty;
the greater, only for a troublefome and u
tain Cocqueft.
This great Viftory was no lefs g^fl
obtain'd than it was advantageoufly imp]
for after-Blows prove the tirft ltroke
and declare the matter decided, which t
was in doubt, or at raoft eftcemed b
accidental Ruffle of no dangerous Confeqt
And the effeds it produced were ta
extraordinary, for the Scots^ from beifi
iteemed a poor, moft defpicable and cont
tibie Enemy, became ennchM with the S
of the Held, and fo during and terrihl
yi&wy foefl^d to bs *iaa£& v^u^ctr
f I05 :)
rein$ all the remaining part of the Reigri
JCing Robert the firft: and the E-iztvh
tre- fo humbled and their Measures brok :n,
it the vervName of Brace , Hughs, $te&-
;or Randel &c 9 hid fuch an unacccurir i^Ie
iuence, that fmall Parties of ths beats* un-
any of thefe Leaders, would have attacq-Vd
ifiderable Bodies of their Enemies, with n
jrage and Succefs rather ttf be admir'd thin
alleJ'd, as die moft Candid of the Engtifb
lorians ingenuoufly acknowledge*
Vfany of all Ranks were kil i- d in th ; s
mderfuil Battel and not a fe^ made Prifc-
s, durdng the Heat of the Aftion, trie
>ht and thereafter*
Humphrey Bobun * the great Earl of H-re-
rd and Ejjex t with others of Note, efou*wi
the ffrong Caftle of BothwelL feated on th~.
]jks of the River Clyde y and were receivM
Sir Walter Gilbertfon Govcrnour th^r ■ r/,
being narrowly watch'd by the Purser*
. the Inhabit ints" of the Neighbourhood,
ylofcljr Jbefieg J' with a fufFcient Power,
lEdward Brits, the vrdiant Earl of Carried
jther to the Scotifi King, yielded hi:riei\
;■ Garrifon, and all within ir f on Tern*
perable to the Fears, Necefiities and d<: •
jdng Force of the En^lijh % and received Ad -
|ti£e and afcendicg Fates of the Sw* 5
gjreby it appeai-s by the belt Obiervatjon 4
: O they
I-
•ft
fc
* £ar6<?ur f. 319. aa6*
C ™6 >
they were in Condition of Priibncrs of ^
King Robert having now, with the out
Care and Diligence, orderedjiis moft in
tant Affairs at H-jme, p Jrfued his Eneuuc
enter'd England in Augnft , and wafte
Northumberland and bijhoprick* and rett
to bis own Country, fufficiently aveng'd,
loaded with plunder, without haveing rec
any confiderable Oppofition or Lofe : ai
the mean Time his own People erijoy'c
Contorts of Peace.and Safety* and the
lings of a fruitful! Seafon, andafuperi
plenty too, ( at their Neighbours Coft) i
in a very great Meafure they had been i
gers to, above tweniie feven years. '
While King Robert was overrunning
tbumberland) Walter Lord Stewart of Set
( our cliief Subjeft here ) fuperintendi
Weft Marches* and with a fmali, but i
Number of Troops made feverall fadde
fuccelsfuli inroads into England, and kq
Inhabitants of thele Boruers fo at Work.
without abandoning their dear Jntercffa
durft ne'ther go to the Reliet and Aflifta
their ditl.eifeu Friends,nor make Irruptic
to Scotland*
Moreover thefe were not the only &
he then perfoim'd, for by fecrct Inlln
he came to luch an exaft Knowledge
^^
Harbour F. 327, FeedcTftTom> v
( io 7 )
itc of Affair* in thefc Parts, that the un-
Ithand Practices of fevcrall fufpectedPerfons,
betters of Englijb Influence, were laid cpen;
fl their Plots overturn^, and themfelves dif*
led and f rfauked, and their Lands difpo-
lof to others i as is exprefs'd at length in
^Narratives of feveraf * Royal Charters
out this date. And by all the "Obfervatfoti
U I am able tp niake ; it appears that it was
fen that he got a f Charter of the Barony of
\tyryde % and Lands of lerme near the Town
JjLutkerglen in the fhire of Lanark.
T&e Earl of He*cfoori and his Oompani-
is were treated according to their Chara&crs,
id the Generality of King Rofort ; who fo
aoaged affairs that this- Noble Priioner
^d bis Train were fuded to return to
igAifu/,upon Articles agreed to,which fo in*
beoced King Edward the Second and his
ourt, that they were exchanged for Eh&a-
ftb King Robert* Qiieeq, Marjory his
laughter, Cbrifiian his Sifter, Donald Earl
f Afcrr her Sop, and Robert Riihop of Glaf*
In? i who had been Captives in England al*
iioft fince the time Biw<f brft ailumed the
pule of Sovereignity, but it feeras their Li-
jeration was not ia all points corapleaied,
■ till
t
* In Roiula Rob* I. & van Char: f Ex
tyventario Rotttlamm R* limine £erdtt arum
*I Jatenfiuffh
,( u8 )
till the latter end of Autumn' this year, as 1
infiruared in the Feeder* &c. AnglUfin
g. 1 P. 496, if compared with Barbour ^ Dig
dale and other convincing Authorities.
-About which time being freed from,
hateful Confinement they were guarded
renveyed fafely, from Piace to Place, to
Border?, where Walter Lord Stewart
ScctlarJvtzs appointed to receive them} vl
being attended by a gallant Band of '
. -,.. ~. Sterling
King then kppt his Court.
Wretherthts firft Intervieu was ^efign 1
by the t'ohtitk Tfcqg, or purely accident*!
or vrYzt Influence it nrght" have had
the 1A factions of the Lord Stewart andt !
Lady Marjory, 1 fhall not offer to fug
but thus much is certain,theirEfpoufals w
cerium mated the next Yearns ifcall be fi
<lcaicd in its proper place,
1 he S?afon ior A&ion now • declini
ufhercd in fome what like a f Ccflatipn
Arms, and an Exchange of Prisoners:
perhaps an Inteiruption then from mut
•ftoftihtics and Incurfions, was equally tfl
4utcrclt and Inclination of the Englifi an
f Fader* Tom. £<*. E«&e *^» ^v*!
\cots, dureing which fhort Calm it may be
j&fumed good Humour harh revived and
jiat mutual Enrertainments,Martial Exerci-
S, innocent Revelings Intrigues, Amours
hd Marriages, have had an univerfal Influ*
nee, being the ufual fruits of . Peace,
lenty, Succefs and extraordinary Revoluti-
hs# .
And alfo at this time nothing is more
ertain, than that feveraJ Loyal and Suffe-
ing Gentlemen, weje reftored to their An*
i$p$ Patrimonies, and they and others in
heir interett, whofe Families yet flowrifh in
lonoqr, rewarded with the Efta^es of For-
sulted Rebelis as Enemies to their King and
iountrcy, whofe very Names are only rQ-
bemhred and mentioned with Reproach, and
|ieir poller it y clouded in 0$ivion.
: Likeways all former Graq's to Biftiops-
fcees and Abba>s &c. were confirmed. Ma-
fcburs added to them, and their Priviiedges
Enlarged: which methods joinrly confidei\J t
k tade King Robert arf abfolute M after of the
ffe&Jons of an united People, who were
tis own by all imaginable Tyesjfor he un-
[er flood his Intereft fo well, that he thought
'ifpe&qd Friends his greateit Enemies, and
leir leaft piinilhment was to be fent a p^ck-
I to their Engfyb Comerades; fo that there
Icarce left a fuj politicm of a fufpe#ed Re*
Nl inhabiting the Mam-l<an4 <$ &$\l<u«l
m tfrisprecifc Period.
f HO )
Thus while this remarkable fear
ended, and the next began with theft
iuch mixtures of Affairs and Bufinefs,
Robert left no other means tine flay 1
lengthen and fecurehimfelf farther i
Pofleflion of his Thrcne.
This Lord S*ewart,thc Earl of Murra
Lord Duglas, Generals of unqueftio
Bravery, Wifdpm and Reputation, gu.
the Borders by Turns, and rendered 9]
Attempts of the common Enemy vaii
fruitlck
And to diftraft, and divert the more
IngUfi Meafures and tfrength, the Kin
tertamed a fecret Gorr^fpondence witt
ay greatOues in Ireland, who were rea
revolt-, and bent to recover their lad
denty from the Evglifk* at:d fully agr<
receive for their King his moft V,
hroxhtx JEdvpard Brufs Earl of Cartjka
fho w the refped he had to th. Noble J
]y of Brufs, and to hearten the Irijb an<
vmce them his Brother was worthy
Crown, he encouraged all his fellow A
turers intheEnterj-rifejand conveyM fc
the Burgh of Ait, where on April %y\
ing the Sunday before the Feaft of St. j
and St Philip Anno 13K?, in a fre
Parliament, he entailed him, and tb<
Lawful Heirs Male, of him to be beg
his Succeflbur in the Kingdom of Sco
in cafe he himUli &}<& mxtat L
1;
f m >
Irs Male of his own Body, to which Deed
Daughter Lady Marjory is a Confenter,
'ho, fail! tog the forefaids, is the next in
Royal Talaie, and her Lawful Heirs to
begotten when fhe (hould be married )
whom 1 (hall ehoofe to treat in this very
tee, fhe having fo near a relation to the
at Affairs then m hand ; what afterwards
ppsned, and particularly. to ths principal
bjeft and defign of thb Chapter^
She was a mod Beautiful Virgin, and a-
»rned with all excellencies of Nature and.
ducation, and being now at rived at the
ate of Woman, the King her Father both'
1 1nclination and to gratify the denies of*
is People, refolved of dilpofirig of her in
larriage, to ftrengthen the Royal Family
1 the ' Line, in cafe the above fettlement
tonld- in part either be broken or naturally
ul.
Of King Robert's Subject, all things com-
flexly coniidered, none had better pretenti-
ons to> be his Son in Law, than Walter Lord
Itewart of Scotland, he had a moff opulent
State, convey'd down to him by a long Se-
ries of great and Heroick Aftceftoars, hit
Jereditiry Office linked him and his Fami-
jf to the* Crown, and' gave him Advantage
leer other Subjects, be had given admirable
liooteof a lingular Pretence and Greatncfr
jtf Mind, and of an undautiteA C&xx%!&
(tad Jktwtfi in dangers of tift VaSt C&&&
r — • -- ^sa
( I» )
quence, lie had a Capacity and Applieati
for Hu fines above his Years, and an Affabi
ty and Gayety of Temper, which rendc
him popular and complaifant, and fit!
him for the interna ittingDivcrfions and foi
Entertainments of the Court: Moreover
was hut aged twenty and two Years, and 1
a well proportioned Body, amoft agree*
and obliging Meen, and all thofe nato
Accoiry>li{hments,for which Youth and A
rit are admired, loved and refpe&ed: 1
deceafed Fathers clofe Friendfhip wJtb f
King, his Services to him, and his own g
Jam Deportment, but above all hisConqu
of tbeAffeAion of the young Princefs com
. l>ute<* moft to confummate thcMarriage,y
the Joy attdWifhesofthe People confpi:
to carry on the Match, which were all pi
mifing Omens of an Jflue woithy of (u
an Illuftrious and Heroick Delceit*
The mentioned Ad: of Settlement, a
the Solemnization of their Nuptials, fa
to have been the laft corfiderable Sea
and Complements parted \\\%cotland % wi
which King Robert entertained his magnai
mous Brother Edward^ who in this yi
1315, put to Sea at the Town of Alt [ A
bow Page 229, ] with feven Thoufi
brave Men, and arrived in Wolyngs* Firth
Ireland* on Sunday the i^th Day of M
£ Hoj/infked'] and marched towards Ct*\
/trgus, whewlili2AVU3iN^VvHv^\x^\v\&t
( "3 )
\ck Aftions, and (hall only nbtice his too
rly Fate as it fell out. v
King Robert having now tf itifflphM over
s EngHJb, Invaded their Nation, Guarded
5 Bordets, Strengthened, Inriched and
!bif ited his People,freed himfelf of Bofcm
timies of what foe ver Names, made an ad-
itageous Alliance or Aflociation with a
lfcderated Fad ion of an oppreflVd Neigh»
aring People, faded theSycceflionof the
mtn 9 and Married' his Daughter Ladjr
trjorj to Walter Lord Stewart of Scotland^
t of the moft deferving of his Subje&s, 10
10m he gave in frank Marriage f the Ba*
if of Bctbcaity the Lands of RicartcuH
1 Rdtbow, jllfo the Lands of Wtrmes*Erpn~
'tb, GaUot*biU y Bandingtcun % and the
ads called/faririt^contiguous and adjacent
the Town and Loch of Litbgow, like-
ys an Annuity, out of tbeKer/e of Stirling^
th the Lands of Kinpunt and Edehhame
the Shires of Edinburgh and Roxburgh*
1 carried the War from his own Countrey
an other, and his FJeet returning from
i Irijb Expedition ( and now all thefe
ling out within a fhort but bufie Period
twelve moneths ) he purfued the reft of
Defign, and the courfe of his good For-
P-, tune
\ Em imtmario Ret, R* ft. & t* c*g%*
C »4 .)'.
tune, [ Vide Barbdur } without
rime, aided with Waiter Lord Stei
Scotland his Maich or Son in Law dc
cient number of brave' Warriours, he
fudden Defcent upon theWeftcrn
Scotland^ and obliged the proud j
tants to acknowledge him Mafter,
bey his Laws, with which Succefs ai
happy return, I conclude the affair*
Campaign 5 they being the laft Part
tfaat^f have obferved, wherewith tb
Stewart ifras concerned thk Year.
But what humane Grandeur Qr ]
Glory is not followed with fume Sec
another Nature 1 for the Pieafurc pr
by formed Snccefles was fooa in
by a future Accident, for on T
the Second Day of March being Fafien,
in the next year ( as we now reckon )
1316, the King, the Royal Family a
Lord Stewart, received a fenfible ftrol
all loyal Subjeds were fharers of theii
and Lofcj foxLadyMarjery the KingsD
ter, the Lord Stewarts Wife* as (he «
jurning home from Pa/lay to Renfren
thrown from her Horfe and by the fa]
fered a Diflocation of the Vertebra 1
Neck, and dyed upon the Spot, an4
^ery pregnant, and no fkillM Perf
hand, a Countrey Fellow boldly took
him and aded the Surgeon, and in the
ration* %&yt tfcx ?«*«*> i&a? inth
( "5 >
tych proved MyreaHe^ which Accident t»se
teReafon why the then tender Fattentfhere-
for our Robert the Second, and foft King
7 the Stewarts was ag-named B«ear Eye.
1 lhall sot take upon me to defend each
irtktflar of this ft or j as g Truth,, but this
KichJs certain, that the Learned Judicious
id ever valuable Barbour, Page 227, hath
taced the Birth of Robert the Second about
ie beginning of the year 1316, and the un-
iterrupted Tradition of the adjacent Inhab-
itants, where Marjory Bruce is faid to have
lbmitted t» her untimely Fate, is hitherto
referved and handed down, as 1 have relat-
1, and for the honour of their Tradition,
ky add, that on the fatal Ground where
he Accident happened,there was an Obeliflc
teded, yet to be feen, with a defaced Sta-
te and an obliterated Infcriptioa, relatemg
he mournful Particulars of her Death; and
tat (he was Interred in the Abb ay Church
tBaflay, before the High Altar, then the
tomon Sepulchre of the Auceftours of the
ord High Stewart. Moreover Froy*
vd a French Hiftorian, a contemporary with
lis Robert the Second, and his Acquain-
nee too,affirrn$ he was Bleare eyed: and fe-
sral unqueftionahle and Antknt Monu-
ents * gives this Robert the Ag-name of
Blear
* Sntufy's Tomb ia t\» Caflaitfc«&-
• ■ i ■ ■ ■■*'•'
< el*
which/ fecaHib ftrfc
this atto'um, JrndyJ' prefutf e> v*Ul*fi
Ijom Im^errinency, lor bringing feifri
place. •■' .'% >^--..;a ■■;•■■ ■-■"■.: >'''V'^:
" . Marier/ Bntct^ Royal B«h,ltcr exfl
f&nduetreii*^ and t%* ftttprifing M
<>f her t0ea$; natural! jr fippofc thi
Stewart rfien a difcorifoJate Widdowt*
it not that be was a Souldier and a $
AVifdom.n well as of Courage, and tjb
Crief was oatfderated^nd his Comfort
in the Hopes- he had' of h» infiija
the Jiveing pledge of his deareflgB&nfoi
that his. delight was in Adionj the bd
^rnour of irregular, AfFe&ions. - . i.
Mutual Hoftilities ftill continuinj
twixt the E*glijh and' the &pte, the!
thought fit td have recourfe to the Qto
Rowd, whorarclj e ver fliTd to be w*i
itrongenV arid had < a Truce -patch'clj
their ownCohditions to be oflfefed/or i
end f "on the » ' ; Day ctf Dm
being the Friday before theFcaft of St
maty in Am» 13 17, Brother Addtn of.
zwirGuardian. of the Minor Friers of
trick, being ordered to intimate and pro*
pertain fapal Bulls and ojber Papers^
*%
/i
Church oiUunkell'. tvuPidutes Anrjepj
fBpdera: i/idftr Coy *»<&•€.
C 117 J "
hrc to tBat Truce betwixt Scotland and
England? he came to the Village of OW-
iambus i and demanded fafe conduft from
ting Robert, betw/xt.that place and Be**
mcJk 9 which was given him ( n the King*
£ame ) by our Walter Lord Stewart of
Scotland, Sir Alexander Seaton and Wtlliam
Uontonfettb the Kings Clerk, the King him*
Pelf declining to fee him. Brother Adam be*
log returned with the above mentioned
Bulls &c. wasdenyed a perfonal Conference
vith King Robert, by the expreffed Stewart
md Clerk, and was ordered to deliver his
Letters to them, to be fliowen to their Ma-
fter f if for, or againlt him:But becaufe thefe
Mis and other Papers did not ftile him
King of Scotland, they were fent back with
Contempt, he refufing.to take any Notice of
them, unlefs the Titfe of King of Scotland
jfebuid be- given him,and the Town of ffer-
\pck put tn his handsj he being fully refol-
ded to have it, and at that time provided
j^l neceffaries fit for 4 -Siege and ready to
ttveftjt*
I And accordingly on the Second Day of
faril in the next Year, viz. 1318k was
\ Invaded bjCorre^ondence and ftratagem*
id taken and intirely mattered through
iood afld ftjengtb, and f Walter Lord
Stewart
t ,
.* Solin/beJ tage i%\% \ Barbour £•**&&.
Stewart of Scotland, Son in Law tb the $3j
who was young and Valiant, and had %
ways a mod ardent defirc after Glory, iq
to be poftcd on the marches to have all d
cations to fignaiize himfelf, was made Qk
: vernour of the Town and Caftle, wMj
ihdwed the great Confidence his wife Fill
in Law had of his Fnrmnefs and Merit* -x
No fooner was he entered upon his chtij
than by Incurfions through feveral Court!
in the North of England, the Town il
Caftle was plenteoufly furnifhed with all «
refTary Provifions for one Year at lead} fll
hefides Archers, Burghers and other IntoS
tants, whofe fidelity was not doubted, m
Lord Stewart fent for five Hundered of If
Feuars and Vaflals, and their retainers* ; <
brave men,compleatly equipped, grathcdwil
the Armour of their Valiant AnceitoQH
who had been traitfd up in Dangers, id
'now grown unacquainted with fear, mm
lefs with flight *
He had aJfo with him in the Town «■
Jcbn Crab a Fleeming, an expert EngecaJ
1 of a quick invention, and dextrous in cob
triving and frameing warlick Engines tfl
ordering fit preparations for Defence in
of a Siege,which was attempted the enfu
Year but-without Succefs, as (hall be a
'wards related.
Affairs being bTO^\vt to xVv^PoftureJCini
&<?fcrt returned and wnx tarn ^stf
lace through the Kingdom, to loolc after
ie Contingences of the Government, and
rhile he was thus imployed he was * Cur-
xJ by Pope Johnb\ the 2</ of his Pontifical ,
« aBull dated atJvignion of the 4flbKalenda
\Jtdf 9 iot treating his Letters and Mefien-
•r with Contempt, and taking of Berwhk
£er Proclaiming aPeacerwhich thundering,
to little regarded, being Upon felf Defence,
$d unhandibmeiy provoked, and haveing
wver agreed to the Articles of the pretended
Preaty.
Ana although fuccefs feem'd to hang to
lie Scots Arms in Brittain in this Year, yet
srtainlyithey were unprofperous elfe where,
Br Edward Brufs King of Ireland was killM
lith many brave men in a Battel fought
ear Dendalk, on the \\tboi QBoher being
It. CaHxtus Day, which mightily weaken*
4 King ,R^«*sIntereli, and quite obfcux-
jl jthat Figure that the Sat* > were then
jkely to make in that Kingdom, and redu-
td the .Poor and divided Natives to a Ne-
effity of obeying again their E%/iJh Taflc-
Edward Bruce'a Death, determined his
tether KingRofort to new meafures; For fa
plene Parliament held at &*?» the third
Xajr of becembet) being the Sunaay after
the
■
* M*r*Kxi % 24tg* 707. Tow. $4. -
C iao )
rheFeaft of St. yWwwtheApoftle^ien
an Aft for Security of the Kingdom
fettling the Succeffion of the Crown Jn
own Perfon, and to the Lawful Heirs ?
of his Body, to be begotren;failing of w
to RobcrtStewart hisGrand-child,Son t(
DeceasM Daughter Marjor} Ervce, by
Htisband .Walter Lord Stewart of Scotl
by which it is evident, this was but a
Cognifing of what was Hereditary, andf
to prove that by the befqre mentioned T;
made in 1315, King Robert never vat
that even the Lawful Heirs Male of
Brother Edwatds Body, were td have
preferr'd to the Throne, before his
Daughter, unlefs that hisBrother had
vivcJ him, aud actually Succeeded hi
the Kingdom.
And to make the vieu yet clearer
file Obfemnoh jjurrj-^isa^rttott
'Keverencl B'Hrbovr f ttiat Biv^tthr^m
of Cartyk -faatti Wife, Ifitbeimtr tj
iiid Earl of Jtbvt, and that it was mat)
f afrit undeniable' that KHgRHtn the
gave to Ifebel dc Jtbolyi, and Jtex-,
Bruce hex Son hisWeplietr, * JOUifA
fcrs of tands in feveral lhircs, by wh:
is jiain, that this Pofteribiir Scttto
4 &jnv*&Mf^t t *AU a.
ndered a Part of that Tailie made atiftf, til
ji 5- ifttll *, or at leaft explaihM it.
To this A& are appended the Seals of irian f
tthtt then Clergy & great men,one of whicH
ithat of Walur Lord Stewart of Scotland,
ho in this Seafoh of the year, impropei 1 fot
ittion, had been call'd from Berwick to 6e
Wtnefs to that Solemn Honour tonferr*d dp*
£ his Son, and- then returnM td hiSPoftj
jti faithfully difcharged his Truft, and iijK
a the ftronseft Motives, approved hlmfelf
' Man of Wifddm, Courage and Loyalty;
x betides that Duty he owed to Vert ue and
is Coudtrey, and the Love he had to the
•ferfon and Government of King- TLo&eri, he
>ad before his Eyes the immortal Examplcl
4 great and famed Progenitdrs, and by
ading their Footfteps, to be no lefs an If*
ftrioUs Pattern to his tender Son* who waf
the Hope of the Scots, and Heir appar*
it of the Crown; • '*
Berwick y as things then flood, was ad
,e-fore to England, .and a Barrier to Scot*
nd, the one People being no lefs bent td
over it than the Other were refolved id?
intain it, as a part of their Antient an4
Title and Poflefliori. Walter Lord
art of Scotland, Governour of the Town
d Cattle* ufed all imaginable Precaution
inft Surprifes, or a formed Siege. Of new
caufed the Magazins to be filled mV&k
" ajjJ /uiSe/eor f tores, and d»ca^c^^\as«*
c «.
to be tepairM and ftrongly fenced, and 1
fuch a ftrid and orderly Watch, that b> |
vented all means of Treachery ; Morec
his Conduct was fo regular, and every t]
ahout bim To obliging, that he had a N
eftecmed no kD equal than it was km
to be Heteiclt, \i hich both joia'd togs
maaehim ir.oft grateful to the whole G
Ton and Inhabit'ints, hut more p-irticul
to thole F:ve Bundered he brought in*
Place, who for the mod part were all <
tleinen, andtyed to him, Q Barbmr P.
and bis Family, by a relation of Blood
iyance or Uenendatf c. in i wowlttaefc,
men of Vsmaar «wt B»j>etiei^e»aMH
tljeir Put; to tJticJcKuu a»dCij«Hti*
Iriterefts and fa/at}, to. theii F^mMic* an
ltcjitj, and acled aqcotdiagJ.ju. .
■' ' KSwm baioa tody. uqboth,rt8nfc
Wfo3rAJvi»»c*d>pcing.4<:ttii(t(d witk a*|
Afipy, and" inverted the Town on ti#l
SXfember. . i% tb» M 1 3JSwan4 qdjdm
Tfecbes'and'reisiHisngths, a«d «mj|
. formed and! Cpyer'd; a. 5'iege on the 6(tt
forenaeiitiqned Month,, and' an. the mars
Ibje next day, t- bfiing the Eye-^f tbe.ll
tflof the ever.BleffeVJ Vitgirt Mary, M«
our Lord, a general A'ttaequa was madft,!
l^nd: au'dtken.by Wate^, a Fleet .crQWij
... .n < m ii iiin - ■ " » ' ■■■■ ; ' j'iu
Hatv&V fitted with all Munitions of Waf,
threatDfn$ no lefs Danger on the one hand than
the Army did on the other : the Affault was
Vigorous and continuM til! part Noon, but the
Refifhnce was fo v arm and Noble, notwith-
ftanding of the Lo* r nef? and Infufficiencv of
ike Walls, and the corfiJerabSe Bounds thefe
few hnd to nsaint.iin ag^inft fo e.rcat a Multi-
fBdevfrit'he Lord ^evvirt the G< vernour ap-
Ear'd to he cvry where prefent, and by his
lain pie a? & d Or^-:, (b.M)iniaied the Defen-
dants, ttur theSn^n'e* L-jdde-s and Midlines
were overturn *-l an i the Erforts of »heir Plo-
tters rendred ab mve. 5>o rhac nothing of Mo-
ment, on that fide was then effe&ed. In the
heat of ti?e difpute they afrefli began to try if
their Succefs would be better from their Navy,
they ordered one (lout Ship ( though fume
write more ) compleatlv equipped and rnann'd
to fail up clofe to the Wall, the long-boat was
. faftned to her Mid-maft and cramuiM with £
Crew of well armed daring Fellows, yetnot-
; withftahding of the advantage of the Ty de,and
* bein? hil'd by ftrong. Ropes ty'd to Barges
* and Oars, ply'd with ourmolt Vigour to make
good a Poft near the Brig-houfe, where the
* tbnflift was very hot on both hands, the En* .
tfJ#& prcfled on, and in the Confufion, laid out
I? a failing Bridge made of Timber, which prove-
i log too ihort, did hem more hurt than lervicr,
and what by the throwing in of Stones b^
'( in ^
£re Sea, the Ship was grounded, and the Wal
falling; Lo<*\ the Scots fiercely fell to W<
<?nd fetting her on fire, and adding oxobi
ibleSubftance to it, (he went in Flames,
jttiat feverals were burnt, fome elcaped, and
thers were made Prifoners of War, one
which was a chief Engiueer ( which was
Jefs a realLofs to the Englift than it was a con-j
(iderable Advantage to the Scots, upon the v<
next Occafion ) And all this was perform
in fight of the Fleet, and fo expeditioufly, that]
before any great Relief could be given, tfa:
JScots were entered the Town and fo well
flood their ground, that they loft none then,
notwithstanding of another obftinat AiTault oo 1
all Quarterst
TJie great Valour and good Fortune of the
Scots having prevented the promifing Succels \
of their Adversaries, efpecially of their Meet,
where theiy great eft Hopes were centered,, 1
pnd being fatigu'd extreamly (to fay no more) "i
aboyt* evening Song they founded a Retreat I
which puj aji epd \o the JKartiall Faits of j
^hat Day,
. Efrivick being in hazard, King Robert
dj-ew together a fmajl but choice Army, un-r
der thp Command of the famous Handel and
^'gjfh who wanting Force to raife the Sliegc,
took another Courfe, and entering England
wafted the North Countreys, and laid them
under fevere Contributions, and penetrating
the length of fiurrow-bnd&fc ax& ItoUon \s^sql
( "5 y
fab* 1 2 Miles diftaijt from Tork, where they
countered a numerous but raw Army of their
jemies, who fled almoft before they enga-
&i but were overtaken, and four Thbufand
them kilPd* and drown*d,upon and near the .
ace [_Holinfted~] Amongrt whom wis the'
ijor of Tork; but William Melton Archbifbop"
\that Citv, and the .biihop of /7v, t^o of
Bir Captains^ efcaped, though it did' not fare
i well with others ot the Clergy, feing three
Indrcd Priefts [ vid. Barbour } fell in that
ight: whofe fervic? to their < Jounrrey would
ive certainly been more agreeable to th fc ;ir
hrder, to have been dune ahoiher way than by >
le Sword,
WhUft the Scots were thus triumphing be-
bad Tweed* the Enirtifb were not idle on this
ie o't, they'duely weigh'd what occalioned
le Mifcarriages of the former Attacqtie upon
)trwickj and what was proper next .to be done
Ir preventing the like 5 their warlike Vtenfils
iere repaid, alter M or compleated as Was
jtought fit, &c. And neithey were thefe with-
I the Town lefs bufyv So after an Interval
ffive days, the Signal was. given for a genera^
ffiault L Harbour ?ap 290! on theDawn-
Ig of the 13*6 day of this Moneth being the
we of the Exaltation of the Holy Croft; fo
ley. boldly approached necr the foot of the
fall and mounted their Ladders , and high
fcaffoids} but the befieged quickly ttcjw 1 ^^,
fcbnn with adnhrable Prefcnca, and vrt&v w*
left Vigour tnd Dexterity turned thefc It
ments over upon their Mafte*, and atfc
out £efpite ft threw Stones whereby i
were kill'd and wounded, and others ra
terrible Fixtures and Contufions, where
Defendants, being in their Armour, fufl
Jmall Lofs.notwithftanding the Wall was
fiigh, but the Pikes did foroe Hurt & Ex
on, as did the Bow- men and Slingers too.
were (hooting and calling incefl&ntly.
Thefe Attempts were always renewi
»eer Noon, £ Bnbmr pagf. 391 3 ai
oil: defeated, at which time the Befi
gre&'d on towards the Wall a prodigious
chine call'd a Sow, made of ftrong PJari
Timber* and Barrs of Iron, fupponcd
Wheels,, and fill'd with Armed Men, to
ted: them in undermining the Wall 3 isi|
atly the Lord Stewart the Gbvernour; of
the abocvementioned Engineer to ad bit
Piomifing him Rewards, but if he faU'd,
£bcut Death } who ihimediatly fell to \
with a curious Engine, contrived with $$
and great Art, for throwing of big Stott
my great Weight} the firfl: Stone fell be
lier, and the fecond was (hort, however ii
picked the how-lodger*, but the third
thrown up in the Air with almoft incM
Force, which falling dire&ly upon her* fa
her in pieces, that Minute fhe was advanci
the Wall > where fotne were* kdl'd OMjty
md other* ctu&k*4 ox \&%ffi^
C 1*7 )
ike midft of the Confufion,7c>J&» CwJmafe
jr to mount his Crane»wbo alfo had Wheels
ove it from place to place, to make it the
s ferviceable y to it was fixed aftrong
in of Iron *, v he had prepared Splinters of
Wood, Pitch, Tar, Sulphur, Lint, Hard9
and forra'd them as it were in folid Bo-
, which ferv'd him as Faggots which irt
k might have been likened to Hogsheads,
Te he hoop'd with Girths of Iron, ana
iug faftned them to the Crane, and being
d. to purpofe, they terrified the Enemy t
I kept them off, and were foftl/ dropp'dup-
the matter*d Timber, and burnt it to Afhe*
an Addition of Fewell and other Means
>m within, notwithftanding of all' ende*-
urs ufed to the Contrary from without.
On the other hand, the Mariners were fis
fc imploy'dj they were working their Ships.
I clofc up to the Wall a* poffibly they could,
Forccaift lea woe .planted with ftffident;
in Armour, compteatly provided witft
neceJ&ry Weapons and Inihtnttents of Off-
ice j aad the Long Boats &e. were" m the?
Condition $ wh«eupoa the Etiameetf
his> Machine- readic, and ha^ngf let hell
rk, (he threwa ftone, axti htc art AftAnt
th fuck Violence and Suceefs; &a£tfee Metf
•Am Humbled: down upon the*Latfd\ wftidft
cra&ttaded the n&t&ae they vcmatfd riot
in tor renew App»«tofo <fov«g£sm*^.
'das y
amounted to no more than an Atnu{ement,bri
de£d impaired the ftrength of the fmallGanii
by "a vecetfary Diverfion of a part of the For
the whi- h, as it feems, was the grand Pro
of the Enemy.
On the other Quaf fers of the Totirft j
tacqucs ^ere repeated without Intermifi
with all imaginable Refolutioo, and as oft
ceiv'd with no lefs Bravery, yea the very \
men ( with the Babes in their Artnes) ;
the Boys* inn ploy *d thcmfelves in gatha
Arrows and Stones, and whatfoever could \
Affiance to the befieged,' which no do
rais'd a Noble Emulation and Courage to
utmoft pitch, on the moil natural and cng
ing Principles.
In all the bloody Labours of this Day,
Lord Stew art approved himfelf a great Cart
Iti the morn ; ng ? when he received the Ala
he was ready with the firft, and gave Or
with very much Difcretion and Spirit:' he
attended with jlu hundred Light-Horfe-i
uiell appointed, who were a Safe-guard to
reft, and refervM to fuccour fuch as were
cxtreameft Hazard: He with no lefs Caret
Celerity viewed again and again the fevc
tofts to obferve the Motions of the Enc
arid encouraged every man in his ftation
be mihdfull of Honour, and ftand his Grot
and opportunely fupply'd fuch places asi
threatned with immediat Danger: His
umpk animated the ^q\&&si* ^\ ^Qheo
c «9 y
id thi fuccefs of the formerDefence fui encoil-
feed the Irihabitants, that thd attacques of the
■Demy were freptilfcd with iricred : ble Valour.
1 At length his Train of an hundred were re-
iced to one fingle maft, at which time the
fefiegers prefs'd hard ori^and riot only hewed
fcwn a flrorig out- work df Timhenand. burnt
owii the* Drawbridge, which was fhain'd to-
j&Mdrj-Gatehut alfo thfong'd clofe vfp to the
fate it felf and fet it on Fire, "which drove the
tefiegM to thefr laft fhifts. The Lord Stew-
It incontinently eall'd the moft part of the
len from the Caftle ( which had been utter-
^negleftedby the Enemv that. Day) and?
Bving obferyed from the Wall how Matters
rent; he fefblvdd at one bold hit, to break
far Meafures, or glorioufly fall in the At-;
jjppt. He catis'd throtir open the Gate, audi ,
I £nd his frefti men rufh'd forward, with-
Vigouf Force.that in a Minute he diilipa-
and cxtinguifli'd the Fire^he beat bark the
jcmy in great Diforder from their new Pof-
lon, and betwixt Hope and Difpair and by .
? Advantage of the Ground and a junfturd
favourable Accidents, and< Citeumftances
jep defended themfelves with Sword in Hand
kh unexpreflible Refiftance, till Night ob-
fd both to Retire,- and put a Ciofe' to this
&odv C-onfl?* ; , And perhaps Time or
ace cannot affoord a more lively Inftaftce o£
fcefolutc Defence than this \tfas%
Both Parties iWtained great Juofc* «& t»3fc
' were equally fillM with Admiration oftfe
ther& B^veryj&ad Eafe was moft apccp!iife]|
all^iit particularly to the tnaqaM and woni
ed after fach extraordinary Fatigues. '
However King Ed&atd haa-ijo min^
give over before he gain'd hi» Point; buty
up welcome faews being brought him. -i
bis Subjeds were killed and his Kuwj
plunderM by his Enemies, made a Divjl
in his Army* hh Nobles and great ^ax
were prefling to continue the Siege^bcttji
of the North bad mewe* fcafiblc, Argumj
to perfwade them otbfcrwaysj and ■> to
mightily favoured by Tbonids Sari or^jt*
c after ( the Kings Coufin -Get man ) §
prevail'dj and all, with as. little HoaoUi
their lefles and Indignation, were greatr
turned home to hunt after an Enemy. in. tl
own Bowels.which, was too nimble forth
So the Scots were left In Pofleffion of H
they believed they had jufc Title to*
Randal and Buglas and their fm
.my, un<?etft^nd>ng the Englijb were
from before Berwick, and were in q\
thenryind being fenfiWe they wanted ftren|
to grapple with fuch a Superiour poBl
they turned. towards the Weft Marches^
Jed by Carlijle and entered Scotland, bjtf
beaten the Enemy, Burnt anddeftroycdjjj
CountFev> and carry ed off confi^er^bifll
fovers, Hundex zvA Couttibwtiotjs^&n
9&q& gr^cioufty ^wv\t^^
■m- *
C »3» ) ■ '
ith great Dcmoflftr^tions of Joy and Ho-
our, who was tmkeing ready to go to Ber-
ich ; frhetfe being arrived, he was met by
ieGoveraour,his Son in Law,on whom he
inferred ail thofe marks of Affe&ion and -
sfped, which'are the perpetual Companions
f the Fortunatc,and having v.i$u*d and con-
^ercd the' disadvantages, &c of the Befieg*
d, and the Power and Attempts of the tU!e-
ly, he was no lefs pleafed v* irh tiieDiflap*
ointment of the latter, than he admired
he Valour of the former; particularly the
fcoble behaviour otftheLordStewart, a part
rf whofe Charader and his important Ser-
ice on this Occafion is briefly hinted at,
>nd expreffed thus, by the Reverend Mr.
f*bn Barbour Arch-deacon of Abetdeen^
r / • . . ,
i Baxwicbe war on this m«neer
lejkewed, and they that therein rcter*
fiKr was worthy a Prince to bee
%rough manheede ami fubtiUtie^
%at could with wit fo hie a things
tut tynfel bring to good ending.
5& Bar wick fyne the Kinggaes,
tnd when be heard fyne how it woe
defended fo do one manful\ie %
je loved them that were there great ely\
Valter Stewarts great bounty
Utout the lave commended he
W the right great Defence he made i
U tha Tan i where man hunt ba&\
T\
¥h* Prfr ai it bear*d me devtfel
And certe* be rnasmeihle ioprdife,
Ttoat jo fioutiy with plain fightings
At cpen Taite made Jik defending..
Might he had lived while be bad bt*+%
Of perfite eild witboutten wehe
His renoun Jhould have flrickedfet \
But Death that wasthef ever neer
Into the flower of his youtbeed %
Made end of all his doughty Dee4*
As IJbail teS further mair, ^ &c
The Defeat at Milton, the Pillaging of
Countreys in the North of England, the 1
appointment' before Berwick, the tab
many Engljfb of Diftin&ion in the mentk
in, u? £o:i jfc the fruitlefs Purfuit of the&
tvere Vv TV mortifying toKing£*/w*r</,but
the oniy lofs he fuftained> for about theF
oj aii Saints, which is the tirft of floven
\^iyr^h(Ahifkecr^fames Lord Dughu entc
England with an Army, Marched through
Ccunrrey gf Gikjlan^ and went forew
to Bufgb under Stanmoor 9 returned throt
the moil parts of Wejimpt eland, and Cumi
land, and apt only fo. bu: went aGdc
Reucajile* threatened the Town, Skinaj
ed upoij the Bridge, inhere wereflain
Job?} Peritb a«d fcme Perfons of Charad
and havirg f as they pafs'd along in all pla(
fcurnt their Enemys Towns, Villages* Co
and Winter Pxpyi^oia ^€> wa&TOguil
w
incrs and driven away their Cattle $8e after
II made a fafe Retreat to their orfn Coun-
ty, while King Edward was forced to Rt*
lrn from a Scotifh Expedition, having ne«
icr feen an Enemy to fight with* nor Pro-
ifions, nor Hopes to keep the difpiritcd Ar-
ly from ftarveing. A. traft of Advijritsges,
ad the then pofture of Affairs, did not make
le. Scots forget their former Calamities*
ate and condition, nor free them from
readful Apprehensions for the future, from
ich a powerful Nation as the Enghfb^ who
r ere adieu by Ambitious Pretences and I fl-
ared, impatient through Difappointmems
ad inflamed for Revenge*
ThcScots left no meafures uneffay M for the
xcurity of themfelves 5c their Pofterity:pei>
apstiifcy ufed their Vidories with a Mode-
ition below what might have been e^pe&ed
•ora their fuppos'd Teraper f and in nothing
quall'd by the intolerable treatment they had
sceived. A Peace on any Honourable Terms?
ras the thing they were unanimpufly agre-
1 upon i fince Defence, notConqueft could
nly be their Aim; yea, and at length, the
Heft of the Engli(k % were fo fenfibly hum-
led by the prevailing Fate of the Sfots, that
icy were content to (mother their Refent~
lents for a Scafon, & feein'd to baraore ear-
eft for aTruce than the&^which wa* not
aly entered upon, but agreed to, and torn-
ei>ccd «f die Feaft ot Sulhomai v \*\ft%<&K»
■-- .■ % ^j
si/? Day otpeetmhr in the Year 131;
was to Continue and be of force till the
of Ckrijlmsfs in Anno 1321, which
been inviolably lcept by both Nations
HolHie lucurfionfj by a)l that I cat
.dude, from fader a &c Anglr^ in th;
riod. :
This Truce being only a fufpenf
Arms, and adapted to fame Continj
precifcly agreed to, each Party prei
themfelves at freedome, to profecui
, Meafares that might be judged beft tc
their Interefts.
The King of Eng land by hisEmbaffi
& repeated Applications, wearied theCc
Rome with dailyComplaints of JLobctU
courfe of Rebellious practices and ufii
ons, and with fham (lories of his own
and Sovereignity oyer Scotland.
The Pope was then efteemed the .u
fal Arbiter,frora whom there was ro^
t and the Scots findirg themfelves mil*
fented and lying urder fevere Interdi
and his ■Hciincfc and rhe Cardinals i
". fcv the indefatigable Induftry and moi
C »3^
in wanting Accefs andOpportunlty of In-
ning and undeceiving him: and now Oo
on having offered, they refolved to Ad*
Ts and make a fair and'juftReprefentation
the Reafons of the long Wars, and that
y only afted in felf Defence. So on the
> of April in 1520 at the Monastery of A*
brotbockjn the Countrey of Angus in the
ire of Forfar ', in the Diocefs of
j Nobles and Barons, &c. (one of the
ief of which was Walter Lord Stewart of
ttland) being AfTemblgd, after matureDe-
aeration, wrote a Letter to Pope Jobn % gi-
lag an account of theirOrigine,Converfion
» Chriftianity, an uninterrupted Succeffion
F Kings in their Royal Line, their Liberty
id Independency, lamentable Circumftan*
», nnfufferable Oppreflions* &c. Hercdita*
' Title, Poffeffion, extraordinary Valour
id merits of King Robert, to whom they
ere inviolably link'd, and that it was not
lin Glory or an Invafion of their Neigh-
Mrs Right, &c % but a maintaining of
leir own which they fought after, which
ley declared they would do, and that while
Qe Hundred Scots men were alive, and able
1 draw Swords,they would never bow their
ctks to the Englifb yoke^ &c.
But about four Months after this,an Ind-
ent (hewed the inconftancy of huntone Res-
olution, and ; f airely ottered 10 fafetl \\»
\reat DcCign of this Sokraa1u«ttfc\ ^»Va>
C i?3 )
The Eftates of theie Traitoufs falltej
the Crftwh, were conferied in parts u
the greateft Favorites and beft Subjefts. '
Lands of Nubit, f the Bafbnys of Langn
toufiy Mdxtcun and Ca<0ertoun % which
John Sowles forfaulted : alfo the Land
Jxkford, the Barcfays of Kelty and Meth
which were Sir Roger Mubrajs, lying id
Shires of Roxburgh, Forfar and Perth,*
given to V/ alter Lord Steorart of Scotia
fcS aTeftimony of his Prince's Bounty and,
fcflioi), and of his own conftarit Fidelity
the Crown on all Occafions.
The remaining fart of this Year furnifli
ro great matter ot Obfervation, but towa
the clofe of the next, it is certain that t
Englilh were * preparing to fall upon Kii
Robert and his Complices, but yet thcSw
were fconer ready, and the Truce being ft
Jy expired, about the Sixth Day of Jan*
y in 1322, they invaded England, coi
•manded fcy thcKing himfelf, as fome Wri
or according to others, by the Earl of Mm
iay % and deftroyed all befcre them to JJ
crofs &c, upon Stantnore. and being a
vanced to Danngtoun, two DetachmcD
were ordered out under the conduft of Loi
James Luglas, and Walter Lord Stewart!
*f~ Ex tnventario Rot. RoK \%
* Fader a * 1 cm. 3* Y3t^W vj * v>
• ( 139 ^
Scotland, the one fell in upon Kertipoole
tnd Ckveland#nd the other uponR/V6w0«ifc/,
ind laid them under Contributions, and
lifted without Comrole* and having; aga(n
pined the main BoJy of the Ar t y, they re-
lamed toScotland,yr\\\\v\xz an offer of Battel,
(r any oppoGtion; having lived plentifully
ipartofthis cold Seifon on their Neigh *
icyirs beft Prov^fiors, and been very familiar
Wth their moft valuable Effe&s.
, 1*110 English Writers lay no {"mall part of
he Succeis ot rhe ScWj in this Expedition,
rCThomas Earl <jf Ijincader^ ( and his Affb-
iats) wh-j t for a torref? ondence with Randel
C J)z/g/#;,and for ether acoinrilated Crimes,
raspu; toDeath at h#sCi!Ue x&urttefraB the
Djy of March being the Munday before
he teaft of the Annunciation of the Bleffei
r irgin, which is always March iyth.
Ihe wife & powerful£ , ^/(/&Natiop i were
oragtd upon the unlucky Events of Affairs,
nd many began to imagioe that the Succds
'hich attended the h$ou was not owing to
leir Valour, good Fate and"Condu#, but
> the Treachery of jfome'ef theinfelves,and
ie male Adminiftratioa of the chief Favo-
tes.
The King was bent to .repair his Difgra-
% and bis people wer^ very willing to
>mply with him, and jointly refolved to
irry on fuch a War againtt :he Scots which
wild chhtt -exfiirpat,.ot.,to £» Wc^V^
f 140 ,-iX , -
them, that they would be obliged to tffiw
a Surrender of themfclves, or be redtfceiTH
.that and wbr!e>to begg Bread at the hands ii
their Eixmp to keep tbein alive. On jfy
the ii#, Orders were given, forraifing a
.Army cocking of an Hundred Thomafil
Horfc men , and Foot, appointed with a|
proper Equipage, the place of j^e^pifteyo^
Was to he at Isewfaflk^ and the tinie, lit
OSav^s of the Feaft of the Hojy Trtnit/,
but the Motions then were not fe fado'en**!
(hall appear afterwards. , .,■"'*.'"
,The l Sftf* were yery fentible ofthefe grtk
Preparations, and were proje&ing tVays an
Means to, evade the Blow ; and after thejt
wonted manner entered England, witfc a fmfi
Detachment, toward the beginning of jfai^
f as ajp pears by a Mandate dated the I3fi'
pf that Month qLlfiatbelfAM dire&ed to vflfc
ir*!* hmU it to refift them, bu^ theyiretuN
ced with their ordinary Succefs.
Whether this confident Trip was de0j,
an Introdudjori to greater Affairs,or to amulcj
the E%hjkx and make them break thdfl
irieafurcs and divide their Army, or to keep
them humble £c fhew that they tnemfelr
were the fame time in greateft dangers, (
for intelligence, or to obferve if their owl
fate was declinerog, \ foal leave it to a
'thai
hers to weigh tTrc particulars 'And (heir Con <
equencesand to conclude accordingly
The methods the 5**fc purfued on this
far eat mnr and grand Emergent, Aewtd ve«
Jy much Caution andWifdom.* "pcrfonalAni-
taofities and Feuds and Emulation of FamU
[ilea, were heartily removed/ or intirely laid
ifidp for % time, an Jmneftj was granted to
iftany Out-laws and fufpe&cd Pcrfons, and
file Vaffals and Dependents of thofewba
Offered for kfe Maje^bj newGrants were
made in a better Condition than they were
in tinder their old matters: the Rights of the
hrelacysand Abbays wer$of new confirmed
ind augmented with new finduementsj ^qd
111 that interim many Indentures and bfher
prams ofleffar moment were e*peded bins
wdct by the Clergy, Nobles and Rarotosj
>ne of which, as an Example for all, ;f
hall inftance, feeing it belongs to the$ub*
eft ip h^ndmoje particularly than to any
Sther. * '
ip i$i2 9 on tfje Thursday after theFeafJ
»f the Holy Trinity, being the iBtb Day of
fune^ at the Mohaftery of Mtlrofs, Walter
^ord Stewart of Scotland * grants a Charter
Othe Abbot and Convent there, confirming
Q them all Deeds given in their favours by
is An^eftoars, and declare* that the com-
m#id
. \... I J V
■*?
* p& Jwes, Alcxande r, ' If4t«r % tw»
C »4* > *
mand of their men in KjIes*moore f i
punifliment of fuch who were aWent oi
fing ,occafions, belonged' tp theraanc
Bailies, or whom they (liquid think fit
. inmate, and that their former Attend*
him in the time of War fhould not bea
dent for the future, in prejudice of tb
tccedent priviledgea and immunities.
. And it is molt probable that this v
, time that he gave a f Charter of -the
of Patronage of the Church of Ala;
. the Abbot and Convent of Dryburgh.
■ Such Proceedings had their own V
and no doubt were done upon very go<
tives, arid had no lefe EfLfts,. the Clcr;
ing encQuraged,made them the more v
to lend their affiftance in the War, a
• great Ones having ordered their Affai
jx»*d them not tolofe their Liber
.with their lives,, jit oi;e and the fame
• and to mix fndaller with the weighty
»es of moft tbreatning tintts, and toj
-the beft face in the woril circumft
'dewed a noble affurance, and was i
tempt, which was no J efs generous,
wife, neaflary and commendable.
< . The Scots being upon their Guar
Understanding King Edward was c
f Fx Cbat\uUr\o da \>tfaw^ few
iffl: them as far as Tor 4,ancl that fflsPrtpa*
ions went flowly on,they refolved th&t no
ie was to be loft, the Lord Stewart was
lered to his foft at Berwick, to feCUrethat
port ant Place as a retreat, in cafe of mif-
riages or Accidents tending that way, and
defend it agalnft any new Attempts which
^ht be made againft it, ajid about tbo
t °f 7 u b* King P^obert ectred England
r CarMe, and burnt a Mannor that
letimc belonged to hicnfelf at Rtfs and
trdale^ and fpoiled the Monaftrey of
to*, and - marching on* he wafted : the
intrey of Gonlana, and palling over
Jen Sands, and then to Cartmelc beyond
)en Sands, he advanced to the Town of
ncafter, where he was join'd by the Earl
Murray and the Lord Duglas with an o
r Army, and advancing Southward they
ie to the Town of Preftvun in Au4ernejs %
hty Miles in Englijb ground, having de-
>yed the whole Towns, Villages and
intrcys as they fcour'd along, without
left to place, except the Abbay of Four*
, a Priorie of black Chanons in Cart*
f y another of Black Monks, and a houfc
Preaching Friers in Ltzncafter, and a
fe of Friers minors in Pre(loun % and re?,
ned To ^Scotland on the 2/pb of Jvfcbc:*
the £ve of the Apoftie $zintjames,w'qh
ly Prifoners and Cattcll, and great xJUhtt
much BoQtic of ail kinds* \ " " :
^»
King Ednnrdy and much mortrus Valfc.
ant People, were gali'd dot of hf eafureafc
thefe infuhing pra&ices of the Stos, and
being filled with hopes of Revenge; tfcey fdb
out from NnvcjftU the 8tb oi AH£u/l, a* it!
cleat from feveral [wrfs Fwdera } document*
Dated thai day there, atGo/tyWandat ftlj
King Men by his Parties of Spies be*
ing fufficiently informed *>f the ftrogreft
of the Engl ijb Amy, dif patched fpCedy Ow
ders to all hisSubje&s on the Sooth of Forth
to drive their Cattejl and transport riieir
Provifibns and belt Effefls Northward of
that River, as they tendered their own faf*
tj and regarded his Command*: the &£#!
Army paft by Beriwck about the ist£tt
Angufiy but its Walls being made ftrdngfr
sbd higher and all its Breaches repaired sol.
newly fortified fince the late Siegej and lu»
ving Experience of the bravery of the JW
Stewart tbe Governour* they cmerprifti
nothing againft it, knowing if they lucceett
«d in othtt things, it would naturally 6tt
in theit hands.
Arid ere the Evglijb were got ine length
•f Edinburgh, King Robert wafe at Culrtf
4n the other fide pi Forth wheife they
ao taind to follow him then, thifc own
gtifiont turning 'fii^rcej and finding the
\ 468 its wdtt as the' bhabrtauts of the ~
*f*jr .removed,
• 4* ■'■ *•* -
'.Famine, a fiercer Enemy than the Stats*
ty halted back to England^ ; and in their'
iy> burnt the Abbays of Melrofs and Drf-
rgj^wlthfeyeral otner Religious HoufesSc
ices, exercifing all kin4 of cruelty oh their
icraies that fell in their Hapds^nd were at
wcaftle about the firft of September. But.
fore the iotb of that Month, King Robert
th the Earl of Murray^ the Lord James
\glas and Walter Lord Stewart of Scotland^
raded England, Befieged Nbrbam-Caftle
1 took it f followed King Edward at the.
:1s, diftreffed his Army, by dayly Inciirfi-*
i, and marching forward ; deftroyed di*
•s f o wns in the. North Riding of Tork
ire, and on the i^tb Day of Ottaber fur-
zed King Edward la the Abbdy of 2??*-
J in the Forreft of Blackmore, and had zU
>ft taken him Prifoner, had he not fpeediljr '
edhiinfelf by flight, and even then he was
(fely purfued to the City of Tork by thd
*d Stewart* with five Hundred Horfe,
10 killed feverals of his -Guards^ and At*
idants, and made a (land at one of thd
its, and infulted the Inhabitants, and ro*
rnirg t<J the Camp, he found the Enemy
ally routed and fcattered, Jobnde BritainS*
rl of Richmond and Sir Henry Soivlie Pri *
lers, and the IQng£ Plate* Furniture an<3
mey and tho Spoilos of the Field ia
? hands of the Vidors, who tac\%t& aSKNX*
w$ many frifoneis an^Wttk VtaKi* *°^ ■
^
C U6 )
laying man? places, in Afties, except
Towns of Rippo* and Beverly which *
faved for a gteat Ranfom, and returned
their own Country on the Feaitof tbeC
memoratioa of alt Souls which is Novet
the fir ft* King Edward be tog pufh*d 01
his obftinare Fate, and more obftinatTem
had no regaled to the misfortunes and c
mities of his people, and was as haughty
avetfe to any terms of Accommodation \
Vidory had been a perpetual CompanK
the point of his Sword.
On the other hand King Robert, not*
Handing of hisSuccefs, madepreffing in!
ations by diverfe inftruments,particularl
Sir Henry Sowlie whom he had difmifs'
his defire of a firm atid lafting Peace,
the Inhabitants of the North oiEnilam
the bordering County 9 were fo (enfib
this, and by the wants they iabour'd.u;
axid the dayly fears they weretubjed to
they began to conceive a better opinu
the Scots, and think they aftcd by Nee
and felf Defence: and laid the whole t
of their mileries on the wilfulnefs 'of
own King, and became fo impatient aftei
font tafety and future fecurity, that a <
cfeJhne Treaty was carried on with the.
as appears by a writ dated at Conwyk J<
ty 8th Q toedeta &c* Tom* $d. ] in tt
guming of this year 1^2^ with this
artraflatu htptr Ueuga wm^^v&t*
etnjulto t&n babtnd*
But lie little ftudyM the Condition and
ell fa re of thefe of his Subjects v& although
s cculd not but be fenfible that his Fortune
id management were of a Piece, yet profc-
iite revenge he would, as it is evident by a
landat under the Great Seal, bearing Pate at
levwrk on the %otb of January Intituled,
efubftdio pro guerra Scott*, which tefo-
utions laid open, the prafiices af Andrew
If Hcrcla Earl of Car It fa > who by an order
>f the fir A of February was made Prifoner
nd Underwent the Sentence of Death on the
\jtb of that Month, for enteripg in fecret
lontrafts with the Scots ^ withoujt inter pofr-
ion cf Authority. So he then, as well as the
iarf of Lancafter before, fuffered for the
ame Crime, and although \ aw fully fatif-
ted that both their defign* was an Encroach*
sent upon Sovereignity and affronting of
Government, yet 1 am perfwaded that nei-
ther of them defined harm, to the Honour
bj intereft of England*
The caufe pf this great mans fall and o-
ther concurrent Circnmftances, convirced
IjCing Edward of a general difpofition to a
peace, which i\ length he hearkned to:
and about the middle of March** Sufferance
(" or a fufpenlion of Arms as i take it ) was
Agreed too, ia order to a Treaty, which was
Shortly entered upon, and finally concluded
in the Month of May ijv* ^ea^xfc ^
inviolably kept for thirteen jeast \Jfe<e<U*
c 14? y >
Tom. %d.V«ge 123 .ah<l i«4, 1 to thepb
fervation of vrhichli'n every Article on Kioi
Robert's parr, the Scotijb Prelates, an<l Earl
gave their Solemn Oath, as alfo <fid th
Great Barons, the firft and chief of v^faod
in order mras 7T<f/r<fr Lord Stewart of Scot
' Occafions of military Adion being tfya o-
ver, the Circumftances oFPerfons and thiity
buffered a change, and are tp be confidered #
cprdingly i every Man ' had accefii to advands
his claim f and fojl freedom and protection to
have all difputable points of Right and Wrc
and Poffeffion brought to a fair trjrall, which P
it was not impoffible, J$t futely was inconve-
nient in the Hate of War ; fo that Union and
the pubJick good were fo much ftudyed that
- many things were wifely wihk'd at in the
then preient time which fell under a fevere
£Ognifance afterward.
The common Language of contending par-
ties and where Jntercft dafli'd, which I halt
obferv'd in Parliamentary Proceedings, in itt 1
feriour Courts, and in other matters of Mf
jnent; in this and in fome fuccceding yeaii
yras—~~Atr 4 erc?aUts e(l*—-+—pr<}f)ter — — -Cor
cordta inte r ■■■ . ■■ * c t — ^Controverfia inter—
et *-*-Decretumper Rege)n inter'
<# — - — -ForisfaSura —fa&a per Regem A
Bar ones Juqs in J? arliamenta. Inquifitio ten*
fum <r~P'etitio—< — *--/tip*r- yPlegium~
^--fifper Quet e\a--^$\\^n--2~%x^
ciatio — ; — jSfcrtiitKm &&% ^
Thus Peart £nd Dangers from abroad b£
igremov'd, Society was fecur'd, the Endtf
f Government anfwerd, Authority, ftrcngtfir
ed,Law had its full'Cou^.and^oblig'dithp
)efehder to give reafonable fettsfa&ion, or uijk
tergo thfe fever ity of Judgement} which coa-
irm'd the SubjeSs in the good Opinion they
lad of the Wifdom and Coarrage of King Ro*
ert^ and of his Council and Miniftry; . ■..;
During thefe Tranfa&ions the Lord Stew*
irt made himfelf a Party in a particular Affair
'which was a Demorift ration of his Honou?
md Friendship, and Merits, Imitation and
Praife) as may beinfetrMfrqiijtbis following
Titlp of ancient Records '*t/i*s. ApunEua^
mentim inter Dominum Walterum Senefcallum
Scotias, et Barbnes Ergadiae, propter interfe&i-
ones quondam Eugenii, Fynl^ti, $t .alioruin
bominum diBi Domini SenefcaUi.- r^The lfftfcf
of which feems to be, that the Grime was exfe-
puated by fome certain Circumftance*, the P?- ,.
nalty mitigated, the Relations oj the Decease!
pacified, the Law; fatisfyM £nd the Lord Stew-
art reconciled to his good .Nekhboars in tlje
Countrey of ArpU who were the immemori-
al Allien of his Family by Blood, Intereft an4
jnany folcmn Contracts.
After the abovemeritioned Peace, «p notable
Change of Affairs cafued ipr focqe years. The
Exaipplc
"•^
v * Mxbiventmn Rot fori k.lv- \<&*
f Mo ) j
fdample and Authority of the King, Gon£ I
iBOti Prudence, yea and Neceffttjr, where In* J
violation was wanting, obliged the wifer fort I
Id ftudy the Arts of Peace, as iruch as before
they had done thefe of War \ Hufbandry pre-
Vaird in the Counrrey, and Trade and Fru*
jgality in the Burghs.
Tne Nobles and great Men, and fuch a
were immediatly concern'd fq the Manage-
ment of the Government, retreated to thprSeafr.
or Offices, and as Occafion requir'4 attended
the Perfon of theKing.
The Lord Stewart committed the Manfgp
teent of his Eftatc and private Affairs to his
Brother Sir James ( who was not the Ids fil
for that Truft that he had no lawfull Iffue of i
his own J while he himfelfas being a Chief
'Officer of the Crown, gave Attendance at
Court, which was frequently kept at Berwick
( where he had a more immediate Concern )
and fometimes at Roxburgh, Dumfries, Air,
Clafgow, Stirling,. Scone , Jtnhotbdck^ St Jhr
drews, Dutrifermling, Edinburgh, &c As they
Were invited by the Seafon, Pleafu$je 7 Cqnvenien*
€y or Exigences &c And this is cleat from Char:
lers under the Great Seal the 1 8 th i jjth & 20th
of this Reign, to which he is a conftant Wit-
fiels, ond*ot the laft oi which that hath fallen
in my hands, is to the Abbot and Religious of 1
Melrofs, of two Thoufand pound Sterling, lot
. building of new, \\i&¥&raV. t&xtevt Church
$£St Aa& % to be pa^d oxtt. <& ^HlvM*
re$,;Mjurrfage$ f Efchets, Fmc8,Amcrciatheoisi
tits,and Pefquefits tinging & falling to ?h$."
rown, out of the (hire of Rdkburgbithc date iifr. .
Sconi on the 36th of March Anno Regni Rc-»
S Pice/tmd, which was ^nn» C!ibr{/tf i 3 3 tf». .,
In theMorith of July after tWspl Parliament;
as held afc the Abbay of * Cdmbitfhnnefb^
•erthe Royal Burgh of StHvelin^ anitioV
fefence of King fo&rrf , the Clergy,Earls* for*.
Os, and other Reprefentatives of the People};
ivt an Oath of Fidelity and Homage; te-
rrace DdviJ Bruce his Son, and ( in caje he
y'd without la*' full Iftue ) to Robert Stew*.
rt hid Grand-Child, whereby the Rights of an.,
tereditaty Monarchy were confirmed i an&
lie Lord Stewart hid the (atisfa&ion to &ay%
ris Son declared the next of the RoyaU frlgoj*
nd to the Heir apparent of the Crown. "
• Uavir|
r Gordon an4 the Excerpta- having narrated
the Parliament at Cambufkenetb y tell us that
then AncUew Murr/ip was Married to Cbtifii*
an Bruce the Kings filler. . >
\t Clackmannan Jtdy 2 2 in the a 1 of the Reigfli
of King Robart.rhz firft, he gives to AniHem
Murray Knight and to hit Wife the Kings
lifter, all and whqlc. the Lands of Gatviack
Sec, as freely as David (ometime Earl of
Huntings* did poflcls the fame of the then
. Kings ot&qtj**4ki$ ftofaaefam* rwewi^vv
iswjucUto cieaj: t^data ^ t^ ^meb^
to rat 61'.
C »5^
\ Having thus far traced the Cbndu& ot this
Worthy Patriot, I haften to give an account of
tlie too early time of his Death: But in this Au-
thors djfagree. Barbour Efyg*3i8] inad-
vertently hath pjaced it two years and an half
before the mentioned Truce was expired, and-
4o intlft have fallen out Anno 1325. But by
what ircmediatly follows, it appears that he
fiifcanM that it happened fome Months only
•before the Expedition ot the Scots into England,
in their Attempt at Stanbop Park in Waredale %
-which was in the latter end of July 1327,
and thus, if he do not expresfly corrcd bira-
felf, yet by this he is reconcile! to other Au-
thors. The manner of our Heroes Sicknefs and
Death, the Grief thereupon together with his
faterrment, he rcprefenteth thus*
•
j * In this time that the Trews wer
Laftivg '<n Marches (as I [aid aire )
i Walter Stewart that wort hie was
f; j Jit Bathcatc a great Sicknefs taes
~ - JHis evil waxt ay more and tnpre
While men perceived by bis fore,
That he of needs muft pay the bebt
That no man for t* pay may let.
- Shriven and als repenting well 7
When all was done to htm ilk deille
; That Chrifiian men ought for to bave %
• As toed Chrifiian the gaiji begav*.
v ^Thcn might men beat folk wtep and cry
.j. Jndrtwny « Z&u^fot and j eixt laadj
Ktavt
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mourning and making full evil cheir J
. So did they all that ever were there.
All men him meaned eomtnonlie
Tor of bis eild he was wcrihie:
When long time they their Jule hnd made] )
The Corps to Paflay have they bad,
And their with great Solemnti ie y
And with gftdt dule eirded was be±
God for bis might hp Soul m t bring
Where joy ay laftetb but ending. &c.
* For don or rather his Continuator, write*
inno 1326, quinto idus Aprilis obtft ncbilis
iellator Walter lis Steven, gener Re? is Ro*
lerti de Brois & pater Regit Robert! Scotiag*
AndTiti the Fxtra&4 e Chronicis Scott*
he account ..i* that Wakerus Senef callus Sco*
U^valens Mlator^gener Regis \ obiit quinto
Idus Aprilis Anno pnedi Bo (fcilictt) 132&.
But by diJ'geqily collating the Series* oi
lffairs,and placeing them in their precifeO-
3er, from the aforecited Authors; aifo fr^m
BoetiuSi Holiihjbed, M: the Feeder a
&c. Anglia % &c. it is moft prefariieable he
8ye<f in the year 13 27, at his Seat at Bath*
fate in Louthian % on the ^Ides oiApri)^ which
was the qth of that Moneth, being the
iThurfday before Eafter t in the twenty fe-
U eoncj
•tt&i.
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*InMlictbtta Acad. E4i», M. *V **»-
99 -'■
— ; =■ — A 154 )
cortd of tile Reign of King Robert tlie firft,
in the %6tb Year of his \ge, and was Butt!
ed in tlK Abbav Church oi Pajlay with his]
worthy Progenitor*, having Survived his Fa
ther James Lord Stewart of Scotland, 17
years 8 Months an^ 24 Days'. |
As to hs'Charader I have almoftfaid «
much as is needful, and ought to add little
more: but this much is plain from the bcft
Authorises, that his Contemporaries and P*
fterity diftingufhed him, by the Epithets
of Young, Good and Noble,on the account of
his youth, agreeable Temper, Coraelinds
of Ptrfon, Heroick Aftrons, and Royal AU
liance; and that he had the Honour to be
clafs'd with Edward Br us Earl of Cartjl %
Thomas Rondel Earl of Murray, and Jamci
Lord Duglas, &Ci who were certainly at
great Heroes as any Count icy ur Age evet
produced. '
He was Thrice Married, and his firft wife
was Alice Daughter to Svcjobn B'ejkin of tbf ;
fame; by whom he had only Iftmjaneil
wife to Hugh Earl of Rofs 9 whole Son WtVBi*
am Earl ot Rofs i9 defignerl, ou different «■
fpeds, "Nephew ard Brother ( in Law) to
A ing Robert tf?e Second.
H'S Secoud Wife was Marjory Fruc*i
Daughter to King Robert the tirlt; hxsJffuc ;
by her as Robert Stewart of Scotland Earl
of Stratbern, &u of whom at length in the
ttexi Chapter* - ,
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Y His Third wife was Ifohel, Daughter t»
fcir John Graham of Abcrcorn \ his lifue Jb/
lief were, John who is frequently mentioned
in his Brothers Charters, and J&g* </i* Sur-
named LyndfaK who wa9 thrice Married:
Firft, to Sir jfayi** Lyndfay of Crawford^
Secondly, to Sir Hugh EgUntoun of Ardrvf*
fan, and Thirdly to Sir James Duglas of
Vdlkttb, for his Second wife, and in the
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