Fergus of Buchan

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1211

Notes:

Earl of Buchan.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1243
• Alternate death: Bef Aug 1244

Notes:

Countess of Buchan.

Margaret married William Comyn about 1210. William (son of Richard Comyn and Hextilda of Tynedale) died in 1233. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1289

Notes:

Earl of Buchan. Justiciar, 1251-55 and 1257-89. Called by Complete Peerage "one of the most powerful nobles of the time."

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth de Quincy. Elizabeth (daughter of Roger de Quincy and Helen of Galloway) died before 4 May 1303. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William of Mar. William (son of Duncan of Mar) died before 25 Jul 1281. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Complete Peerage I:148, footnote (a):

Her Christian name is sometimes given as Agnes, but of the marriage itself there is no doubt. Wyntoun, in his account of the Earls of Buchan, (Cronykil ed. Macpherson, vol. ii, p. 35) states that of the "systris fywe of Earl John"--

"The thryd [had] Schyr Gylbert Wmfrayvyle,
Erle of Angws in that qwliile,
(Of Angws and of Ryddysdale
Erle he wes, and Lord all hale)
On that Lady eftyrwart
Of Wmfraywylle he gat Robert:
On that Lady he gat alswa
Othir Brethyr to Robert ma."

Family/Spouse: Gilbert de Umfreville. Gilbert (son of Gilbert de Umfreville and Maud of Angus) was born about 1244 in of Prudhoe, Hexham, Northumberland, England; died before 13 Oct 1307; was buried in 1307 in Hexham Priory, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joanna Latimer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"She held the Castle of Dunbar for the Scots till forced, 29 Apr. 1296, to surrender it to Edward I." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]

Marjory married Patrick of Dunbar before 1283. Patrick (son of Patrick of Dunbar and Cecily fitz John) was born about 1242; died on 10 Oct 1308. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

10th Earl of Mar.

Family/Spouse: Ellen. Ellen (daughter of Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth and (One of the several mistresses of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth)) died after Feb 1294. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"[Gilbert de Umfreville, s. and h. ap. He was brought before the King's Council to answer for his contempt in striking one of the King's ministers at the Parl. held at Berwick in the octave of the Assumption, 22 Aug. 1296. He m. Margaret, 1st da. of Sir Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thormond in Connaught, by Julian, 2nd da. and eventually sole h. of Maurice Fitz Maurice, Lord Justice of Ireland. He d. v.p., s.p., before 23 May 1303. His widow m., before 30 June 1308, Sir Bartholomew Badlesmere [Lord Badlesmere], who d. 14 Apr 1322." [Complete Peerage I:148-49]

Gilbert married Margaret de Clare in 1289. Margaret (daughter of Thomas de Clare and Juliane fitz Maurice) was born between 1286 and 1287; died in 1333. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 30 Mar 1325
• Alternate death: 2 Apr 1325
• Alternate death: 12 Apr 1325

Notes:

Earl of Angus. Joint Lieutenant and Guardian of Scotland, 1308. Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre of the forests south of Trent.

"Robert (de Umfreville), Earl of Angus [S.], and Lord Umfreville [E.], 2nd, but 1st surv. s. and h., aged 30 and more at his father's death. He did homage and had livery of his father's lands, 6 Nov. 1307. He was sum., 18 Jan. 1307/8, to attend the coronation of Edward II, and by that King was appointed Joint King's Lieut. and Keeper in Scotland, 21 June 1308, Joint Guardian between Berwick and the Forth, 16 Aug. 1308, and a Commissioner to treat with the Scots, 14 Nov. 1308, 16 Feb. 1309/10, 22 Feb. 13 15/6, and 18 Mar. 1317/8. He was sum. to Parl. from 19 Jan. (1307/8) I Edw. II to 26 Dec. (1323) 17 Edw. II, by writs directed Roberto de Umframvill' comiti de Anegos. He m. 1stly, before 20 Sep. 1303, Lucy, da. and in her issue h. of Sir Philip de Kyme [1st Lord Kyme], by Joan, da. of Sir Hugh le Bigod, Chief Justiciar of England. He m., 2ndly, Alienor. He d. Mar. 1325, and was bur. in the Abbey of Newminster. Dower was assigned to his widow 10 and 19 July 1325. She m., before 16 Aug. 1327 (at which date he was fined £10 and had pardon for marrying her without licence) Sir Roger Mauduit, of Eshot, Northumberland, sometime Chamberlain of Scotland, who d. before 24 Feb. 1350. She d. 31 Mar. 1368." [Complete Peerage I:149-50, as corrected in Volume XIV.]

"It is not clear whether Lucy was Philip's heir in her issue, as she had a sister Agnes who left issue, and it is unknown whether this issue became extinct (see Kyme, volume 7, page 357 and note d)."[Chris Phillips, Some Corrections and Additions to The Complete Peerage]

Robert married Lucy de Kyme before 20 Sep 1303. Lucy (daughter of Philip de Kyme and Joan le Bigod) died before 1318. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Henry de Beaumont before 14 Jul 1310. Henry (son of Louis de Brienne and Agnes de Beaumont) died on 10 Mar 1340. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married Robert de Brus, King of Scotland about 1295. Robert (son of Robert de Brus and Marjory of Carrick) was born on 11 Jul 1274 in Scotland; died on 7 Jun 1329 in Cardross, Dumbartonshire, Scotland; was buried in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

7th Earl of Mar. The identity of his wife is unknown; she was almost certainly not Christian Bruce, sister or aunt of Robert the Bruce, as variously claimed.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gilbert de Burradon. Gilbert (son of Walter Burradon) was born in of Burradon, Alwinton, Northumberland, England; died before 1351. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She outlived her husband.

Isabel married Henry of Grosmont about 1337. Henry (son of Henry of Lancaster and Maud de Chaworth) was born in 1314; died on 24 Mar 1361 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He served on an expedition to France in 1339. He was summoned to Parliament 23 Feb 1342. He died at a tournament.

John married Eleanor of Lancaster before Jun 1337. Eleanor (daughter of Henry of Lancaster and Maud de Chaworth) was born about 1318; died on 11 Jan 1372 in Arundel, Sussex, England; was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1357, Crete

Notes:

Not to be confused with his uncle Patrick, 8th Earl of Dunbar, who married Agnes Randolph, sister of this Patrick's wife Isabella Randolph. Agnes was "Black Agnes", renowned for her heroic defense of Dunbar Castle against an English siege.

"[F]ought against the English at the battles of Neville's Cross near Durham (1346) and Poitiers (1356)." [The Ancestry of Charles II, citation details below]

Patrick married Isabel Randolph about 1340. Isabel (daughter of Thomas Randolph and Isabel Stewart) was born about 1320; died after 1360. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died "during her second pregnancy from a fall from a horse. In her issue heiress to Scotland." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Marjory married Walter Stewart after 25 Apr 1315. Walter (son of James Stewart and Giles de Burgh) was born about 1297; died on 9 Apr 1327 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Menteith. John (son of John de Menteith) was born in of Arran, Ayrshire, Scotland; died about 1344. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

8th Earl of Mar. Killed at the Battle of Dupplin Moor.

From Wikipedia (accessed 24 Aug 2021):

Domhnall II, Earl of Mar [...] was briefly Regent of Scotland during the minority of David II, King of Scotland. [...]

It appears likely that he fought on the side of Edward II of England at the Battle of Boroughbridge in March 1322, as it is recorded that afterwards the Earl of Mar took Bartholomew de Badlesmere, who was one of Edward's captured opponents, to Canterbury.

In 1332 the regent of Scotland, Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, died. On 2 August Domhnall was elected as the new regent at a meeting of the Scottish nobles at Perth. Following the invasion of Edward Balliol, with the support of Edward III of England, Mar led the Scots loyalists to confront them. He was defeated and killed at the Battle of Dupplin Moor, only nine days after his election as regent.

Family/Spouse: Isabel Stewart. Isabel (daughter of Alexander Stewart and (Unknown) Randolph) died between 15 Jun 1347 and 15 Jan 1348. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also Alianor de Borrowdon.

At the death of her uncle Gilbert de Umfraville, the last Earl of Angus (1310-1381), "[h]is heir at law was his niece Alienor, de jure (according to modern doctrine) Baroness Kyme, then aged 40 and more, and widow of Sir Henry Tailboys, de jure 6th Lord Kyme, she being da. and h. of Elizabeth (the Earl's only sister of the whole blood who left issue), by Sir Gilbert Borrowdon. Her grandson, Walter Tailboys, inherited Harbottle, Otterburn, Kyme, &c., on the death of Sir Robert de Umfreville, K.G., 27 Jan. 1436/7." [Complete Peerage 1:151, footnote (a), as corrected in Volume XIV.]

Family/Spouse: Henry Tailboys. Henry (son of William Tailboys and Margaret) was born about 1334 in of Hepple, Rothbury, Northumberland, England; died on 23 Feb 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles M. Hansen noted in 2023 (citation details below) that she was born on the feast of the Annunciation, which was on 25 March in 1342, not 23 March as erroneously reported in his and Neil D. Thompson's Ancestry of Charles II (citation details below).

Blanche married John of Gaunt in May 1359 in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England. John (son of Edward III, King of England and Philippa of Hainault, Queen Consort of England) was born in Mar 1340 in Abbey of St. Bavo, Ghent, Flanders; was christened after 24 Jun 1340 in Ghent, Flanders; died on 3 Feb 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

3rd Lord Beaumont. He was born in Brabant during his mother's attendance on Queen Philippe. He was naturalized by an act of Parliament in 1351.

Henry married Margaret de Vere before 15 Feb 1363. Margaret (daughter of John de Vere and Maud de Badlesmere) died on 15 Jun 1398; was buried in Grey Friars, Smithfield, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1336
• Alternate death: Between 1416 and 31 Mar 1423

Notes:

10th Earl of Dunbar. CP styles him "Earl of March, or Dunbar."

"[E]ngaged in Border warfare to regain his hereditary land from the English, sacking Roxburgh in 1378, at the battle of Otterburn in 1388, broke with the Scottish king in 1400 and entered English service, gained high favor with King Henry IV, fighting for him at Homildon Hill and Shewsbury, later reconciled with the Scottish regent and restored to his earldom before June 1409." [The Ancestry of Charles II, citation details below]

"[I]n the reign of Robert II (1370-90) he is styled Lord of Annandale and Man. A Warden of the Marches, 1372; was at the Parl. at Scone, 1373, when the succession to the throne was settled; accompanied Douglas in his raid into England, after whose death at Otterburn, in 1388, the command of the Scots devolved on him. His da., Elizabeth, having been betrothed to the Duke of Rothesay, the h. ap. to the Crown, and that prince, disregarding such contract (having m. Marjorie Douglas in Feb. 1399/1400), the Earl renounced his allegiance, 25 July 1400, and joined the English, whose King (Henry IV) granted him the forfeited estates of the Lord Bardolf, he having assisted at the battles of Homildon Hill, 14 Sep. 1402, and of Shrewsbury, 23 July 1403. After the death of Robert III in 1406, he treated with the Regent Albany for restoration to Scotland. This, however, was not effected without his resigning, to the all powerful Earl of Douglas, the Lordship of Annandale, the Castle of Lochmaben, &c., by charter 2 Oct. 1409. In 1411 he was one of the Commissioners for a truce with England." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Cristina Wardlaw. Cristina died after 1418. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"[H]eir apparent to the Scottish throne for almost half a century (1318-24 and 1329-71), he reigned himself for nineteen years, led the defense against the English during King David II's exile and imprisonment, his active life was behind him when he ascended the throne, and during his last years the kingdom was administered by his sons." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Robert married Elizabeth More after 22 Nov 1347. Elizabeth (daughter of Adam More and Joanna Cunningham) died before 1355; was buried in Church of the Blackfriars, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Euphemia Ross about May 1355. Euphemia (daughter of Hugh Ross and Margaret Graham) died on 20 Feb 1388; was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edward Keith. Edward (son of Edward Keith and Isabel de Synton) died before 1352. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married Robert Erskine of that Ilk about 1352. Robert (son of William Erskine) died between 14 May 1385 and 11 Nov 1385. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Countess of Mar.

Margaret married William de Douglas before 13 Nov 1357. William (son of Archibald Douglas and Beatrice Lindsay) was born about 1320; died about May 1384 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was buried in Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef Dec 1397
• Alternate death: Bef 31 Dec 1397

Joan married Andrew Luttrell before 1380. Andrew (son of Andrew Luttrell and Hawise le Despenser) was born about 1364 in of Irnham, Lincolnshire, England; died on 31 Dec 1397. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1351
• Alternate birth: Abt 1351
• Alternate death: 21 Sep 1417
• Alternate death: 20 Sep 1418

Notes:

Sheriff of Lincolnshire 13 Dec 1389 - 7 Mar 1390.

Knight of the shire for Lincolnshire, Feb 1383, 1386, Feb 1388.

HoP and Richardson's RA concur in giving him a birth date of 2 Feb 1350. But RA, AR8, and VCH Durham give his father birth years ranging from 1334 to 1337, making his father 12 to 15 years old when Sir Walter was conceived. Not impossible, but a red flag.

From the History of Parliament:

"Although he was still in his early thirties when he moved south, Tailboys had already gained some experience of local government in Northumberland. He was, moreover, a seasoned campaigner, having on his own testimony begun the profession of arms at about the age of 19. His military exploits seem to have been confined to the Anglo-Scottish border, which was the scene of protracted hostilities throughout this period. Indeed, in 1380, he was actually taken captive and ransomed by the Scots, King Richard intervening to authorize an exchange of prisoners and the shipment of grain supplies to Scotland as measures towards his release. Tailboys may well have fought in the retinue of the earl of Northumberland, to whom, as we have seen, his mother became connected by marriage. He certainly took part in Richard II's unsuccessful expedition to Scotland in 1385, although by then his involvement in border society had virtually ceased. Within less than two years of his arrival in Lincolnshre, Tailboys was returned by the county electors to Parliament, and soon after that he began serving regularly as a royal commissioner there. His servants were accustomed to the lawlessness of the northern march, and found it less easy to settle down: in 1384, for example, a commission of oyer and terminer was set up to investigate a robbery committed by them on the widowed Lady Roos's estates at Wragby. Even so, their master soon established himself as a leading member of the local community. He was again returned to the House of Commons in 1386, giving evidence during the session on behalf of Richard, Lord Scrope of Bolton, in his celebrated dispute with Sir Robert Grosvenor over their claim to the same coat of arms.

"We do not know if Tailboys was an active supporter of the Lords Appellant, but his return to the Merciless Parliament of 1388 in which they secured the downfall of the court party suggests that he had some sympathy with their cause. This is borne out by his decision to sue out royal letters of pardon in April 1398, when Richard had already punished the chief of his enemies of ten years before. On the other hand, however, the King thought sufficiently well of him to entrust him with the difficult task of settling the civic disturbances which affected Lincoln so seriously in the spring of 1393; and although the problem eventually proved too delicate for a routine commission, it is clear that Tailboys was regarded by the authorities as a man of some consequence. [...]

"He was [...] summoned as a representative for Lincolnshire to the great councils of August 1401 and 1403; and although he performed comparatively few official duties after this date he remained active for several more years. This is evident from a complaint made by the citizens of Lincoln in the spring of 1411, alleging that Tailboys and a retinue of 'about 160 horsemen' had tried to murder Sir Thomas Chaworth in the city, killing two local men and wounding many others in their attempt. He and his brother-in-law, Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, were, moreover, charged with laying ambushes for local wool merchants on their way to the coast and terrorizing the countryside. The severity with which these crimes was viewed may be gauged from the size of the pledges for good behaviour (£3,000) demanded from Tailboys at this time, and the setting up of a commission of oyer and terminer to examine those concerned."

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Note: The Luttrell that was brother-in-law to Walter Tailboys was Andrew Luttrell (1365-1367), husband of Tailboys' sister Joan, not "Geoffrey." HOP is in error here.

Walter married Margaret before 1396. Margaret died after Nov 1417. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"[D]iscreet, pious, austere, and modest, mother of the 'Illustrious Generation' as her children were called, introduced French customs and culture to the Portugese court." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

She died of the plague.

Philippa of Lancaster = Joao I, King of Portugal
Joao, Prince of Portugal = Isabella of Braganza
Isabella of Portugal = Juan II, King of Castile (1405-1454)
Isabella of Castile (1451-1504) = Ferdinand I, King of Spain (1452-1516)

Philippa married Joao I, King of Portugal on 11 Nov 1387 in Porto, Portugal. Joao was born on 11 Apr 1358 in Lisbon, Portugal; died on 14 Aug 1433 in Lisbon, Portugal; was buried in Batalha, Portugal. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married John Holand on 24 Jun 1386 in Plymouth, Devon, England. John (son of Thomas de Holand and Joan of Kent) died on 9 Jan 1400 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England; was buried in Collegiate Church, Pleshey, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“He was born in Gaunt’s castle at Bolingbroke in Lincolnshire in the spring of 1367 (on 1 June Edward III paid £5 to the messenger who brought him news of his grandson’s birth), very possibly on 15 April. That day was Maundy Thursday, a feast Henry observed with particular attention in later life.” [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, citation details below]

Henry married Mary de Bohun on 5 Feb 1381 in Rochford Hall, Essex, England. Mary (daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Joan Fitz Alan) died in 1394. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Katherine de Everingham. Katherine died before 1 Feb 1427. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Cairnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Alternate death: Bef 1444

Notes:

"[L]ost a finger pursuing the assassins of James I, granted the barony of Auchtermonzie for his attempted defense of the king." [The Ancestry of Charles II, citation details below]

"Some time before his father's death he had a grant of the lands of Cockburn and Brigham, in Berwickshire, the latter for life only. It was probably he who, in May 1421, was sent a prisoner to the Tower. On 20 February 1437, when King James I was attacked by his murderers, Sir David rushed to the King's assistance, but was wounded and disabled." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Beatrice. Beatrice died before 1421. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married John of the Isles about 18 Jul 1350. John (son of Angus Og of the Isles and Agnes O'Cathan) died in 1387 in Ardtornish Castle, Argyll, Scotland; was buried in Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1337

Notes:

"[N]amed John at birth, Earl of Carrick and Steward of Scotland prior to his accession, called 'Robert John Fernyear,' legitimated by papal dispensation, declared heir to the Crown by Parliament 27 Mar 1371, dignified and courteous but lame and infirm, considered by the three estates unable to govern or to control transgressors, he delegated power in January 1399 to his son and brother." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Robert married Annabella Drummond between 13 Mar 1366 and 31 May 1367. Annabella (daughter of John Drummond and Mary Montfichet) was born about 1350; died in 1401 in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1339
• Alternate death: 2 Sep 1420, Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Notes:

Earl of Fife and Menteith. Great Chamberlain of Scotland 1383-1407. Created Duke of Albany 28 Apr 1398. Created Earl of Atholl 2 Sep 1403.

"[G]ained the earldom of Fife in 1372, created Duke in 1398, guardian of Scotland during part of the reigns of Robert II and III, governor of the kingdom 1406-20." [The Ancestry of Charles II, citation details below]

Robert married Margaret Graham before 14 May 1363. Margaret (daughter of John Graham and Mary) was born about 1334; died between 20 Jul 1372 and 4 May 1380. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"[A] lady variously named Jean, Kathrina and Elizabeth, daughter of King Robert II." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Elizabeth married David Lindsay before 1384. David (son of Alexander Lindsay and Catherine Stirling) was born between 1359 and 1360; died in Feb 1407 in Finhaven Castle, Angus, Scotland; was buried in Greyfriars, Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"He married, secondly, before 13 April 1370, Janet Keith or Barclay, widow of Sir David Barclay of Brechin. It was on her account he protested in 1390-91, regarding the earldom of Mar, that one-half of the earldom of Mar and of the lordship of Garioch pertained to his wife in right of heritage. She is therefore the most important link between the ancient and the modern Earls of Mar, and it may be well again to examine on what her claim rests. She is said to have been the daughter of Sir Edward Keith of Sinton and of Christian Menteith, daughter of Sir John Menteith (the second), Lord of Arran, Strathgartney, and Knapdale, by Ellen of Mar, daughter of Gratney, Earl of Mar. There is good evidence of the relationship of Ellen of Mar to Earl Gratney, and of her marriage to Sir John Menteith. There is also evidence that Christian Menteith, wife, first, of Sir Edward Keith, and, secondly, of Sir Robert Erskine, was the daughter of Sir John Menteith and Ellen of Mar. There is very positive proof that Sir Thomas Erskine married Janet, widow of Sir David Barclay (the second) of Brechin. But the proof that her name was Keith or that she was the daughter of Sir Edward Keith and Christian Menteith is very meagre, a fact of which no notice was taken in stating the evidence for the Mar Restitution Bill of 1885. The pedigree compiled in 1709 by Mr. George Erskine, bailie of Alloa, asserts that such was Janet's parentage, and it has been taken for granted that he was right. But there are only two or at most three facts on record which support the statement. The first is the evidence of Andrew Keith of Inverugy, who with Ingram Wintoun of Andat gave evidence in 1447 as to the then Sir Robert Erskine's relationship to the Earls of Mar. He was a man of eighty, born therefore about 1367, and must have known Sir Thomas Erskine's wife. He states that her name was Janet, and that she was the daughter of Sir Edward Keith, but says nothing about her mother. A second fact in favour of Janet Keith's descent is that she and her husband had possession of the lands of Pirchock and Ludquhairn, which had been granted by Sir John Menteith to Christian, his daughter, and Sir Edward Keith. A third fact referred to in the evidence for the Mar Restitution Bill is that an annuity of £100 from the Customs of Aberdeen paid to Sir Thomas Erskine from 1389 to 1403, was after his death paid to his widow as if in her own right, and in the later entries, when the sum was paid to her son after her death, the money is said to be payable in exchange for Arran which had belonged to Sir John Menteith. This was laid much stress on before the House of Lords, but the argument loses force from the fact that the same sum was paid to Sir Robert Erskine for many years before it passed to Sir Thomas, and in Sir Robert's case the payment coincides with his resignation of Ednam, as stated on page 594. It may be, however, that the payments to Dame Janet Barclay were held to relate to Arran. But though the evidence on the point is not strong, the family belief on the subject so constantly and consistently asserted may be accepted as being not only probable, but the simplest and most direct way by which Janet Erskine or her heirs could claim any interest in the earldom of Mar." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Janet married Thomas Erskine before 13 Apr 1370. Thomas (son of Robert Erskine of that Ilk and Beatrice Lindsay) died between 11 Nov 1403 and 18 May 1404. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

2nd Earl of Douglas. Earl of Mar. Killed at the Battle of Otterburn.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]