An Armorial of Some Ancestors' Arms
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An Armorial of some Ancestors’ Arms Ancestors‟ Arms (nobility and gentry) ………………………………………………. 1 - 53 Some Arms of Ancestors belonging to the Royal Houses of Europe……….. 53 – 59 Some Arms of the Cadet Branches of the Stewarts of Garlies………………. 60 – 61 Descent of Lilias Stewart of Shambellie from James IV of Scotland………… 62 Descents from Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland (daughter of Robert III)... 63 “There is a fondness that is implanted in the minds of men, and which has always been held in the highest veneration, to derive and trace down their descent from progenitors of virtuous character and heroic worth and to perpetuate in their families the memory of these ancestral honours and of royal esteem which their valour and extraordinary services had so conspicuously merited and received. And as the great respect thus shown to noble birth and ancient descent reflects so much honour on its possessors, so also are connected with it those proud emblems of armorial family history, and which tends so correctly to point out and preserve the observance of a due and requisite subordination between the several ranks and degrees of mankind.” (Nicholas Carlisle, 1822). d‟Aubigny/Fitzalan (Earls of Arundel) The descent is from Alice Fitzalan, the daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel (1305-75/76) and Eleanor of Lancaster (1318-71/72). Alice married Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (d. 1397). One of their great- great grandchildren was King Richard III (1452-85). Crichton (of Sanquhar, Lords Crichton of Sanquhar from 1487/88 and Earls of Dumfries from 1663) The descent is from of Sir Robert Crichton of Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire who died 1478-79. The descent is from two of his daughters, Elizabeth who married William Douglas of Drumlanrig, Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire and Margaret who married Sir David Herries of Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire. Home (of that Ilk, Lords of Home from 1473, Earls of Home from 1604/05) The descent is from Alison Home, daughter of Alexander Home, 3rd Lord Home and Katherine Stirling. Alexander Home was executed for treason in 1516. Alison married Henry Wardlaw of Torrie (mentioned below under Wardlaw of Torrie). de Lacy (Lords of Meath) The descent is from Egidia de Lacy, daughter of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath (d. 24 February 1240/41). She married Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught. Le Bigod (Earls of Norfolk) The descent is from Isabel le Bigod who married John fitz Geoffrey, Lord of Shere (d. 23 November 1258). Isabel was the daughter of Hugh le Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk (and one of the witnesses to Magna Carta) and Maud Marshal, the daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (of the second creation, see below). Dunbar (Earls of Dunbar and Moray) The descent is from Margaret Dunbar (d. Bef. 13 April 1552) who married Alexander Stewart, 5th of Garlies. Margaret was the daughter of Sir Patrick Dunbar of Clugston, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire (a 9th great grandson of William the Lion, King of Scotland). There are two descents from Margaret‟s grandchildren, Alexander Stewart, 6th of Garlies (d.1597) who married Christian Douglas, and secondly, Agnes Stewart who married Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw (d.1616). There is also a descent from Sir Alexander Dunbar (d. 10 March 1497/98) of Westfield who was an illegitimate son of James Dunbar, 4th Earl of Moray (of the second creation) and Isobel Innes. Alexander Dunbar married Isobel Sutherland, daughter of Alexander Sutherland, Lord of Duffus. Alexander Dunbar was a great-great-great grandson of Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray (of the first creation) and used the same coat of arms (i.e. of Randolph), depicted at right. Sir James Dunbar, a descendant of Alexander Dunbar and Isobel Sutherland was created a Baronet in 1814 as Dunbar of Boath. Abernethy (Lord Abernethy) The descent is from Mary Abernethy of Ballinbreich, Fifeshire (d. Bef. 19 November 1355) who married Sir David Lindsay of Crawford, Lanarkshire. Mary was the daughter of Alexander Abernethy. Gordon (of Lochinvar) There are at least two descents from Gordon. Grisel Gordon of Lochinvar, Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire married Sir Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Galloway on 16 October 1600. Another descent is through Katherine Gordon, the grandaunt of Grisel. Katherine married Patrick Agnew (d.1514) of Lochnaw, Leswalt, Wigtownshire. Kennedy (Lords Kennedy from 1450, Earls of Cassillis from 1509 and Marquesses of Ailsa from 1831) The descent is through Margaret Kennedy of Culzean, Kirkoswald, Ayrshire (a 6 greats granddaughter of King Robert III of Scotland), daughter of Sir Thomas Kennedy (d.1602) and Elizabeth MacGill of Cranstoun Riddel, Cranston, Midlothian. Margaret married Sir Patrick Agnew, 1st Baronet of Lochnaw (d.1661). Earls of Strathearn There are a number of descents from this family. One descent is from Isabella of Strathearn, daughter of Malise, 8th Earl of Strathearn (d.Bef.1357). Isabella married Sir William Sinclair of Roslin (d. Aft. 13 September 1358). Douglas (Earls of Douglas, Angus, Morton and Mar, later Earls, Marquesses and Dukes of Queensbury) There are many descents from Douglas. There is descent from Margaret Douglas, daughter of James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (d .1548) and Katherine Stewart (illegitimate daughter of James IV of Scotland). There is descent from the Earls of Douglas through Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas and Duke of Touraine (d.1424), his arms are depicted below at right. Elizabeth Douglas married (inter alia) William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney. There is also descent from Douglas of Drumlanrig (a line descending from William Douglas, an illegitimate son of the 2nd Earl of Douglas). Christian Douglas, a daughter of Sir James Douglas (1498-1578) married Sir Alexander Stewart, 6th of Garlies and they were the parents of Sir Alexander Galloway, 1st Earl of Galloway (d.1649). The arms depicted on the previous page are from top left (clockwise), the 1st Earl of Douglas, the Earls of Morton, Douglas of Drumlanrig, the 3rd Earl of Douglas, Douglas of Dalkeith and Hermiston (ancestors of the Earls of Morton) and James Douglas “the Black Douglas”, father of the 3rd Earl of Douglas. Hay (Baronets of Park from 1663) The descent is through Ann (Lilias) Hay the daughter of Dr. James Hay of Dumfries. James was the son of Sir Charles Hay, 2nd Baronet of Park (1662-1733). Jean (or Jane) Hay, the sister of Sir Thomas Hay, 1st Baronet of Park (d.c.1666) married Sir Andrew Agnew, 3rd Baronet of Lochnaw and was the mother of Grisel Agnew who married Sir Charles Hay, 2nd Baronet of Park (her cousin). Ann (Lilias) Hay married Charles Stewart of Shambellie (mentioned below under Stewart of Shambellie). Forrester (Lords Forrester of Corstorphine from 1633-1654) The descent is through Elizabeth Forrester (d. 16 March 1578-79) of Corstorphine, Midlothian. She married David MacGill (d. 13 February 1595-96) of Cranstoun Riddel, Cranston, Midlothian and they were the parents of Elizabeth MacGill who married Sir Thomas Kennedy (mentioned above under Kennedy). Hugh of Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester Hugh of Kevelioc (d. 30 June 1181) was the great grandson of King Henry I of England (descended illegitimately). He married Bertrade de Montfort (d.1227). There are at least four different descents from Hugh of Kevelioc. Lindsay (Earls of Crawford) The descent is from Euphemia Lindsay (d. Aft. 1405) of Crawford, Lanarkshire, daughter of James Lindsay (d.1397), Lord of Crawford and Symington. Euphemia married Sir John Herries (d. 27 March 1420) of Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire and great grandfather of Sir David Herries mentioned above under Crichton. Stewart (Earls of Galloway from 1623) As given under Gordon (above), Grisel Gordon of Lochinvar, Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire married Sir Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Galloway on 16 October 1600. Our descent is from their daughter, Ann (or Agnes) Stewart who married Sir Andrew Agnew, 2nd Baronet of Lochnaw (d.1671). Of interest, Sir Alexander Stewart was an 8th great grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965). Boyd (Lords Boyd from 1451/54 and Earls of Kilmarnock from 1661) There are two descents through Margaret Boyd of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, daughter of Thomas Boyd (d. 9 July 1439). Margaret married Alexander Montgomerie, Lord Montgomerie of Ardrossan, Ayrshire. Their daughter Elizabeth married John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy and great great grandfather of the Sir Thomas Kennedy (mentioned above under Kennedy). Their son, Alexander Montgomerie married Elizabeth Hepburn of Hailes, and were the 3rd great grandparents of Christian Douglas (mentioned above under Dunbar). There is also a descent through Marion (Margaret) Boyd (d.1559), mistress to King James IV. She was the daughter of Archibald Boyd of Bonshaw and Nariston, who was the son of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd (he was the son of Thomas Boyd mentioned above). Campbell (Earls and later Dukes of Argyll) There are two descents. Firstly, from Isabel Campbell (1483-1529), she was the daughter of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll. Isabel married Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassillis and they were the grand parents of the Sir Thomas Kennedy mentioned above under Kennedy. Secondly, from Isabel Campbell‟s aunt, Helen Campbell, (sister of the 2nd Earl of Argyll), who married Hugh Montgomerie (d. September 1545), 1st Earl of Eglinton. Borthwick (Lords of Borthwick from circa 1450) The descent is from Agnes Borthwick, daughter of William Borthwick, 3rd Lord Borthwick (d. 20 May 1503). Agnes married David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassillis (d. 9 September 1513). They were the great grandparents of the Sir Thomas Kennedy mentioned above under Kennedy. Agnew (Baronets of Lochnaw from 1629) There are multiple descents from the Agnews of Lochnaw, see above under Dunbar, Gordon, Kennedy and Hay. Also see below under Vaux. Keith The descent is from Margaret Keith, daughter of William Keith (d.