Historical memoir of the family of Eglinton and Winton

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CHAPTER II.
ELIZABETH DE EGLINTON appears incontra-
vertably to have survived her husband, Sir
John Montgomerie of Eaglesham, there being a docu-
ment quoted in the Eglinton Papers executed by her
" in her lawful widow-head, with consent of her
friends." This paper is undated, but seems to be at
least subsequent to 1377. In the Peerage it is stated
that Sir John, on his union with the heiress of Eglin-
ton, quartered the arms of Eglinton with his own; but
impressions of his seal, yet extant, show the inaccuracy
of this. The only allusion to Eglinton is the addition
of an annulet in the centre of the shield — the use of
quartering indeed had hardly yet at all been known
in Scotland. But his son and successor, whose
" usual style and designation in charters was, Sir
John Montgomerie, Knight, Lord of Ardrossan,"
appears certainly thus to have borne the arms of
Montgomerie and Eglinton quartered, as is shown
in many examples of his seal still preserved.
Sir John Montgomerie, the successful suitor of
the great heiress of Eglinton and Ardrossan, would
appear largely to have participated in the chivalrous
gallantry of the age in which he lived. In the