History of the earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth

THE EARLDOM OF STIJATHERN. U
granted the Castle of Lochleven, together with David Eari,
, • 1 T r. ., i . 1 • , OF StEATHERN.
certain lands tor its support, to his consort 1373.
Queen Euphemia, and to his and her son David
Earl of Strathern, for their lives and the life of
the survivor'; and on the 19th of October, in
that year, the Earl of Strathern obtained a
fourth charter, confirming to him and his heirs
the Earldom of Strathern, and granting them all
lands, &c. which were anciently holden of the
Earldom of Strathern, wheresoever within the
realm, to be held by the service of rendering
annually a. pair of gilt spurs, if demanded, " no-
mine albae firmae." ^
On the 4th of April, 1373, the Earl of
Strathern, being still under age^ was nomi-
nated in succession to the Crown of Scotland,
which was then settled in the following man-
ner : — First, upon John, eldest son of the
King, Earl of Carrick and Steward of Scotland,
and his heirs male ; whom failing, upon Robert
Earl of Fife and of Monteith, second son of the
King by his first wife, and his heirs male ; whom
failing, upon Alexander Lord of Badenoch,
1 Reg. Mag. Sig. p. 93. (No. 328.) p. 98. (No. 14.).
2 Ibid. p. 87. (No. 304.) Vide Appendix, No. IV.
3 It would appear from that instrument that only John,
Robert, and Alexander were then of full age, because they
only of the King's sons swore to observe the settlement of
the Crown, and they are therein described, as *' filii Regis
seniores, et provecte etatis, Domini scilicet Johannes, Ro-
bertus, et Alexander," &c.