History of the earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth

THE EARLDOM OF STllATHERN. 13
Alexander de Aide had possessed in the Earldom i^avid Earl
OF Strathern.
of Strathern and in all parts of the same was 1375.
granted to the said Earl and his heirs. ^
Before November, 137<5, the King had con- Earldom of
ferred on him the Earldom of Caithness ; and
on the 24th of that month an Indenture was
executed at Perth between Euphemia Queen
of Scotland, " David Earl Palatine of Stra-
thern and Earl of Caithness" of the one part,
and Alexander Murray of Drumsergorth of the
other part, by which it was agreed that the
said Alexander should marry the Lady Janet de
Monymuske, sister of the said Queen, who, with
the Earl, promised to afford him, at their cost,
the assistance of lawyers and advocates in re-
covering his inheritance ; that the Queen should
maintain her said sister for one or two years ;
and that Walter Murray, brother of the said
Alexander, should, if he pleased, marry the
elder daughter of the said Lady Janet. ^
In February, 1377, the Earl of Strathern with
the Earl of March, and four other Scottish
Knights, obtained letters of safe-conduct to come
1 Reg. Mag. Sig. p. 138. (No. 60.) p. 159. (No. 28.).
2 Anderson's Diplomata Scotise, p. Iviii. To this instru-
ment the Arms of the Queen, viz. three lions rampant, and
the Arms of the Earl of Strathern^ viz. those of Scotland,
with a label of three points (the shield borne on the breast
of an Eagle), were affixed. An engraving of the Earl's seal
will be found in the Appendix.