Historical account of the noble family of Kennedy, Marquess of Ailsa and Earl of Cassilis

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son of Roland de Dalrymple. In or soon after 1370 he ac-
quired from Malcolm, son of Roland de Carrick, the two
penny land called Treuchan and Kennochen, lying in the parish
of Kirkmichael-MunterdufFy. In 1374-5 he acquired, by wad-
set, the barony of Cumbernauld from Thomas Fleming, grand-
son and heir of Malcolm, Earl of Wigtown. He was one of the
commissioners, mentioned in Rymer's Foedera, upon the Treaty
of Newcastle in 1354 for the redemption of David II ;* and
in 1358 his son, Gilbert Kennedy, was one of the hostages for
Rot.^cotiiE, the King ; and in 1363 John de Kennedy de Scotie had a safe
vol. ft, p. 831, ° J
b ' conduct from Edward III., to make a pilgrimage to the shrine
iwd., p. 874. of St Thomas at Canterbury. He married Mary
and left issue, —
Sir Gilbert, his eldest son and heir.-f-
John Kennedy died about 1385, and was succeeded by
Sir Gilbert Kennedy of Dunure, his eldest son and heir.
He was one of the hostages for David II. in 1358. In 1364-5
he acquired from his father the lands of Strogilton of Poulton
and two Broughtons of Lethydale; and in 1370, during his
* There is extant, in the Errol eharter-chesfc, a compact bond and obliga-
tion, dated at Edinburgh, the penult of November 1 36- (the full date of the year
is worn away,) by John Kennedy of Dunure to " my Most Excellent Lady, the
Lady Margaret, by the grace of God, Queen of Scotland, (the second wife of
David II.,) and to her son, a noble and potent person, John de Logy of Logy ;''
whereby, for onerous causes, he binds himself to labour with them, and to warn
them of all snares, " with all the power of his followers, without any deceit what-
ever, within the kingdom of Scotland, and chiefly within the lordship of Annan-
dale," under the usual reservation of the King's authority. The obligation con-
cludes thus, in case he shall do in the contrary, — " obligo me ex tunc, et ipso
facto, esse reprobatum, et defactum, necnon falsum, perjurum, fide mentitum, et
onini honore armorum, carentem ab omnibus reputare."
t He is called " filius primogenitus" in a charter, dated 27 th January
1384-5, by Malcolm Fleming of Biggar, confirming a grant by John Kennedy
to Sir Gilbert Kennedy of the barony of Kirkintilloch. It appears, however,
from the letter of dotation above mentioned, that John Kennedy had several
children.