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

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lok by his wife, Isabel Lindsay, daughter of Sir James Lindsay
of Crawford by the Princess Egidia,* sister of Robert II., by
whom he had issue, —
mentioned in any of the titles, is Agnes Maxwell, and she is called in various
charters, particularly those in 1400 and 1404, the mother of all his children, ex-
cept Gilbert, John, and Roland ; and in the charter of 1384 of Kirkintilloch, in
which Gilbert is called the eldest son, (primogenitus), and John and Roland,
brothers-german of Gilbert, they are only called failing heirs-male of Sir Gilbert's
body to be lawfully procreated. It would, therefore, appear that they were not
legitimate. By our old practice, the word " german" does not necessarily infer
legitimacy, but only that the children were born of the same mother. This char-
ter was granted long before James' marriage to the Princess, which is assigned
in the Peerage as the reason for passing over the eldest son.
It has been hitherto thought that Agnes Maxwell was a daughter of Sir
Robert Maxwell of Calderwood, who was second son of Sir John Maxwell of Pol-
lock, who was alive in 1401. But, 1st, Agnes Maxwell was married to Sir Gilbert
Kennedy before 1384, (see charter of Kirkintilloch,) and in 1392 her eldest son,
James Kennedy, had got a grant from his father of part of these lands. 2d, Sir
Robert Maxwell only got Calderwood from his father in 1401, so he is not likely
to have had a daughter married twenty years before. The first time his name is
mentioned in the titles in the Pollock charter-chest is in 1390. 3d, By the con-
firmed testament of Sir Robert Maxwell of Calderwood in 1421 in that charter-
chest, which is marked on the back, " Syr Robert Maxwell testament yat deid
yn France at battall off Vernell, ye first lord of Calderwold," Sir Robert orders
his body to be buried in the church of the Minor Friars in the county of Anjou,
and mentions his wife, his eldest son, " sorori mee d'ne ded'ur Alano de Hamil-
ton," with a bequest of Carlein, his page, to his eldest son. Thedeed is very much
contracted, but the words " sorori mee d~ne de d'ur" may be interpreted domine
de dunur or dunure, — the dashes clearly shewing the omission of some letters.
4th, To the grant by Sir John Maxwell to his son, Robert Maxwell, in 1401, of Poiiok char-
ter-chest,
the lands of Calderwood, the witnesses are, Domims Gilberto Kenydi, Alano
de Kethkert militibus, Hurnphredo de Culquhon, et Alano de Hamilton ;" and
to the grant in 1393 by Sir Gilbert Kennedy, the husband of Agnes Maxwell, to
John Kennedy, son of Fergus Kennedy, of the lands of Buckmonyn, in the earl-
dom of Lennox, Sir John Maxwell of Pollok is a witness. In like manner, Sir
Hugh Eglinton, another connection, is a witness to a grant by Robert II. to Sir
John Maxwell of Pollok of the lands of Badnolle. Do -
* The Princess Egidia subsequently married Sir Hugh Eglinton de Eglin-
ton, from which marriage the Earl of Eglinton and Winton is descended.
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