Paper on the Mar peerage

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Nothing more need be said about this table. We
have now to enter upon the field of battle proper.
It will be best to take the case of each claimant
separately at first, and commence with Mr Goodeve.
Mr Goodeve regarded himself, before his uncle's
death, as his heir to the title of Mar, and was so
regarded by the late Earl of Mar. This, of course,
has in itself no weight, but explains whv he as-
sumed the title, rashly as it has turned out, and in
spite of warning that his right to it might come to
be questioned and disputed. In the first place, let
us see what pedigree Mr Goodeve gives us to sup-
port his statement that he is entitled to the old
Earldom of Mar. We give it in table 4
Table 4.
Gratney,
Mormaor or Earl
of Mar,
died 1300.
I
Earl Donald,
died 1332.
Elyne=Sir J.
I Menteith
Earl Thomas, Coun. Margaret
died s. p. 1377. died 1389 or later
Christian=SirEd.
Keith
Earl .Tames, Countess Isabel,
died*, p. 1388. died s.p. 1410.
I
Janet=Sir Thou,
Erskine,
died 1419.
Robert,
1st Lord Erskiue.
died 1453.
I
Thomas,
■-'ml Lord Erskine,
died 1494.