Historical and genealogical essay upon the family and surname of Buchanan

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came off the family, notwithstanding of the above
inconveniency, that the two first, or original char-
ters of that family labour under. But for further
proof of this family's descent off Buchanan, there
being in divers of our kings 1 reigns records of jus-
ticiary, by which all chiefs of clans, were obliged for
the good and peaceable behaviour of their name, or
clan, it is remarkable that in one of these records,
in the latter part of king James V. his reign, Wal-
ter Buchanan of Spittel, is designed brother-ger-
man to George Buchanan of that ilk : also in a
seasin by the same laird of the lands of Auchmar,
anno 1547. John Buchanan, son and heir to the
deceased Walter Buchanan of Spittel, the laird's
brother, is one of the witnesses. So that George,
laird of Buchanan, being well known to have been
eldest son, and successorto Patrick, laird of Buchan-
an ; and by these two documents, Walter Buchan-
an of Spittel, being designed brother to the said
George, the descent of this family is cleared beyond
all controversy, however little their original writ-
ings conduce to that purpose. Walter Buchanan,
first of Spittel, was married to Isabel Cuningham,
asserted to have been daughter to the earl of Glen-
cairn. There is a charter by Andrew Cunning-
hame of Blairwhoish, with consent of Walter Stir-
ling of Ballagan his curator, in favour of Walter
Buchanan of Spittel, and Isabel Cuningham his
spouse, of the lands of Blairvocky, dated in the
year 1535. There is also another charter in favour
of the same Walter, by Alexander, Master of Glen-
cairn, of the lands of Arrochymore, dated in the
year 1530. Which lands, seem to be given in por-