History and traditions of the land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns

THE LINDSAYS, AND OGILVYS OF INVERQUHAEITY. 275
Knbwjuljaritg,
which adjoins the lands of Shielhill, was anciently under the
superiority of the Earls of Angus ; and Margaret, Countess of
Angus, aunt to Sir Alexander Lindsay of Glenesk, gave her
brother-in-law, Sir Alexander of Crawford, charters of Inver-
quharity, in 1329 ;* and about 1390, the first Earl of Crawford
resigned the Newton in favour of a John Dolas/j" Inverquharity
proper, however, seems to have been alienated from the Lindsays
to a John Allardis, sometime before 1405 ; for in that year Al-
lardis resigned the lands in favour of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Car-
cary,| who was then Lord High Treasurer of the kingdom.
On the 3rd of June, 1420, Sir Walter conveyed the lands to
his brother Sir John, who, in consequence, became founder of
the house of Inverquharity, which, from the respective seniority
of Walter of Lentrathen (founder of the house of Air lie), and
that of this Sir John being doubtfnl,§ both, with some degree of
plausibility, can lay claim to the chieftainship of their clan.||
The third baron of Inverquharity was appointed Justiciary
of the Abbey of Arbroath in the room of Earl Beardie, and
being wounded at the battle of Arbroath, was taken prisoner to
Finhaven, where he is said to have been smothered by his sister,
the Countess of Crawford. His brother Thomas, it will be re-
••■• Robertson's Index. t Ibid. J Ibid.
§ [Lives, vol. i., p. 133,] Sir Walter Ogilvy acquired Lentrathen by marriage with Isabella,
daughter and heiress of Sir Allan Durward.— ( Doug. Peerage.) He married, secondly, the heiress
of Sir John Glen of Inchmartin, and thus came by that property. — ( Spald. Club Miscell. vol iv. J
He died in 1440 ; but during his liletime (142C) the patronage of the church of Lunderthin (Len-
trathen) belonged to the Earls of Crawford.— (Crawford Case, p. 43,)
|| The real progenitor of the Ogilvys of Airlie and Inverquharity was Gilbert, younger son
of Gilibrtde, Earl of Angus, who obtained charters from William the Lion of "terrarum de
Fourin, Ogilvin, et Kyneithin." lie assumed his surname from the lands of Ogilvy, in the
parish of Glamis, is witness to a charter of donation by his brother, Gilchrist, Earl of Angus, of
the church of Monyfode(Monifieth), to the Abbey of Arbroath, a. 1207.— {Reg.de Aberbrothoa.) The
traditionary origin of the Ogilvys is this :— Earl Gilchrist was married to a sister of William the
Lion, by whom he had three 6ons. Their mother's fidelity had long been suspected, and on re-
turning home from the chase one day, they found her in the presence of her paramour, and
raising their daggers, despatched both on the spot. On learning the circumstance, the King
declared vengeance against all the Gilchrists, and seized their lands. They fled to the
forests for safety, and remained among them several years. One day his Majesty was out
hunting, and getting detached from his party, was set upon by banditti. The proscribed Gil-
christs who were lurking near by, ran to his rescue, and on learning their name he restored
them to their old possessions, and added that of the Glen of Ogilvy, in Glamis, where he had
been beset and rescued, but on the reservation, of their assuming any other name than that
of Gilchrist, though, in truth, Gilchrist never was the surname of the Earls of Angus. In honour
of the place where they saved their Monarch's life, they took the name of Ogilvy, which has
been so long and so worthily borne by their descendants.