History of the earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth

76 HISTORY OF THE EARLDOMS OF
William William Earl of Monteith and his aforesaid heirs
SEVENTH JlyARL
OF MosTEiTH. shall, in all future time, have, brook, and enjoy to
them the name, style, title, and dignity of Earls
of Airth, and that with place, priority, and pre-
cedency, before all other Earls, to them previously
due by virtue of the said charter granted to the
said Malise late Earl of Monteith and his afore-
said, on the aforesaid sixth day of the month of
September, in the aforesaid year of the Lord
one thousand four hundred twenty-eight. In
witness whereof We have to these presents
commanded our Great Seal to be affixed at our
Palace of Whitehall, the 21st day of the month
of January, in the year of the Lord one thou-
sand six hundred thirty-three, and in the eighth
year of our reign." ^
The first observation that occurs upon this
Patent is, that there is a discrepancy in the date
which it assigns to the Charter by which King
James the First is there said to have created the
Earldom of Monteith, because the 6th of Sep-
tember in the 22nd year of that reign was in
1427, instead of 1428^; and this mistake is re-
peated four times.
' A copy of the original Patent will be found in the
Appendix, No. XIV.
2 The Charter erecting the lands of Craynis, &c. into
the Earldom of Monteith, is dated on the 6th of September,
in the 22nd year of the reign of King James the First ; but
the year of our Lord is not mentioned. See Appendix,
No. VII.