History of the earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth

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HISTORY OF THE EARLDOMS OF
William
EIGHTH Earl
of monteith
and second
Earl of
AlRTH.
1671—1680.
teith, and sat in Parliament as *' Earl of Mon-
teith" in April 1693. '
In May, 1 680, the Earl of Airth, having be-
come greatly involved in debts, wished to resign
his territorial Earldoms of Monteith and Airth,
together with the Style, Title of Honour, and
Dignity of Earl of Monteith and Airth, Lord
Kilpont and Kilbride, with all honours, preceden-
cies, liberties, and privileges pertaining thereto
in any sort^, and to obtain a new Charter regrant-
ing both the lands and Honours to himself for
life, with remainder to James Marquis of Mon-
trose (the Chief of the House of Graham), and
the heirs male of his body, whom failing, to his
heirs male whatsomever, whom failing, to his heirs
and assigns whatsomever, in fee, unless the Earl
of Monteith should happen to have an heir male
of his body ; in which case the said lands, living,
estate, and title of Honour foresaid, should be re-
deemable by the said heir male, from the Marquis
of Montrose and his heirs, upon payment of one
angel of gold or ten marks of Scots money. ^
A Warrant to the Signet was accordingly
signed by the King for a new Charter to be
passed under the Great Seal ; but in the report
from the Privy Council of Scotland, the resigna-
tion of the Earl of Monteith is said to be
in favour of the second son of the Marquis of
1 Printed Evidence, p. 31.
3 Ibid. p. 20.22.
2 Ibid. pp. 20, 21.