Historical and genealogical account of the principal families of the name of Kennedy

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Bennan ; as appears from their Marriage-Contract, to which Thomas elder, and
Thomas younger, of Bargany, are also parties. Their eldest son married a daugh-
ter of Ross of Galstoun and Haining — and his eldest son and heir, Hugh, mar-
ried Margaret Cathcart, daughter to James of Genoch — whose eldest son and
heir, Hugh, married Isabel Wardlaw, niece to Sir John Wardlaw of Pitrevie. 1
The family of Bennan claimed and wore the armorial hearings of Bargany, after
the extinction of that House ; being the last cadet of the Family.
gUHILK WES TO ABEIN, &C — P. 23.
A short blank occurs in MS. The sense, however, is, that the Laird of Col-
zean, in order to frustrate the plot here alluded to, ' which was to have been put
to execution,' attempted to divert the Earl's attention, by the incast or suggestion
of another device of his own invention.
GIFF HE WALD SETT DOUNE WITH THAME, &C — IBID.
This alludes to the pernicious custom then prevalent, (though contrary to the
established laws of the land, ) of privately entering into mutual Bonds, whereby
the contracting parties were solemnly engaged, under the severest penalties, to
espouse ' all the lauchfull quarrellis' of each other — their allegeance to the King,
and, sometimes, that of their feudal Superior, being alone excepted.
TUMULT IN EDINBUBGH. P. 24.
The same author, in his History or Chronicles of Scotland, has given a very
valuable account of these remarkable proceedings, which the Editor believes to
be the best contemporary illustration now extant, excepting that which Robert
Birrel has given in his usual quaint style, in his amusing ' Diarey,' 2 to which the
reader is referred. These two accounts convey an accurate picture of the transaction,
and must form the groundwork of all subsequent historical notices of this event.
Ane Vproir in Edinburgke. 3
And now, wpone the 17 day of December, 1596, the Kingis Maiestie being
1 Nisbefs Heraldry, II. 38, App. 2 BirrePs Diary, p. 39. 3 From Anon. MS.
Hist, of Scotland, Adv. Library, A. 4. 35. See also Pitcaim's Trials, II. 3, &c.