Historical account of the noble family of Kennedy, Marquess of Ailsa and Earl of Cassilis

connection cannot be ascertained, is Sir Hugh Kennedy, whose ^fj nian 14 ,
name figures among the barons who swore fealty to Edward I.
in 1296. His name occurs among the barons of Lanarkshire, 1290.
in connection with Sir William le Fleming, who had an interest
in Kirkintilloch, a part of the barony of Lenzie, which lies on the
very confines of Lanarkshire. There also occurs in this list the
name of Alexander de Kennedy, canon of Glasgow. In 1296 Ibid - p- 89.
Edward I. directed a mandate to the Sheriff of Lanarkshire for R<"u»
Scotia?,
restoring his lands to " Hugh Kennedy," in consequence of cer- vo ' '"
tain negociations and conventions between him and James, High
Steward of Scotland. And, at the same time, he issued another m&., v ? j 3fr.-fi 3^
order to restore his land to " Alexander de Kyrkintulloch" who
is expressly said to be " in comitiva Hugonis Kenedy,' 1 and
which had also been negociated by the High Steward. The
expression " comitiva " seems to imply that he was a vassal or
retainer of Kennedy. In 1338 a Hugh de Kenedi de Scotia is ibia, p. 539,
mentioned, who sided with Thomas Ughtred, an English leader,
at Perth.
Fordun* and Winton-J- both relate, that in 1346 John Ken- 134a.
nedy, with Allan Stewart, " sturdily fought" in Carrick against
the Gallovidians, though Edward Balliol was there.
In 1358 the lands of Muchlyne, in Perthshire, were in the cham. uoiis,
vol. iii.,
hands of Robert Kennedy. p- 305 -
In the reign of David II., which was from 1329 to 1371,
a charter^; is granted to Malcolme Fleming of Biggar of the
lands of Leigne, " whilk were John Kennedies, whilk the said
John Kennedy forisfecit. 11 It was not unusual at that time for
* Fordun, edit. Goodall, vol. ii., p. 347.
t Winton, edit. Macpherson, vol. ii., p. 265.
% Robertson's Index, p. 30, No. 6. There is in the Cumbernauld charter-
chest a confirmation by David II., in the 28th year of his reign, to Malcolme
Fleming of Biggar, in the terms here stated. And in a charter in 1371 on record,
there is contemplated the event of the " heredes antiqui de Leignech " recovering
that possession. These could be no others than the Family of John Kennedy.