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

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1. Sir James Kennedy of Dunure, who married the
Princess Mary Steuart, and had issue as above.
2. Alexander Kennedy of Ardstyncher.*
3. Hugh Kennedy, who accompanied the Scottish troops
/ to France under the Earl of Buchan, and distin-
Fordun, ii.. guished himself at the battle of Bauge, in Anjou,
22d March 1421.f
4. John Kennedy, afterwards of Blairquhan. On 2d
July 1444 Sir John Kennedy of Blairquhan, and
John Kennedy, his son, grant a bond of manrent
to Sir Gilbert Kennedy, his nephew. In 1500+
Sir John Kennedy, son and apparent heir of John
Kennedy of Blairquhan, infefts Margaret Camp-
bell, his second wife, in lands in Galloway. § In
1505 Gavin Kennedy of Blairquhan infefts John,
his brother consanguinian in the lands of Skeith,
Sec j| In 1528 James Kennedy of Blairquhan enters
into a contract with the Earl of Cassillis relative to
* He is so called as witness to a charter, dated 18th March 1415, by John
M'Gillilan to Fergus Kennedy of Bomonyn. He had a son, Gilbert Kennedy,
who obtained a charter, dated 31st December 1456, from John M'Dowall of Quar-
terland, of the twenty-five shilling land of Beoch. In the History of the Ken-
nedys he is said to have been a natural son|; and none of his family are called in
any of the future entails, although they are frequent witnesses to deeds. In
1464 Gilbert Kennedy acquired the barony of Craigneil, which estate remained
with his descendants till the middle of the sixteenth century, when it was sold
to Kennedy of Knockdolian, and by him to Kennedy of Carslo, from whom
it was acquired by the Earl of Cassillis.
t Hugh Kennedy may have accompanied his uncle, Sir Robert Maxwell of
Calderwood, to France, and fought in his train.
% Sasine dated 27th June 1500.
§ From a charter in 1508 it appears that Thomas Kennedy of Carslo was a
younger brother of Sir John Kennedy of Blairquhan. He was heritable coroner
of Carrick, and disponed it to his son, Thomas Kennedy of Craigfyn, in 1513.
|| Charter dated 26th September 1505.