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lived, He could hardlie have mantained q^
his fay"" had recovered. He maried a
daughter of S*" Johne Montgomerie of
Eastwood,* had by her Children Williame
who succeided, Margrate maried to George
Dunbar of Cumnock & Jonet maried to
In his time, the ry* of the
Crowne of Scotland being decyded in favo''^
of Jo" Baliole by king Edward (Cald to be
arbiter in y'^ Contraversie) Conditionally of
homage & fialtie to the Crowne of Ingland,
w<^*i shortlie y'"after being denyed (being
granted by the Baliole w^out consent of
state) became one of the maine grounds
vpon w*^'^ did ensue such mortall dissention
between the two nationes as cost to both,
infinit blood travell & treasure, & lasted al-
most 300 yeares y'^after. In w^^ quarell
Archibald forsd. w*^ divers of his freinds &
Children, died in battell, neer Barwick, q^'
* The Montgomerys of Eagleshame, ancestors of
the Lord Eglintoun, were also proprietors of the bar-
ony of Eastwood, and from which they appear some-
times to have been designed.