Historie and descent of the House of Rowallane

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the flowre of the younth of Scotland wer
ahnost Cut of, The towne being taken by a
stratagem & Johne Baliole that wnfortiinat
prince defate, & his Armie wholly routted
about the year 1298.*
WiUiame,t heir & successo"" to Ard.
maried a daughter of the house of Cragie
then Lindsey, he begate vpon her Adame
who succeided. It hath been most comon-
* At the siege and fall of Berwick, " There were
killed of the Scots, upwards of seven thousand, among
whom were the flower of the nobility of Lothian and
Fife." — Buck. " The English historians say, that the
town was taken by assault, and the garrison and in-
habitants butchered, without distinction of age or sex."
— Note to Buchanan, last edition.
f In the genealogical tree of the family, dated 1597,
this William is called Robert, and said to have been
succeeded by his only daughter Marjor}', who married
Sir Adam Mure of Abercorn, by whom she had chil-
dren, Sir Adam, who succeeded in Rowallan, and
Elizabeth, married to the High Stewart. It is further
stated, that Sir Adam of Abercorn, " pairtit with hir
[Marjory] and yair eftir mareit elizabeth dennestoune
dochtir to ye lord dennestoune and bigat tuo sonis, and
yis marjory more uas marit to Johne schaue of haly &
of ye quhilk is cum schaue of keirs. [he Sir Adam]
dcsceist in rovvailane, 1326." Our author doubtless
had authority for his correction.