Historie and descent of the House of Rowallane
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w'*^^' haveing coiisiderablie enlarged by ad-
dition y'^to of the state of Pokellie, haveing
maried in his younger yeares Jonet Mure
heretrix y'*of, the grand Child of Ronald
More, provyded y''to by S"^ Gilchrist after
the battell of lairges, He proved a man
both worthie and fortunat, & by the meane
forsd. having made vp againe his estate
enteir & bettered the Condition of his
house, was also happie in his succession,
his eldest Sone being lykv^^ise S"^ Adame,
And Elizabeth, made Choyce of (for her
excellent buetie & rare vertues) by king
Robert to be queen of Scotland, being the
onlie daughter of y' mariage extant vpon
record.*
* In the last edition of the Peerage, Elizabeth More
is stated to have been daughter of Joanna, or Janet
Danielstoun. This appears to be erroneous. Joanna
Danielstoun was wife of the second Sir Adam More
of Rowallan, the brother of Elizabeth, whom she sur-
vived, and was hving in 1415 Quod vide infra. She
could not, therefore, be mother of Elizabeth More,
who was married to the High Stewart at least as early
as the year 1347.
w'*^^' haveing coiisiderablie enlarged by ad-
dition y'^to of the state of Pokellie, haveing
maried in his younger yeares Jonet Mure
heretrix y'*of, the grand Child of Ronald
More, provyded y''to by S"^ Gilchrist after
the battell of lairges, He proved a man
both worthie and fortunat, & by the meane
forsd. having made vp againe his estate
enteir & bettered the Condition of his
house, was also happie in his succession,
his eldest Sone being lykv^^ise S"^ Adame,
And Elizabeth, made Choyce of (for her
excellent buetie & rare vertues) by king
Robert to be queen of Scotland, being the
onlie daughter of y' mariage extant vpon
record.*
* In the last edition of the Peerage, Elizabeth More
is stated to have been daughter of Joanna, or Janet
Danielstoun. This appears to be erroneous. Joanna
Danielstoun was wife of the second Sir Adam More
of Rowallan, the brother of Elizabeth, whom she sur-
vived, and was hving in 1415 Quod vide infra. She
could not, therefore, be mother of Elizabeth More,
who was married to the High Stewart at least as early
as the year 1347.
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| Histories of Scottish families > Historie and descent of the House of Rowallane > (49) Page 45 |
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| Description | By Sir William Mure, Knight, of Rowallan. Written in, or prior to 1657. Glasgow: printed for Chalmers and Collins, 1825. |
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| Shelfmark | A.114.c.10 |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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