Three Celtic earldoms

32 THREE CELTIC EARLDOMS
between 1270 and 1282, by Malise, Earl of Strathearn,
to Sir Malise of Logy. In the Registrum de Dun-
fermlyn there is a charter by a Sir Malcolm de
Moravia, 20th July 1274, by which he gave to the
Church of Dunfermlyn the lands of Beath Wester,
which grant was confirmed by Sir Alexander Moray
at Culbin on the 1st August of the same year. In
1260 Sir Malcolm gave the lands of Llanbryde in
Morayshire to his son William. He died in 1284,
having, it is said, married the heir of Sir Geoffrey of
Gask, with whom he got the lands of Gask. He left
issue, John, son and heir of Sir William ; this William
left a son, Andrew Murray of Tullibardine, who gave
an annuity out of that estate to the abbot and con-
vent of Inchaffray. He supported Edward Baliol ;
was taken prisoner on 7th October 1332 at Perth,
and executed for high treason. He left a son, Sir
William Murray of Tullibardine, who on the resigna-
tion of Ada, his grandmother, wife of the late William
Murray, had a charter of the lands of Tullibardine in
1 333 from Malise, Earl of Strathearn. His successor,
Sir John Murray of Tullibardine, had a donation of
the lands of Pitcairlie from Sir Alexander Abernethy.
He was succeeded by Walter Murray of Tullibardine,
who had confirmation of the lands from David II. ; his
grandson, Sir David Murray, succeeded in 1380, and
had a charter from Euphemia, Countess Palatine of
Strathearn, of lands in the east of Strathearn. Sir
David Murray of Tullibardine was in 1432 served
heir to his grandmother of the lands of Aldie. His
son, Sir William, succeeded him in 1452, and was
appointed in 1473 steward of Strathearn and keeper
of Doune Castle, with power to hold courts and
punish offenders ; he was also owner of Tullibardine
and Gask. Sir William Murray was served heir to
his father in 1461, and died in 1524 ; he was in 1483
appointed for life steward of Strathearn, Keeper of