Genealogical account of the family of Edmonstone of Duntreath

THE FAMILY OF EDMONSTONE. 35
married William, first Earl of Montrose. Second, Christian 1 married John,
Lord Ross of Halkhead. Third, Elizabeth 2 married John, Master of
Montgomery, eldest son of Hugh, first Earl of Eglinton. Fourth, Mar-
garet 3 married George Buchanan of that ilk ; and fifth, Barbara 4 married
Sir James Muschet of Burnbank, in Perthshire, a family at that time of
distinction, but long since extinct. Sixth, Catherine. Seven, Helen, not
noticed farther in the pedigree.
Sir Archibald had likewise a natural son named James, styled of
Ballown, as there is a charter " Jacobi filii naturalis Archibald Edmonstone
de Duntreath," dated 1553.
Sir William Edmonstone came into possession on his father's death
in 1502. He was shortly after appointed steward of Monteith, and captain
of the Castle of Doune in Perthshire, for, in the following year, 1 503, with
George, 5 Abbot of Holyrood, Walter Scott of Buccleuch, and others, he is
witness to the saisine of Margaret of England, in the county (or district)
of Monteith, in consequence of her marriage contract, in which this is
included with many other appanages as her dower, dated Edinburgh, 6th
May, 1503, 15th of James IV. 6 Also to the same for her saisine, 'dominii
de Strivelinshire,' William Edmonstone de Duntreath, captain of Doune, is
witness among others. There is, moreover, an original infeftment, 20th
January 1 507, upon a royal precept of Archibald Napier of Monteith, in
lands in Monteith, to which officially the seal of arms of William
Edmonstone of Duntreath, as steward of Monteith, is appended. The arms
are emblazoned with supporters and crest as now borne. Crauford,
moreover, mentions a decreet, obtained at the instance of Sir James
Haldane of Glenegles before William Edmonstone, as steward of Monteith.
He married first, Sibylla, daughter of Sir William Baillie of Lamington, an
old and distinguished family now extinct. This marriage is attested by a
charter in 1497 to William, son and heir of Archibald Edmonstone of
Duntreath, and Sibylla Baillie, his wife, of the lands of Gartbarron ; also by
another charter to the same parties, of Argety and Rednock, dated 1506.
Sir William's second wife was Elizabeth Leslie, daughter to George, first
Earl of Rothes, who had been previously married to William, third Earl
1 Note 39, Appendix. s Note 41, Appendix. 5 Rymer's Federa.
' Note 40, Appendix. * Note 42, Appendix. 6 Note 43, Appendix.