Genealogical account of the family of Edmonstone of Duntreath

64 NOTES TO GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF
Soullis, et Thomas de Erskyne.' The charter is without date in an inventory by Ander-
son of original deeds that once were in the charter-chest of the Earls of Winton. One
copy is in the Register Office. The resignation is from the same source. I am indebted
to Mr. Riddell for the extract.
Note 8, Page 5.
The first notice of the grant of Duntreath is found, as is stated in the text, in an entry
in the Compota of the Ballivorum ad extra, under the head of the Earldom of Lennox, to
the effect that the Baillif of the Crown, ' non onerat se de fermis terrarum de Erlelevin
(Arlehavan), Drumfyn, 1 et Duntreyne (Duntreyve, or Duntreath) qui valent in anno sex
libros, tresdecim solidos et quatuor denaria quia Rex infeodavit Willielmum de Edmon-
stone de eisdem.'
Also there is this other charge in 1434. ' Et allocatur (computanti) pro quibusdam
terris (not mentioned) existentibus in manibus Willielmi de Edmonstone causa junctae
infeodationis sponse sue de anno compota — 1434.'
For these two important notices I am indebted to Mr. Riddell, who gives the references
to Chamberlain's Rolls, torn. 3, page 278-9 and 288. Mr. Riddell adds, ' This older Royal
Grant of Duntreath, I believe, was not formerly known. It may have been the more
expedient and necessary owing to the doubtful right of the Duchess of Albany Countess
of Lennox to the property in the Earldom of Lennox, owing to the forfeiture of her hus-
band and sons.' To the ' Duchess's Charter' is attached the seal, Lennox impaling Albany,
composed in the upper portion of the left half of Stewart of Albany a fess cheque" with
a label in chief ; and in the lower a lion rampant of the Earldom of Fife held by the
Duke of Albany, her husband ; together with the legend in the circumference. The
hearts on each side, and the Tree, are merely incidental. The seal, as also the deed, are
in very fine preservation. Balloch Castle, at the junction of Loch Lomond and the river
Leven, was the principal residence of the Earls of Lennox, but Inchmorrayne (Inchmurrin),
whence this and other deeds of the Duchess are dated, was a fortified residence in the
island of that name in Loch Lomond, close adjoining to which the Duchess retired, after
the death of her family, for security. There is a charter of lands at Drymen by the
Duchess to one Donald Patrick, on condition of furnishing stabling for her horses, as
also fire and lodging to such poor persons as might require the same.
Mr. Riddell also found in the charter-chest of Lord Napier a notarial instrument,
9th February 1408, setting forth that then 'personaliterconstitutus venerabilis vir Donaldus
de Lefnax Dominus de Catter' (near Buchanan) produced a charter there narrated as
follows : — ' Ego Donaldus comes de Lefnax Salutem ; noveritis me dedisse, confirmasse
Murdacho de Lefnax fratri meo, totam terram meam que vocatur Dumgoyak cum red-
dyng una cum monte que vocatur Duntreth, ac omnes terras meas de Blargin et de
Dumfyn cum suis pertinentibus infra comitatum de Lefnax ' to him heritably reddendo
1 Quasre. The two marked hills called Dunfyn and Dungoin ?