Historical account of the family of Hay of Leys

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MELGINCH BRANCH.
No. XXXVII.
The first of this family was Peter Hay, second son of Edmund Hay of
Leys, (No. XVIII.) who obtained a charter of confirmation in 1451, from
William Earl of Enrol, of two carucates of land originally granted, in 1235
Douglas Peerage by Gilbeft de Haya ° f Em)1 t0 his brother William de Ha ya, the ancestor
481. ' ° ' of the Leys family, (No. XII.) He lived in the reign of James III., and
was the first baron of Melginch of the name of Hay, and is designed in
Macfarlane's Coll. authentic writs> « secon( j SQn of Edmund f Leys.'
By his spouse, whose name has not been discovered, he had two sons
1. Edmund Hay of Melginch, his successor. (No. XXXVIII.)
2. William Hay of Lochley, mentioned with his brother Edmund in Leys entail 1496.
No. XXXVIII.
Edmund Hay of Melginch, eldest son of Peter Hay of Melginch, (No.
Douglas Peerage, XXXVII.) is mentioned, in the entail of the estate of Leys by Peter Hay
Charter penes
Leys.
of Leys, as next heir immediately after his own brothers,
reign of James IV. Charters 1496.
He had issue a son —
Peter Hay of Melginch, his successor. (No. XXXIX.)
He lived in the
No. XXXIX.
Peter Hay of Melginch, eldest son of Edmund Hay, (No. XXXVIII.)
3] re 65 Seal B °° k ' had a charter of the lands of Inchconnane in Perthshire to himself and
Margaret Crichton his wife, and Peter Hay their son, and Margaret his
wife, 1555.