Genealogy of the most noble and ancient House of Drummond

32 THE GENEALOGIE OF
Kings daughter, in marriage. Now he being to propagate the Royal
line, provyded his brother Grimus to be heritable Thane of Strathern,
and to manage the Abthanes charge, for which he had the title of
Baylie of the Abthanie of Dull, but was killed as is related. After,
when King Malcolme Keandmore came to the Crown, he conferred the
Abthanes office upon Walter, the fone of Fleanchus, grandchyld of
Bancho, Thane of Lochaber, who was firft called Dapifer or Senescal-
lus Regis, and afterwards Senescallus Scotice, or great Stuart of Scot-
land, vvhofe office became his firname, and in fome old wryts is defigned
only Walter Senefcal. Upon this preferment, Ferchad, then a young
man, grandchild of Grimus, Thane of Strathern, became very difcon-
tented with the King for beftowing that office upon Walter Stuart,
(which he judged, becaufe of his near relation to Crinen, due to him-
felfe), and plotted treafonable defignes for furpryfing the King at Ber-
tha, a place near to his government ; bot King Malcolm difcovering
the confpiracy, ufed great magnanimity and clemencie in rebukeing and
pardoning Ferchad ; for he not only forgave him upon his confefiion,
bot alfo, in recompenfe of his Abthanes office, which he pretended too,
erected the Thanerie of Strathern in a Countie Palatine, and made him
Earle thereof ; continowing alfo to him and his pofterity the Baylifhip
of the Abthanie of Dull ; which office of the Baillifhip, after a long
feries of fucceffions, at laft fell to be and now is one of the antiquated
Vide Free- titles of the Earles of Perth, who, becaufe the profits belonging thereto
the Abthanie are fallen from it, have fuffered both title and benefit thereof in a
of Dull & . « ■
Apindow. maner to prelcrieve.
Ferchard Earle of Strathern, we find, had tuo fones and tuo daugh-
ters, Gilbert and Malice, Arabella and Chriftiana. The youngeft,
Chriftiana, married Walter Olyffard, who got with her the parroch of
Strageth, called now Blackfoord, which Walter his fone reftored or ex-
cambed with her brother Gilbert, the fecond Earle of Strathern, and he
mortifyed the patronage thereof to the Abbacie of Inchaffray, about