Genealogy of the most noble and ancient House of Drummond

THE HOUSE OF DRUMMOND. 33
the year 1200. Ferchad, with his eldeft daughter Arabella, gave in
portion the barronie of Nethergafk to Sir Robert Quincie, the father of
Sir Seier or Saer, and grandfather of Sir Roger Quincie, Earle of
Winchefter, who had to wife Helen, the eldeft of three daughters,
coheireffes of Allan, Lord of Galloway, Conftable of Scotland; in
whofe right he fucceeded to the Conftables office after the death of
Allan. Of this marriage many of our hiftorie wrytters feem to be
ignorant, when they relate the pafiages of the competitions for the
crown after the death of King Alexander the Third. This Sir Roger
Quincie, Earle of Winchefter and Conftable of Scotland, gave the
name of Quincies burgh to the village in Kirkliftoun pariih, a part of
his inheritance. He had no fones, and Alexander Cumin, Earle of
Buchan, married his daughter Elizabeth Quincie, with whom he got
the barronie of Nethergafk ; which went with a daughter of John Red
Cumin, Alexanders grandchild, to Maurice Murray, Lord of Bothwel ;
and he left it to Sir Malcolm Murray, his fecond fone, the father of
Sir William Murray, the firft laird of Tullibardine.
Earle Ferchads eldeft fone was Gilbert, who, in his charters of
donations to the Church to fhew his magnificence, wreats himfelfe,
Dei indulgentia Comes de Strathern. He married Mathildis or Maud,
daughter to William of Aubignie, Earle of Arundel, of whom are de-
fcended in order three Earles of Strathern, to wit, Robert and two
Malifies ; the laft whereof was forfaulted be King Robert Bruce for ad-
hereing to the Cumins.
Earle Ferchads youngeft fone was Malife, whom he made Senefcall
of Strathern and Baylie of the Abthanie of Dull. He conftitute under
him three Thanes of Aughterarder, Strowan and Dinning, in imitation
of the Kingly government. This Malice married Ada, the youngeft
daughter of David Earle of Huntingtown, and widdow of Henrie
Lord Haftings, one of the ten poftulators of the Croun, when the
decifion of theire pretentions was unhappily fubmitted to Edward the