Genealogy of the most noble and ancient House of Drummond

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difponed to the Morvills and theire aires male. Allan Earle of
Galloway, fone to Rolland, was the fixth Conftable of Scotland : he
married Margaret, eldeft daughter to David Earle of Huntingtoune,
brother to King William ; upon her he begot only three daughters,
Helen, Dornagilla, and Marjorie. Oure hiftorie wrytters feeme heir
to miftake, for they reckon only tuo daughters, and place Dornagilla
for the eldeft. Helen, the eldeft, was married to Sir Roger Quincie,
Earle of Winchefter, and had by her the third part of Earle Allans
eftate, with the fpecial mannor, place, and office of Conftabulary of
the Kingdome, albeit he was a ftranger, which Dornagilla, the wife
of John Balliol, had beft right too, and he upon her accompt, if fhe
had been eldeft. Againft this Sir Roger Quincie, duelling in Gallo-
way, a baftard fone of Allan's, called Thomas, raifed ane infurrection
of the Gallowidians, whom King Alexander the Second fuppreffed
with no final danger and difficultie, in the year 1236. 1236.
Sir Roger Quincy, Earle of Winchefter, and Conftable, had only by
his wife Helen three daughters ; the firft Margaret, married upon
William the Lord Ferriers, eldeft fone to the Earle of Derby ; the
fecond, Elifabeth, upon Alexander Cumin Earle of Buchan ; and the
third, Helen, upon Allan Lord Afhby de la Zough. The Lord
Ferriers, in right of his wife, was the next Conftable of Scotland, and
the eighth in order, only the adminiftration thereof was committed to
Alexander Earle of Buchan who married the fecond fifter, in the
abfence of the Lord Ferriers ; upon whofe death, without fucceffion
or forfaulture by King Henrie the Third of England, Alexander
became Conftable. Alexander Earle of Buchan, who had married
Elifabeth, fecond daughter of Roger Earle of Winchefter, begotten
upon Helen the eldeft daughter of Allan Earle of Galloway, was the
ninth Conftable of Scotland ; he begot John Cumine Earle of
Buchan, and other children. John Cumin Earle of Buchan married
and begot John Red Cummin ; John Cummin the father