Stirlings of Keir

JOHN DE STRIWELYNE OF RATHORAN, &C, 1295-1393. 15
ing the estate, or through an intermarriage with the family, may have adopted
the Buckles.
Sir William Striveling is presumed to have been father of —
VI. John de Striwelyne of Eathoran in Lorn.
[1295-1339.]
John de Striwelyne is presumed to have been taken prisoner at Halidon
Hill on 19th July 1333, where his cousin of the same name was slain.
John de Striwelyne married Mary, the aunt of John of Argyll, Lord of Lorn,
the last of the male line of tbe ancient Lords of Lorn, who claimed descent
from Dugal, the son of Somerled of Argyle and the Isles. John of Lorn
granted to Mary, his aunt, the wife of John de Strevelyn, the lands of Ea-
thoran, and others, in Lorn, to be held of the granter for payment of a pair
of spurs. This charter is dated at Perth on the Nativity of St. Mary 1338 ; 2
and it was perhaps granted to the lady on the occasion of her marriage.
In the following year, 1339, John de Striwelyne and Alan Boyd, styled by
Fordun ' valentes armigeri,' commanded the Archers, under the Steward of
Scotland, at the siege of Perth, when they were both slain. 3
The death of John de Striwelyne at Perth is also recorded by Wyntonn
in his Cronykil —
' Qwhil thai ware lyand at that Touri
' Thai had oft tymys bykkoryng,
1 Qwhare there wes far and nere schotyng
' Thaire deyd twa Scottis Sqwyeris
' As thai war governand thaire archerys
' Alane Boyd and Jhone of Stryvelyne.' 4
He was father of —
VII. William of Strivelyn of Eathoran.
[1339-1393.]
William may have been born in 1339, being the year following the marriage of
his parents. He possessed the lands of Eathoran by the same tenure as they had
1 Hailes' Annals, vol. iii. p. 92. Edition, 1792, 2 No. 2, p. 198. 3 Fordoun, xiii. 45.
and reference to Knyghton. * Vol. ii. p. 233-4.