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THE GENEALOGY OF ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE. 261
‘Ancient Ballads and Songs’ (1827). It is there stated that “This
lady Elizabeth Montgomerie] appears to have been daughter to
Hugh Montgomery of Hazelhead, Ayrshire (descended of Eglintoun),
by Marion Sempill, daughter of Lord Sempill, and sister to Mont¬
gomery, author of ‘ The Cherry and the Slae.’ This statement is
curiously complicated with error. The Hugh Montgomerie who
married Marion Sempill was Alexander Montgomerie’s eldest brother,
the fifth laird of Hessilheid. The Hugh Montgomerie who has been
supposed to be the poet’s father was the third laird. The poet had
a sister Elizabeth, but, as has been pointed out, she married Adam
Montgomerie of Braidstane. The following charter conclusively
proves who the Elizabeth Montgomerie was that married into the
Rowallan family and became the mother of Sir William Mure.
“24 Ian., 1593. Rex confirmavit cartam Willelmi Mure de Row¬
allan, qua, proimpletione contractus matrimonialis inter se et Wil.
Mure filium suum et heredem apparentem ab una, Hugonem Mont¬
gomery de Hessilheid et Eliz. Montgomery ejus filiam legitimam ab
altera partibus de data apud Hessilheid 23 Sept., 1592, vendidit
dicte Elizabethe Montgomery (spouse dicti filii sui) in ejus pura
virginitate in vitali redditu, 40 solidatos terrarum antiqui extentus de
Glassoch . . .”1 At the date this charter was granted the laird of
Hessilheid was Hugh Montgomerie, the poet’s eldest brother, and it is
his daughter Elizabeth who is here seen to have been contracted in
marriage with the laird of Rowallan. Her son, Sir William Mure
the poet, born in the following year, 1594, was accordingly a grand¬
nephew of Alexander Montgomerie.2
1 Register of the Great Seal of Scotland. Among the witnesses signing appears
“ lo. Montgomery de Auchinbothy,” brother of the Elizabeth mentioned in the
charter.
2 From two entries in the manuscript Protocol Book (1612-1620) of Robert
Brown, notary public, preserved in the Drummond Collection, Edinburgh Uni¬
versity Library, it would appear that by 1620 Sir William Mure had succeeded to
the family estate, and that he was also at this date married and had a son named
Alexander.
‘Ancient Ballads and Songs’ (1827). It is there stated that “This
lady Elizabeth Montgomerie] appears to have been daughter to
Hugh Montgomery of Hazelhead, Ayrshire (descended of Eglintoun),
by Marion Sempill, daughter of Lord Sempill, and sister to Mont¬
gomery, author of ‘ The Cherry and the Slae.’ This statement is
curiously complicated with error. The Hugh Montgomerie who
married Marion Sempill was Alexander Montgomerie’s eldest brother,
the fifth laird of Hessilheid. The Hugh Montgomerie who has been
supposed to be the poet’s father was the third laird. The poet had
a sister Elizabeth, but, as has been pointed out, she married Adam
Montgomerie of Braidstane. The following charter conclusively
proves who the Elizabeth Montgomerie was that married into the
Rowallan family and became the mother of Sir William Mure.
“24 Ian., 1593. Rex confirmavit cartam Willelmi Mure de Row¬
allan, qua, proimpletione contractus matrimonialis inter se et Wil.
Mure filium suum et heredem apparentem ab una, Hugonem Mont¬
gomery de Hessilheid et Eliz. Montgomery ejus filiam legitimam ab
altera partibus de data apud Hessilheid 23 Sept., 1592, vendidit
dicte Elizabethe Montgomery (spouse dicti filii sui) in ejus pura
virginitate in vitali redditu, 40 solidatos terrarum antiqui extentus de
Glassoch . . .”1 At the date this charter was granted the laird of
Hessilheid was Hugh Montgomerie, the poet’s eldest brother, and it is
his daughter Elizabeth who is here seen to have been contracted in
marriage with the laird of Rowallan. Her son, Sir William Mure
the poet, born in the following year, 1594, was accordingly a grand¬
nephew of Alexander Montgomerie.2
1 Register of the Great Seal of Scotland. Among the witnesses signing appears
“ lo. Montgomery de Auchinbothy,” brother of the Elizabeth mentioned in the
charter.
2 From two entries in the manuscript Protocol Book (1612-1620) of Robert
Brown, notary public, preserved in the Drummond Collection, Edinburgh Uni¬
versity Library, it would appear that by 1620 Sir William Mure had succeeded to
the family estate, and that he was also at this date married and had a son named
Alexander.
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| Description | And other pieces from Laing MS. No. 447. Supplementary volume. Edited with introduction, appendices, notes and glossary by George Stevenson. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1910. |
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