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Sir William Edmonstone

(Abt 1427 - 1486)


== Biography ==
}William was the son of [[Edmonstone-10|Sir William Edmonstone, 1st of Duntreath]] and [[Stewart-1638|Lady Mary Stewart]], daughter of Robert III Stewart, King of Scotland and Annabel Drummond, daughter of Sir John Drummond, 11th of Lennox & Mary Montifex.

=== Family ===He married [[Stewart-1421|Matilda Stewart]], illegitimate daughter of Lord James Stewart.
[[#Paul1|Paul - Peerage Vol. I]]:[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun01pauluoft#page/163/mode/1up p. 151]
They had six sons and one daughter:
# [[Edmonstone-3|Sir Archibald Edmonstone]] (who succeeded his father William), m. Janet, daughter of Sir James Shaw of Sauchie, in Stirlingshire, as is attested by a charter of the lands of Cambuswallace.# James Edmonstone, m. 1st Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Alexander Cunningham of Polmaise, but had no issue. m. 2nd Helen, daughter to John Murray of Touchadam, which two estates became merged into the latter family by marriage in the next century.,
# James Edmonstone (the younger), was in the holy orders# John Edmonstone m. daughter of Sir John Stewart of Ardgowan and Blackball,
# George Edmonstone,
# William Edmonstone, deputy-master of the household to King James IV.# An unnamed daughter married (according to Crauford) to Lawrence, first Lord Oliphant.
William Edmonstone succeeded his father [[Edmonstone-10|William]] in the estate of Duntreath in 1460. He died in 1486.
[[#Edmonstone|Edmonstone]]:[https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalaced00edmo#page/32/mode/1up pp. 32-3]

The earliest mention of Duntreath is of perhaps the middle of the previous century, of a resignation of Donald Earl of Lennox of the lands of Duntreath to his brother Murdoch de Levenox, and there is a notarial instrument referring to this charter of resignation dated 1408. As regards the existing tenure, there is a charter in the family charter chest of Issobel Duchess of Albany Countess of Lennox, dated 1445, of these lands to William Edmonstone, son of William of Culloden and his wife Matilda Stewart, reserving the liferent to William the father.
"List of the INIembers who were present the day in Parhament of Scotland, and which me June 1. A.D. 1478 ; being the first list of the kind that occurs in the records of Parliament.
An image of the coat of arms available on Ancestry.com at http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=e246bb6d-122e-4d38-b8a3-379bbbaaaccb&tid=13078823&pid=-128825978.

== Sources ==

* Edmonstone, Sir Archibald, "Genealogical Account of the Family of Edmonstone of Duntreath", Edinburgh, Privage, 1875
* Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas,1904, Vol. I

See also:
* [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175014603594;view=1up;seq=339 The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion by the Romans under Julius Caesar. Written on a new plan. By Robert Henry ... v. X / 10., by Henry, Robert, 1718-1790., Published 1814., hathitrust.org]

    Events

    BirthAbt 1427Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Death1486Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Alt nameof Duntreath
    Reference No1138765
    Reference No1161218
    Reference No60

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