Agnes Kennedy

AGNES KENNEDY Lady Stair

The paternity of Agnes Kennedy, here treated, has not been satisfactorily identified. She is described as the heiress of the estate of Stair Montgomery in Ayrshire in the Scots Peerage account of the Dalrymple, Earls of Stair, but her parents are not identified by name. The Scots Peerage VIII: 115

Agnes Kennedy, here treated, is not the daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 1st Lord Kennedy No mention of a daughter of this name is made in the Scots Peerage account of his family. The Scots Peerage II: pp. 452-6 for the family of Gilbert Kennedy of Dunure

Marriage

Agnes Kennedy, here treated, married William Dalrymple of Stair : "for which marriage a bull was granted by Pope Nicolas, they being in the third and fourth degrees of affinity, which bull was directed to James Kennedy, Bishop of St. Andrews, dated 3 February 1451-52." The Scots Peerage VIII: 115

Children

1. William Dalrymple of Stair

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

14 March 1487-88: Instrument narrating renunciation by Jonet Kennedy in favour of Agnes Kennedy, her aunt, of her right to the lands of Stayr [Stair]. National Records of Scotland, Moir Bryce collection, reference GD100/39

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage VIII: 115
2. Stirnet: Dalrymple 01

Biographical Summary

A direct descendent and heir to the Stair-Montgomery estate was Agnes Kennedy (SAID TO BE GRANDDAUGHTER OF MALCOLM DE CARRICK DE STAIR [Source: Scottish Nation Volume 2] About 1450/1451 Agnes Kennedy married a William de Dalrymple (whose direct line to Adam de Dalrymple cannot be proved exactly). But as a result of his marriage William acquired the lands of Stair-Montgomery thereby re-uniting once more the old Dalrymple lands with the Dalrymple family. William built Stair House in Ayrshire shortly after he married Agnes Kennedy. A Papal bull was granted by Pope Nicholas as William and Agnes were in the 3rd and 4th degrees of consanguinity and issued by James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrew's 1451/1452. [By Stephen R Johnson June 2014]