ALEXANDER ABERNETHY OF THAT ILK

Governor of Dundee

Biographical Summary by Wikipedia

Alexander de Abernethy (died c.1315) was a Scottish baron. He was a descendant of lay abbots of Abernethy; his grandfather Laurence, great-grandson of Gillemichael, Earl of Fife, was the first to style himself Lord (dominus). His daughter Margaret married John Stewart of Bonkyll, the new Scottish earl of Angus.

Alexander swore fealty to Edward I in 1291, presumably on the death of his father, Hugh. Between 1301 and 1303 he was appointed warden of Scotland between the Forth and the Mounth. He lost the office in King Edward's ordinances of 1305 but supported Balliol's claims over Bruce's. He was ordered to join the expedition of John of Brittany to defend Galloway against Robert Bruce and was absent from King Robert's first parliament in 1309. In June 1308 he was appointed warden of Scotland between the Forth and Orkney in June 1308 together with Edward Hastings; and in July 1310 - warden between the Forth and the mountains. He was also contracted to serve from September in Berwick and Perthshire under the command of Sir John de Segrave. He received Clackmannan in Stirlingshire from Edward II in 1310, was keeper of Dundee at least in mid-1311 and led the unsuccessful defence of the town against Edward Bruce in 1312. In 1314 Abernethy was forfeited and attached to the earldom of Angus, so Alexander went to England and died by the end of 1315.

He married Margaret de Menteith, daughter of Alexander, Earl of Menteith. 'lady Margaret de Abrenythy' was a lady of the court of Isabella of France, Queen of England, 1311/12. She resided in England as late as 30 Jan 1324/5, when a record in the Patent Rolls dated at Langley stated, ' 860. The K. signifies that he has granted leave to Margaret de Abernethy to visit Scotland, to treat with her friends there as to recovery of her hereditary lands. Langley. '

They had issue:

• Margaret, wife of John Stewart, Earl of Angus Margaret de Abernethy.
• Mary, wife of (1) Sir Andrew de Leslie, and (2) Sir David de Lindsay Mary de Abernethy.

Sources

Joseph Bain (ed.) Calendar of documents relating to Scotland, volume 3;
C. A. McGladdery, ‘Abernethy family (per. c.1260–c.1465)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, OUP (2004); Cal. Patent Rolls, 18 Edw. II. p. 2, p. 87, m. 32. Bain, Cal. Docs. Scotland III:157, no. 860. J. Ravilious, The Earls of Menteith: Alexander, Earl of Menteith and Sir Alexander de Abernethy, The Scottish Genealogist (September 2010), Vol. LVII, No. 3, pp. 130–139.

Biographical Summary by Darryl Lundy's Peerage

Sir Alexander Abernethy of that Ilk1

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Child of Sir Alexander Abernethy of that Ilk

Maria Abernethy+ 1

Citations

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 951. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

Genealogy

1. Darryl Lundy's Peerage
2. Wikipedia
3. Stirnet: Abernethy 1

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Abbots and lords of Abernethy

The abbots of Abernethy were descendants of Gille Míchéil, Earl of Fife. The abbacy may have been held by Áed (called Hugo or Eggu and other Latinised forms), son of Gille Míchéil,[2] but the abbacy is first attested when Áed's son Orm is confirmed in possession of it by King William of Scotland in the 1170s, in condition for making concessions favorable to the King's new monastic establishment at Arbroath Abbey.[3] The title of Abbot disappears in the sources during the abbacy of Laurence, with the title of dominus predominating:

• Orm de Abernethy (fl. 1170s)
• Laurence de Abernethy (fl. 1190s)
• Hugh de Abernethy (d. 1291)
• Alexander de Abernethy (d. c. 1315)

Following the death of Alexander Abernethy, the title passed to his daughter Margaret who married John Stewart of Bonkyll, who assumed the title, as well as being granted the forfeited Earldom of Angus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Abernethy

References

• 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 by Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 Publication date 1904-1914. Vol. 7. Page 396-398. Archive.Org
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mainegenie/genealogy/ABERNETH.htm