ELIZABETH BUCHANAN

Elizabeth Buchanan, here treated, is reported to be the daughter of Sir Walter Buchanan, 11th Chief of Buchanan The name of her mother is not certainly known, although she may be the daughter of a lady named Margaret The Scots Peerage IV: 272

Death

A date and place of death has not been identified for Elizabeth Buchanan. She was alive on 17 July 1445, and may still have been alive on 18 October 1463, RMS: 1424-1513: charter number 767 however, she is reported too be dead in 1471. The Scots Peerage IV: 272

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

17 July 1445: Charter by which Andrew, Lord Gray and Foulis, confirms that he has given the lands of Cragy, in the barony of Cragy and sheriffdom of Kincardine, to Alexander Cant, burgess of Montrose. Alexander Cant was to pay one silver penny annually in the name of blench ferme for this land, as was assigned to Elizabeth Buchanan, widow of the deceased Sir Andrew Gray, father of Andrew, Lord Gray and Foulis: "aut assignatos per nobilem dominam Elizabeth Buchanan relictam quondam D. Andree le Gray, militis (patris dicti And.)." Alexander Cant obtained a charter of confirmation under the Great Seal of Scotland on 18 October 1463. RMS: 1424-1513: charter number 767

Printed Evidence

Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1424-1513. Edited by James Balfour Paul, FSA. Scot. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1882), 1153 pp. including indices and errata

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage IV: 272

Biographical Summary for Elizabeth Buchanan

Sir Andrew Gray of Broxmouth . . . . . married secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Walter Buchanan, knight, to whom Sir John Scrimgeour, Constable of Dundee, granted an assignation of 500 merks contained in an obligation by Sir Andrew, her husband, to him, dated 28 July 1436. She married, secondly, Thomas Oliphant of Dron, and was dead in 1471. The Scots Peerage IV: 272

Chiefs of Clan Buchanan

• 11th – Sir Walter Buchanan,[69][70] (Guthrie Smith identifies him as 5th Chief and Buchanan of Auchmar identifies him as 11th Chief) married Margaret and had three sons (Walter his successor, Alexander who reputedly killed the Duke of Clarence at the battle of Beaugé in 1421 and who later died in the battle of Verneuil in 1424, and John [Buchanan of Auchmar identifies him as 12th Chief ] who married Janet the heiress of Leny and was the first ancestor of the cadets of Leny) and two daughters (Elizabeth and Jean).

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  • Stirnet - Buchanan01
• ((A)) Walter Buchanan, 11th Buchanan (a 1373)
• BLG1952 and 'Strathendrick' disagree on a number of items over the next few generations. for example: BLG reports that the John Buchanan who married Janet de Lany was the eldest son of Walter, 11th laird, and was himself 12th laird. We follow 'Strathendrick'.
• m. Margaret
  • ((i)) Walter Buchanan, 12th of Buchanan
  • m1. ??
  • m2. Isobel Stewart (dau of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany)
  • BLG1952 reports that Isobel Stewart was mother of Walter's children. However, 'Strathendrick' (which does not identify any daughters) reports: "his children must have been by a former wife."
    • ((a)) Patrick Buchanan, 13 of Buchanan (d before 07.1477)
    • m. Jonet Conynghame
    • ((b)) Walter Buchanan
    • ((c)) Thomas Buchanan of Gartincaber, Drummikill and Carbeth (a 1495)
    • We follow 'Strathendrick' in identifying this Thomas as ancestor not only of the Buchanans of Carbeth (as agreed by BLG1952) but also as ancester of the Buchanans of Drummikill. BLG1952 shows Thomas, son of Patrick of Buchanan, as the first of the Buchanans of Drummikill.
    • ((d)) daughter
    • m. ? Gray of Foulis
  • ((ii)) Alexander Buchanan (dsp Verneul 17.08.1424)
  • ((iii)) John Buchanan, 1st of Leny
  • m. (c1392) Janet de Lany (dau of John de Lany) below
  • ' ((iv)) Elizabeth Buchanan
  • ' m. Sir Andrew Gray of Foulis, 4th of Broxmouth (d 1441)
  • ((v)) Jean Buchanan
• Main sources:
• (1) "Strathendrick and its Inhabitants from Early Times" by John Guthrie Smith, published in Glasgow in 1896
• (2) BLG1952 (Murray-Buchanan of Leny).