Sir Alexander Menzies, of Durrisdeer

Egidia Stewart, who married Sir Alexander the Menzies, and had 3rd son, SIr Alexander of Durrisdeer, who married his cousin, Giles Stewart, the daughter of Sir James Stewart, of Preston.

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72 THE "RED &> WHITE" BOOK OF MENZIES. [a.d. 1334-1336.

Alexander Menzies, the brother of the Chief Sir Robert the Menzies. Sir Alexander had got the lands of Durrisdeer from his father, and they had again reverted on his death to the Stewarts, but on Sir Alexander's marriage to Giles Stewart (a daughter of James the High Steward and guardian's uncle), Durrisdeer once more came into his hands, and was in the hands of Sir Alexander Menzies when Scotland was invaded by Edward III. The village of Durrisdeer stands at the entrance of a narrow mountain pass or gorge, and commands the passage or road between Dumfriesshire and Edinburghshire. On this invasion of the English, tradition says that Sir Alexander Menzies held this stronghold against the English army, who beseiged it for three days before they captured it ; and on the English taking possession of the country, they confiscated the lands of Sir Alexander Menzies and Annabella Menzies of Redhall, Colmanston, &c, with all they had.

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