Sir James Edmonstone of that Ilk and Ednam

SIR JAMES EDMONSTONE OF THAT ILK AND EDNAM

Sir James Edmonstone of that Ilk and Ednam, here treated, is the son and heir of David Edmonstone of that Ilk and Ednam RMS 1324-1513: charter number 61

Death

A date and place of death has not been identified for Sir James Edmonstone of that Ilk and Ednam. here treated. He was alive on 5 August 1458, the date upon which his son Sir John had a charter under the Great Seal of Scotland confirming that his father had resigned the lands of Ednam in his favour, RMS 1424-1513: charter number 607 but he died before 19 February 1464, when a notorial instrument confirming his marriage to Janet Napier was executed. NRS: GD16/44/1

First Known Marriage

Sir James Edmonstone of that Ilk and Ednam, here treated, married Isabel Forrester The date of the marriage is not known but it was annulled before 3 February 1457, the date upon which Isabel renounced her appeal against the sentence. The Scots Peerage IV: 85

Child of the First Known or Earlier Marriage

Sir James Edmonstone of that Ilk and Ednam was succeeded by his son Sir John Edmonstone of that Ilk and Ednam

Second Known Marriage

Sir James Edmonstone of that Ilk and Ednam married Janet Napier. On 1 February1456-57 she and her husband had a charter under the great Seal of Scotland which confirmed their joint possession of the thanage and barony of Boyne in the sheriffdom of Banff, and the lands of Tulliallan in the sheriffdom of Perth. NRS: GD15/341

Children of the Second Marriage

1. Elizabeth Edmonstone of Tulliallan
2. Margaret Edmonstone

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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22 September 1426: REX constituit JOHANNEM DE EDMONDSTOUN tutorem dativum administratorem omnium terrarum, etc. Jacobi de Edmondston, filii et heredis Dav. de E. de Edname, infra regnum Scotie usque ad legitimam etatem dicti Jacobi. ii. 42. RMS 1324-1513: charter number 61

                   2

25 September 1426: REX confirmavit literas Johannis de Edmonstoun, tutoris dativi Jacobi de E. filii et heredis quond. David de E. dom. de Ednam, — [qua concessit ROBERTO DE HERYOT, capellano regis,— Hospitale beate Laurencii de Ednam, vic. de Roxburgh — vacans per mortem Magistri Alex, de Crychtoun — pro toto tempore vito ejus, cum omnibus terris, redditibus, &c., ad diet. Hospitale spectantibus: — Test. Jon. electo confirmato eccl. Glasguen., D. Jac. de Douglas dom. de Dalketh, D. Walt, de Ogilvy dom. de Ballician, D. Tho. de Kyrkpatrik dom. de Kilosbarn, militibu.s, et Henrico de Lewynstoun dom. de Manerstoun, scutifero:— Apud Edinburgh, Sep. 25, 1426: Test, ut in carta confirmata. ii. 58. RMS 1324-1513: charter number 62

                   3

26 February 1439: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland made in favour of William Lord Crichton. Witnessed by Sir James de Edmoundstoun and others. RMS 1424-1513: charter number 226

                   4

8 August 1450: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland made in favour of the Abbey of Inchaffray. Witnessed by Sir James Edmonstone of that Ilk and others. RMS 1424-1513: charter number 382

                   5

10 October 1457: Decree of Transumpt issued from commissary of St. Andrews in Lothian i.e. John of Ottyrburne, licentiate in decreets, rector of parish church of Libertoun, in diocese of Glasgow at instance of Sir James Edmonstoune of that Ilk, knight, of (1) Charter under Great Seal, dated 17 Mar., 1368/9, to John of Edmaundestoune, knight, of thanedom of Boyne in sheriffdom of Banff, to be held as free barony, with annualrent of £4 Scots furth of town of Banff, and (2) Charter under Great Seal, dated 1 Feb., 1456/7, following on resignation by James of Edmondestoune of that Ilk, knight, into hands of the Crown for new infeftment to said James and Janet Naper, daughter of Alexander Naper of Merchamston, in conjunct fee, of thanedom of Bune, in sheriffdom of Banff, and lands of Tulliallaine, in sheriffdom of Perth. Witnesses to transumpt:- Mr. Gilbert Herynge, vicar of Innerwyk, William Blaire, vicar of Bonkle, William Wyntoune, M.A., and John of Edmondestoune. Fragment of seal appended. National Records of Scotland, Erskine family of Cardross, Perthshire, reference GD15/341

                   6

5 August 1458: REX concessit JOHANNI DE EDMONDSTOUNE filio Jac. de E. de eodem militis, — terras de Edname, vic. [Berwic] ; — quas idem Jac. resignavit : — Tenend. dicto Jac. et heredibus masculis de corpore ejus legitime procreatis, quibus deficicntibus, legitimis et propinquioribus heredibus dicti Jac. RMS 1424-1513: charter number 607

                    7

19 September 1464: Notarial instrument narrating that sir Alexander Hundby, formerly curate at the parish church of St. Giles in Edinburgh, declared and certified that in January 1457 he had proclaimed the banns for the marriage of the deceased Sir James Edmondstone of that ilk, kt., and Janet Napare, daughter of Alexander Napare of Mercharstoune, now a knight, and on the Feast of St. Scholastica the Virgin [February 10] in the said year had performed the said marriage. Edinburgh. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Earls of Airlie, reference GD16/44/1

                   8

25 February 1485: Charter by which Elizabeth Edmonstone of Tulliallan confirms that she has exchanged her half share of the thanedome of Boyne, together with her half share of an annualrent of six merks, for her sister Margaret Edmonstone's half share of the lands of Tulliallan. Elizabeth is identified as one of the heirs of the deceased James Edmonstone of that Ilk and Ednam. She made the exchange with the consent of her husband Patrick Blackadder, Her charter was confirmed under the Great Seal of Scotland on 3 March 1485-86. RMS 1424-1513: charter number 1644

Evidence from the Register of Dunfermline Abbey

5 April 1554: Jacobus dei gra Rex Scottoru Abbati & quetuj mo'asterij de Dunfmlyn falute • Quia p inq'sicoem de madato nro p vicecomite nrm de Edinburgh fcam & ad capellam n'ram retornata comptu eft q quod Dauid de Edniondston de eode pater Jacobi de Edmondston lator' pntiu obijt vltio vestit' & sasit vt de feodo ad pace & fide nram de tris de Halys estir & Westir cu pt' jacen infa vicecoitatu de Edinburgh & q diftus Jacobus e legitim' & ppinquior heres eiusde quod Dauid pris fui de dict tris cii pt' et eft legitie etat' & q dce terre cu pt' de vobis tenet' in capite vobis pcipim' & madamus qats cum jde Jacobz vobis fecit p dcis tris cu pt' quod de jure facere tenet' sibi vel suo certo attora latori pntiu sasina dcaru t'aru cu pt' juste hre saciat' & sine dilacoe saluo jure cuiuslibet & hoc nullo modo omittat' Tefte meipo apud Streuelyn vicefio die mefis Aprilis Anno regni nri tricesimo. Dunfermline Registrum: 405

Printed Evidence

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

Registrum de Dunfermelyn. Liber Cartarum Abbatie Benedictine S.S. Trinitatis et B. Margarete Regine de Dunfermelyn. (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, M.DCCC.XLII.), 562 pp. including index and omissum