Sir James Schaw of Sauchie

SIR JAMES SCHAW OF SAUCHIE

Captain of Stirling Castle

James Schaw (James Schaw1) was born ABT 1412 in Sauchie, Clackmannshire, Scotland, and died ? .

Family

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He was the son of James Schaw and Mary de Annand.

He married Isabel Unknown. She was born ABT 1430 in Scotland, and died ? .

Children of James Schaw and Isabel Unknown are:

• i. Helen Schaw was born ABT 1450 in Sauchie, Clackmannshire, Scotland, and died AFT 1541.
• ii. Janet Schaw was born ABT 1453 in Sauchie, Clackmannshire, Scotland, and died ABT 1490.
• Iii,James Schaw: Birth: ABT 1455 in Sauchie, Clackmannshire, Scotland.
• iiii. John Schaw was born ABT 1457 in Sauchie, Clackmannshire, Scotland

Notes

Gordon A. MacGregor writes: "JAMES SCHAW OF SAUCHIE, witness to a charter by George, Lord Haliburton, for the lands of Ballindean, in the barony of Baledgarno, to Alexander Guthrie, son and heir of Mr. David Guthrie of that Ilk, on 8 February, 1468. He was father of 1. Sir James Schaw of Sauchie, succeeded his father and had a charter from James, Lord Haliburton, for the lands of Auchengownie, in the barony of Forgandenny, on 2 February, 1502. He m. Alison, daughter of Sir Patrick Home of Polwarth, with whom he had a charter under the Great Seal for the lands of Greenock-Schaw on 4 December, 1506, and d. in January of 1528. 2. John Schaw of Alva, who, with his father, had an appointment from the King for the custody of Stirling Castle on 20 January, 1489. He held the office of Sheriff of Clackmannan which he resigned in favour of Sir William Menteith of Kerse who had a charter of confirmation on 25 September, 1489. 3. Helen Schaw, m. firstly, to Archibald Haliburton, eldest son and heir of George, 4th Lord Haliburton, and had issue ; and secondly, to Patrick Hume, 1st of Polwarth, (he was widow of Margaret, second daughter and coheiress of Sir John Sinclair,) and had issue."

"Crawfurd says in his notes of Sauchie Writs that James Shaw married Mary Annand, and had —
(2.) John, but " in 1439 John has died, and by Mary de Annandia he had James of Sauchy, and George, Abbot of Paisley but he, elsewhere, says George, Abbot of Paisley, "was a younger son of John Sckaw of Sauchy and Greenock, by Mary, his wife, one of the two Daughters and Co-heirs of Sir David Annand oi Sauchie," — that he was born in the end of the reign of James I., chosen Abbot of Paisley, 1476 ; Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, 1495 ; demitted the government of the Abbey to Robert Schaw, a nephew, for which he had the royal assent by Letters under the Great Seal, 1st March, 1498. Abbot George died in 1504. (Crawfurd's Officers of State, pages 366, 367, 368, folio 1726.) Robert Schaw, Abbot of Paisley, was made Bishop of Moray in 1524. He was on a commission of embassy to England during the time he was bishop. He died in the year 1527, and had the character of a man of great virtue. (Keith's Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops, p. 184, 8vo., 1824.) It is not improbable that he may be the " Maister Robert Schaw " who figures in Dunbar's poem of the " Dance in the Ouenes chalmer." (Pinkerton's Ancient Scottish Poems, Vol. I., p. 94, 1786.) " Jacobus Schaw de Sauchy " is a witness to a charter in favour of Newbottle, in 1467. (Hay's Memoirs, MS., Adv. Lib.) "James Schaw of Salquhy" was Comptroller of the House of King James III., 147 1. Adam Wallace of Craigie precedes him in 1468, and Alexander Leslie of Wardens succeeds him in that office in 1472. (List of Great Officers of State, appended to Scot's Stagger- ing State of Scots Statesmen, p. 174; Beatson's Political Index, Vol. III., p. 88.) James Schaw of Sauchie (Sauchy, Sauquhy, or Schauchy) was in the Parliaments of 1467, 1469, 1 47 1 ; on Committee of Complaints, 1474. (Robertson's Parliamentary Records, pp. 149, 153, 168, 183, 536.) When the Castle of Dunbar was besieged by James III. in May, 1478, which was "keipt out for his brother, the Duck of Albaney," a cannon-shot from the be- leagured stronghold struck dead, we are told, at the same moment, three of the best knights in the king's army — viz., Sir John Colquhoun of Luss, Sir Adam Wallace of Craigie, and Sir James Shaw of Sauchie. (Historical Works of Sir James Balfour, Vol. I., p. 202 ; Tytler's History of Scotland, Vol. II., p. 215.) I am disposed to accept of this Sir James as second in the series of the Lairds of Sauchie, but he has been thought an interpolation, not having been named by Crawfurd. Lord Cathcart suggests that he may have been a natural son of the House of Sauchie" https://archive.org/details/anent1884/page/102/mode/1up

"James Shaw of Sauchie made resignation of his lands of Sauchie in the shire of Clackmannan, of Greenock in the barony and shire of Renfrew, and of certain lands in the bailary of Cunningham and shire of Ayr, and obtained new infeftment to himself, and Isobel, his spouse, in 1483. (Crawfurd's Notes of Sauchie W T rits.)

He was made Captain of Stirling Castle by James III. (Dr. Lees says he was hereditary Governor), with the custody of Prince James, his eldest son, but he early joined the conspiracy against his sovereign, delivered the prince to the conspirators, who put him at their head, and refused to admit the king to his own castle. (Lindsay's History of Scotland, pp. 137, 1 39, 140; Tytler's History of Scotland, Vol. II., pp. 235, 239.)

Along with his son, John Shaw of Alveth, he had the keeping of the Castle of Stirling by charter under the Great Seal of James IV., 20 January, 1488-89 (Reg. Mag. Sig., Lib. 12, No. 74); and from the same king he and his sons, John Shaw of Aluoth, David Shaw, and Richard Shaw, had a Remission under the Great Seal for their share in the unnatural rebellion which culminated in the battle of Sauchieburn and death of the king, his father, iS June, 1488. The Remission is dated at Stirling, 19 May, 1489. (Notes of Sauchie Writs.) He acquired the 40 shilling lands of Banchry in the shire of Clackmannan, on a Charter of Alienation by Thomas Nairn, burgess of Nairn, 1490. (Ibid.)

Archibald, master of Halyburton, eldest son and heir of George, 4th Lord Halyburton, married Helen [Elene] Schaw, daughter of Schaw of Sauchie. He died before his father, leaving a son, James, who succeeded his grandfather as 5th Lord Halyburton. (Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, page 322.) His relict married Sir Patrick Home of Pol wart before 28 April, 1490, and a daughter of theirs, Alison Home, married her cousin, Sir James Shaw of Sauchie. (Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Vol. II., pp. 176, 177.) [Home was a big man in his day : w T ent on a pilgrimage to Canterbury, 1493, just 100 years after Chaucer. Sir Patrick was Comptroller of Scotland, 1499- 1502. Allison Home's sister was Abbess of North Berwick. At this period the family of Shaw must have been of great importance by reason of their position and alliances, and the offices held. (Lord Cathcart.)" https://archive.org/details/anent1884/page/103/mode/1up

Genealogy

• Duntreath: 34
• “Genealogical notes anent some ancient Scottish families, with index” Page 104”
• Stirnet: Shaw 01
• “Abstract of Protocol Book of the Burgh of Stirling.” The Scottish Antiquary, or, Northern Notes and Queries, vol. 10, no. 38, 1895, pp. 55–64. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25516826. Accessed 17 Aug. 2020.
• ” Logie; A Parish History.” by Fergusson, Robert Menzies. Publication date 1905. Page 89. Archive.Org chart Page 180. Archive.Org
• “Genealogical notes anent some ancient Scottish families, with index.” By David Marshall. “Schaw of Sauchie.” Pedigree, Page 119. Archive.Org
• ” Logie; A Parish History.” by Fergusson, Robert Menzies. Publication date 1905. Page 185. Archive.Org