Sir Thomas Menzies, Knight, of Garrioch

Sir Thomas of Garrioch was also known as Thomas Menzies. He was the 2nd son of 2. Alexander Menzies and 3. Egidia Stewart.

from http://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/pageturner.cfm...

(2nd) Sir Thomas of Menzies, who held the lands and barony of Garrioch, in Aberdeenshire, during his father's lifetime, and also the lands of "Umyne." He was one of the Scottish Barons who framed the letter to the Pope in 1320, to which he appended his seal.

from page "The Clan of Menzies" The Tartans of the Clans and Septs of Scotland with the Arms of the Chiefs, Volume 2 W. & A.K. Johnston, 1906 - Clans

In the time of Robert I. (1306-30), Alexander Menzies resigned the lands of Dorisdeir, in Nithsdale, which the victor of Bannockburn granted to James, brother of Walter, the Lord High Steward. The same King granted charters to Thomas Menzies, Knight, of the lands of Unwyn (Oyne 1) in the Garioch, and other lands of Fothergill, in Athole. Also two charters to Alexander Menzies of the Barony of Glendochyre, and the darach land of Finlargis (Finlarig ?).

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Historic Memoirs of the Stewarts of Fothergill, Edinburgh, 1879., Stewart, Charles Poyntz. front tree has him as "Thomas Mezies of Fothergill" and father of Alexander Menzies, of Fothergill

see http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00299449&tree=LEO

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=ancestors...
• https://archive.org/stream/redwhitebookofm00menz#page/61/mode/1up
• http://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/pageturner.cfm...