Sir William de Montfitchet

Sir William de MONTFITCHET Knight [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 was born 1279 in Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland. He died 1344 in Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland.

He was the son of Sir William de MONTFITCHET [Parents] 1, 2 was born 1250 in Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland. He died before 28 Aug 1296.

He had the following children:

• F i Mary de MONTFITCHET was born 1334 and died after 21 Feb 1367.
• F ii Devorguilla de MONTFITCHET 1, 2, 3 was born 1336 in Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland.
• F iii Margaret de MONTFITCHET 1, 2, 3 was born 1338 in Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland.

Biography

https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe...

Sir William Montifex, was justiciar of Scotland, and father of the three heiresses, Mary,Dornagill and Margaret Montifex.

To Sir William, King Robert Bruce, in 1328, grants a charter of the lands of Auchterairder, for payment of the sum pertaining to the service of half a knight, and reserving the liberties of the burgh and burgesses as they were in the time of Alexander III.

At his death, Sir William Montifex left three daughters.

• 1. Mary, married to Sir Johu Drummond of Stobhall, who got with her the lands of Cargill, Auchterairder, Kincardine, &c.
• 2. Dornagill ; and,
• 3. Margaret.

These last two were dissatisfied with the king's division of their father's estate, and fled to England to complain. Their inheritance was immediately forfeited, and the king gave Doraagill's portion of Pitfour and Dumgrum, to Duncan Napier: Pitcook in Perthshire, and half Kilmahew in Dunbarton, to William Napier: and Margaret's part to Hugh Danielston, whose successor was Lord Lyle. King David's gifts are dated at Dunbarton in 1366.

(Drummond-Genealogical memoir of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond 1808 by David Malcolm.pdf) [2] GoogleBooks

Notes

From Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (Google eBook) Bernard Burke Harrison, 1865 - Nobility - 1323 pages. Page 877:

"Sir John Drummond, m, in 1360, Mary, dau. of Sir William de Montifex, heiress of Stobhall, and of large possessions in Perthshire. His eldest dau. Annabella, a lady of great beauty and merit, m. King Robert III., was crowned with him at Scone, in September, 1390, and is ancestress of Queen Victoria, and of most of the crowned heads of Europe."

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Research Notes

https://soc.genealogy.medieval.narkive.com/lHKUrfGX/the-montfichet-...

'Willelmo de Monte Fixo', knight, witness (together with John de Menteith, Malise of Strathearn and others) to a charter from Murdoch, earl of Menteith for the gift to Walter de Menteith of the lands of Thom and Lanarkynys in Menteith, and fishing rights in the river Teith, ca. 1330 [Red Book of Menteith II:225-728] either he or his daughters were found to have 'gone over' to the English (or as supporters of Edward Baliol as King) in 1346 or before, as their lands were forfeited by King David II of Scots [SP VII: 35-3635]

his daughters and coheirs included Mary, wife of Sir John (de) Drummond:

' She was the eldest of three daughters, co-heiresses of Sir William Montefichet, and Lord Strathallan affirms that King David, in dividing their father's estate among his daughters, gave her the greatest share, while on account of their adherence to the English interest, her sisters, Devorgilla or Dornagilla, and Margaret, were forfeited, and their possessions were given to Duncan and William Napier and to Hew Danielston, which gifts, according to Lord Strathallan, were dated at Dumbarton in 1366. ' [SP VII:3535]

cf. SP VII:35-36, sub _Drummond, Earl of Perth_35

References

• https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe... cites

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3. [S73] Burke's Landed Gentry 2001, Peter Beauclerk Dewar,, (2001.).
4. [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham.

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