William Edmonstone, Lord Edmonstone of Culloden

WILLIAM EDMONSTONE

Lord Edmonstone of Culloden

Sir William Edmonstone, Lord Edmonstone of Culloden, here treated, is the son and heir of Sir Archibald Edmonstone Duntreath: 28

Death

Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath died in or before 1460, the year upon which he was succeeded by his son by Princess Mary Stewart, Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath. Genealogical Account of the Family of Edmonstone of Duntreath, p. 32

Evidence Cited by Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, Baronet

28 November 1421: Resignation by John de Annandia of the lands of Myles, "reverendo et superiori domino suo Johanni domino Settoni. Witnesses: Archibaldo de Edmistone, milite, et Willielmo, filio suo et heredi ; Willielmo de Annandia consanguineo meo, Johanni et Hugoni de Lindesay, armigeris." Genealogical Account of the Family of Edmonstone of Duntreath. By Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, Baronet: 28

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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7 July 1414: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland made in favour of Michael of Ramsay. Witnessed by WIL. DE EDMONDSTOUN and others. RMS, 1424-1513: charter number 70

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6 November 1429: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland made in favour of John of Arnutis. Witnessed by WIL. DE EDMUNDYSTOUN, SCUTIFER, and others. RMS, 1414-1513: charter number 135 [https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi02scot/page/46/mode/1up See pp. 47-8 for key to the witness lost of Royal Charters WiL. de Edmudystoun, Scutifer

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17 February 1449-50: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland made in favour of Alexander Lyon, son and heir of Patrick, Lord Glamis. Witnessed by WIL. DE EDMONDSTOUN DE CULLODIN, MILES, and others. RMS 1424-1513: charter number 318 See pp.158-60 for the key to the witness list of Royal Charters. William Edmonstoun of Culloden is number 128

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4 December 1450-51: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland made in favour of John Maxwell of Calderwood. Witnessed by WIL. DE EDMONDSTOUN DE CULLODIN, MILES, and others. RMS, 1424-1513: charter number 404 See pp.158-60 for the key to the witness list of Royal Charters. William Edmonstoun of Culloden is number 128

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28 February 1450: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland made in favour of Walter Scot of Kirkurde. Witnessed by WIL. DE EDMONDSTOUN DE CULLODIN, MILES, and others. See pp.158-60 for the key to the witness list of Royal Charters. William Edmonstoun of Culloden is number 128

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24 April1452: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland made in favour of Charles of Moravia of Cokpule. Witnessed by WILLELMUS, DOMINUS EDMONSTOUN OF CULLODIN, MILES, and others. RMS, 1424-1513: charter number 546 Key to the witness list of Royal Charters. William, Lord Edmonstoun of Culloden is number 199

Genealogy

1. Genealogical Account of the Family of Edmonstone of Duntreath, 95 pp.
2. John Guthrie Smith, FSA (Scot).,The Parish of Strathblane and its Inhabitants from Early Times : A Chapter of Lennox History (Glasgow : James Maclehose and Sons, Publishers to the University, 1886), pp. 102-24

Biographical Summary

• 'Sir William de Edmonstone, Captain of Threave Castle1,2,3,4
• 'M, #39473, d. circa 1460
• Father Sir Archibald Edmonstone1
• ' Sir William de Edmonstone, Captain of Threave Castle was born at of Duntreath, Stirlingshire, Scotland.1 He married Mary Stewart, daughter of Sir Robert III Stewart, King of Scotland, Earl of Atholl & Carrick and Annabella Drummond, in 1425; They had 1 son (William) and 1 daughter (Elizabeth, wife of Humphrey Cunningham of Glengarnock).2,3,4 Sir William de Edmonstone, Captain of Threave Castle died circa 1460.2,3,4
• 'Family Mary Stewart b. c 1378, d. a Feb 1462
• Child
  • Sir William Edmonstone+1
• Citations
• 1.[S147] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 1938 ed., by Sir Bernard Burke, p., 908.
• 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 573-574.
• 3.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 651-652.
• 4.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 644-645.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1314.htm#...
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son William Edmonston by SmartCopy: Sep 3 2015, 5:28:36 UTC

Find A Grave Memorial #50192776

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Sir William Edmonstone of Culloden, 1st of Duntreath. d. 1460

m. 1425 the Lady Mary, 2nd dau. of King Robert III by Annabella, dau. of Sir John

    Drummond of Stobhall.

She had been married previously to,
1stly, The Earl of Angus.
2ndly Sir James Kennedy, ancestor of the Marquess of Ailsa, by whom she had a son
James, who becaume Bishop of St Andrews and one of the most powerful men in
Scotland in the reign of James II.
3rdly Sir William Graham of Kincardine (ancestor of Dukes of Montrose).
By her he had 1 son William (see below) and 1 dau., Mary, who married Humphrey Cunningham of Glengarnock.

Sir William first acquired the lands of Duntreath in 1434, or slightly earlier, when they were granted to his wife and himseld by James I.

He died in 1460 & was succeeded by his son.

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