It would appear that Henry of Edmonstone is the first member of this family on record. He held land at Edmundiston near Edinburgh, as the tenant in chief of Dunfermline Abbey. His name is noticed in a number of undated deeds recorded in the Dunfermline Registrum, including one by which Abbot William and the monks of Dunfermline confirm that they have given him permission to erect a mill, a smithy and a brewhouse, on the land he held of them, and that he agrees to pay twenty shillings annually in return for this privilege. In this deed he is identified as "H. filiu E." from which circumstance it has been supposed that he was the son of a man named Edmund, and that the land he held was named Edmundiston because it had previously been held by his father. Dunfermline Registrum: 224 It seems quite likely too, probable even, that Henry of Edmonstone is the man of the same name who also held land in the same neighbourhood from Henry of Craigmiller, If as is suggested this is actually the case then he died before 11 July 1253. Dunfermline Registrum: 200
A second man named Henry of Edmonstone succeeded to the lands of Edmonstone. He may be the son, or the grandson of the first Henry but evidence of relationship has not been found. The younger Henry of Edmonstone died at the faith and peace of the sovereign before 29 September 1359, the date upon which his son John was returned as his nearest lawful heir. He died vested and seised in the lands of Edmonstone, the fee he held of Dunfermline Abbey. Dunfermline Registrum: 388
GENEALOGY
Genealogical Account of the Family of Edmonstone of Duntreath. By Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, Baronet. (Printed Privately, Edinburgh, MDCCCLXXV), 95 pp.
PRINTED EVIDENCE
Monastic Records
Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London. Edited by Joseph Bain. Vol. IV. A. D. 1357-1509. Addenda 1221-1435. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1888), 678 pp. including index
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
Registrum S. Marie de Neubotle. Abbacie Cisterciensis Beate Virginis de Neubotle Chartarium Vetus. Accedit Appendix Cartarum Originalium, 1140-1528. (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, MDCCCXLIX), 369 pp. including indexes
Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis. Munimenta Ecclesie Sancte Crucis de Edwinesburg. (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, M.DCCC.XL) 333 pp. including index
Liber Insule Missarum Abbacie Canonicorum Regularium B. Virginis et S. Johannis de Inchaffery Registrum Vetus. Premissis Quibusdam Comitatus Antiqui de Stratherne Reliquiis. (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, MDCCCXLVII), 170 pp. including indexes
Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis. Munimenta Ecclesie Sancte Crucis de Edwinesburg. (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, M.DCCC.XL.), 333 pp. including index
Register of the Great Seal of Scotland
Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland. A. D. 1593-1608. Edited by John Maitland Thomson, M.A., Advocate (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1890), 1142 pp. including indexes and errata
Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland. A. D. 1609-1620. Edited by John Maitland Thomson, M.A., Advocate (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1890), 1152 pp. including indexes and errata
Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland. A. D. 1620-1633. Edited by John Maitland Thomson, M.A., Advocate (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1894), 1075 pp. including indexes
English Documents
Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London. Edited by Joseph Bain. Vol. IV. A. D. 1357-1509. Addenda 1221-1435. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1888), 678 pp. including index
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