. The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom . 95) says the Earl of Panmurechanged his old supporters (savages) to two greyhounds because he wasfirst noticed by King James upon the occasion of his entertaining himwith excellent sport on the moor of Monrowman (Manroben). DEUMMOND, EARL OF PEETH AURIOE, a Hungarianof noble birth, who com-manded the Dromond^ orship in which Edgar theAtheling, his sister Mar-garet, and other royalexiles were driven bytempest up the Firth
. The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom . 95) says the Earl of Panmurechanged his old supporters (savages) to two greyhounds because he wasfirst noticed by King James upon the occasion of his entertaining himwith excellent sport on the moor of Monrowman (Manroben). DEUMMOND, EARL OF PEETH AURIOE, a Hungarianof noble birth, who com-manded the Dromond^ orship in which Edgar theAtheling, his sister Mar-garet, and other royalexiles were driven bytempest up the Firth ofForth, in or about 1067,was, according to thetradition of the Drum-mond family, their origi-nal ancestor in Scot-land. He was, it is said,rewarded by large giftsof lands chiefly in theshires of Dumbarton andStirling, and the district of Lennox. Such is the tradition,qualified by the suggestion that the surname was adoptedat a later date from the lands of Drymen or Drummane inthe Lennox, or from lands of a similar name in last view commends itself to most genealogists, whoalso agree to consider that the first recorded ancestor ofthe Drummond family is. Malcolm, called Malcolm Beg, who is styled in one writSeneschal or Steward to Maldowen, Earl of Lennox,^ andwho appears as a witness to various charters of that Earlbetween 1225 and 1250.^ It may be noted that in all theDrummond family histories Malcolm Beg is said to have had ^ Liber de Calchou, i. 181. 2 jjig Lennox, by Sir W. Fraser, ii. 4,facsimile ; Cartularium de Levenax, 13, etper Indicem. 28 DRUMMOND, EARL OF PERTH 29 a brother Roderick. In 1234, Malcolm Beg gives evidenceas to the ownership of the lands of Monachkennaran, andthere his brother Rotheric is also a witness, but if it is thesame Malcolm Beg, and there is nothing to disprove it,though it is doubtful, it is remarkable that his brother isstyled Rotheric Beg of Oarrick,^ thus suggesting that theywere both of Ayrshire descent. Malcolm Beg is said
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