. The parish of Strathblane and its inhabitants from early times : a chapter in Lennox history. place on the finalpartition of the Earldom of Len-nox, some twelve or thirteenyears after the death, about 1460,of the Duchess-Countess great earldom was then di-vided into three parts. LordDarnley, afterwards the first ofa new line of Earls of Lennox,obtained a half as grandson ofElizabeth, daughter of Earl Dun-can, and sister of the Countess;and Agnes Monteith or Haldane,and Ehzabeth Monteith or Napier,grand-daughters of Margaret, an-other daughter of the Earls, di-vided tne otner nai
. The parish of Strathblane and its inhabitants from early times : a chapter in Lennox history. place on the finalpartition of the Earldom of Len-nox, some twelve or thirteenyears after the death, about 1460,of the Duchess-Countess great earldom was then di-vided into three parts. LordDarnley, afterwards the first ofa new line of Earls of Lennox,obtained a half as grandson ofElizabeth, daughter of Earl Dun-can, and sister of the Countess;and Agnes Monteith or Haldane,and Ehzabeth Monteith or Napier,grand-daughters of Margaret, an-other daughter of the Earls, di-vided tne otner naii between seal of isadella duchess of albany and countess of them. Duntreath would have From the ori^inalin the possesshnof sir WUUam Ednumstoric been in Lord Darnleys half, of Duntreath, Baronet. but Lord Avondale, Matilda Edmonstones brother, and King James IILsfavourite and Chancellor, so managed matters that while the partition of theLennox v/as amicably arranged among the several claimants, he got the liferentof the whole of it for himself,^ and also induced the Kinii to make it a con-. ^ 111 an interesting old Protocol llook of tlie Burgh of Stirling, 1470-1596, recently discoverecl,there is the following entry:—Anno Domini M°cccc°, January 26. Before honourablemen, James Crychtoun of Rovain and Alexander Speir of Pettincrefe, deputes in the officeof great chamberlainry of a noble and potent lord, James Earl of Buchan, Lord of Ochterhous,Warden of the West Marches towards England and great Chamberlain of the Kingdom ofScotland, sitting in judgment in the chamberlain eyre held by the said deputes at Struielinin the tolbooth thereof, personally compeared a noble matron, Agnes Menteith, spouse ofan honourable man, John Haldane of Rusky, and presented two letters of obligation sealedwith the seals of the said Agnes and John made by them to a noble and potent Eord, AndrewLord Avondale, Chancellor of Scotland, anent the gift and grant to be made by them tohim of the qu
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