. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . art. Dated atCupar Fife, 18th July On the 9th June 1481 there is an instrument of sasine or preceptof James III., King of Scots, for infefting Henry de Pitcarne as heirof his father, George Pitcarne, with a 5th part, and 30th part of thelands of Colernay in the shire of There was another sasine or precept by the King to HenryPitcarne of the lands of Kilmaron, dated 4th June Henry de Pitcarne was now the possessor of many owned Pitcarne in Fife, the Barony of Drumgy, andpart of the lands of
. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . art. Dated atCupar Fife, 18th July On the 9th June 1481 there is an instrument of sasine or preceptof James III., King of Scots, for infefting Henry de Pitcarne as heirof his father, George Pitcarne, with a 5th part, and 30th part of thelands of Colernay in the shire of There was another sasine or precept by the King to HenryPitcarne of the lands of Kilmaron, dated 4th June Henry de Pitcarne was now the possessor of many owned Pitcarne in Fife, the Barony of Drumgy, andpart of the lands of Cullerny and Forthir-Ramsay. Hissons were Henry Pitcarne, who succeeded him; PatrickPitcarne ; and David, Archdeacon of Brechin. The onlymention of Mr Patrick Pitcarne is his being witness to acharter at Cairny-Barclay on Jan. 8, Pitcarne now begins to be spelt Pitcairne, or Pitcairnin some deeds. 1 Stodarts Scottish Arms, vol. ii. p. 232. 2 Laing Charters, No. 919, box 20. 3 Ibid., No. 1833, box 47. 4 Ibid., No. 506, box 45. 5 Reg. Mag. Sig., lib. xiii. No. EARLIER HISTORY. 19 Henry Pitcarne of that Ilk had four daughters—namely,(1) Elizabeth, who married John Ramsay of Downfieldafter her fathers death. (2) Margaret, married to DavidMurray of Ochtertyre. (3) Isobelle, married to Sir PatrickLindsay of Kirkforthar, who afterwards became fourthLord Lindsay of the Byres1; (4) Catherine, who marriedJohn Ballingall of Riggis. Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Henry, ninth Lord of Pit-carne, made a good match, and eventually brought thelands of Durnfield or Downfield into the Pitcairn familythrough her marriage with a Ramsay. The Ramsays were one of the oldest and most distin-guished of the Fifeshire families. There is a very interest-ing old deed stating that an honourable man, Laurence Ramsay of Durnfield, before wit-nesses, besought Henry Pitcarne of that Ilk to observe and tofulfil the contract made betwixt them for a marriage between JohnRamsay, son and apparent heir
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