A VINDICATION OF ROBERT III. KING OF SCOTLAND, From the Imputation of Bastardy, by the clear Proof of ELIZABETH MURE (Daughter to Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan) her being the first Lawful Wife of ROBERT the II. then STEWART of SCOTLAND and Earl of Strathern. By GEORGE Viscount of TARBAT, etc. Clerk to His MAJESTY'S Councils, Registers and Rolls. To be Sold at Thomas Carruthers's Shop in the Parliament-Closs. EDINBURGH, Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, Printers to His most Excellent MAJESTY, Anno Dom. 1695. At Edinburgh, the Twenty third day of July, 1695 years. THE Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council, having Considered a Petition given in to them, by Charles Chalmers, Showing, that the Viscount of Tarbat Lord Register, having from the Authentic Records of the Kingdom, wrote a Vindication of Robert the third King of Scotland, from the Imputation of Bastardy, etc. and given the Benefit of Printing the same to the Petitioner, which he hath caused do well, but at Considerable Expenses; And therefore Humbly Craving to the Effect under-written as the said Petition bears: They hereby Discharge any to Print the said Book within this Kingdom, or to Import or Vend the same for the space of Twenty One years after the date hereof, without the Petitioners Licence, under the Penalty of Confiscating the Books so Printed, Imported, or Vended to the said Petitioner his use. Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Consilii. GILB. ELIOT Cls. Sti. Consilii. To the KING, Sir, ALbeit all the Crowned Heads of Europe, who are so by Inheritance, be concerned in the Vindication of the Marriage of Robert the 2 d. King of Scotland with Elizabeth Mure, yet Your Majesty hath the greatest interest therein: the Collection of the Proofs now Published, was made by me many years ago, and Presented formerly in Write to Your Majesty; I did likewise Communicate them to others, who have Printed imperfect Accounts thereof: and some Englishmen having lately Endeavoured by their scandalous Pasquels, to cast Reproach on the Series of all the English Kings and Queens; and desirous to pull those of Scotland into the Contagion, Allege this only Tash of the Bastardy of K. Robert the 3 d. Son to Elisabeth Mure. If any Englishman zealous of the Honour of their Crown and Kingdom shall Vindicat their Royal Family from the Libels as clearly as I have done ours, his Book may have a due Reception. this Vindication was the Design of my Travel, and if with that it be Acceptable to Your Majesty, all that's wished to it is then attained by, May it please Your Majesty, Your Majesty's most Humble, most Faithful, and most obedient Subject and Servant. TARBAT. A VINDICATION OF ROBERT the III. KING OF SCOTLAND, From the Imputation of Bastardy, by the clear Proof of ELIZABETH MURE (Daughter to Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan) her being the first lawful Wife to ROBERT the II. then STEWART of SCOTLAND and Earl of Strathern. THe Excellence of History is so well writ of, by some few, that it were Indiscretion to repeat, and vanity to add to what they have said: yet it is allowable enough to regrate the frequent Error even of great Historians, in writing what they too easily believe, without sufficient A vouchers, and thereby imposeing Falsehoods for Truth. If these Errors fall on Things and Actions, they ofttimes cause, at least occasion great Mischiefs; Thus our Scots Writers, tho' justly placed in the first Rank, have injured the Nation, whilst on Design to give a Frame to our Ius Regni, some of them have screwed the Sovereignty up to Precipices; Others with as little Truth, and less Civility, depressing it to unsufferable Lowness: whence the great evil of Civil War hath too oft Sprung. At other times they have cast dirt on persons, either by their Supine Ignorance in not searching Records, before they publish their Collections; or upon malicious Designs to avenge some Disappointments. Amongst others, our Historians have foully failed, in relating what concerned King Robert the seconds Marriage, and the Legitimacy of his Succession; and the fairest Excuse that can be made for them, is to cover their fault with the shade of others, who, tho' prior to them, yet did writ at a great distance from the Actions and Persons of whom they wrote, and rushed into Falsehoods, because they did writ without proof, and choosed rather to make a Criminal Noise, than to keep Innocent Silence: For had our Historians been at the trouble to look into our Records before they wrote our History, they had saved mine in vindicating our Royal Line and all the Hereditary CROWNED HEADS in Europe from the Tash of Bastardy, in their Descent from Robert the second, King of Scotland, and from Elizabeth Mure, or More his Wife, who in their Relations, is falsely stated a Concubine; whereas what hereafter follows, will prove near to a Demonstration, that She was his lawful Wife, & so well secured in that Title, that her Husband could not be allowed to quarrel it, tho' he had inclined to do so, as indeed he never did. Our four Historians Major, Boetius, Lesly and Buchanan have followed one another, in relating that Robert the STUART of SCOTLAND, Grandchild by a Daughter to Robert the first, & Nephew to David the second, whilst he was STUART of SCOTLAND & Earl of Strathern, had several Children by Elizabeth Mure, who was not his Wife, and since it were needless to repeat the words of all the four; I shall take buchanan's as the last, and of greatest credit, who speaking of the beginning of King Robert the 2 ds. Reign, page 318 in the Francfort Edition of his History in Octavo, gives this account. Rebus ita primo biennio, feliciter succedentibus, tertio ab inito Regno anno, Euphemia Regina, Hugonis Comitis, Rosiae filia moritur, Ex ea ternos Liberos genuer at Walterum posterius Jerniae, & Davidem Atholiae Comites, & Euphemiam, quam Jacobo Douglassio nupsisse à nobis ante commemoratum est. Robertus non tam impatientiâ caelibatus quam amore filiorum, ex Elizabetha Mora, prius gentorum ipsam Vxorem duxit. Hanc enim eleganti formà Adami Mori illustris equitis filiam, adhuc adolescens vehementer amaverat, ex eaquae tres filios ac duas filias susceperat, eamq; Giffardo, viro nobili in Lothianam curaverat collocandam, verum sub idemfere tempus Euphemiâ Reginâ, & Giffardo Elizabethae marito defunctis, Rex sive consuetudine vetere Morae inductus, sive (quod à multis traditur) ut filios quos ex eagenuerat legitimos faceret, matrem eorum sibi matrimonio conjunxit, filios statim divitiis & honoribus auxit, Johannes natu maximus Carrictae. Robertus Taichiae, Alexander Buchaniae Comites sunt facti, adjecta etiam Badinacha: nec hac munificentia contentus, Comitis ad Sconam indictis, obtinuit, ut praeteritis Euphemiae liberis, in Rege creando, gradus aetatis observarentur: Quae res postea tam numerosam Familiam prope extinxit. From whence he and many Writers since have imposed this Comment as a Truth. Proposition But if I prove that Eupheme Ross died not in the 2 d. year of King Robert's Reign, but lived many years thereafter; that will falsify the first Assertion of the foresaid Paragraph. If Elizabeth Mure, whom he calls the Daughter of Adam Mure, did not only bear two Daughters to Robert, but six, than our Historians have not been well informed of the State and Concerns of that Family. If John, Elizabeth's eldest Son was Earl of Carrick, Robert Earl of Menteith, and Alexander Earl of Badinoch, in the first year of King Robert's Reign; than it is false that these Honours and Estates were bestowed upon them by their Father after the 3 d. year of his Reign: If they were bestowed upon them in Eupheme Ross' Life-time, than it is false that they were bestowed upon them sometime after her Death. If the Convention of Estates or Parliament, who declared John the eldest Son of Robert by Elizabeth Mure to be his Successor in the Crown, was kept and did so declare in the first year of King Robert's Reign, and whilst Queen Eupheme was alive; than it is false that this Convention was kept, and did give this Declaration after her death, and after the 3 d. year of King Robert's Reign. And if it appear plainly, that Robert Stuart of Scotland, and Earl of Stratherne, did, whilst he was in these Stations, and long before he was King, own John his eldest Son by Elizabeth Mure, to be his eldest Son and Heir, and did share his Fortune and Honours with him, and that he was so owned in all public Writings by his Father, by his Father's Vassals, and by those who contracted with his Father and him, both Laics and ecclesiastics, and that by many reiterated Acts; If he was so owned openly by King David Bruce before his Death; than it is a sure Truth that he was so, nor could his Right of Legitimacy, and Filiation be taken from him, no not by his Father. And if it be true, that not only his Father, but the whole Estates of the Kingdom in Parliament conveen'd, immediately upon Robert the 2 ds. coming to the Crown, and in the first year of his Reign, did own John as the undoubted Heir and Successor to Robert; and if at that time he was so owned by Queen Eupheme and all her Relations; And if Elizabeth Mure was dead before the year 1364; then it is false that her Children were advanced by her being married to the King in the year 1373, or after Eupheme Rosses death: And John the eldest Son's Right and Title is beyond all Controversy, tho' not beyond all Calumny. And lastly, If Elizabeth Mure was so far from being a mean Person or a Concubine, that she was a Person of such Quality, and near Relation to Robert her Husband, that he was at the Trouble to procure a Dispensation from the Pope, and that at considerable Expenses, for Allowance to marry her, before he obtained her: And if this Dispensation was granted several years before he was King, and many years before Euphame Ross' death; Then the Insinuation of her Meanness, the Imputation of her being a Concubine, the Untruth of her being married three years, at least, after King Robert was KING, and indeed the whole of this Comment and false Relation, appears to be a scandalous Libel. But all these Positions, in favours of JOHN, appear from what follows. 1. Fordon says, Assumption that Queen Eupheme and Bishop Wardlaw died about the same time, in the year 1387; King David Bruce died on the 7 th' of May 1370, and Robert did hold his first Parliament on the 27 th' day of March 1371 at Scoon, and was then Crowned, as an authentic Record verifies; to which also Buchanan and all the other Historians agree, so that Queen Eupheme died not, till the 17 th'. year of King Roberts Regin. There is a Charter granted by King Robert the 2 d. of the Earldom of Murray, excepting Lochquhaber, Badinoch, Castle and Barony of Vrquhart, on the 9 th'. of March Anno Regni 2 do. dilecto filio nostro Joanni de Dumbar, & Mariotae Sponsae ejus, filiae nostre charissimae. There is a Charter by Robert the 2 d. Apud Scoon tempore Parliamenti, Anno Regni 2 d. Dilecto filio nostro Joanni de Yla, of the Lands of Moydart, Morvarn and many others: And there are two other Charters in the Rolls of the Great-Seal to the said John of Yla, & Margaretae ejus Sponsae filiae nostrae charissimae, Anno Regni 6 to of the Lands of Lochaber and Knoydart. There is a Charter granted by Kobert the 2 d. Anno Regni nono to Thomas Hay Constable of Scotland, filio nostro charissimo. There is another Charter in the Rolls, to him under the same Designation, Anno Regni secundo: And another to him & Elizabethae ejus sponsae nostrae filiae, on the eighteen Marks Sterling of Inchtuthill. A Charter in the Rolls by Robert the 3 d. Anno Regni primo, of 200 lib. Sterling of the Customs of Aberdeen, to David Lindsay of Glenesk, Dilecto nostro Fratri; and John Dumbar Earl of Murray, and David Lindsay of Glenesk, are designed in several of King Robert the third's Charters, Fratres nostri. There is a Charter in the Rolls granted by King Robert the second, to William Douglas, Son to the Earl of Galloway, & Aegidae filiae nostrae charissimae, of the Earldom of Nithsdale, Anno Kegni Nota, they had only one Daughter, who was called the Fair Maid of Nithsdale, who married Henry de sancto claro, with whom he had the Earledom of Nithsdale, but his Successors exchanged it with King James the second for the Earldom of Caithness. John Lion of Glames did marry another Daughter of King Robert's the second, with whom he got the Lordship of Glames, and the Original Charter granted to the said John, and to his Daughter is yet in the Custody of the Earl of Strathmore his Successor. Both the Historians and several Charters in the Rolls do instruct, that the Douglas married King Robert's Daughter by Eupheme Ross. These authentic Records of King Robert's having seven Daughters, do sufficiently show, how ill acquainted our Historians were with the State and Condition of the King's Children, who say that he had but one Daughter by Eupheme Ross, and two by Elizabeth Mure. There is in the Rolls a Charter by Robert the second, in June Anno Regni primo, to his Son Alexander of the sixty Davaches of Badinoch. One the 13 of June, and the first year of King Robert's Reign, in a Charter granted to Allan Lawder of the Lands of Whitsled and others, Testibus Willielm and Patric. Episcopis sancti, Andrae & Brechen, Joanne filio nostro natu maximo Comite de Carrick, Roberto Comite de Menteith (which Buchannan calls Taichiae) & Alexandero Senescallo filiis nostris, Gulielmo Comite de Douglas, etc. On the 28 of May Anno Regni primo, there is a Charter of Confirmation granted by King Robert to John Kennedy, of the half of the Barony of Dalrymple, on a Disposition from Malcolm Son to Gilchrist, Son to Adam Dalrymple of that Ilk, Testibus Episcopis sancti Andreae & Dunkelden, Johanne primogenito nostro & haerede, Comite de Carrick. Another Charter in June, primo Anno Regni, of the Lands of Badinoch, to Alexander his Son (Nota, he was the youngest Son of Elizabeth Mure) and his Heirs, and failzing of him, to David his Son and his Heirs. Nota, David was the eldest Son of Eupheme Ross) and at the same time, there was a Charter granted to David Earl of Strathern, of the Lands of Vrquhart, etc. And the Reddendo of both these Charters, are, for Services to him and his Heirs Successors to the CROWN of SCOTLAND. In these Charters, amongst other Witnesses, Joannes filius noster Comes de Carrick, is always one. Another Charter on the 8. of May, Anno Regni secundo, confirming to Paul Macktyre some Lands disponed to him by William Earl of Ross, Testibus Wilielm & Patric. Episcopis sancti Andreae & Brechen. Joanne primogenito nostro & haerede Comite de Carrick, etc. In the Charters granted the first year of his Reign, to David Earl of Strathern, of the Lands of Vrquhart; and the 2 d. year of his Reign to Queen Eupheme, of the Lands and Castle of Kinross, amongst the Witnesses, Joannes filius noster natu maximus & Haeres Comes de Carrick, is always one. There are twenty other Charters of the like Tenor, which were needless to adduce for Confirmation of this Truth; That in the very first year of his Reign, John was Earl of Carrick, Robert was Earl of Menteith, and Alexander was Earl of Badinoch: And therefore Buchannan and the other Historians are wrong in asserting, that they were preferred to these Estates and Dignities after Eupheme Rosses Death, and after the 3 d. year of his Reign. But now we come to the more solid confutation of our Historians assertions, and to show, that not after the 3 d. year of King Robert the 2ds Reign, and after Queen Euphem's Death, but in the first year of his Reign, and on the 27 th' of March that year, being 1371, the King and Parliament do Recognosce John who was afterwards called Robert the 3 d. and was eldest Son of Elizabeth Mure, to be the undoubted Lineal and Legal Successor to Robert his Father, as his eldest Son and Heir. The Evidence whereof is an authentic Act and Record of Parliament, yet extant amongst the King's Records, to which the great Seal of the Kingdom is appended, together with other 52 Seals of the Prelates, Noblemen and Barons in Parliament assembled, a full and true Abstract whereof follows. In Nomine sanctae & individuae Trinitatis, Patris, Filii & Spiritus Sancti Amen, Anno ab Incarnatione Domini millesimo tricentesimo, septuagesimo primo, secundum morem & Computationem Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Mensis Martii die vicesimo septimo; serenissimus Princeps Dominus Robertus Rex Scotorum illustris, Apud Sconam tempore suae Coronationis existens, assistentibus sibi praelatis, Comitibus, Baronibus, ac caeteris de Clero & Populo, Regni sui; post sacra Vnctionis & Coronationis suae Peracta solennia, factaque Declaratione Juris, quo idem serenissimus Princeps successit ac succedere debuit Domino David Regi Scotiae Auunculo & Praedecessori suo, tam proximitate sanguinis, quam ex quadam declaratione per quaedam instrumenta confecta, tempore inclytae memoriae Domini Roberti Regis Scotiae, avi & praedecessoris ipsius Domini nostri Regis, ibidem exhibita atque lecta; Nec non receptis homagii & fidelitatis solitis juramentis ab ipsis Praelatis, Comitibus, Baronibus & aliis de clero & populo ibidem existentibus, in Coronatione Regum Scotiae ab olim praestari consuetis & debitis, volens more & exemplo celebris memoriae ejusdem boni Regis Roberti avi sui, coram Clero & populo, Successorem & verum Haredem suum declare ibidem, licet de ipso clarè constitit atque constet ex abundanti & unanimi consensu & assensu dictorum Praelatorum, Comitum, procerum & magnatum, indicavit, asseruit & recognovit, declaravit & voluit, quod cum ipsum contigerit, pro dispositione divina, ab hac luce migrare, Dominus Joannes filius suus primogenitus Comes de Carrick, & SENESCALLUS SCOTIAE erit & esse debet verus & legitimus haeres fuus, ac sibi post mortem suam in Regno Scotiae, domino disponente, succedet & succedere debet, & posteum sedebit, & sedere debebit super SOLIUM Regni sui. Qua Declaratione sic facta per ipsum Dominum nostrum Regem de praefato primogenito & haerede suo ex abundanti, ut supra, unusquisque praelatorum, Comitum procerum magnatum & aliorum, ibidem existentium, voce propriâ, singulatim, pro se, haeredibus & successoribus suis, asseruit, affirmavit, declaravit, recognovit & voluit; Quod idem Dominus Joannes post mortem praefati patris sui superstes & vivus, sit, divinà favente gratia, futurus Rex Scotiae tanquam haeres legitimus ejusdem patris sui. Promittens quilibet, bona fide, & manu in signum fidei dationis levata, quod eum pro Rege, & haerede legitimo ejusdem patris sui habiturus erit, ipsumque juvabit atque defendet contra quoscunque mortales, nec non sigillum suum scripto seu juramento super hoc fiendo apponens in signum suorum consensus & promissionis praedictorum, cum ipsi super hoc fuerint requisiti. Quibus recognitione, promisso, & fidei datione in consilio Domini nostri Regis sic praemissis & acts, idem Dominus noster Rex per venerabilem virum magistrum Joannem de Peebles Doctorem Decretorum canonicum Glasguen. Clericum suum, proponi fecit in publicum, qualiter ex abundanti indicavit & declaravit prefatum Dominum Joannem filium suum primogenitum, verum suum heredem nunc esse, & esse debere de jure, Et post mortem suam regni Scotiae, volente Deo REGEM futurum. Et qualiter praefati Comites, Proceres & alii de consilio, affirmarunt, cognoverunt, consenserunt & fide media, ut praemittitur, promiserunt: & quod populum cum clero convocari fecerat, ut in eorum praesentia & de eorum consensu unanimi fieret & publicaretur, Ne aliquis super hoc ignorantiam praetendere posset aliqualiter in futurum: Tota autem multitudo, Praelatorum Comitum & Baronum & aliorum tam cleri quam populi unanimi voluntate & clamore consono, nullo penitus reclamante affirmaverunt, recognoverunt & voluerunt ipsum Dominum Joannem tanquam primogenitum & haeredem Domininostri Regis patris sui, suum fore Regem futurum, ac manu levata in signum fidei dationis promiserunt, quod eum pro Rege suo futuro, volente Deo, habiturierant post mortem patris sui, ipsumque juvabunt atque defendent de toto posse, contra quoscunque mortales. Quibus sic acts, praefati Praelati Comites & Barones ibidem existentes sigilla sua huic scripto apposuerunt, ad perpetuam & futuram memoriam in testimonium omnium praemissorum, una cum signo & subscriptione publici tabellionis subscripti. Acta fuerunt haec apud Abatiam de Sconae Mense die & annis supradictis. Et ego Joannes Rollo Clericus Moravien. Diocaesis, publicus auctoritate Apostolica Notarius, praedictis indicationi, Declarationi, Affirmationi, nec non Promissioni, manuum levationi, ac Magistri Joannis de Peebles populo publicationi, una cum venerabilibus in Christo patribus, Dominis Wilielmo, Waltero & Patricio sancti Andreae, Glasguen. Brechen. Ecclesiarum Episcopis, ac discretis viris Dominis Joanne de Carrick Canonico Glasguen. Wilielmo de Biggar, Rectore Ecclesiae de Errol, Cancellario, & Camerario Scotiae; nobilibus viris & potentibus Dominis, Thoma de Marr, Gulielmo de Douglas, & Roberto senescal. Comitibus, Thoma de Hay & Gulielmo de Keith Constabulario & Mariscallo Scotiae, Archibaldo de Douglass, Jacobo de Douglass, Roberto de Erskin, Alexandro de Lindsay, Thoma de Erskin & Duncano Wallace Baronibus ac Militib, Magistro Joanne de Peebles supradicto, & multis aliis praesentibus, ad praemissa vocatis pariter & rogatis primo in secreta camera praedicti Domini nostri Regisin suo secreto Concilio, & post in Camera ut dictum— in publicum coram populi multitudine hoc approbante factum, not legible. Anno, Die, Mense & locis supradictis indictione nonâ pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo patris Gregorii undecimi divina providentia Papae; quia presens interfui itaque omnia & singula superius expressa dum sic agerentur scivi vidi & audivi, praesens Instrumentum manu alterius scriptum signo meo consueto ad instantiam predicti Domini Joannis, Domini Regis primo-geniti Comitis de Carrick SCOTIAE SENESCALI I, signavi mea propria manu subscribens, vocatus pariter & rogatus, in testimonium omnium praemissorum. The Names of the Subscribers, whose Names and Seals are at this day extant, and appended to the Declaration and Act above insert. Bishops, St. Andreae, Glasguen, Dunkelden, Aberdonen, Moravien, Rossen, Dumblanen, Caitenen, Brechenen, Ergaden, Gallovidien, Cancellarius, Comerarius, Dumfermling, Aberbroth; Melros, Sconen, Prior Sti. Andreae, E. Marr, E. Marchiae, E. Strathern, E. Menteith, E. Levenax. Dominus Jacobus de Lindsay, Constabular, Mariscall, D. Jacobus de Douglass, Walterus de Lesly, D.R. de Erskin, D. Alexander de Lindsay, D. Walterus de Halyburtoun, D. Wilielmus de Cuninghame, D. Jac de Danielstoun, D.H. de Eglintoun; Prior: St Crucis, Kelcho, Jedworth, Kilwyning, Cambustionel, Couper, Lindors, Newbottle, Driburgh, D. Alexander de Gordon, D. filius Walthi, D. Pat. de Heburn, D. de Dinisdeer. The said Act and Declaration rendered in English. IN the Name of the Blessed and undivided TRINITY of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Amen. Upon the 27 th' day of the Month of March, and year from the Incarnation of Christ 1371, according to the Custom and Computation of the Church of SCOTLAND; The most Renowned Prince ROEBRT KING of SCOTS, at Scoon the time of his Highness' Coronation, (the Bishops, Earls, Barons and others of the Clergy, and People of his Kingdom standing by and there present) after the sacred Solemnities of His Anointment and Coronation were ended, and the Declaration of his Right, by which the said Illustrious PRINCE did succeed, and aught to succeed to David KING of SCOTLAND his Uncle and Predecessor, as well by propinquity of Blood, as upon the Account, and by Reason, and by virtue of certain instruments made in the time of ROBERT KING of SCOTLAND his Goodsir and Predecessor of worthy Memory, then opened up and publicly read; And the usual Oaths of Homage and Fidelity being taken by the said Prelates, Earls, Barons, and others of the Clergy and People there present, used and wont of old to be exacted at the Coronation of the KINGS of SCOTLAND: Being desirous after the Custom and Example of the foresaid Good KING ROBERT his Grandfather of blessed Memory, to declare before the Clergy and People his Successor and true Heir, tho' the same did clearly appear, and might abundantly be known by the unanimous Consent and Assent of the said Prelates, Earls, Lords and Barons: His Sacred Majesty did Declare, Assert, Acknowledge, Manifest and Will, that whenever it should happen his Highness, at the pleasure of Almighty GOD, to depart from this Life, Lord JOHN his Majesty's eldest Son Earl of Carrick and STEWART of of SCOTLAND, should and ought to be his lawful Heir, and after his Highness' Death, should succeed to him in the Kingdom of SCOTLAND, by the providence of GOD; And that after him, he should sit, and aught to sit upon the THRONE of the Kingdom: Which Declaration being so emitted by our Sovereign Lord the KING himself, concerning his said eldest Son and Heir; Every one of the said Prelates, Earls, Lords, Barons and others there present, with a full Voice, one by one, for himself, Heirs and Successors did Assert, Affirm, Acknowledge, Declare and Will, that the said Lord JOHN after the death of his said Father, being to the sore, and on Life, by the grace of GOD, should be KING of SCOTLAND, as lawful Heir of his said Father; Promising each of them, bona fide, and having their Hands lifted up to Heaven, in token of their Sincerity, that he should be had and esteemed as their KING, and lawful Heir of his said Father; And that they should Assist and Defend him against all Mortals: As also, that they should Append and put their Seal to the Act or Statute to be made thereupon, in token of their Consent and Promise of these things, whenever they should be required thereto: Which Acknowledgement, Promise and Oath, given by them in the Council of our Sovereign Lord; the King's Majesty, did cause the Right Venerable Mr. John Peebles, Clerk of the Records of the Diocese of Glasgow, to Insert and Record in public Register; That forasmuch as he had sufficiently declared the said Lord JOHN, his eldest Son, to be now his true Heir, and that by Law, he ought after his death, at the Disposal of GOD, to be KING of the Kingdom of SCOTLAND; And that forasmuch as the said Earls, Lords, and others of the Council, did Affirm, Acknowledge, Consent and by Oath, as said is, Promise; And that his Highness had called the People with the Clergy, to the effect, in their presence, and by their unanimous Consent, the same might be Decreed and Published, lest any should pretend Ignorance of this, any manner of way in time-coming: The whole Multitude of Prelates, Earls, and Barons, and others as well of the Clergy as People, with one accord, unanimous Consent, and Will (none at all gainsaying) Did Affirm, Acknowledge and Will, That the said Lord JOHN, as eldest Son and Heir of our Sovereign Lord the KING his Father, should be their KING; And with Hands lifted up to Heaven, in token of their sincerity, promised, that they should have and esteem him, after the death of his Father, for their future KING, by the strength of Almighty GOD; and that they should Defend and Assist him, with all their Might, against all deadly. Which things being so done, the s●ids bishops, Earls and Barons there present, did Append and put their Seals to this Decree for ever; In testimony of all the Premises, together with the Sign and Sub●tion of the public Clerk undersubscribing. These things were done at the Abbacy of Scoon, Day, Month and year of GOD above-written. etc. Here is only the Most authentic Evident, which perhaps Europe can show, giving an irrefragable Proof, that John afterwards called Robert, eldest Son to Elizabeth Mure, was in the first year of his Father's Reign, owned and acknowledged, as his eldest lawful Son and Heir, and undoubted Successor to the Crown; and that in the life-time of Queen Eupheme, to which her Son in law the Earl of Douglass his Seal amongst others, is appended: And therefore Elizabeth Mure, his Mother, was lawful Wife to Robert Earl of Strathern, afterwards KING; and consequently it is false that these Children were only legitimat by King Roberts marrying their Mother after Queen Euphems' death, and after the third year of his Reign, And that the Act of Parliament recognising john as such, was passed in the fourth year of the said King's Reign. This solemn Act and authentic Record yet extant, doth evidence to a Demonstration, to the dishonour of those negligent Historiographers, who did write so confidently, what this Act and Instrument doth so clearly canvel: Nor is it so by this great Act only, but by very many other authentic Documents standing in Record, as a Charter granted on the 13 th' of june Anno Regni primo to Allan Lawder of Whitsled, and the other Charters before mentioned, and twenty others not mentioned, which all bear Record, that in the first year of King Robert the seconds Reign, and in Queen Euphems' Life-time, the KING, the Prelates, the Lords, and all who received Charters from the King, did look on the said John as his undoubted eldest Son and Heir, Earl of Carrick and STEWART of SCOTLAND, and the Charters granted to, and received by Queen Eupheme; by her Son David and her Son Walter for services to the King and his Heirs, do carry in them, John is the undoubted eldest Son and Heir. Albeit what is said seems demonstrative enough, yet to leave no part of this injurious Lybel unransaked; We shall next show, that before Robert the second, yea very many years before, whilst he was Earl of Strathern and STEWART of SCOTLAND, JOHN his Son was owned by him, and by the whole Nation, as his eldest Son and Heir. There is a Charter, wherein Robertus Senescallus Scotiae, Comes de Strathern, & Joannes Senescallus filius noster primogenius & Haeres, confirm a Mortification made by Reginaldus More, Pater Wilielmi More, Equitis to the Abbacy of Pasly, recorded in their Register, which, tho' it want a Date, yet there follows in the same Register, a Charter given by the said Robert Senescallus Scotiae, confirming all Gifts given by his Predecessors and himself to the Abbacy of Pasly, dated anno 1361, which was nine years before he was KING; In which, amongst other Witnesses, Joannes Senescallus Dominus de Kyle primogenitus noster, is one: Which verifies also, that his Father did communicate his Honours and Estate with him at that time. This Charter is recorded in Fol. 39 of the Register of Pasly. In the year 1328. on the thirteenth of February, there is a Submission recorded in the said Register of Pasly, betwixt the Procurator of the said Abbacy, called Andrew Kelcho, who was Prior of the Abbacy on the one part, and Reginald More or Mure Procurator for the Master Channons and Monks of Simpringhame, concerning 40 Marks of Annuity, payable by the Abbacy of Pasly to Simpringhame; and assigned by them to the said Reginald: On which submission, the Abbot is discerned to pay the 40 Marks to Reginald and his Successors, he getting a sufficient Write from those of Simpringhame, to secure Pasly for what they pay: And for further Security to the Abbacy Reginald and his Son Sir William consign a Write disponing his Lands of Sanackar, Camsestrang, Doulargis, Cowdams, Stafflour and Hormisdale, lying in the Baronies of Renfrew and Cowall, in Warrandice to the Abbacy, for securing them until he produced the said Writing from Simpringhame, as said is; he having failed for two years to procure the said security from Simpringhame, those of Pasly addressed to Robert Earl of Strathern STEWART of SCOTLAND, and to JOHN his eldest Son and Heir, Who were Superiors of the Lands disponed by Reginald to them, for their Security, desiring a Charter, whereby they might be seized in the saids Lands; Which Robert and his said Son did grant, and it is recorded in Folio 16. of the old Register of Pasly: The Charter is long, and therefore I have only abstracted out of it, what is useful for our purpose, as follows. OMnibus hanc Cartam visuris vel audituris, Robertus SENESCALLUS Scotiae, Comes de Strathern, & JOANNES SENESCALLUS primogenitus & Haeres ipsius, Dominus Baroniae de Kyle salutem in Domino sempiternam, cum dudum Reginaldus More pater domini Wilelmi More militis concesserit, & pro se & haeredibus suis firmiter obligaverit, omnes terras suas subscriptas in Baronia de Kyle, & de Cowall. viz. Terras de Sanakar, de Camsestrang, de Doulargis, de Cowdams, de Stafflour & terram de Hormisdale, & quascunque alias terras suas & possessiones, infra dominum nostrum existentes, religiosis viris Abboti & conventui monasterii de Pasleto, ordinis cluniacensis, Glascuensis diocesis, fore applicandas & perpetuis eorum usibus appropriandas, in casu quo ante primam solutionem sibi faciendam, cujusdem annui redditus quadraginta Mercarum. In quo dicebat idem Reginaldus dictos Abbatem & conventum magistro, Canonicis, & Monialibus de Sympringhame in Anglia singulis annis obligat, Literas quietae clamationis & perpetuae securitatis, a praedicto Magistro Canonicis & Monialibus de Sympringhame non procuraret, ac eisdem Abbati & conventui Monastrii de Pasleto, praedictarum literarum praetextu & virtute munitis, praedictis Magistro Canonicis & Monialibus de Sympringhame de praedicto annuo redditu, in toto vel in parte, non tenerentur in perpetuum, ulterius respondere, ac super hoc praedictus Reginaldus, pro se & haeredibus suis subjecerit praedictas terras voluntati, ordinationi & cognitioni SENESCALLI scotiae, qui pro tempore fuerit patronus dicti Monasterii de Pasleto, quod libere possit in favorem dictorum religiosorum virorum Abbatis & Conventus Monasterii de Pasleto ad requisitionem earundem, sine aliqua difficultate, ipsis dare sasinam de terris & possessionibus supradictis; prout haec & alia in patentibus literis Reginaldi More sigillo suo ac sigillo nostro Roberti SENESCALLI scotiae supradicti, necnon sigillo officarii Curiae Glascuensis, plenius vidimus tineri. Nos vero Robertus SENESCALLVS scotiae supradictus, & Joannes Senescallus ipsius filius dominus de Kyle, per Abbatem & Conventum Monasterii de Pasleto, cum constantia requisiti, quod cum dictus Reginaldus & dominus Wilielmus filius suus & haeres per dictum annuum redditum per plures annos a tempore dictae obligationis & promissionis factarum adictis religiosis viris percepit, ac ipsi per captionem Namorum & compulsionem terrarum suarum aliquando, maxim per dictum dominum Wilielmum More coacti & compulsi, ipsum annuum redditum persolverunt, nulla Litera Quittationis aut securitatis promissa, pro parte dicti Reginaldi, aut dicti Domini Gulielmi, juxta formam dictae suae obligationis eisdem Abbati & conventui Monasterii de Pasleto deportata, exhibita vel ostensa cederemus addandam sasinam eisdem religiosis viris, Abbati & conventui Monasterii de Pasleto, de terris & possessionibus supradictis, juxta dictarum literarum continentiam atque formam, volentes ad requisitionem earundem & virtute obligationis praedictae submissionis in nos factae praedictis Abbati & Conventui Monasterii de Pasleto super praemissis de remedio debito providere, ipsas terras, viz. Terram de sanakar, de Camsestrang, de Doulargis, de Coudams, de Stafflour, terram de Hormiesdale, in manibus nostris, ex unanimi nostro consensu, propter hoc prius sasitas ad tempus, & ex causa Deo, beatae Mariae, sancto Jacobo, sancto Marino, & religiosis viris, Abbati & Conventui Monasterii de Pasleto ibidem Deo servientibus & servituris in perpetuum, Damus concedimus & hac praesenti Cartà nostrà confirmamus, etc. In cujus rei testimonium praesenti Cartae sigilla nostra sunt appensa, his testibus venerabili patre domino Roberto Abbate de Kilwinning, Domino Hugone de Eglingtone, Domino ejusdem, Domino Alexandro Senescallo Domino Cruickstoun, Domino Joanne de Danielstoun domino ejusdem, Domino Adam Fullartoun Domino de Corsbe militibus, Thoma Sempil Dominò de Eglistoun, Joanne de Maxweltoun Domino de Pollock & aliis. This Charter alone were proof enough, for here are many Witnesses of good Quality, and the nearest Neighbours, who being Witnesses, that JOHN the Son of Elizabeth Mure was repute and known to be the eldest Son and Heir of Robert STEWART of SCOTLAND, long before he was King, long before the decease of Eupheme Ross, and that as such, he shared with his Father in his Estate and Honours; and albeit it want a date, yet since it confirms a Writing made by Reginald More in the year 1320, and that it is registrat shortly after the Registration of the same Writing, there is no reason to doubt that it was made long before he was KING. But not to rely on one Testimony or Proof, there are many Mediums which prove our Assumption. There is another Charter dated in the year 1361, on the 20 of July, as follows, Omnibus hanc Chartam visuris vel audituris, obertus SENESCALLVS Scotiae Comes de Strathern, salutem; sciatis nos ob reverentiam Domini nostri Jesu Christi, beatissimae virginis Mariae, beati Jacobi, sancti marini, ac omnium sanctorum, & pro salute animae nostrae, & antecessorum & successorum nostrorum, Ratificasse approbasse & confirmasse religiosis viris Abbati & Conventui Monasterii de Pasleto, ibidem Deo servientibus & servituris, in inviolabilem, puram & perpetuam Elymosinam, omnes Donationes, Concessiones, Confirmationes & infeodationes, quas antecessores nostri eisdem religiosis viris caritatiuè contulerunt: Et ut voluntatis nostrae intentio lucidius elucesscat iterando concedimus & donamus totales terras de Aldhouse, de Ardestoun, de Insula Monachorum, inter Kert & Grief de Fultoun, etc. Eosdem etiam viros religiosos, ex gratiae nostrae ferventis abundantia, ab omnimodis servitiis secularibus eximimus, eruimus, liberamus: In cujus rei testimonium sigillum nostrum praesentibus est appensum apud Clunie secundo die Julii A. D. 1361. Testibus Joanne SENESCALLO Domino de Kyle primogenito nostro, Waltero senescallo dilecto fitio nostro, Joanne de Ross, Stephano de Ross, Gulielmo de Balcaskie, Gulielmo de Lindsay & multis aliis. Take yet another Charter. Robertus SENESCALLVS Scotiae, Comes de Strathern, salutem in Domino sempiternam, noverit universitas vestra, nos de consensu & assensu dilecti primo-geniti nostri & haeredis Jonnis SENESCALLI Comitis de Carrick, dedisse & concessisse, & hoc praesenti scripto nostro confirmasse dilecto nostro Allano de Laudre tenente nostro in Whitsled, pro bono & fideli servitio nobis impenso & impendendo, omnia proficua & servitia debita seu debenda, viz. Wardas' cum Maritagiis, relevia, albas firmas & eorum duplicationescum Eschaetis Curiarum, & servitiis libere tenentium de tenendriis de Lukieside, Legerwood, Monston & Aldinniston cum pertinen. inperpetuum, infra Comitatum de Berwick super Twedam, tenend. de nobis etc. Reddendo dictus Allanus & haeredes sui, Domini de Whitsled unum denarium, etc. Nos vero Robertus SENESCALLVS scotiae praedictus & haeredes nostri praedicti, Barones de Renfrew totam terram praedictam warrantizabimus & defendemus dicto Allano & haeredibus, etc. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Cartae nostrae sigillum nostrum est appositum, una cum sigillo haeredis nostri praedicti, apud Renfrew, Testibus Domino Roberto de Erskin, Joanne de Danielstoun & Adam de Fullartoun militibus. Whilst Robert the 2 d. was Earl of Strathern, john as Lord of Kyle did grant a Charter to John Fullertoun, Son to Adam Fullertoun of Harperland and Easter and Wester Calnes in Kyle Stewart; which Charter of his, is confirmed to the said John Fullertoun, by his Father King Robert anno regni primo. There is a Charter granted by King Robert the 2 d. whilst he was Earl of Strathern, with Consent of John his eldest Son and Heir to Allan Lawder of the Lands of Whitslet and Moristoun in Berwick Shire, sealed by his own Seal, and by the Seal of John his eldest Son and Heir; Which Charter is confirmed by him when KING, annoregni primo: This Allan is afterwards designed Allan Lawder of Hattoun, in a Charter granted to him by the said KING of the Lands of Ratha in Edinburgh Shire, Anno Regni septimo. These Charters and many others extant on Record, do sufficiently evince, that John Son to Robert Earl of Strathern, was owned by his Father, as his eldest Son and Heir, and did share with him, in his Honours and Estate long before he was KING, longer before Eupheme Rosses death; yea, in the whole tract of her Life-time, and likeways by Eupheme Ross herself, and by her Children, who did take all their Charters, either with the said John's Consent, or admitting him as Witness in their Writings, under the Designation of the King's eldest Son and Heir. It is also clear, that he was owned under that Designation by his Father's Vassals, who did take their Charters from the Father always with His Consent, with the solemnity of his Seal, as well as his Fathers, and always under the Designation of his eldest Son and Heir. The Bishops, Lords and Gentlemen of the best Quality in the adjacent Country owned him as such, in being Witnesses with him, under that Designation: But if such a Cloud of Witnesses and Writings do leave any doubt, then that of a whole Kingdom can leave none: And this we have also; For the Bishops of Scotland had no Right to dispose of their Movables by Testament: King Robert the Bruce had promised ta give them this Privilege, yet had not performed it before his death; King David Bruce his son, in one of his last Parliaments, passes a Deed, by way of Act, narrating his Father's Promise and Resolution; And therefore he ratifies the said Promise, and of new grants and confirms to all the Bishops in Scotland Power and Privilege to dispone their Movables by Testament: Which authentic Act and Deed stands recorded in the Records of the Great-Seal, and is as follows. DAVID Deigratia Rex Scotorum, notum facimus universis, quod licet ex consuetudine ab antiquis introducta, temporibus & continuata usque praesens, per nos & praedecessores nostros extitit, tanquam pro privilegio speciali servatum, quod bona quecunque mobilia, Episcopis Regni nostri, temporemortis ipsorum, Regiis sic applicata sunt usibus, quod ab ipsis Episcopis, in suis testamentibus condendis super bonis disponen. hujusmodi omnino fuerit hactenus adempta facultas; Quia tamen tam per cleri nostri, quam aliorum de nostro Consilio prudentiam, sumus cum veris & lucidis rationibus informati, quod consuctudo hujusmodi cessit hactenus & in posterum cedere demonstratur in indecentiam honestatis Ecclesiae, & in opprobrum status cleri: Nos ob reverentiam divini Nominis, & ad instantiam Praelatorum, super hoc nobis instanter supplicantium, & de consensu & assensu Roberti SENESCALLI Scotiae nepotis nostri & liberorum suorum, nec non aliorum Baronum & procerum, ac communi Comitatuum Regni nostri in pleno nostro Parliamento, tento apud Perth, pro nobis, nostrisque haeredibus & successoribus, de gratia nostra speciali concedimus & praesentium literarum serie confirmamus, quod omnes & singuli Episcopi Regni nostri, tam postea quam praesentes de quibuscunque Mobilibus suis, tempore mortis suae, sua testamenta condere valeant, & pro sua voluntate disponere sine aliquo objectu, contradictione vel impedimento, dicta consuetudine, sive usu longaevi temporis in contrarium non obstante, terris tamen, redditibus, dominiis & servitiis quibuscunque ipsorum episcopatuum cum pertinentiis, nec non juribus patronanum ecclesiarum, quae ad regaliam nostram pertinere consueverint & adhuc pertinent, seed vacant & omnibus & singulis aliis praeter expressa superius juri regio, voluntatique & dispositioni nostri, haredum ac successorum nostrorum in omnibus & per omnia reservatis: Et si contigerit aliquem ipsorum Episcoporum Regninostri, aliquo unquam tempore, quod absit, ab intestato decedere, volumus & tenore praesentium concedimus, pro nobis & nostris haeredibus & successoribus in perpetuum, quod Amici propinquiores dictorum Episcoporum, de universis suis bonis Mobilibus, absque quocunque impedimento per nos aut Ministros nostros faciendo, disponere, pro suae libito volunta▪ 'tis, prout pro salute animarum ipsorum Episcoporum melius videat expedire. Et propter praefatam gratiam, ipsis Episcopis praesentibus & futuris concessam, ipsi & eorum singuli ac successores eorundem, pro nobis in vita nostra, & post mortem, pro anima nostra & anima, recolendae memoriae, Domini patris nostri, nec non pro salubri statu cujuslibet haeredum & successorum nostrorum, dum vixerint, & pro animabus eorundem, cum ab hac luce migraverint in Cathredralibus Ecclesiis continuo unam Capellam perpetuam, qualibet cathedrali Ecclesia constituend: unam missam facient in perpetuum specialiter celebrari, praeter mifsas & alia orationum suffragia, ad quae antecessoribus & successoribns nostris ex debito jam tenentur. In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras ad perpetuam rei memoriam duraturas sigilli nostri authentici fecimus appensione muniri, testibus Roberto SENESCALLO Comite de Stratherne Nepote nostro supradicto, joanne SENESCALLO comite de Carrick filio suo primogenito & haerede, Thoma Comite de Marr— Georgio de Dumbar Comite Marchiae, Willelmo Comite de By this notable Charter, verbatim Extracted from the authentic Records, it is evident that JOHN afterwards called Robert the 3 d. was eldest Son and Heir to Robert the 2 d. not after the third year of Robert the 2 ds. Reign, nor after Eupheme Ross' Death, but in King David Bruces Reign, 37. years before Eupheme Ross' Death. Now if King David Bruce, and the whole States of the Kingdom do solemnly Recognize and own JOHN eldest Son and Heir to Robert Earl of Strathern, before Robert was KING, and whilst he was married on Eupheme Ross, and if all his Vassals and Neighbours did own him also as such, and his Father likewise doing always so. And if his Father, Queen Eupheme, & Queen Euphem's Children did own him as such, after he was KING; And if the whole Estates of the Kingdom have, by the most solemn and authentic Document that is extant in all our Records, or perhaps in Christendom, and sealed it with their Seals, which is as yet extant in public Custody; then our Historians Assertion of Elizabeth Mure's being a Concubine, and of her Child's being Bastards, until they were forsooth legitimat by a Marriage, after Eupheme Rosses death (And which Marriage was many years after Elizabeth Mur's death, since in an autentick Document after adduced, she is spoke of, as dead, anno 1364, and her eldest Son is Witness in that Document) which had been both fraudulent and without Fond in Law, is false, and the whole Superstructure against the Honour of that Lady and her Children, and against the lawful Succession and just Rights of the Crown do fall, as founded on groundless Assertions and Untruths; Since the aforementioned Papers do prove, that Elizabeth Mure was lawful Wife, and her Children, lawful and eldest Children to Robert the second, and that the Right of Succession was due to them thereby, and not by any subsequent Marriage, nor by any Act of Parliament: And therefore Elizabeth Mure or More was first and lawful Wife to Robert Earl of Strathern, STEWART, and thereafter KING of SCOTLAND, and John was his eldest Son and apparent Heir, antecedently to the Act of Parliament, and to Eupheme Rosses death. As the foregoing Collection and Abstracts do fully verify, that Elizabeth Mure's Children were recognized and owned as King Robert the seconds eldest lawful Children, and his Son as his eldest Son and undoubted Heir, before Robert was King, so soon as he was Crowned King, and in the whole Tract of his Reign, before he married Eupheme Ross, during her Marriage, and after her Death, and that by no less evidence, than authentic Deeds and Instruments extant, both on Record, and in their Originals, and with no lower Avouchers than Kings and Parliaments in Parliament convened, and many other authentic Documents of undoubted Faith besides; a few of which, much more all do make so strong a Probation of Elisabeth Mure's Marriage, and the Legitimation of her Children, that they could not be redargued by Robert the 2 d. himself, if he would, and are stronger proofs thereof, than any perhaps in the World, can produce after so long a time; yet to confirm this truth, I shall add one, which is not in our Records, but in a very public one, the notice whereof, came to my knowledge lately by Mr. Forbes who came from Douai, and had an authentic Extract, which he gave me, whilst he was Prisoner here; And very long after I had made the former Collection. It is an Abstract of a Charter gtanted by Robert STEWART of SCOTLAND, Earl of Strathern in the year 1364. Whereby he gives, grants and found'st a Chaplanary in the Church of Glasgow, and that for performing an Obligation, under which he did lie to the Bishop of Glasgow, as delegate from the Pope, to grant to the said Robert Earl of Strathern a Dispensation for a Marriage to be contracted betwixt him and Elisabeth Mure, by reason of his Affinity, and Consanguinity with her. The Original of which Charter, with its Seals and Subscriptions, is as yet extant and entire in the Scots College of Paris, whether it was carried by James Beton Archbishop of Glasgow, and depositat there with many other authentic Records of that Bishopric. The Abstract of which Deed and Instrument follows. Nos infra scripti rogati a clarissimo viro Ludovico, Innese Reginae magnae Britaniae Eleemosinario & Primario Collegii Scotorum in Academia Parisiensi, ut conveniremus in regale monasterium sancti Germani, a pratis situm, in hac urbe parisiensi, illic inspecturi & diligenter examinaturi Chartam Roberti SENESCALLI Scotiae, datam apud Perth, Anno Domini millesimo, trecentesimo, sexagesimo quarto, duodecimo die Mensis Januarii quae servatur authentica in archivo ejusdem collegii denuo instaurati per reverendissimum in Christo patrem Jacobnm a Bethum Archepiscopum Glascuensem in Scotia, quisecum vetera Ecclesiae suae monumenta in hanc Vrbem transtulit, & partim in eodem Collegio, ad perpetuam rei memoriam, deposuit, convenientes anno Domini millesimo sexcentesimo, nonagesimo quarto, die vigesima sexta mensis Maii, chartam supra commemoratam, nobis ab eodem clarissimo viro Ludovico Innese exhibitam, diligenter inspeximus, examinavimus, & eacura, qua major adhiberi non potuit, excussimus; eam jue testamur esse antiquam, genuinam scriptam charactere illorum omnino temporum nullam falsi aut suppositionis suspicionem facere posse sigillis duobus sigillatam, quae testamur etiam esse antiqua & integra: Ad majorem autem testimonii, judiciique nostri fidem, eandem Chartam, hic de verbo ad verbum describi curavi mus: Que talis est. OMnibus hanc Cartam, visuris vel audituris, Robertus SENESCALLVS Scotiae, Comes de Stratratherne salutem in Domino sempiternam, cum dudum venerabili patri Domino Zuillano Dei gratia episcopo Glascuensi fuerit per literas apostolicas specialiter delegatum, ut supra matrimonio contrahendo inter nos & quondam Elisabeth More dum ageret in humanis, non obstante impedimento consanguinitatis & affinitatis contractui matrimoniali praedicto impedimentum, praestante authoritaate apostolica dispensaret, dummodo duas Capellas las velunam pro arbitrio ipsius episcopi perpetuo fundaremus; ac dictus venerablis pater, consideratis in hac parte considerandis, nobiscum super impedimento praedicto, authoritate qua supra, dispensans nobis injunxit ut una Capellania in Ecclesia Glascuensi, ad unum certum Altare ad pensionem decem mercarum Sterling annuatim percipend. de certis Redditibus nostris fundaretur perpetuo nosque eandem capellaniam sic fundare, fideliter promisimus infra certum tempus jam transactum, nobis per dictum Episcopum limitatum. Noverit universitas vistra, nos ex causa praemissa dedisse, concessisse, & hac presenti carta nostra Confirmasse pro nobis & haeredibus nostris perpetuo, Deo, beatae Mariae Virgini, beato Kentigerno, & uni Capellano celebrat: & celebraturo perpetuo in Ecclesia Glascuensi praedicta, decem mercas Sterling ad sustentationem ejusdem Capellani anuatim percipend: de annuo redditu quadraginta Librarum Sterling, exeunte de terra de Cars Abbatis, infra vice-comitatum de Stryveline & nobis & haeredibus nostris debet. per religiosos viros Abbatem & conventum monasterii sanctae crucis de Edinburg. Tenen. haben. & percipien. annuatim in perpetuum eidem Capellano, qui pro tempore fuerit per manus dictorum Religiosorum ad terminos Pentecostes, & sancti Martini in hyeme, per portiones aequales in liberam puram & perpetuam Eleemosynam, adeo liberè, quietè, plenariè & honorificè, sicut aliqua Elymosina per totum Regnum Scotiae liberius conceditur, percipitur sive datur: Et nihilominus totum jus nobis competens per Chartam infeodationis recolendae memorae Domini Regis Roberti avi nostri, sive obligatorum dictorum Abbatis & Conventus, seu quascunque alias Evidentias ad compellendum dictos Abbatum & Conventum adsolutionem dicti annui redditus decem Mercarum in Episcopum Glascuensem, qui pro tempore fuerit, & Capitulum Glascuense, sede vacant, per hanc Chartam nostram perpetuo transferimus, ipsosque & eorum alterum, quantum ad hoc nostros & haeredum nostrorum Assignatos & Assignatum facimus, constituimus & etiam ordinamus, si forte contingat quod absit, quod dictae decem Mercae annuae per dictum Capellanum, qui pro tempore fuerit percipi non potuerint, ut est dictum, vel ex eo quod dicti Abbas & Conventus solvere noluerint, aut compelli non potuerint ad solutionem earundem, vel ex eo quod nos, aut aliquis haeredum nostrorum contra praesentem infeodationem & concessionem nostram solutionem dictarum decem Mercarum impediverimus aut impediverit, aut per nos, seu alium vel alios, clam vel Palam, direct velindirecte procuraverimus, seu procuraverit impediri, obligamus nos & haeredes nostros, per omniabona nostra, Mobilia & Immobilia ad solvend. dictas decem Mercas de aliis Redditibus nostris, ubi Episcopus Glascuensis, qui pro tempore fuerit, vel Capitulum ejusdem, sede vacant, duxerit eligendum, toto tempore quo cessatum fuerit, a solutione dictarum decem Mercarum percipen. de annuo Redditu supradicto, subjicientes nos & haeredes nostros jurisdictioni & coertioni Episcopi Glascuensis & ipsius Officialis, qui pro tempore fuerint, ut ipsi per omnimodam censuram Ecclesiasticam, nos & haeredes nostros compellere valeant ad percipienda omnia & singula supradicta, in quo casu defecerimus vel defecerint, quod absit, in aliquo praemissorum, & ultra omnia praenotata, nos & haeredes nostri praedict. Donationem & Concessionem nostram de dictis decem Mercis annuis precipien. ut supra de annuo Redditu, praedictis Episcopo, Ecclesiae Glascuensi & Capellano, qui` pro tempore fuerint contra omnes homines & faeminas warrantizabimus, acquitabimus & in perpetuum defendemus. In cujus rei testimoniumo sigillum nostrum, una cum sigillo Joannis SENESCALLI Domini de Kyle, primo-geneti & haeredis nostri praesentibus est appensum, his testibus venerabili patre Domino Roberto Abbate Monasterii Killwyning & Dominis Joanne SENESCALLO fratre nostro, Hugone de Eglingtoun & Thoma de Fauside militibus, Joanne Merser Burgensi de Perth, Joanne de Ross, & Joanne Tayt armigeris, & aliis, apud Perth duodecimo die Mensis Januarii, anno Domini millesimo trecentesimo sexagesimo quarto. Sigilibatur autem dicta Charta duobus sigillis rotundis ex cera rubra super alba, quorum unum refert fasciam tesselatam in Circumferentia, scriptum habens literis legibilibus ✚ sigillum Roberti SENESCALLI Scotiae, Alterum item refert fasciam tessalatam duplario limbo, liliis contra positis, consitam in Circumferentia, scriptum habens literis legibilibus. S. Johis SENESCALLI. in quorum omnium fidem praesentes literas omnium nostrorum manu subscriptas, sigillo Regalis monasterii insigniri voluimus Datum in eodem monasterio, die & anno suprascripis, Camillus Lesellice, Abbas de Lowois. H. Caille. F. Joannes Mabillon, Jalaze Eusebius Renaudot, Nicolaus Clement. F. Theodoricus Ruinaut. Et Nos Hilarius Rovilli, Dominus du Caudray Regi & sanctioribus Consiliis Regiis in supra Rationum Curia procurator; Qui huic virorum eruditissimorum & rerum antiquarum peritissimorum Conventui interfuimus, & Chartam illam inspeximus & examinavimus eorum sententiam suffragio nostro approbandam duximus, censemusque nullomodo dubitari a quoquam posse, quin ea sit verissima & omniprorsus supicione carcus, in quorum omnium sidem hoc nos manu nostra propria subscripsimus, & Sigillum apponi fecimus datum ut supra Roville du Caudray. Et Comites Barones & alii Regis magnae Britanniae subditi infra scripti, presents sumus dum praedicta Charta inspiceretur & examinaretur a supra scriptis viris eruditissimis & eorum antiquorum peritissimis, candemque nos pariter vidimus, & sanam & integram reperimus, in quorum fidem has praesentes literas Chyrographis nostris & sigillis firmavimus, datum ut supra. This Charter granted on the 12. day of January, 1364. in performance of a former Obligation, and on so long before, that the eldest Son of the Marriage with Elisabeth, viz. JOHN, is a Witness in this Deed, under the Designation of the Lord of Kyle, and eldest Son and Heir to the said Robert; so that the Dispensation, for a Marriage to be contracted, could be no less than ten or twelve years before that Date. And consequently the Marriage with Elizabeth Mure, was not in the year 1373. altho' Eupheme Ross had then died, as she did not for six years thereafter: but the Marriage behoved to be, at least 20 years before he was King, and 29 years before Eupheme Ross died, according to Fordan's account of her Death, and 23 years before her Death, according to Buchannan and Boetius; and if there were no more to canvell the Authority of the groundless Histories, but this single Document it were more than sufficient: For it first proves that Elisabeth Mure was a person of Quality, of Consanguinty and near Relation to the King; and it is very probable she might have been so, since the Baron of Rowallan was of near neighbour head to the Lords of Kyle, and a proper Match for any of the Daughters of that Family: and who by authenitck Documents yet upon Record, and extent in Rowallans Charter-Chest, appears to have been Heretor of 100 Merk-lands, of Property and Superiority, of old extant above these 300 years, which is more than the Estate of ordinary Barons: and our Historians telling she was the Daughter of a Knight called Sir Adam Mure, and there being then no Families of that Name in Scotland, and of that Quality but Rowallan & Abercorn, those of Abercorn, who were co-temporary with Robert Earl of Strathern, were Reginald the Father, and Sir William the Son, and Reginald Son to Sir William, but no Sir Adam, as appears by several Writs extant in the Records of Pasly, in the Reigns of K. David Bruce, Robert the 2d. and Robert the 3d. there are several Charters and Writings on Record, granted to those of Abercorn, by the said Robert of Strathern, but never with the Designation of Consanguineus, or importing any Relation, whereas this Dispensation evinces, that the Family of Elisabeth Mure, was in Consanguinity to the said Robert: Nor was it a Disparagement for any Earl to marry a Knight's Daughter: and about that very time, King David Bruce did marry the Daughter of Sir John Logie; and Robert the third than called JOHN shortly thereafter, whilst PRINCE of SCOTLAND, did marry the Daughter of Sir Drummond, Predecessor to the now Earl of Perth, as appears by a Charter following on a Contract of Marriage, confirming the PRINCE, and the said Lady in several Lands, anno Regni 3. which is extant in the Rolls of the Great Seal. This Charter of Mortification to the Church of Glasgow likewise evinces, that this Lady was so far from being a Concubine, that the Earl of Strathern was at the pains to procure a Dispensation from the Pope, before he could have her in Marriage: And by the tenor of the Paper, it is clear that the Dispensation was obtained before the Marriage was consummate. And yet the eldest Son of the Marriage is a conjunct Disponer in this Charter with his Father, of ten Marks Sterling to the Chaplain of Glasgow in the year 1364. In which year, and in this most authentic Document, under the Sign and Seal of her Husband, before famous Witnesses, she is spoke of as dead at that time. Nor was there so great a Disparity betwixt the first and second Marriage, for Eupheme Ross was but a Widow, when he married her, and Widow to the Earl of Murray; as a Charter granted by David Bruce, anno, 1341. to Robert SENESCALLUS his Nephew, and Eupheme Countess of Murray his Wife, of the Lands of Methven does prove, and is extant in the Records. And to evince further, that there is certainty enough of Elisabeth Mures being Rowallans Daughter, there are in Rowallans Charter-chest, these following Writings. Rex, we charge you to gife seizing till Muir the Son and Air to of the Lands Reservand to us the Ward and Relief of ye said's Landis, reservand also the frank tenendry to Dame jannet Mure, whyleom wife to Adam Mure Knight; halding yir our Lers. for your Warrant. Gifen under Our Signet at Dumfermling, last day of Feb. and of Our Reign, the 23. yheir. Which Precept of Season, is directed thus at the end thereof; Dilectis & fidel. nostris vicec. de Aire & Beliv. de Cunninghame. Nota, Where Blanks are left in this Precept, the Words are worn out in the Original, the Paper being torn in several Places. It is likewise to be Noted, that in the Circumference of the Seal appended to this Precept, there appears yet visibly, DAVID REX in plain characters. RObertus Dei gratia Rex Scotorum, Omnibus probis Hominibus totius terrae suae Clericis & laicis salutem, sciatis nos dedisse, concessisse & hac praesenti Carta nostra confirmasse, Dilecto Consanguineo nostro Adae Mure de Rowallane Militi pro Homagio & servitio suo nobis impensis & impendendis, omnes terras de Rowallane cum pertinen. jacen. in Baronia de Conyghame, infra Vice-comitatum de Air. Quaequidem terrae cum pertinentiis fuerunt dicti Adae, & quas dictus Adam, non vi aut metu ductus, nec errore lapsus, sed mera & spontanea voluntate sua, in propria persona sua, in praesentia plurium Regni nostri procerum & fidelium nobis per fustem & Baculum sursum reddidit, purèque & simpliciter Resignavit, ac totum jus & Clameum, quae in dictis terris; cum pertinentiis habuit, vel habere, potuit pro si & haeredibus suis, die Confectionis praesentium in manus nostras omnino quietem clamavit in perpetuum: Tenendas & Habendas dictas terras de Rowallane cum pertinentiis dicto Adae, & haeredibus suis, de nobis & haeredibus nostris in feodo & hereditate, per omnes rectas metas & divisas suas, in unam integram & liberam Baroniam, in boscis & planis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, moris maresiis, aquis, stagnis & vinariis, viis, semitis, molendinis, multuris, & earum sequelis, aucupationibus, venationibus & piscariis, brasinis & fabrinis, cum furca & fossa, sok & sak, Tholl & Theme, Infang-thief, & outfangthief, cum servitiis liberè tenentium earundem Terrarum de Rowallane, cum curiis & earum exitibus; nec non cum omnibus aliis & singulis Libertatibus, Commoditatibus, asiamentis ac justis pertinentiis, quibuscunque tam non nominatis, quam nominatis; tam sub terra, quamsupra terram, prope & procul, ad dictas terras cum pertinen. Spe●●antibus, seu quovismodo just● spectare valentibus in futurum, libere quiet, plenariè integre & honorifice, bene & in pace, Faciendo inde nobis & haeredibus nostris dictus Adam, & haeredes sui tres sectas, ad tria placita nostra Capitalia Baroniae nostrae de Cuninghame, quolibet anno, apud Irwin. tenend. In cujus rei testimonium praesenti Cartae nostrum magnum praecipimus apponi sigillum, testibus venerabilibus in Christo patribus, Mattheo & Gilberto Glasguen. & Abredonen. Eclesiarum Episcopis, Roberto de Fife & de Menteth fratre nostro dilecto, Archibaldo de Douglass Domino Galawidiae consanguineo nostro, Comitibus; Jacobo de Duglass Domino de Dalkeith, Thoma de Erskin consanguineis nostris dilectis militibus; & Alexandro de Cockburne de Langtoune Custode magni sigilli nostri, apud Irwing, undecimo die Novembris, Anno Regni nostri secundo, ROBERT Duke of Albany, Earl of Fife and of Menteith, and Governor of Scotland, till all and sundry to quhais Knawladge yir presents Letters shall to come, Greeting; for quhy that is meritable thing to bear Witness to the suthfastness; and yarefore it is yat we do Witness by their our Letters, yat in our last general Counsale halden at Perth, with Dliverance of the three Estates yair beand assemblit, we lete to Borch till Dame JOHANNE of Danyelstoun wife to Quhileme our Cousin Adam Muir of Rowallan Knight, alle and sundry his Lands of the Barony of Polkelly, and alle uthurs her Lands pertenand till her by way of her Terce, or otherways of Right and of Law, the whilks were recognist of long time in our hands, of before: and this till alle and sundry that it efferis, or may effere, we make it kend by their our presents Letters; to the quhilks we have gart set our Sele at Down in Menteth, the penultim day of August, the yheir of our Lord, mill. cccc and fifteen, and of our Governal the tend year. BY which Evidents, 'tis clear, that in the time of David the 2 d. there was a Sir Adam Muir of Rowallan; that he was also in the time of Robert the 2 d. that he had a Son called also Sir Adam, who in K. ROBERT the 3ds time, is designed in the Charter, CONSANGVINEUS Noster, and was indeed his Cousin German by Elizabeth Mure. AND for further proof, Mr. David Chalmers, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, a man of Learning and Probity; in an Abridgement writ by him, of all the Popes, Emperors, Kings of FRANCE, SCOTLAND and ENGLAND, which was Printed at Paris, and dedicated to King HENRY the 3 d of France; and grounding his Proofs, as to Scots matters on Turgot and Bishop Elphinston, (who indeed only transcribed, and gave some Addition to Veremudus) and on the Collections of John Swinton, and John Campbel two Churchmen; in Relation to this Subject, hath these words: Ce Roy de Escosse (viz. ROBERT the 2 d,) meurant laissa de Elizabeth fille, d' Adam Mure Baron de Rowallan, trois fils & deux filles, etc. And Mr. John Lermond, Chaplain to Alexander Bishop. of St. Andrews, in his Collection of the Scots Antiquities, asserts that he saw a Testificat under the hand of Roger Mcadam a Priest, bearing, that he the said Roger did marry Robert the great STEWART of SCOTLAND, to Elisabeth Mure Daughter to Rowallan. These Testimonies are Proofs, as much as is ordinarily required for Historical Narrations: But the forementioned Writs bearing the first Sir Adam of Rowallan and Polkelly, to have been co-temporary with King David Bruce, and consequently when Robert the Great STEWART was a Youth; and that the 2 d. Sir Adam is alwise designed CONSANGVINEUS by King Robert the 3 d. and by his Brother Robert Duke of Albany, Earl of Fife, Governor of Scotland, and both Sons to to the said Elisabeth Mure, puts it out of all Reasonable Doubt, that this Lady was a Daughter of that Family. There is such a heap of Absurdities and Inconsistencies, as well as Falsehoods in the Forgery of this Fable, that in pity to our Historiographers, I will prosecute it no further, hoping it may teach all future Writers, to have better Avouchers for their Assertions, than common bruit and open Fame, or to take on Trust; what's writ by former Authors, without authentic Evidence. The Proofs of this Marriage are so strong and clear, Objest. 1. as to leave no Doubt, except that of their being too clear; for why should one design his Son always his eldest Son and Heir, unless it had been doubtful that he was so? As this is but a silly Conjecture, in balance with the least of the former Evidences, so it will only occur to those, who are little acquainted with the Style of Writings at that time; for there are hundreds of Charters by private Subjects standing on Record, then and thereafter with the very like Designations. A second scruple is, why should a Parliament recognize JOHN to be King Robert the 2 ds. Son and Heir, Object. 2. unless there were ground to doubt it? And that an Act of Parliament was necessary to make that be believed. But if they read this, that they call an Act of Parliament Recognising John's Title, they will find a Narration sufficient to answer their Objection; and those who are acquaint with our History, know that it was ordinary for our Kings to make public Declarations of their eldest Sons Succession: David the first did send Malcolm his eldest Grandchild, by Henry the Prince, with Mcduff Earl of Fife, through the whole Kingdom, to be shown and declared as his successor and Heir: but this Custom was judged more necessary by King Robert Bruce and his Successors; For the debate in the Succession, betwixt the Balliol and the Bruce, having brought the Kingdom to the very Brink of Ruin; King Robert the Bruce before his Death, did in Parliament declare, that David his Son was his undoubted Heir and Successor; albeit, at that time, he had, neither Son nor Brother but David only. Which is one of Mr. Cook's mistakes, who writes as if Edward Bruce his Brother were then alive, whereas he was dead long before. King David Bruce, after his Father's Example, did in a Parliament at Scoon, Publish and Declare that Robert Earl of Strathern, his Sister's Son, was his undoubted Heir and Successor, albeit, at that time, there was none of that Family to compete with him. And as this Instrument, before insert, does narrate that this wise King, in Example of his Predecessors did publish this Document; so neither wanted their good Reasons, why these three last Kings should have done so; the Crown having been, but lately before transported from the Balliol's to their Family: so that albeit there was no shadow of Competition in their own Family; yet there was no imprudence in engaging the Parliament to own their Succession, and to put frequent Bars upon the Door against the Race of the Balliol, which then did exist both in the Balliol and the Cumming. The last frivolous Objection is: Objest. 3. why did our Historians unanimously assert Elisabeth Mure's being married to Robert the 2 d. after Eupheme Ross' Death, that is to say, there are very great proofs that Elisabeth Mure was King Robert's Wife, but some will not believe the truth, unless you tell why our Historiographers did lie: to which this is a sufficient Answer; you should believe truth, because it is proven, and reject the Assertion, which is redargued by so many Demonstrations: but if you will allow me, after clear Demonstrations of their Error, to make some Excuse for their rash Injuries; I offer these Conjectures, viz. Major, the eldest of these Historians, wrote his History in the beginning of Queen Mary's Reign, some 200. years after Elisabeth Mure's Marriage, he citys no Author, nor can we learn of any that he had, except the Manuscript of the Continuator of Fordan, an obscure man whose Writings show, that he did take common Reports as Proofs and Warrants for his Assertions; but Fordan, who wrote before that time, hath not the least Assertion of this, so considerable a matter, had it been true; and Major's Philosophy, as well as his History, does sufficiently show, that he did take for truth, what others reported at Random. Boetius' Business was to give good Latin to the Collections of his Predecessors, and he was happy enough in Writing, had he not unhappily stuffed it, with too many Fables, which we must only impute to his easy Nature. Lesly, had no Design in writing his History, but to assert his Queens Right, and resent the Injuries done her; and therefore minded little to put his Authors to the Test of Record. Buchanan, who was to support a bad Design by writing excellently, his care was not to canvell Fashoods, especially when they contributed to his purpose, as this Imputation, bound on Elisabeth Mure and her Succession, did; and albeit the first must needs have founded the Account on false Report, and never looked into the Records, which had they done, that which now appears clearly to us in redarguing that Falsehood, would certainly have done so to them: so the succeeding Authors have this Excuse (tho' I confess a bad one) that they found their Falsehood on what was writ before them: And perhaps even the first of them, by a supine inadvertence having heard, that Robert the 2 d. after Queen Euphem's Death, had Children by a Concubine, to whom he had great Kindness and that this Concubin's Name was Moram, did ignorantly confound this Concubine Moram, with his first Wife Mure. My Conjecture is founded on this following Charter. ROBERTUS Dei gratiâ, Rex Scotorum, sciatis nos dedisse, & hac praesenti Cartâ nostrâ Confirmasse JOANNI SENESCALL. genito inter nos & dilectam nostram Moram, omnes & singulas terras nostras de Ballachie, & de Moncreiff, cum pertinen. in Thanagio de Kinclaven▪ infra vice-comitatum, & Perth, Tenen & Haben. eidem Joanni, & haeredibus suis de Corpore suo legitime procreandis, quibus utique forsitan deficientibus, dilecto filio nostro JACOBO SENESCALL. genito inter nos & Mariotam de Cairden, & haeredibus suis de Corpore suo legitime procreandis, Quibus utique forsitan deficien. ALEXANDRO SENESCALL. dilecto filio nostro de dicta Mariota genito, & haeredibus suis, de Corpore suo legitime procreandis: quibus similiter fortasse deficientibus, ad nos & haeredes nostros Reges Scotiae, plenary & perpetuo reursuris, etc. Reddendo unum denarium, etc. apud Perth, 15. January, anno Regni nostri 12. This Charter gives you Account of 4. ●Sons of King Robert the 2 d. and two Concubines, never mentioned in our Histories, Moram seems to have been the last of the two Concubines, because her Son John's Charter bears a Tailzie of his Lands to the youngest Son of Mariota, and failing of him to the second Son of Mariota, and failing of him to the eldest Son of Mariota: For another Charter, granted to Mariota of the Lands de nigra Aula, and others makes JOHN to be her eldest Son, Alexander the 2 d. and James the 3 d. what this Mariota or Moram were, I know not, that being nothing to our purpose: But if any pleases to palliate our Historians Error, by their placing Moram the last Concubine, for Elisabeth Mure the first undoubted Wife, they may for me, so they likewise tell that Elisabeth Mure was dead long before the year 1364. And thus the Propsition of this whole syllogism being undeniable, the Assumption being proven by so many Mediums, I presume no rational man will deny his Assent to the Conclusion, and confess that Elisabeth Mure was the first and lawful Wife of Robert Earl of Strathern, STEWART of SCOTLAND, and that all her Children were lawful Children, and the eldest called first JOHN, and thereafter ROBERT the 3 d. was the lawful undoubted Heir of the Crown. And his Title behoved to be esteemed sacred by the whole Nation, when they so peaceably obeyed him and owned his Sovereignty, although he was one of the weakest men, both of Body and Mind, that ever was amongst our Kings: which also Guarded him and his Infant Children from the Rebellion of his Subjects, and the Usurpation of his Relations, albeit Occasions seemed to favour such Inclinations in his Uncle the Governor, a man of great Wisdom and Action, and Vicegerent very long in the Royal Power; and who as some write, wanted not Inclinations to aspire, had he not been keep't down, by his Brother and Nephew's just Title. And had there been a Shadow of Right in the Children of Eupheme Ross, who were strengthened with so many and so great Relations in the Kingdom, it had been a meanness in them, never to claim their Right, from so silly a Brother, and infant Nephews, But the Impediment did lie in the undoubted Title of ROBERT the 3 d. and of his Son James the 1st. which made the whole Nation resent the Attempt made for the Crown by the Children of Eupheme Ross, in the Earl of Athol's murdering of James the first, by a Revenge of that Deed famous over Europe; and moved most certainly from the then Notoriety of King JAMES' Title. FINIS. The Descent of K. Charles the 2 d from Fergus the 1st. Charles' 2 Son to Charles' 1 Son to james 6 Son to Queen Mary Daughter to James 5 Son to James 4 Son to James 3 Son to James 2 Son to James 1 Son to Robert 3 Son to Robert 2 Son to— Marjory Sister to David, and Daughter to Robert 1 Son to— Robert Earl of Carrick, Son to Robert Bruce, who competed with the Balliol, Son to Isabel Daughter to David Earl of Huntingtoun, Son to Henry Prince of Scotland, Son to David 1 Son to Malcolm Canmoir Son to Duncan Son to— Beatrix Daughter to Malcolm 2 Son to Kenneth 3 Son to Malcolm 1 Son to Donald 6 Son to Constantine 2 Son to Kenneth 2 Son to Alpine Son to Achaius Son to Etsinus Son to Eugenius 7 Son to Finnanus Son to Eugenius 5 Son to— Dongard, Brother to Maldum, and Son to Donald 4 Son to Eugenius 4 Son to Aidanus Son to Connanus, Son to Dongardus, Son to Fergus 2 Son to Erthus Son to Ethodius 3 Son to Fincormachus Son to— Alduin, Son to Baldus Son to Findocus Son to Athirco Son to Ethodius 2 Son to Ethodius 1 Son to— Adona Sister to Mogallus, and Daughter to Bengillis, Sister to Corbred 2, and Daughter to Corbred 1 Son to— Cadallam, Son to Egelfa, Sister to Metellanus, and Daughter to Birsa, Brother to Ederus, and Son to Dochamus' Son to Durstus' Son to Finnanus Son to Josina Son to Reutherus Son to Dornadilla Son to Mainus Son to FERGUS 1▪ FINIS.