by hahaya2004 » Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:33 pm
No. 8
Eglinton Family No. 3
From the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 07th July 1855
Sir John Montgomery, as stated in our last, was at the battle of Otterburne, where he took Sir Henry Percy prisoner. He is also said to have captured and carried away from the field, the spear and pennon of Percy, which were afterwards deposited in Eglinton castle, where we understand they still remain. The restoration of these trophies appear to have been demanded by the late Earl of Northumberland, the representative of the noble House of Percy; and Paterson relates an anecdote highly characteristic of the late Earl of Eglinton, who, in answer to the request, replied,—"There is as good lea land here as any at Chevy-Chase—let Percy come and take them." Sir John, is believed to have died about 1392. He had four sons-1, Hugh, who was killed at Otterburne; 2, John, who succeeded his father ; 3, --------; 4, Hugh, who being of the same name as his eldest brother, would seem to have been born after his death.—Sir John de Montgomery, second son of Sir John, succeeded his father in the estates of Eaglesham, Eglinton, and Ardrossan. He was one of the Barons, who in 1398, received charters from Robert III., conferring upon them annuities, on the condition of their defending the king, and his son, the Earl of Carrick, against all enemies whether in time of peace or war.
We also find Lord Montgomery mentioned as receiving from Donald, Lord of Isles, the person believed to have been the dethroned Richard II. of England. Richard, as is well known, was deposed by Henry IV., who confined him first in the tower of London, and subsequently in Pontefract Castle, where he found means to elude the vigilance of his keepers and effect his escape. Having landed, in disguise, on the Western Isles of Scotland, he was recognised as Richard II. by an Irish lady, wife to Donald's brother, who had previously seen him in Ireland. Upon these suspicions being communicated to Donald, he retained the fugitive king in custody, until an opportunity occurred of delivering him into the charge of Lord Montgomery, by whom he was carried to Stirling Castle. But we will allow Winton himself to describe this circumstance—
"Bot in the Owt-Ilys of Scotland than
Thare wes traveland a pure man.
A Lordis douchtyr of Ireland
Of the Bissetis, thare dwelland
Wes weddit wyth a Gentylman,
The Lord of the Ilys bruthir than.
In Ireland before quhen scho had bene,
And the King Richard there had sene,
Quhen in the Islis scho saw this man,
Scho let that scho weil kend hym than.
Til hir Maistere sone scho past
And tauld there til hym als-sa-fast,
That he wes that King of Yngland.
That scho before saw in Ireland,
Quhen he wes therein before,
As scho drew there to memore;
Quhen til hir mastere this scho had tauld,
That man rycht sone he til hym cald.
And askit hym, gyf it wes swa.
That he denyit, and said nocht, ya.
Syn to the Lord off Montgwmery
That ilke man wes send in hy.
That ilke man syne eftyr that
Robert oure King off Scotland gat.
The Lord als off Cumbirnald
That man had a quhile to hald.
The Duke of Albany syne hym gat,
And held hym lang tyme eftyr that.
Quhethir he had bene King, or nane,
There wes bot few, that wyst certane.
Off devotioune nane he wes,
And seildyn will had till here Mes:
As he bare hym, like wes he
Oft half wod or wyld to be."
[Androw of Wyntoun, Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland]
This event must have occurred in 1400, or 1401, and not in 1404 as some have it, for we find that, previous to these dates, Henry IV. caused reports to be circulated throughout England, to the effect, that Richard had died in Pontefract Castle in 1399; and in order to authenticate these reports, he had a dead body, purported to be that of Richard, exposed to the view of the citizens of London, on the 12th of March of the same year. The exiled king is also said, by contemporary Scottish historians, to have died at Stirling Castle in 1419, after a residence of eighteen years; from which we would infer that he came to Scotland about 1401-2. John de Montgomery was one of the nobles who commanded the Scottish army, which entered England, under the Earl of Douglas, in 1402; and was present at the battle of Homildon Hill, where he was taken prisoner. In 1408 he was one of the hostages retained by Henry IV. for the return of the Earl of Douglas, who was made prisoner at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. His name also appears in the list of the twenty-eight nobles, selected as hostages for the ransom of James I. in 1423, and he is there designated " Johannis de Montgomery, miles de Ardrossane;" but he must have returned to Scotland in the year following, for he was one of the twenty-six nobles and barons, who, along with Murdoch, Duke of Albany, and his son, Lord Alexander Stewart, were arrested by James I., at the Parliament held at Perth, on the 12th of March, 1424. It seems, however, that he was shortly after liberated, as he was on the list of the twenty-one nobles and barons, who composed the jury on the trials of the Duke of Albany, Walter Stewart, Lord Alexander Stewart, his sons, and the Earl of Lennox, which took place at Stirling in the month of May, of the same year. Sir John died in 1429, and left issue—3 sons; 1, Alexander; 2, Robert; 3, Hugh; and three daughters; 1, Anne; 2, Janet; 3, Isabel. He was succeeded by his eldest son,—Alexander de Montgomery, who is designated of Ardrossan, in a commission, bearing date 1430, constituting him governor of Kintyre and Knapdale, in conjunction with Sir Robert Cuninghame of Kilmaurs. In 1438, he was one of the commissioners sent to England for the purpose of concluding a truce; and was again employed on a similar mission in 1449. He is believed to have been created a peer of the realm, by James II., between 1439 and 1448, (Crawfurd says 1445) with the title of Lord Montgomery, of Ardrossan. Lord Montgomery was employed in various offices of trust and responsibility, both by James I. and his successor James II; and he was one of the nobles who affixed their seals to the instrument of forfeiture, passed by the Parliament held at Perth, on the 9th of June, 1455, against the rebel Lords, who had taken up arms in opposition to the Government of James II. His lordship married Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Boyd, of Kilmarnock, by whom he had issue—four sons; 1, Alexander, who died before his father; 2, George, of Skelmorlie; 3, John, of Giffen; 4, Thomas, parson of Eaglesham; and four daughters; 1, Magaret(sic), married to the Earl of Lennox; 2, Janet; 3, Elizabeth, married Lord Kennedy; 4, Anne, married to William Cunninghame, of Glengarnock. —Alexander, Master of Montgomery, died in 1452. He was the first of the family who held the heritable Bailliary of Cunninghame, which, Crawfurd states, he acquired of Alexander Cuninghame, of Kilmaurs, in 1454. Paterson, however, says—"This could not be the case, as he was actually in possession of that office several years earlier, by a grant from James III., dated 31st January, 1448-9:" — "To Alexander de Montgomerie, eldest son of our dear cousin, Alexander Lord Montgomery." But the granter in this case must have been James II., as that monarch's reigns extended to 1460. Alexander de Montgomery married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Adam Hepburn, of Hailes, by whom he had three sons; 1, Alexander; 2, Robert, from whom was descended the Earls of Mount-Alexander, in Ireland; 3, Hugh, of Hesiihead, —Alexander, second Lord Montgomery, succeeded his grandfather, Alexander,. first Lord Montgomery, sometime after 1461. He is probably the Lord Montgomery mentioned in an indenture entered into, at Stirling, in 1465, by Robert Lord Fleming, on the one side, and Gilbert Lord Kennedy, and Sir Alexander Boyd, of Duchol, on the other, in which, amongst other provisions, they bind themselves to stand each to the other, in "afald [sincere] kindness, supply, and defence," in all causes or quarrels in which any of them then are, or may thereafter be engaged during the period of their lives. Amongst the list of those exempted as friends of Kennedy and Boyd, is Lord Montgomery. He married Catherine, daughter of Gilbert Lord Kennedy, and had issue—three sons; 1, Hugh; 2, James; 3, John; and one daughter, Helen, married to Sir James Bruce, of Airth. —Hugh, third Lord Montgomery, and first Earl of Eglinton, succeeded his father. He was in the first Parliament of James IV., held at Edinburgh, on the 6th of October, 1488; and was there appointed one of the commissioners charged with the searching for, and putting down those guilty of the crimes of theft, robbery, and murder, in the districts of Carrick, Ayr, Kyle, and Cunningham; and in the year following he was appointed one of the King's Privy Council. About this time a dispute seems to have arisen between Lord Montgomery, and Cuthbert Earl of Glencairn, regarding the title to the Bailliary of Cunninghame, which the Cuninghames claimed as belonging to them by right of old standing. This disagreement between these noble houses led, in accordance with the spirit of the times, to frequent reprisals and deadly encounters, which grew at last into an established feud; and we accordingly find Lord Montgomery obtaining from James IV., 1488, a remission for "throwing down the house of Kerrielaw (now Grange), and carrying off the goods". The Cuninghames, to whom Kerelaw then belonged, appear to have waited their time and exacted reparation for the injury thus inflicted by surprising and burning Eglinton Castle, in 1526. In this disaster the destruction of the charters and other family documents was envolved[sic]. In 1507-8, Lord Montgomery is said to have been created Earl of Eglinton; but Crawfurd, quoting from " the Decreet of Ranking," says 1503, and adds, that it was in the fourteenth-year of the reign of James IV.; this, however, would make the date of creation 1502, as the fourth James ascended the throne in 1488. The Earl of Eglinton was one of the nobles summoned to meet James V. at Stirling in 1528, when that monarch succeeded in making his escape from Falkland, where he was held by the Earl of Douglas; and in the same year, his lordship received from the king a new charter of his lands in Renfrew, Ayr, &c. In 1536, he was one of the regency of six noblemen, appointed by James V., when he went to France for the purpose of espousing the Princess Magdalen. His lordship married Lady Helen, daughter of the Earl of Argyle, by whom he had issue—six sons; 1, Alexander, who died young; 2, John, Lord Montgomery; 3, Sir Neil Montgomery, of Lainshaw; 4, William Montgomery, of Greenfield; 5, Hugh, killed at the battle of Pinkie; 6, Robert, bishop of Argyle; and eight daughters; 1, Lady Margaret, married to Lord Semple; 2, Lady Marjory, married to Lord Somerville; 3, Lady Maude, married to Colin Campbell, of Ardkinglass; 4, Lady Isabel, married to John Mure, of Caldwell; 5, Lady Elizabeth, married to John Blair of that Ilk; 6, Lady Agnus, married to John Ker of Kersland; 7, Lady Janet, married to the Laird of Cessnock; 8, Lady Catherine, married to George Montgomery of Skelmorlie. The Earl of Eglinton died in 1545, at the advanced age, it is believed, of 85, and was succeeded by his grandson, Hugh, eldest son of John Lord Montgomery. —John Lord Montgomery, second son of the Earl of Eglinton, died before his father. He appears to have taken an active part in the feuds with the Cuninghames; and was charged with wounding William Cuninghame of Craigends, on the 20th of January 1506. He was himself wounded in an encounter with Sir William Cuninghame, Master of Glencairn, in 1507-8, on which occasion several of the adherents on both sides were killed. Lord Montgomery was slain in the conflict, known as " Cleanse the Causey", which took place in 1520, at Edinburgh, between the Earls of Angus and Arran and their adherents. He married Janet, daughter of Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Dantreath, and had issue, two sons; 1, Lord Archibald, who died about 1526; 2, Hugh, who succeeded his grandfather; and a daughter, Christina, married to Sir James Douglas of Drumlanrig.
To be continued.
[b]No. 8
Eglinton Family No. 3
From the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 07th July 1855[/b]
Sir John Montgomery, as stated in our last, was at the battle of Otterburne, where he took Sir Henry Percy prisoner. He is also said to have captured and carried away from the field, the spear and pennon of Percy, which were afterwards deposited in Eglinton castle, where we understand they still remain. The restoration of these trophies appear to have been demanded by the late Earl of Northumberland, the representative of the noble House of Percy; and Paterson relates an anecdote highly characteristic of the late Earl of Eglinton, who, in answer to the request, replied,—"There is as good lea land here as any at Chevy-Chase—let Percy come and take them." Sir John, is believed to have died about 1392. He had four sons-1, Hugh, who was killed at Otterburne; 2, John, who succeeded his father ; 3, --------; 4, Hugh, who being of the same name as his eldest brother, would seem to have been born after his death.—Sir John de Montgomery, second son of Sir John, succeeded his father in the estates of Eaglesham, Eglinton, and Ardrossan. He was one of the Barons, who in 1398, received charters from Robert III., conferring upon them annuities, on the condition of their defending the king, and his son, the Earl of Carrick, against all enemies whether in time of peace or war.
We also find Lord Montgomery mentioned as receiving from Donald, Lord of Isles, the person believed to have been the dethroned Richard II. of England. Richard, as is well known, was deposed by Henry IV., who confined him first in the tower of London, and subsequently in Pontefract Castle, where he found means to elude the vigilance of his keepers and effect his escape. Having landed, in disguise, on the Western Isles of Scotland, he was recognised as Richard II. by an Irish lady, wife to Donald's brother, who had previously seen him in Ireland. Upon these suspicions being communicated to Donald, he retained the fugitive king in custody, until an opportunity occurred of delivering him into the charge of Lord Montgomery, by whom he was carried to Stirling Castle. But we will allow Winton himself to describe this circumstance—
"Bot in the Owt-Ilys of Scotland than
Thare wes traveland a pure man.
A Lordis douchtyr of Ireland
Of the Bissetis, thare dwelland
Wes weddit wyth a Gentylman,
The Lord of the Ilys bruthir than.
In Ireland before quhen scho had bene,
And the King Richard there had sene,
Quhen in the Islis scho saw this man,
Scho let that scho weil kend hym than.
Til hir Maistere sone scho past
And tauld there til hym als-sa-fast,
That he wes that King of Yngland.
That scho before saw in Ireland,
Quhen he wes therein before,
As scho drew there to memore;
Quhen til hir mastere this scho had tauld,
That man rycht sone he til hym cald.
And askit hym, gyf it wes swa.
That he denyit, and said nocht, ya.
Syn to the Lord off Montgwmery
That ilke man wes send in hy.
That ilke man syne eftyr that
Robert oure King off Scotland gat.
The Lord als off Cumbirnald
That man had a quhile to hald.
The Duke of Albany syne hym gat,
And held hym lang tyme eftyr that.
Quhethir he had bene King, or nane,
There wes bot few, that wyst certane.
Off devotioune nane he wes,
And seildyn will had till here Mes:
As he bare hym, like wes he
Oft half wod or wyld to be."
[i][Androw of Wyntoun, Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland][/i]
This event must have occurred in 1400, or 1401, and not in 1404 as some have it, for we find that, previous to these dates, Henry IV. caused reports to be circulated throughout England, to the effect, that Richard had died in Pontefract Castle in 1399; and in order to authenticate these reports, he had a dead body, purported to be that of Richard, exposed to the view of the citizens of London, on the 12th of March of the same year. The exiled king is also said, by contemporary Scottish historians, to have died at Stirling Castle in 1419, after a residence of eighteen years; from which we would infer that he came to Scotland about 1401-2. John de Montgomery was one of the nobles who commanded the Scottish army, which entered England, under the Earl of Douglas, in 1402; and was present at the battle of Homildon Hill, where he was taken prisoner. In 1408 he was one of the hostages retained by Henry IV. for the return of the Earl of Douglas, who was made prisoner at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. His name also appears in the list of the twenty-eight nobles, selected as hostages for the ransom of James I. in 1423, and he is there designated " Johannis de Montgomery, miles de Ardrossane;" but he must have returned to Scotland in the year following, for he was one of the twenty-six nobles and barons, who, along with Murdoch, Duke of Albany, and his son, Lord Alexander Stewart, were arrested by James I., at the Parliament held at Perth, on the 12th of March, 1424. It seems, however, that he was shortly after liberated, as he was on the list of the twenty-one nobles and barons, who composed the jury on the trials of the Duke of Albany, Walter Stewart, Lord Alexander Stewart, his sons, and the Earl of Lennox, which took place at Stirling in the month of May, of the same year. Sir John died in 1429, and left issue—3 sons; 1, Alexander; 2, Robert; 3, Hugh; and three daughters; 1, Anne; 2, Janet; 3, Isabel. He was succeeded by his eldest son,—Alexander de Montgomery, who is designated of Ardrossan, in a commission, bearing date 1430, constituting him governor of Kintyre and Knapdale, in conjunction with Sir Robert Cuninghame of Kilmaurs. In 1438, he was one of the commissioners sent to England for the purpose of concluding a truce; and was again employed on a similar mission in 1449. He is believed to have been created a peer of the realm, by James II., between 1439 and 1448, (Crawfurd says 1445) with the title of Lord Montgomery, of Ardrossan. Lord Montgomery was employed in various offices of trust and responsibility, both by James I. and his successor James II; and he was one of the nobles who affixed their seals to the instrument of forfeiture, passed by the Parliament held at Perth, on the 9th of June, 1455, against the rebel Lords, who had taken up arms in opposition to the Government of James II. His lordship married Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Boyd, of Kilmarnock, by whom he had issue—four sons; 1, Alexander, who died before his father; 2, George, of Skelmorlie; 3, John, of Giffen; 4, Thomas, parson of Eaglesham; and four daughters; 1, Magaret(sic), married to the Earl of Lennox; 2, Janet; 3, Elizabeth, married Lord Kennedy; 4, Anne, married to William Cunninghame, of Glengarnock. —Alexander, Master of Montgomery, died in 1452. He was the first of the family who held the heritable Bailliary of Cunninghame, which, Crawfurd states, he acquired of Alexander Cuninghame, of Kilmaurs, in 1454. Paterson, however, says—"This could not be the case, as he was actually in possession of that office several years earlier, by a grant from James III., dated 31st January, 1448-9:" — "To Alexander de Montgomerie, eldest son of our dear cousin, Alexander Lord Montgomery." But the granter in this case must have been James II., as that monarch's reigns extended to 1460. Alexander de Montgomery married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Adam Hepburn, of Hailes, by whom he had three sons; 1, Alexander; 2, Robert, from whom was descended the Earls of Mount-Alexander, in Ireland; 3, Hugh, of Hesiihead, —Alexander, second Lord Montgomery, succeeded his grandfather, Alexander,. first Lord Montgomery, sometime after 1461. He is probably the Lord Montgomery mentioned in an indenture entered into, at Stirling, in 1465, by Robert Lord Fleming, on the one side, and Gilbert Lord Kennedy, and Sir Alexander Boyd, of Duchol, on the other, in which, amongst other provisions, they bind themselves to stand each to the other, in "afald [sincere] kindness, supply, and defence," in all causes or quarrels in which any of them then are, or may thereafter be engaged during the period of their lives. Amongst the list of those exempted as friends of Kennedy and Boyd, is Lord Montgomery. He married Catherine, daughter of Gilbert Lord Kennedy, and had issue—three sons; 1, Hugh; 2, James; 3, John; and one daughter, Helen, married to Sir James Bruce, of Airth. —Hugh, third Lord Montgomery, and first Earl of Eglinton, succeeded his father. He was in the first Parliament of James IV., held at Edinburgh, on the 6th of October, 1488; and was there appointed one of the commissioners charged with the searching for, and putting down those guilty of the crimes of theft, robbery, and murder, in the districts of Carrick, Ayr, Kyle, and Cunningham; and in the year following he was appointed one of the King's Privy Council. About this time a dispute seems to have arisen between Lord Montgomery, and Cuthbert Earl of Glencairn, regarding the title to the Bailliary of Cunninghame, which the Cuninghames claimed as belonging to them by right of old standing. This disagreement between these noble houses led, in accordance with the spirit of the times, to frequent reprisals and deadly encounters, which grew at last into an established feud; and we accordingly find Lord Montgomery obtaining from James IV., 1488, a remission for "throwing down the house of Kerrielaw (now Grange), and carrying off the goods". The Cuninghames, to whom Kerelaw then belonged, appear to have waited their time and exacted reparation for the injury thus inflicted by surprising and burning Eglinton Castle, in 1526. In this disaster the destruction of the charters and other family documents was envolved[sic]. In 1507-8, Lord Montgomery is said to have been created Earl of Eglinton; but Crawfurd, quoting from " the Decreet of Ranking," says 1503, and adds, that it was in the fourteenth-year of the reign of James IV.; this, however, would make the date of creation 1502, as the fourth James ascended the throne in 1488. The Earl of Eglinton was one of the nobles summoned to meet James V. at Stirling in 1528, when that monarch succeeded in making his escape from Falkland, where he was held by the Earl of Douglas; and in the same year, his lordship received from the king a new charter of his lands in Renfrew, Ayr, &c. In 1536, he was one of the regency of six noblemen, appointed by James V., when he went to France for the purpose of espousing the Princess Magdalen. His lordship married Lady Helen, daughter of the Earl of Argyle, by whom he had issue—six sons; 1, Alexander, who died young; 2, John, Lord Montgomery; 3, Sir Neil Montgomery, of Lainshaw; 4, William Montgomery, of Greenfield; 5, Hugh, killed at the battle of Pinkie; 6, Robert, bishop of Argyle; and eight daughters; 1, Lady Margaret, married to Lord Semple; 2, Lady Marjory, married to Lord Somerville; 3, Lady Maude, married to Colin Campbell, of Ardkinglass; 4, Lady Isabel, married to John Mure, of Caldwell; 5, Lady Elizabeth, married to John Blair of that Ilk; 6, Lady Agnus, married to John Ker of Kersland; 7, Lady Janet, married to the Laird of Cessnock; 8, Lady Catherine, married to George Montgomery of Skelmorlie. The Earl of Eglinton died in 1545, at the advanced age, it is believed, of 85, and was succeeded by his grandson, Hugh, eldest son of John Lord Montgomery. —John Lord Montgomery, second son of the Earl of Eglinton, died before his father. He appears to have taken an active part in the feuds with the Cuninghames; and was charged with wounding William Cuninghame of Craigends, on the 20th of January 1506. He was himself wounded in an encounter with Sir William Cuninghame, Master of Glencairn, in 1507-8, on which occasion several of the adherents on both sides were killed. Lord Montgomery was slain in the conflict, known as " Cleanse the Causey", which took place in 1520, at Edinburgh, between the Earls of Angus and Arran and their adherents. He married Janet, daughter of Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Dantreath, and had issue, two sons; 1, Lord Archibald, who died about 1526; 2, Hugh, who succeeded his grandfather; and a daughter, Christina, married to Sir James Douglas of Drumlanrig.
[i]To be continued.[/i]