DRUMMOND

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14:55, 27 March 2006 Cactus.man

"Drummond Castle in Muthill parish is a little south of Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. The oldest part is a
tower-house built over several years by Sir John Drummond of Cargill, following the issue of a royal
warrant by King James III in 1491. It is set on part of a prominent spine of rock known as the Gask Ridge,
a geographical feature which stretches several kilometres across Perthshire, but is particularly prominent
and steep-sided at the site of the castle. The original tower was ruined after Cromwell's siege in 1653.
The upper stories were rebuilt (and heightened) in pseudo-medieval style in 1842-53, but the structure is
no longer used as a dwelling.

The keep is adjoined by a later, but better preserved, gatehouse (built 1629-30). Stretching between the
tower-house and the edge of the Ridge, it was originally intended to control access to the courtyard
behind, which has a fine view over the formal gardens (see below). A large mansion was added on the
other side of the courtyard in the 1690s. This was modernised in late 18th century and Victorian times.
The Castle is now the seat of the present and 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, while the
Drummonds, Earls of Perth, have their house at Stobhall, north-east of Perth. To the south of the Castle
on its rocky outcrop is one of Scotland's finest formal garden's, laid out in Italian Renaissance style from
1828-1838 by Charles Barry (open to the public in summer; entrance charge).

The buildings and gardens of Drummond Castle featured as backdrops in the film Rob Roy (1995)."

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John FLEMING -Ld. Sir - 2nd Lord Fleming
born - Scotland -
died - 1 Nov 1524 - killed
married -. 5 MAY 1496 - Divorce
Euphame DRUMMOND
born - Scotland - 1467
died - Scotland - MAY 1502
Children
1. Malcolm FLEMING 1494

vol 8, pg 535, "Scots Peerage" by Sir James Balfour Paul, 1904
vol. 5, pg. 531, Cokayne's "Complete Peerage, etc" 1936 revision

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John FLEMING - Baron Fleming
born - Scotland - Biggar, Lanarkshire - 1470
died - 1 Nov 1524
married -.
Eupheme DRUMMOND
born - Scotland - Drummond Castle, Strathearn, Perthshire 1476
died -- Scotland - Drummond Castle, Strathearn, Perthshire May 1502
burial - Scotland - Perthshire - Dunblane Cathedral

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John FLEMING - Baron Fleming
Eupheme DRUMMOND

"JOHN (FLEMING), LORD FLEMING [SCT], grandson and heir, being 2nd son, but
eventually heir of Malcolm FLEMING, by Eupheme (living 1 June 1493), 2nd daughter
of James (LIVINGSTON), 1st LORD LIVINGSTON [SCT], by Marian his wife, which
Malcolm was 1st son and heir apparent of the 1st Lord (by his 1st wife), but died v.p.,
between October 1474. and October 1480, probably in 1477. He succeeded his elder
brother, Sir David Fleming, of Monycabo, between 24 October 1480 and 2 May 1482, at
which last date he was served heir to him. He was one of the nobles who opposed
James III, and, seizing his soil, proclaimed him King in 1488. He occurs in the records
of Parliament [SCT] 31 August 1493; was served heir to his grandfather 30 June 1500,
and had a charter of Monycabo 8 May 1509. He was on several embassies to France;
was vice-admiral of a ship of war, the "Margaret," in 1511; CHAMBERLAIN OF
SCOTLAND from 26 January 1516/7 till his death; and was one of the three noblemen
appointed in November 1523 as guardians of the King. He married, 1stly, before 5
May 1496, Euphcmc, 5th daughter of John (DRUMMOND), 1st LORD DRUMMOND
[SCT], by Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander (LINDSAY), 4th EARL OF CRAWFORD
[SCT]. She was poisoned (with two of her sisters) in May 1502, and buried at
Dunblane. He married, 2ndly, before 13 February 1508/9 (charter 12 March), Margaret,
1st daughter of Matthew (STEWART), 2nd EARL OF LENNOX [SCT], by Elizabeth,
daughter of James (HAMILTON), LORD HAMILTON [SCT]. She was divorced twice,
firstly in or about 1509; she remarried after 17 December 1509, when she had Papal
dispensation therefor, and was divorced for the second time before 25 October
1515.[b] He married, 3rdly, Agnes, daughter of Sir John SOMERVILLE, of
Cambusnethan. He died 1 November 1524, being assassinated while hawking, by
John Tweedie, of Drumelzier, and others. His widow married, between December
1526 and January 1528/29, as 3rd wife, George (LESLIE), 4th EARL OF ROTHES, who
died 28 November 1558. She died between 18 August 1541 and 10 April 1543.
[Complete Peerage V:351]

[b] The ground for her first divorce was that she had been raped by John Fleming, son
of Fleming of Boghall, and for her second that her husband's cousin german, James
Lindsay, had had connexion with her before marriage. She married, before 1 May
1528, Alexander Douglas, of Mains. V.G"

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John DRUMMOND -st Baron Drummond
Elizabeth LINDSAY

"JOHN DRUMMOND, son and heir of Sir Malcolm Drummond, (died 1470), of Stobhall
and Cargill, co. Perth, by Mariot, 1st daughter of Sir David MURRAY, of Tullibardine, sat
in parliament [SCT] 6 May 1471 under the designation of Dominus de Stobhafl; was
Seneschal of Stratherne, 20 March 1473/4; was one of the Embassy to England
1483-84. On 29 January1487/8, he was created LORD DRUMMOND [SCT]. He joined
the party against James III and sat in the first parliament of James IV, 6 October 1488.
He defeated the insurgent Earl of Lennox at Tillymoss, in 1489, and again, completely,
at Gartalunane, near Aberfoyle, 11 October 1489. P.C. and Justiciary [SCT] 1488;
Constable of Stirling Castle; one of the Embassy to treat with the English 1495, I511)
and 1512/13; was imprisoned by the Regent Albany 6 July 1515 to 23 November
1516, on the charge of striking Lyon King at Arms (Sir William Comyn), was forfeited,
but was restored in 1516. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander (LINDSAY),4th
EARL OF CRAWFORD [SCT], by Margaret, daughter of Sir David DUNBAR. She was
living, 22 September 1509. He died 1519 at Drummond Castle, aged 81,[e] and was
buried at Innerpeffray. [Complete Peerage IV:469]

[e] Of his six daughters the most noted was Margaret (mistress to James IV), who was
poisoned with her sisters, Sybil Drummond, and Eupheme, wife of John, Lord
Fleming, in May 1502, all 3 being buried at Dunblane. Of the other three---Annabel
married William (Graham), 1st Earl of Montrose (SCT]; Beatrice was mistress of
James (Hamilton), 1st Earl of Arran [SCT]; while Elizabeth married, 1stly, Sir David
Fleming, grandson of Robert, 1st Lord Fleming, who died before 1482, and 2ndly,
George Douglas, Master of Angus, and was mother of Archibald, 6th Earl of Angus
[SCT], whose daughter and heir, Margaret, Countess of Lennox [SCT], was mother of
Henry (Stuart), Lord Darnley, King Consort of Scotland, the father of James I and VI,
and ancestor of every succeeding monarch of Great Britain.

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Sir John Drummond of Cargill and Stobhall succeeded his father in 1470. On 20
March 1473-74 he had a grant of the offices of Steward, Coroner, and Forester of the
earldom of Strathearn on the resignation of Maurice Drummond. On 3 February
1482-83 he had a charter, along with his wife, of the lands of Auchterarder and others,
co Perth, and Argeth and Smithston, co Forfar, on his own resignation, and on 8
August 1485 he purchased from Alexander Bruce of Kendrick the lands of
Classingallis in Strathearn. He had been appointed in the previous year one of a
commission to negotiate a marriage between King James's eldest son and Laddy
Anne de la Pole, the niece of Richard III, and daughter of the Duke of Suffolk; at the
same time the commissioners concluded a treaty of peace between England and
Scotland for three years. He was, on 29 January 1487-88, created a Lord of
Parliament under the title of Lord of Drummond. He was one of the rebel lords who
support the party of King James IV against his father, and on 11 October 1490 he
attacked the camp of the forces led by the Earl of Lennox and Lord Lyle at
Gartalunane, near Aberfoyle, and completely defeated them. On 25 July 1493 he had a
grant from the King as 'consiliarius suus' of the lands of Dalchonzie and others in
Strathearn, and another on 31 January 1495-96 of the lordship of Drummond in
Menteith. He had many other grants of land from the King, who highly appreciated the
services he had rendered him. In the following reign he was not so fortunate; he was
a strong supporter of the marriage between his grandson Archibald, sixth Earl of
Angus and Queen Margaret, the widow of King James IV, and his nephew, the Dean of
Dunblane, solemnized it in the Chruch of Kinsale on 6 August 1514. The marriage
was very unpopular, and hardly a year had passed before Drummond was warded in
the Castle of Blackness on the charge of advising that Henry VIII should be constituted
Protector of Scotland and have the care of the young King. A few days afterwards there
was another accusation because he 'waffed his slief at ane harraide and gave him
upon the breist with his hand.' The 'harralde' was Sir William Cumming of Inverallochy,
Lyon King of Arms, to whom he gave a blow for what he though disrespectful conduct.
The consequence was that not only was he imprisoned, but his estates were forfeited,
and it was only on the urgent representations of the Queen and the Estates of
Parliemtn that he was pardoned and restored the following year. Lord Drummond did
not live long after this, dying, at the age of eighty-one, at Drummond Castle. He was
buried, in 1519, at the chruch of Innerpeffray, to which he had mortified an annualrent
of forty merks from his lands there, for the souls of the King and Queen, of himself, his
wife, and their daughter Margaret, and for the support of four chaplainries. He married
Elizabeth Lindsay, said to have been daughter of Alexander, fourth Earl of Crawford.
She was living in 1509. [The Scots Peerage VII:40-42]

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John Drummond, first Baron Drummond (d 1519), statesman, ninth successive knight
of his family, was the eldest son of Sir Malcolm Drummond of Cargill and Stobhall,
Perthshire, by his marriage with Mariot, eldest daughter of Sir David Murray of
Tullibardine in the same county. He sat in parliament 6 May 1471, under the
designation of dominus de Stobhall. On 20 March 1473-4 he had a charter of the
ovvices of seneschal and coroner of the earldom of Strathearn, in which he was
confirmed in the succeeding reign. In 1483 he was one of the ambassadors to treat
with the English, to whom a safe-conduct was granted 29 Nov of that year; again on 6
Aug 1484, to treat of the marriage of James, prince of Scotland, and Anna de la Pole,
niece of Richard III. He was a commissioner for settling border difference nominated
by the treaty of Nottingham, 22 Sept 1484; his safe-conduct into England being dated
on the ensuing 29 Nov. He was raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Drummond,
29 Jan 1487-8. Soon after he joined the party against James III, and sat in the first
parliament of James IV, 6 Oct 1488. In this same year he was appointed a privy
councillor and justiciary of Scotland, and was afterwards constable of the castle of
Stirling. In 1489 the so-called Earl of Lennox rose in revolt against the king. He had
encamped at Gartalunane, on the south bank of the Forth, in the parish of Aberfoyle,
but during the darkness of the night of 11 Oct was surprised and utterly routed by
Drummond. As one of the commissioners to redress border and other grievances,
Drummond had a safe-conduct into England 22 May 1495, 26 July 1511, 24 Jan
1512-13, and 20 April 1514. In 1514 Drummond gave great offence to many of the
lords by promoting the marriage of his grandson, Archibald Douglas, sixth earl of
Angus, with the queen-dowager, Margaret. Lyno king-at-arms (Sir William Comyn)
was despatched to summon Angus before the council, when Drummond, thinking that
he had approached the earl with more boldness than respect, struck him on the
breast. In 1515 John, duke of Albany, was chosen regent, but because Drummond did
not favour the election he commited him (16 July) a close prisoner to Blackness
Castle, upon an allegation that he had used violence towards the herald. He was tried
capitally, found guilty, and his estates forfeited. However, he was not long in coming to
terms with Albany. With other lords he signed the answer of refusal to Henry VIII, who
had advised the removal of Albany, to which his seal is affixed, 4 July 1516, and in
October he announced his final separation from the queen's party. He was in
consequence released from prison and freed from his forfeiture, 22 Nov 1516. He
died at Drummond Castle, Strathearn, in 1519, and was buried in the church of
Innerpeffray. He was succeeded by his great-grandson David. In Douglas's 'Peerage
of Scotland' Drummond is absurdly stated to have married 'Lady Elizabeth Lindsay,
daughter of David, duke of Montrose.' His wife was Elizabeth Lindsay, daughter of
Alexander, fourth earl of Crawford, and by her he had three sons and six daughters.
Malcolm, the eldest son died young; David, master of Drummond, is not mentioned in
the pedigrees, but is now believed to have been the chief actor in the outrage on the
Murrays at Monivaird Church, for which he was executed after 21 Oct 1490; William
was living in March 1502-3; and John was ancestor of the Drummonds of Innerpeffray
and of Riccarton. Of the daughters, Margaret, mistress of James IV, was poisoned in
1501; Elizabeth married George, master of Angus, and was great-grandmother of
Henry, lord Darnley; Beatrix married James, first earl of Arran; Annabella married
William, first earl of Montrose; Eupheme, the wife of John, fourth lord Fleming, wsa
poisoned in 1501; and Sibylla shared a like fate. Drummond was the common
ancestor of the viscounts of Strathearn and of the earls of Perth and Melfort. [Dictionary
of National Biography VI:34-35]"

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Walter DRUMMOND
Margaret RUTHVEN

"Sir Walter of Stobhall and Cargill was knighted by James II and died in 1455. It is said
by the family historiographers that he married Margaret, daughter, according to one
account, of Sir Patrick, and according to another, of Sir William Ruthven of that Ilk, but
no proof has been found of this. [The Scots Peerage VII:40]"

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John DRUMMOND - Justiciar of Scotland
Elizabeth SINCLAIR

"Sir John, who succeeded his brother Sir Malcolm, is generally described as of Cargill
or Stobhall. He was Justiciar of Scotland in 1391. He made a grant of the lands of
Ochtertyre to Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine and his wife, which was confirmed by
the Duke of Albany 13 March 1407-8, and by James I 10 July 1424. He had a
safe-conduct to England to meet his nephew James I at Durham 3 February 1423-24.
He is said to have received the Bailiary of the Abthanery of Dull from the King. He died
in 1428, having married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry St Clair, Earl of Orkney. On 13
May 1396 Sir John and his wife Elizabeth made a renunciation on behalf of
themselves and their heirs in favour of Henry, Earl of Orkney 'pater noster,' in respect
of claims to the Earl's lands, 'infra regnum Norvagie.' [The Scots Peerage VII:39]

_________________________

Sir John Drummond succeeded his brother Sir Malcolm, earl of Marr, and was the
twelfth, in lineal descent, from the founder of the house of Drummond. During his
brother's life, he was made justiciary of Scotland, and universally esteemed. In the
public transactions, carried on under the administration of the duke of Albany, he had
little or no concern. But in 1423, he was one of those respectable Scotsmen, who
were delegated to meet his nephew James I at Durham, when his liberty, after 20
years captivity, was obtained: and in 1424, he became on of the hostages for his
ransom. He got from the king a particular gift of the baillerie of the abthanery of Dull,
an office, at that time of great honour, and considerable profit.

Sir John married Lady Elizabeth Sinclair, daughter of Henry, first earl of Orkney, with
whom he got the lands of Murthlow in Banffshire, confirmed by a charter from Robert III
and also a forest, about five miles from Drummond castle, which ever since has had
the name of Glen-Orkney. [House of Drummond pp42-43]"

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John Drummond - 11th Seneschal of Lennox
Mary Margaret Montefex

"John Drummond, who succeeded to Malcolm, does not appear much on record. He
is named as receiving a grant (probably about 1357 or 1358) of the office of bailiary of
the Abthanery of Dull, but the first certain reference to him is in the agreement,
frequently referred to, made on the banks of the Forth on 17 May 1360 between him,
his brother Maurice, and Walter Moray on one side, and John and Alexander Menteith
on the other part. There had been a blood-feud between the Drummonds and the
Menteiths for some years, and three Menteiths at least had been killed. Lord
Strathallan in his history says this feud arose out of a disputed claim to the earldom of
Lennox, but there is no foundation for the statement he makes, as the descent of the
earldom had hitherto gone from father to son. It is also said that 'Bryce the procurator,'
who was slain in the feud, was a Drummond, and that his death took place in 1330.
But there is no clear corraborative proof of these statements, and any evidence
bearing on the matter tends to show that the quarrel had begun not much more that
ten years before, if then. Now, however, it was, at the instance of King David, who is
referred to in various cases as a peace-maker amongst his subjects, composed and
settled. In brief, the parties agreed to dismiss all rancour against each other, but John
Drummond was obliged to give up the lands of Roseneath in the Lennox as a
compensation to the Menteiths. These lands, however, were not an ancient
possession, as asserted by the family historians, but had been only recently granted
to him by Mary, Countess of Menteith. John Drummond also promised that the
murders of Bryce the procurator should not be troubled by him, leaving it open to
others of his kin to avenge his death. Other arrangements included the Campbells of
Argyll in the truce with Drummond, but further details are unnecessary here.
Roseneath wasa given up to Alexander Menteith, as appears from a charter of
confirmation by King Robert II of date 30 March 1372.

There is nothing further recorded regarding John Drummond, and there is reason to
believe he died not long after the above agreement. He is, however, named in a
charter by King David II, granting to him all the lands which belonged to Mary de
Montefixo, eldest daughter and heir of William de Montefixo, or Montefichet, knight,
lying in the sheriffdoms of Perth and Stirling, which she resigned at Dumbarton. The
writ is dated at Dumbarton 21 February 1366-67. But it is doubtful if this date is correct.
Lord Strathallan states that the lands resigned by Mary de Montefichet were
Auchterarder, Cargill, and Kincardine. She was the eldest of three daughters,
co-heiresses of Sir William Montefichet, and Lord Strathallan affirms that King David,
in dividing their father's estate among his daughters, gave her the greatest share,
while on account of their adherence to the English interest, her sisters, Devorgilla or
Dornagilla, and Margaret, were forfeited, and their possessions were given to Duncan
and William Napier and to Hew Danielston, which gifts, according to Lord Strathallan,
were dated at Dumbarton in 1366. This appears to corroborate the charter cited, but
an examination of the evidence shows that the grant to William Napier on Devorgilla's
forfeiture was made on 3 May 1358, while the charter to Danielston appears with
others dated about 1345, and that to Duncan Napier is side by side with a writ of 1341.
There is also a note of the grant to John Drummond of Mary Montefichet's land, along
with other charters dated about 1345. There is therefore a strong presumption that the
division of lands indicated by Lord Strathallan took place much earlier than 1366.
Further evidence tends to the same result. Auchterarder belonged to the Montefichets,
and so also did Cargill, which, according to the writ of 1366, were only resigned in that
year. Yet on 30 April 1364 King David II granted to Malcolm Drummond (son of John)
the serices of the free tenants of the baronies of Cargill and Auchterarder in
Perthshire, and of Kincardine, co Stirling. This implies that these lands were then
already in Malcolm's possession, and that the Crown now granted him the superiority.
In such case the resignation of the lands by Mary Montefichet must have been made
much earlier, probably about or before 1345, and the grant of 1366, if correctly dated,
must have been a repetition. Later, in 1368, Stobhall, Cargill, and Kinloch are said to
be in Malcolm's hands by grant of Queen Margaret, which led the late Dr Burnett to
assume that they came to her family through her. It is evident, however, that though
she may have nad some interest in the lands, they were held by the Drummonds on a
separate title.

If, as apparent, this writ of 1366 is misdated, there is no evidence that John
Drummond lived long after 1360, and his name had certainly not been discovered in
any writ or record between these dates, a fact somewhat strange when we consider
that his sister had become Queen, and that his brother Maurice and his son Malcolm
are named more than once. He is usually said to have died in 1373, but no evidence
had been found that he survived till then. He is said to have married Mary Montefichet,
the eldest daughter of Sir William Montefichet of Auchterarder and Cargill, and this
seems probable, though there is no direct evidence. Also, as he apparently died
before 1361, it is not improbable that Sir William Fraser is right in identifying him as
the John Drummond of Concraig who married, about 1359, Margaret, Countess of
Menteith, and who died before September 1361. There is no certain evidence, and, as
already indicated, they may be different men, uncle and nephew. [The Scots Peerage
VII:34-37]"

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Malcolm Drummond - 10th Seneschal Lennox
Unknown

"Malcolm, who appears on various occasions as a witness to charters by Malcolm,
fifth Earl of Lennox, and also by Murdach, Earl of Menteith, between 1310 and 1332.
He is stated in a charter by King Robert Bruce, of uncertain date, but between 1315
and 1321, to have resigned the lands of Auchindonan, co Dumbarton, in favour of Sir
Malcolm Fleming. That is nearly all that is recorded of him. The family histories state
that in 1334 King Edward III gave a grant of his lands to Sir John Clinton, tu that is a
misdating of the grant of 1301 already cited. He had a charter from King David II about
1346, of the lands of Tulliecravan and Dronan, co Perth. Malcolm, or Sir Malcolm, as
he is sometimes called, is said to have died about 1346, or soon after, but nothing
certain has been ascertained. His chief memorial is that he was the father of Margaret
Drummond, the second wife of King David II, through whose influence it is believed
that her family first rose to a prominent position. Sir Malcolm had, so far as known, two
sons and a daughter. [The Scots Peerage VII:31]"

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Malcolm Drummond
Miss Graham
"Malcolm, the next in succession, is said to be described in a charter of 1260 as son
of Malcolm Beg. He was the first on record to assume the surname of Drummond or
Drumman, adapted no doubt from the lands of Drymen, or Drumman in
Dumbartonshire. He appears as a juror on an inquest before Walter Stewart, Earl of
Menteith, on 15 May 1271, and also as a witness to charters by Malcolm, fourth Earl of
Lennox, dated at Renfrew and Balloch in 1273 and 1274, and at later but uncertain
dates. He was probably the Sir Malcolm Drummond who, in 1296, was taken at
Dunbar, and apparently again taken prisoner by Sir John Segrave in 1301, to the great
joy of King Edward I, and was warded in varous English strongholds. In 1301, after his
capture, the English King bestowed some of Sir Malcolm's land on Sir John Clinton.
There is no evidence of his release, and being somewhat advanced in years, he
probably died in captivity. He is said to have married a daughter of Sir Patrick
Grahame. [The Scots Peerage VII:29-30]
*According to the "Genealogical Memoir of the Most Noble and Ancient House of
Drummond" there are several generations omitted between this Malcolm Drummond
and Malcolm Beg. Chronology seems to support the findings in 'House of Drummond'
and suggest that Sir Paul combined two different generations of the Malcolms into
one person."

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Malcolm Drummond
Miss Graham

""The Drummonds, according to unvarying tradition, are of Hungarian origin, Maurice,
the first of the family, who settled in Scotland, having come from that country with
Edgar Atheling and Margaret his sister, afterwards wife of Malcolm III.Malcolm Beg
Drummond , made in the year 1220, a gift of the Barony of Uardross to the parsonage
of Inchmohome, in the island in the lake of Menteith, which was made a priory in 1238,
and was subsequently the burial place of the Drummonds. Malcolm Bec Drummond
was Seneschal of Lennox, and m. the daughter of Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, and sister
of Malcolm Earl of Lennox, who resigned the Earldom to the King."From BURKE'S
Genealogical and Heraldic History of the PEERAGE BARONETAGE AND KNIGHTAGE.
Edited by Peter Townend. Burke's Peerage Limited, London
"Burke's Peerage" popular name."

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John Drummond - 7th Senschal of Lennox
Miss Stewart

"John, who appears as son of Malcolm Beg in a charter by Maldowen, Earl of Lennox,
before August 1248. It was probably he who was taken prisoner at Dunbar in 1296,
imprisoned at Wisbeach, and liberated to serve in France, Sir Edmund Hastings, who
then held the earldom of Menteith, becoming surety for him. He was still alive in May
and October 1304, when his wife's dower lands, first those in England, then those in
Northumberland, were restored, doubtless as a reward for foreign service. He
apparently did not long survive, and his widow erected a monument to him near the
high altar of the priory church of Inchmahome. Her Christian name was Elena. Her
family name has not been ascertained, but tradition asserts she was the daughter of
Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith, and this is not improbable, as only 'founder's kin'
could have right to bury in such a spot. Through her also, or holding through her lands
in the earldom, the three bars wavy of Menteith are blazoned on his shielf. The
monument bears his name 'Johannes de Dromod ffilius Molqualmi de Dromod,' the
rest being imperfect. [The Scots Peerage VII:29]

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Sir John Drummond succeeded, on his father's death, to the estates of the house of
Drummond, and was the eight seneschal of Lennox. He was a man of great parts,
and of extensive influence. He lived in the times of those unhappy confusions, which
arose at the death of Alexander III; and, amidst the various contests for the succession
to the crown, he stood forth as the strenuous defender of the liberties of his country.
With the other subjects in Scotland, he was obliged to swear allegiance to king
Edward I, when that prince in 1296 overran the kingdom. In 1297, he was carried
prisoner to England by Edward, for his adherence to the interests of Bruce; but he
was, soon afterwards, permitted to return to Scotland, upon his finding bail to come
back to England, with horses, arms, and other military stores, to assist the English
monarch in his war with France.
He married a daughter of Walter Stewart, earl of Monteith in right of his countess, the
brother of Alexander the sixth lord high steward of Scotland, who conquered Acho, king
of the Danes, at Largs in 1263. By this lady he had three sons and two daughters.
[House of Drummond pp18-19]"

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Malcolm Drummond - 6th Senschal of Lennox
Unknown
"Malcolm Drummond, at his father's death, succeeded to the family estates, as
seventh chief of the house of Drummond, and thane, steward, or seneschal of
Lennox. This office was now more usually expressed by the last appellation; and in a
charter of Malcolm, fourth earl of Lennox, in 1260, this Malcolm Drummond is
designed 'dominus de eadem,' or 'lord of that ilk,' son of Malcolm Beg Drummond,
and steward or seneschal of Lennox. He is witness to several charters and donations
of the same earl, from that year to 1275. He was a man of great respectability, and had
possession in land to an immense extent, which enabled him to give his younger
children very considerable estates in different counties. [House of Drummond p17]
This Malcolm Drummond seems to be combined with Malcolm Drummond who
married a daughter of Patrick Graham in 'The Scots Peerage'."

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Malcolm Beg Drummond - Senschal of Lennox 4th
Ada Of Lennox

"Malcolm, called Malcolm Beg, who is styled in one writ Seneschal or Steward to
Maldowen, Earl of Lennox, and who appears as a witness to various charters of that
Earl between 1225 and 1250. It may be noted that in all the Drummond family
histories Malcolm Beg is said to have had a brother Roderick. In 1234, Malcolm Beg
gives evidence as to the ownership of the lands of Monachkennaran, and there his
brother Rotheric is also a witness, but if it is the same Malcolm Beg, and there is
nothing to disprove it, though it is doubtful, it is remarkable that his brother is styled
Rotheric Beg of Carrick, thus suggesting that they were both of Ayrshire descent. [The
Scots Peerage VII:28-29]
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To Sir Malcolm, succeeded his son Malcolm Drummond, on account of his low stature
called 'Beg', which in the Celtic signifies short. He was the sixth thane of Lennox, and
was deservedly esteemed a man of real worth, and of true greatness of mind. He is
the first of the family of whom any written documents are preserved; and these
represent him in circumstances so distinguished, as could only agree with a person
descended of ancestors, whose rank and consequence were established in the
nation. We find him in possession of all the lands said to have been given his
predecessors by Malcolm Canmore; in high reputation among the Scottish nobles;
and married to a lady of the very first distinction in the kingdom for birth and fortune. In
several charters of Maldwin, third earl of Lennox, from 1225 to 1249, we find Malcolm
Beg Drummond among the witnesses, and designed by the earl, 'Camerarius meus.'

He married Ada, only daughter of Maldwin, third earl of Lennox, by Elizabeth, daughter
of Walter, third hereditary high steward of Scotland. [House of Drummond p16]"

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