22G MAR. 1410 ; was one of the hostages for the ransom of King .Tamos [S.J in 1424, (hi* revenue from the fishings of Aberdeen taken in connexion with the |>ro,>f (by means of a charter of 1357i RtS< Um. 88, No. 86), thai the island of Arriin tlien bclintf/al t<> Sir John Mtiiitei'h. The payment of this annnitv was as under ; 1873-84, to Robert Krskine, husband of CtirUtian Keith; 18S6, to Christian Keith, widow of Hobeit Krskine; 1389—1404, to Sir Tin anas Krskine, husband of Janet Barclay ; 1405, to Janet Barclay, widow of Si,- Thomas Krskine; 141(5, &C, to Sir Robert Brskllie, son ami la ir of the saiil Janet. In the entries of 112$ this annuity is expressly stated •' to have been granted liv a charter of Robert 11. in cxeambi im ten-arum tie Aram. Tito ehain of proof was completed l,y the retoiirs of 1488 ; the charter.- granted by Robert, bad Krsk i nc. u« Karl. Mar ; the service of John, Lorcl Krskine, in 1 "><>;" ; the charter of 23 June 1505, with its ratification [by act of Pari IP April l&ttf], and the act [of part, | of 1587." The evidence of the heirship of the said Robert Kiskine tu the Countess Isabel was tlms held to be proved (his mother, Janet, to whom he was heir, being .-hewn to be da. and lieir of Christian who was da. and eventually heir to Sir Jolm Monteith and t" Kllell of Mar, Ilia Wife), and the lioyal assent to the hill was given 0 Aug. 1885. whereby, in consequence of the above descent, the heir general of the then! late Karl of Mar was restored to tin 1 peerage which "descended" to the said Countess Isabel. It will be observed that in these proofs the paternal descent of the said Janet, wife of Sir Thomas Krskine. is not mentioned, ami that inasmuch as she is always styled "Janet Barclay," while (in like manner] Christian, the sometime wile .if Sir Hubert Krskine, is similarly styled " Christian Keith," it would be a natural inference that (according to the present usage of Scotland; the father of Janet was a Barclay, ami that the father of Christian was a Keith. An iugeui .us article in " Tin licnraltyint," Vol. ix, pp., 4-6 (by the Rev, A W. Cornelius I talleu) assumes that such ton the case, and, indeed, that (man fiiftim) it could not be otherwise. It accordingly deduces the descent of Janet from her maternal grandmother, Kllell of Mar. thro' the same mother, indeed, as in the tabular pedigree above, but in lieu of Sir Kdward Keith) gives her Sir David Barclay for a father, as in the pedigree next below. Sir John Monteith. =j=Elyue of Mar. da. of d atiicy, Karl of Mar. Ii. circa 1207. Sir Edward Keith, killed 1310, 1st husband. -Christian teith. Mr.ll- IUvi.1 Barclay of - Margin chin and I Inn. killed | m. 1 : 3. 2nd husband. i't ile Brechin, 5, 1st wife. Beatrice^. Sir llobcrt — Chri-tian Lindsay, 1st wife.. Kr.-kine, il. circa 1884. Keith. d. s.p. circ. 13S0. Sir llavid Barclav- r ..f Brechin, rf.1373 Mary Douglas, — Sir Thomas d. s.p., 1st Kr.-ddne. Wile. I .Ian. 'I of I 1 1 I I I .•lay. heiress ante 1308, Margaret It Brechin, m (Stewart) line failed Janet Barclay from whom the Maules descend. "clay, heiress of ' • 1878 Walter Ear] of Athole : Sir 1 " Robert Krskine fiom whom the Karls of Mar. .lolm Krskine from the h. .use of I hill. whom The author of the above cleverly constructed pedigree states in its support 1 1 ] that " the evidence produced during the Mar case brought out the fact that, the wife of Sir Thomas Krskine was Janet Ban-lay. ttUHgktrr <</' Sir Baeiti Barclay, of Brechin, by his wife, Christian Monteith, da. of Klvne of Mar.*' This, however, is clearly ail error for (so far from atni ile.ie.eat />""« liurrlai/ having been therein established) the pedigrees, brought from the Mar charter chest (which were received ami acquiesced in by the Committee) accounted for the heirship of the Krskines to Mar thro' lleiceut from Kiith (whose lands at Synton they inherited . which descent is incompatible with a descent from Barclay. |2J That the estate of Dun was brought by the said Janet to the Krskine family, she having inherited it from her father, Sir David Barclay. But that estate j*e inform. Joseph Bain, K.S.A.). was, before 137;'., in possession of .Sir Itobcrt Krskine, thu father of Thomat, who married the said Janet. Presumably,
