Robert (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot XIVth of Arbuthnot (aft. 1508 - bef. 1579)

Born after 15 Oct 1508 in Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Erskine) Arbuthnott — married 2 Mar 1526 in Scotland

Husband of Christian (Keith) Arbuthnot — married after 1531 in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Husband of Helen (Clephane) Campbell — married Sep 1553 (to 1579) in Scotland

Descendants

Died before 18 Oct 1579 before age 71 in Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland

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Biography

Robert Arbuthnot was born to James Arbuthnot and Jean Stewart around 1508 in Kincardineshire, Scotland (Estate Arbuthnott).^[1] and he died before Oct 18, 1579 at Stonehaven, Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland or Estate Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, Scotland. ^[2]

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NOTES

• Please continue to bare with me as I adopted this profile a while ago and am still reviewing and looking for separate sources as ide from using only the peerage. Many have contributed data but often it was copied and pasted instead of paraphrasing and documenting credit. I suggest checking out parents' profiles as well as looking here as so far none of the information presented is contradictory...just not up to proper standards and ethical codes.

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• Robert married first, contract dated 2 March 1526, KATHERINE ERSKINE, daughter of JOHN ERSKINE of Dunnottar. She dsp at Arbuthnott June 15, 1529 according to "Memories" and May 29, 1529 according to the "Missal". Secondly he married CHRISTIAN KEITH (born Keith, E Lothian 1512, died before 12 July 1553), the eldest daughter of Robert, Lord Keith (born Dunnottar, Kincardine ca. 1483; died after 5 April 1514) (and his wife (md Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1505), Elizabeth, née Douglas) and sister of Sir William Keith. Robert Lord Keith (said to have been killed at the Battle of Flodden, 1513, but still alive on 5 April 1514 per Sir James Balfour Paul's "Scots Peerage") was the son of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal and the brother of Alexander Keith of Pittendrum, the first husband of Marion Lundie whose second husband was Mr Robert Arbuthnot, the uncle of Robert, 14th of Arbuthnot. Elizabeth Douglas (bor Morton; died after 5 May 1527) was the daughter of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton (born Morton ca. 1459, died ca. 1512) and Janet, née Chrichton (born Scotland 1461, md Scotland before 22 June 1493), whose mother (the wife of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton) was Joanna Stewart, the deaf and dumb daughter of King James I of Scotland and Queen Joan Beaufort.

Erskine

His first marriage was to Katherine Erskine, daughter of John Erskine, the marriage contract dated March 2, 1526. Katherine (dsp 15 Jun 1529 Arbuthnott), dau. of John Erskine^[2][3]

Keith

Sir Robert's second wife was Christian Keith daughter of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal & Elizabeth Douglas. Her will is dated July 12, 1553. ^[2][3]

children:

• (s & h) Andrew.^[2][3]
• John of Mondynes (living 05 Mar 1587/8).^[3]

m.1 Katherine (d. Apr 1570), eldest dau. of Alexander Pitcairne of Mondynes.^[3]

m.2 Elizabeth Grahame of Morphie (d. Sep 1613).^[3]

Clephane

m.3 (bef. 13 Apr 1558) Helen, dau. of George Clephane.^[2][4][5][3]

children:

• David^[2]
• James^[2]
• George^[2]
• William^[2]
• Elizabeth^[2]
• Katherine^[2]
• Margaret^[2]
• (dau) ...^[2]

Other spouses & children

• Hugh (living 26 Nov 1580), natural son.^[3]

Notes

• 'Aberdeenshire Epitaphs' has an extensive story on the Arbuthnot family of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, (p. 366-71).^[6]

• Fact: Christening (1508)

• Fact: Burial (October 1579) Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, Scotland

• Fact: will (21 Nov 1580) Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, Scotland

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility Sir Knight

• Fact: Children 1 Child (Catherine Erskine) & 7 Children (Helen Clephane)

• Fact: Spouse 2 - Catherine Erskine & Helene Celphane

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility 14th Laird (owner of a large, long-established Scottish estate) Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Quoted Research

"Arbuthnott, Robert (c.1508-79) of Arbuthnott. Eldest son of James Arbuthnott (c.1477-1521) of Arbuthnott and his wife Lady Jean Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl, born c.1508. In 1568 he received a personal summons, addressed to "the Lard of Arbuthnot" to the Scots Parliament called by the Regent of Scotland on behalf of the infant King James VI, which might be held to indicate the creation of a peerage by summons, although no peerage seems to have been claimed at the time or subsequently. He married 1st, 1526 (contract 2 March), Katherine (d. 1529), daughter of John Erskine of Dun; 2nd, Christian (1512-53), daughter of Robert, Lord Keith; and 3rd, 1553, Helen, daughter of George Clephane of Carslogie, and had issue:

(2.1) Andrew Arbuthnott (c.1531-1606) (q.v.);

(2.2) John Arbuthnott (d. c.1607) of Mondynes (which his father bought from his father-in-law in 1550); married 1st, Katherine (d. 1570), daughter of Alexander Pitcairn of Mondynes, and had issue one son; married 2nd, Elizabeth Graham (d. 1613) of Morphie, and had issue two sons and one daughter;

(2.3) Alexander Arbuthnott (c.1540-1614) of Pitcarles and Auchterforfar; married, Margaret Middleton (d. 1607), and had issue five sons; died 10 April 1614;

(2.4) Rev. Robert Arbuthnott; educated at University (MA) and later in France; parson of Arbuthnott; lived with his brother at Pitcarles in Arbuthnott; was celibate and died unmarried and without issue before 1614;

(2.5) Jean Arbuthnott; married, 1557 (contract 7 February), James Clephane (d. c.1560) of Hilcairney, younger son of George Clephane of Carslogie and brother of her father's third wife;

(2.6) Agnes Arbuthnott (c.1534-87); married, about 1553, Alexander, son of George Straiton of that ilk, and had issue; died 15 November 1587;

(2.7) Christian Arbuthnott (1535-c.1583); married 1st, c.1554, William Warrender and had issue one daughter; married 2nd, about November 1556, George Symmer (c.1534-83), son of George Symmer of Balzeordie and had further issue including a son; died before 30 April 1583;

(2.8) Isobel Arbuthnott (d. c.1587); married Alexander Strachan of Brigtown; died before 4 March 1587;

(2.9) A daughter; died young; (2.10) A daughter; married a Mr. Clephane;

(3.1) David Arbuthnott (d. 1602) of Findowrie; married 1st, Elizabeth Rait (d. 1595) of Halgreen and had issue one son (ancestor of the Capel-Carnegy-Arbuthnotts of Balnamoon and Findowrie who will be the subject of the next post) and four daughters; married 2nd, [forename unknown] Stuart of Inchbreck and had further issue one son and one daughter; died 1602;

(3.2) James Arbuthnott (d. 1608) of Garriotsmyre in Arbuthnott; tutor to his elder brother David's children, 1602; married Catherine Stewart; died September or November 1608;

(3.3) George Arbuthnott (fl. 1580-98); probably died unmarried;

(3.4) William Arbuthnott (fl. 1616) of Blackstoun (Angus); married Mariot Ogilvy and had issue one son;

(3.5) Elizabeth Arbuthnott (fl. 1570); married, 1577 (contract 15 October), James Mortimer of Craigievar;

(3.6) Katherine Arbuthnott (fl. 1579-1602); married, c.1579, James Ogilvy of Balfour and had issue; living in 1602;

(3.7) A daughter; married [forename unknown] Lindsay of Barnyards;

(3.8) Margaret Arbuthnott; married David Ogilvie of Persie.

He also had an illegitimate son: (X1) Hugh Arbuthnott (fl. 1578), bequeathed 80 merks in his father's will; obtained letters of legitimation, 26 November 1580.

He inherited the Arbuthnott estate from his father in 1521 and came into his inheritance in 1527 despite still being a minor. In the 1530s and 1540s he expanded the estates considerably, and in 1553 handed them over to his eldest son Andrew, retaining only a life-rent.

He died at Stonehaven, 15 October 1579, and was buried at Arbuthnott. His first wife died 29 May or 15 June 1529; his second wife died before 12 July 1553 and was buried at Arbuthnott; his widow married 2nd, before 6 February 1580, Rt. Rev. Alexander Campbell, Bishop of Brechin." ^[7]

References cited on this web page are listed below with "**"

Sources

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} Lundy, D. (2015). Robert Arbuthnott of that Ilk #16912, b. 1508, d. before 18 October 1579. The Peerage. Web.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Paul, 1904, p. 290.[2]
4. ↑ Paul, J.B. (1904). The Scots Peerage, 1, p. 293. Google Books.
5. ↑ Lundy, D. (2018). Helen Clephane #16945, d. Feb 1608. The Peerage. Web.
6. ↑ Aberdeenshire Epitaphs, Robert Arbuthnot and Christian Keith, p 366-367. Electric Scotland. PDF. Accessed 21 Sep 2019.
7. ↑ [3]

• J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol. 1: Abercorn-Balmerino, 1904, pp. 272-317.

• • M. Salter, The castles of Grampian and Angus, 1995, pp. 108-09; M. Coventry, The castles of Scotland, 4th edn., 2006, p. 59.

• • H.G. Slade, 'Arbuthnott House', Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 110, 1978-80, pp. 432-74.

• • P.S.M. Arbuthnot, Memories of the Arbuthnots of Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire, 1920.

• • J. Macaulay, The classical country house in Scotland, 1987, pp. 109-10; C. Bing, The Lairds of Arbuthnott, 1993

• Douglas, Robert. The Peerage of Scotland, Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of That Kingdom, from Their Origin to the Present Generation: Collected from the Public Records, and Ancient Chartularies of This Nation, the Charters, and Other Writings of the Nobility, and the Works of Our Best Historians. Illustrated with Copper-Plates. by Robert Douglas, Esq; R. Fleming, 1764.

Found verbatim here: [5]

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 October 2021, 15:04), entry for Sir Robert Arbuthnott 14th of Arbuthnot (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHJN-24Y ); contributed by various users.

• Sharpe, John. Sharpe's Peerage of the British Empire Exhibiting Its Present State, and Deducing the Existing Descents from the Ancient Nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 1. 1st ed. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Piccadilly , England: John Sharpe, 1830., pg.4.

• Blount, Sidney Wright. Sampson Stewart: His Royal Ancestors and Some of His Descendants: A Geneological and Biographical Reference Book. 1st ed. Altus, Oklahoma: Sidney Wright Blount, 1961.

Online Public edition:[6]

• https://gw.geneanet.org/brynjulf?lang=en&pz=tor&nz=langballe&p=robert&n=arbuthnot&oc=10

• https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004896980.0001.000/40:19?page=root;print=1;size=100;view=text

• Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition,Vol.1 of 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999 pg 99.

:: Peerage Entry Here: [7]

• Link to a descendants chart:

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• https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I6430&tree=CC

• Mosley, Charles. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons. 1. 107th ed. Vol. 1. 3 vols. 12. London, England: Burke's Peerage and Gentry, 2003.

See Also:

• The source of most of this data is Kittybrewster.com - Table B. — This is not a primary source and you are invited to improve upon it.

• This source requires a membership to Stirnet but is very thorough so while everyone can not access it, I am hoping someone that can will provide any important documentation or quotations relevant to the profile:

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Acknowledgements

• Thanks to William Arbuthnot for starting this profile.

• Becky Elizabeth Sourcing and editing 2021-22

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