Isabel (MacDougall) Stewart (abt. 1364 - 1439)

Born about 1364 in Argyll, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John (Stewart) Stewart of Innermeath Lord of Lorn — married about 1386 in Argyll, Scotland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1439 at about age 75 in Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Family

Isabel of Lorn was the daughter of John MacDougall, lord of Lorn (in Argyll) and his wife Joanna de Isaac, daughter of Thomas de Isaac and Maud de Brus.^[1][2] The exact date of her birth is unknown but is estimated to have been about 1364, based on her parents marriage before 1362 and the fact that her sister Janet is usually referred to as the eldest child.^[3][4]

Her maternal great grandfather was King Robert I. ^[5] Her paternal great grandfather was John MacDougall, lord of Argyll, whose close ties to the Comyn family led to his support for King John I (John Balliol) and his opposition to the usurper, Robert the Bruce.^[6] After suffering a heavy defeat by Bruce at the Battle of Brander Pass, MacDougall fled to England,^[7] where he continued to fight against the Scottish rebels as an admiral in the English fleet.^[8] He was granted an estate in Yorkshire in recognition of his service, and his son, Alan (Isabel's grandfather), was brought up in the court of Edward II.^[9] Isabel's father, nicknamed "John Gallda" ('gallda' is the gaelic word for 'foreigner') was also raised in England but returned to Scotland to reclaim the lands in Argyll (and specifically those in Lorn) which, previous to the war of independence, had been held by his family for generations.^[10] On John Gallda's death these lands were divided between his two daughers, Isabel and her elder sister Janet.

Marriage to John Stewart

Isabel married, likely in 1386, John Stewart, Knt., son and heir of Robert Stewart, Knt., of Innermeath.^{[4][11][1][2]} It is highly possible that Isabel's sister Janet's marriage to John's younger brother, Robert, took place during this same year or shortly thereafter. John inherited, on the death of his father in 1388, the lands of Innermeath and Durrisdeer. He signed over on 13 April 1388 the barony of Durrisdeer to his brother Robert, and in exchange Robert Stewart and his wife, Janet, resigned any claims to the lands of Lorn, Benechdirloch, Apthane, and Lesmore, which were then granted by Robert II to Isabel's husband John Stewart of Innermeath in a confirmatory charter.^[12][13][14]

There were at least four (possibly five) sons and three daughters from this marriage:

• Robert Stewart; April 1421 succeeded his father as lord of Lorn;^[2] m. aft 27 Sep 1397 (date of dispensation) Joan, daughter of Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany; ^[15] d. bef. 1449.^[16][17]
• Archibald Stewart;^[1] mentioned in his nephew's entail at Lorn in 1452.^[2]
• James Stewart, "Black Knight of Lorn";^[2] m. 1439 Joan Beaufort, Queen Mother of Scotland; ^[18] d. aft 17 Aug 1451^[19][20]
• Alexander Stewart;^[1] m. aft. 15 July 1416 (date of charter from her brother "in contemplation of the marriage") Margaret Hay;^[21][22] d. bef. 10 Jul 1449^[21][22]
• [possibly] John, Canon of Dunkeld, Dean of Dunkeld.^[1] (see Research Notes)
• Christian Stewart; m. James Dundas, 11th laird of Dundas;^[23][2] d. bef. Nov 1451.^[16]
• Isabel Stewart; m(1)William Oliphant, Knt. of Aberdalgy;^[24][2] m(2) David Murray, 6th laird of Tullibardine, knt. of Gask;^[24][2] buried in the collegiate church at Tullibardine.^[2]
• Jean Stewart, m. c.1415 Sir David Bruce of Clackmannan.^[25][1][26]

Death

On 23 December 1418 Pope Benedict XIII granted a dispensation allowing Isabel and John a plenary indulgence at the hour of death, to choose their own confessor, and for a portable altar.^[27]

Sir John Stewart, Lord of Lorn, died 26 April 1421.^[28][1][2] His widow, Lady Isabel of Lorn, died 21 December 1439.^[29][24]

Research Notes

A profile for one son, John, Canon of Dunkeld, has not been created and attached as a child of Isabel and John, as Richardson only states he is "possibly" their son and no other sources mention him. Richardson cites the biography of a John Stewart, who is said to be "kinsman of Robert, duke of Albany (CPP, i, 610), and of his son John, earl of Buchan (Fraser, Menteith, ii, 117)." The parents of this John Stewart were not identified, but he appointed as executor of his estate a layman, Archibald Stewart, believed to have been the son of Sir John Stewart of Innermeath and Lorn.^[30] Richardson suggests this may indicate that John was a brother of Archibald, although precise evidence for this is lacking and John could have been related to Archibald in a completely different way. Stevens-17832 15:13, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. IV, page 103, STEWART 8.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908). Online at HathiTrust, vol. 5, pages 2-3: Stewart.
3. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, Salt Lake City: the author (2013), vol. 5, pp. 39 -40 STEWART. 10. Janet Isaac.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Stewart, John H.J. Stewarts of Appin. Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart (1880), p. 54.
5. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, Salt Lake City: the author (2013), vol. 5, p. 39 STEWART. 9. Maud de Brus.
6. ↑ Sellar, W.D.H. MacDougall, John, lord of Argyll (d. 1316). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edition (23 Sep 2004), available here by subscription.
7. ↑ Barrow, Geoffrey. The Battle Between John MacDougall of Lorn and Robert Bruce in 1308 or 1309. West Highland Notes and Queries, series 2, no. 19 (Mar 1999), pp. 3-11.
8. ↑ Pryde, E.B. (ed). Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2003), 3rd ed., p. 136: Captains and Admirals. 1 Jun 1311: John Argyll, Kt [off W. Scotland]; 25 Mar 1314: John Argyll, Kt [W., Welsh and Irish ships, off W. Scotland].
9. ↑ Higgitt, John (ed). The Murthly Hours. London: the British Library in association with the National Library of Scotland (2000), p. 19.
10. ↑ Penman, Michael. The MacDonald Lordship and the Bruce Dynasty c.1306-1371, in Oram, Richard (ed). The Lordship of the Isles.,' pp. 24-25. The Northern World: North Europe and the Baltic c.400-1700 AD. Peoples, Economics and Cultures (series vol. 68). Leiden: Brill.
11. ↑ MacGregor, Gordon. The Red Book of Scotland. Scotland: by the author (2020) vol. 9, p. 362 (giving 1386 as date of marriage).
12. ↑ Argyll Transcripts, ii, 13 Apr 1388, cited in Boardman, Steve. The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III, 1371-1406. East Linton: John Donald (1996), pp. 182-183 (kindle edition).
13. ↑ Stewart, John H.J. Stewarts of Appin. Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart (1880), pp. 54-55.
14. ↑ Keltie, John S. A History of the Scottish Highland Clans. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co. (1875), vol. 2, p. 161 (available here).
15. ↑ SHS Letter to Pope Benedict XIII, p. 25, cited in MacGregor, Gordon. The Red Book of Scotland. Scotland: by the author (2020), vol. 9, p. 363.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Weis, Frederick Lewis. The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215. 5th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (1999), pp. 57-58 (Line 42-8 and 42A-8).
17. ↑ Cokayne, G.E., ed. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. (Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000). Online at FamilySearch vol. VIII, page 138.
18. ↑ Burnett, George (ed). Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum - The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Edinburgh: H.. General Register House (1878), vol. 5, pp. lii-liv.
19. ↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, pp. 440-441.
20. ↑ Burnett, George (ed). Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum - The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Edinburgh: H.. General Register House (1878), vol. 5, p. lxviii, fn.
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1} MacGregor, Gordon. The Red Book of Scotland. Scotland: by the author (2020) vol. 9, p. 421.
22. ↑ ^{22.0 22.1} Stewart, Duncan. A Short Historical and Genealogical Account of the Royal Family of Scotland.... Edinburgh: W. Sands (1739), reprinted by ECCO, p. 183.
23. ↑ Stewart, Duncan. A Short Historical and Genealogical Account of the Royal Family of Scotland.... Edinburgh: W. Sands (1739), reprinted by ECCO, p. 169.
24. ↑ ^{24.0 24.1 24.2} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, Salt Lake City: the author (2013), vol. 5, pp. 40 -41 STEWART. 11. Isabel of Lorn.
25. ↑ Rupert-Jones, John A (ed). Rosyth. Dunfermline: A. Romanes (1917), pp. 27, 40.
26. ↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 3, p. 469.
27. ↑ Cal. of Papal Registers, Petitions, i. 611, cited in Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: David Douglas (1908), vol. 5, p. 2
28. ↑ Higgitt, John (ed). The Murthly Hours. London: the British Library in association with the National Library of Scotland (2000), folio 25v. (record of death of John Stewart, lord of Lorne)
29. ↑ Higgitt, John (ed). The Murthly Hours. London: the British Library in association with the National Library of Scotland (2000), folio 29v. (record of the death of Isabella, lady of Lorne).
30. ↑ Watt, Donald E.R. Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Graduates to A.D. 1410. Oxford: Carendon Press (1977), pp. 512-513.

See also:

• Cawley, Charles. Foundation for Medieval Lands database: Scotland, John Stewart.

• Nisbet, Alexander. A System of Heraldry... Edinburgh: W. Blackwood (1816), pp. 151-153.

• Stewarts of Rosyth and Craigyhall. Northern Notes and Queries, Scottish Antiquary, vol. 5, no. xvii, p. 3 (PDF available here).

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