John Montgomerie, Master of Eglinton was the son of Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton and Lady Helen Campbell.[1]
On 1 Jun 1498 he was contracted to Elizabeth Edmonstone, whom he married before 13 Nov 1500,[2] on which date Hew Lord Montgomerie granted a discharge for 400 merks and £40 received by him for the 'carriage completit' between John and Elizabeth.[3] They had issue:[4]
____ Montgomerie, whose Christian name has not been ascertained, but his existance is proved by the mention of 'John Montgomerie fatheris brother sone' of the third Earl, in a commission by the Earl, dated 26th May 1571.
John died on 28 April 1520 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, killed in the streets, in an affray known as the 'Battle of the Cleanse the Causeway'.[1]
↑Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1906, Vol. III, Archive.org,
p. 435 citing Memorials, ii. 52.
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Fraser, William, Sir, Memorials of the Montgomeries, Earls of Eglinton, (Edinburgh : Privately Published, 1859) Vol. 1:35 (Archive.org) citing Original Discharge in Duntreath Charter-chest.
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Fraser, William, Sir, Memorials of the Montgomeries, Earls of Eglinton, (Edinburgh : Privately Published, 1859) Vol. 1:36 (Archive.org).
See also:
Cracroft's entry for 2nd Lord Montgomerie later 1st Earl of Eglinton, PC
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