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Mary was the oldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Montefichet of Auchterarder and Cargill, Justiciar of Scotland.[1] Although the date of her marriage to John de Drummond is unknown, Drummond acquired the properties of Stobhall, Cargill, Auchterarder and Kincardine in Perthsire from Montefichet (presumably after his marriage to Montifichet's daughter), and on 21 February 1368 he received a charter from King David II under the Great Seal for "all the lands that had belonged to the deceased William de Monitfex his father-in-law."[2][3] There were at least three children from this marriage:
There are two additional sons who are also sometimes attributed to this family:
The documents cited (by Viscount Strathallan in 1681) in support of William as a younger son of John Drummond and Mary Montefichet have unfortunately been lost and presumed destroyed.[2] James Dunbar Paul questions this relationship on the grounds that William Drummond would have been much too old to have fathered a child with Elizabeth Aird, and argues that the David Drummond who had sasine of Carnock in 1466 could not have been their son.[5]
Dugald is named as a son by MacGregor in The Redbook of Scotland, citing several safe conducts issued to Dugald to travel to England and back, but no reliable sources are given to indicate he was a son of John and Mary.[7]
The date of Mary (Montefichet) Drummond's death is not known but was probably sometime before 1359, when her husband may have married (second) Margaret, countess of Menteith.[1]
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