John (Drummond) de Drummond

Born [date unknown] in Scotland

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Died before 1361 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

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Biography

John (Drummond) de Drummond is a member of Clan Drummond.

John Drummond succeeded his father, Malcolm, sometime around 1346.^[1] His name first appears in the records in 1357 for receiving a grant of the office of bailiary of the Abthanery of Dull, and again in 1360 on an agreement reached between himself, his brother Maurice, Walter Moray, and John and Alexander Monteith which transferred the lands of Rosemeath in the Lennox to the Menteiths.^[2]

Sir John Drummond married Mary Montefichet, the oldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Montefichet of Auchterarder and Cargill, Justiciar of Scotland.^[3] Although the date of their marriage 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."^[1][4] There were at least three children from this marriage:

• Malcolm Drummond, earl of Mar; m. Isabel, countess of Mar;^[1][5] d. 1403^[1]
• Sir John Drummond of Stobhall and Cargill, Justiciar of Scotland^[1][6]
• Annabella Drummond, queen consort of King Robert III; d. 1401^[1][6]

There are two additional sons who are also sometimes attributed to this family:

• William Drummond, 1st of Carnock; m. Elizabeth Airth; d. bef. 20 Nov 1465^[7]
• Dugald Drummond, clergyman^[1]

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.^[1] 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.^[6]

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.^[8]

Sir John Drummond is sometimes said to have died in 1373 but there is no evidence to show that he lived that long, and James Dunbar Paul believes it more likely that he died sometime shortly before 1361.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} MacGregor, Gordon. The Red Book of Scotland. Scotland: by the author (2016, 3rd ed. 2020), vol. 3, pp. 596-597.
2. ↑ Paul, Sir James Dunbar. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 7, pp. 34-35.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Paul, Sir James Dunbar. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 7, p. 36.
4. ↑ Paul, Sir James Dunbar. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 7, pp 35- 36.
5. ↑ Paul, Sir James Dunbar. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 7, p. 38.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Paul, Sir James Dunbar. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 7, p. 37.
7. ↑ MacGregor, Gordon. The Red Book of Scotland. Scotland: by the author (2016, 3rd ed. 2020), vol. 3, p. 657.
8. ↑ Cal. Docs. Scot., vol. 4, Nos. 882 and 922, cited in MacGregor, Gordon. The Red Book of Scotland. Scotland: by the author (2016, 3rd ed. 2020), vol. 3, p. 597.