James (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot XIIIth of Arbuthnot (1483 - 1521)

Born 1483 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1521 at about age 38 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Biography

James was the son of Robert Arbuthnot and Mariota Scrymgeour.^[1][2] He was served as heir to his father on 11 Jan 1506.^[3] He received a crown charter of the barony of Arbuthnott 29 January 1506/7, part of the lands of Inverbrvie on 4 February 1507/8, and the barony of Arbuthnott on 21 April 1512.^[1][3]

Marriage and Children

He married by a contract dated 31 August 1507 Jean Stewart, a daughter of John Stewart of Balveny, 1st earl of Atholl, and his second wife Eleanor Sinclair.^[1][1][3][4] There were four children from this marriage:

• Robert Arbuthnott, heir;^[1] m(1) aft. 2 Mar 1526 Katherine Erskine;^[5]m(2) aft 15 Jun 1529 Christian Keith;^[5] m(3) bef 13 Apr 1558 Helen Clephane;^[5] d. bef 18 Oct 1579^[5]
• Patrick Arbuthnott;^[1] named in father's will in 1521;^[3] d. bef 1542 (not mentioned in entail of Arbuthnott estates that year)^[4]
• David Arbuthnott, rector of Menmuir and canon of Dunkeld;^[1][3] d. 1547 at Battle of Pinkie^[3][4]
• Isabel Arbuthnott; m(1) bef 1531 David Ochterlony;^[6][3][4] m(2) 1545 Robert Maule of Panmure^[6][3][4]

In 1520, James Arbuthnott, 13th laird Arbuthnott, finding himself in poor health^[7] was granted permission in November to make a pilgrimage to St John of Ameance in France to seek a healing cure.^[8] The pilgrimage was unsuccessful. He left a will dated 7 March 1521, and was dead before 13 March of the same year. ^[1][3]

Research Notes

Alexander Arbuthnot of Pitcarles and Andrew Arbuthnot have been attached to this profile as sons of Jean and her husband James Arbuthnott, but both profiles are unsourced and there do not appear to be any reliable primary or secondary sources to support these children. If no sources can be found, they will need to be detached until there is evidence they belong in this family. Stevens-17832 22:41, 13 March 2023 (UTC) [edited to add: Both Alexander and Andrew have turned out to be children of Robert Arbuthnott and Christian Keith.]

==Sources==

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} 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. 1 SPOTSWOOD 14. Jean (or Janet) Stewart.
2. ↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, p. 284.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, pp. 288-289.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Arbuthnot, Ada J.E. Memories of the Arbuthnots of Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire. London: G. Allen & Unwin Ltd (1920), p. 50.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, p. 290.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} 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. 1-2 SPOTSWOOD 15. Isabel Arbuthnott.
7. ↑ Bing, Christy. The Lairds of Arbuthnott. Angus: Agnate Press (1999), p. 42.
8. ↑ Eighth Report of Historic MSS Commission &. (1881), p. 302, no. 26.