Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine

Date: About 1350 to about 1400
Location: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Surname/tag: Graham

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Family 1.2 Properties and Political Life 1.3 Marriage to Matilda 1.4 Marriage to Egidia Stewart 1.5 Death 2 Research Notes 3 Sources

Biography

Family

Patrick Graham of Kincardine was born in or before 1350. This date is an estimate based on the date of his first marriage in or before 1372. He was the eldest son of David Graham, Lord of Dundaff and Old Montrose His mother was not named ^[1] In 1357, as the heir to David Graham, he was delivered to the English King as one of the hostages for David II ^[2] Patrick witnessed a charter dated 19 April 1369, by Robert Erskine. Knight, to Patrick Fleming, second son of Malcolm Fleming of Biggar of all his lands within the Barony of Leygneh ^[3] He granted an obligation, in 1372, as son and heir of Sir David Graham, to support a chaplain of the altar of the Holy Cross in the parish church of Dumbarton ^[4] He was a party , with his father, to the Act of Settlement of Succession to the throne in 1373. ^[5]

Properties and Political Life

Patrick succeeded to the family estates following the death of his father in 1376, and was then sent on a mission to England with Sir Simon of Ketyns and John Mercer of Perth, receiving a safe conduct from Edward III, 23 March 1378, to return 1 May and come before the council to deliberate on the affairs of the kingdoms ^{[1] [6] [7]}

He acquired the lands of Achincross in Lennox from Robert, Earl of Fife and Menteith in 1377 ^[8] and Ardochmore near Cardross from Simon of Moravia in 1382 ^[1] In 1388 he obtained a warrant disjoining his lands in Kilpatrick from the shire of Dumbarton and annexing them to Stirling, from Robert II ^[1]

Patrick was again a Commissioner to negotiate with the English in 1394. From 1388 to 1400 he was an Auditor in Exchequer. ^[9] He was appointed General Chamberlain and Keeper and Receiver of Customs on 22 April 1398 and on 27 June 1398 he was on the Special Council at Perth to assist the Duke of Rothesay in the government ^[1]

Marriage to Matilda

Patrick married Matilda Unknown, in or before 1372, when they were named as spouses in a charter of impignoration by Angus Hawinroyss (Hawcinross) of parts of the lands of Boclair in favor of Sir Patrick of Graham and Matilda, wife of said Patrick, dated at the Manor House of Mudgock, 24 August 1372 ^[10] and they had issue:

• William Graham 1st of Kincardine ^[11]

• Matilda Graham who married Sir John Drummond of Congraig ^[12]

Marriage to Egidia Stewart

He married secondly Egidia Stewart daughter of John Stewart of Ralstoun, ^[13] and they had issue:

• Patrick Graham He married Euphemia, Countess Palatine of Strathearn and became Earl of Strathearn ^[14]
• Robert Graham executed for taking part in the murder of James I at Perth on 20 February 1437 ^[15]
• David Graham had a charter from Robert, Duke of Albany of the lands of Mukclere (Mucklaree) in the Barony of Cluny ^[15]
• Alexander Graham who with his brother Robert witnessed a charter from Robert, Duke of Albany to Sir William Graham ^[16]

Death

The exact date of Patrick Graham's death is unknown. He witnessed a charter by David Fleming, Lord of Biggar and Lenzie, to Sir John of Dalzell on 6 May 1400 and is thought to have died later that same year ^[11]

Research Notes

Patrick's mother:

It is conjectured that Patrick Graham's mother could have been Helen Strathearn who was purported to be married to his father. She is usually named in records as Helen, (widow of Sir Reginald le Cheyne) with no surname, married David Graham by dispensation . ^[17][18]

Other records posit that the wife of Reginald le Cheyne and secondly the wife of David Graham was Elen or Helen Abernethy, daughter of Laurence Abernethy Lord of Hawthorne. There are no records that either prove or disprove this claim, but this discussion also suggests that Patrick may have not been the son of Helen, but an earlier wife of David Graham , and his birth date, in that case, could have been about 1548. I^[19]

Patrick's Date of Birth:

Patrick may have been born around 1350 if he married, as supposed around 1372. But if his parents married in 1853, ^[17] his date of birth could have been later than 1350. Conjecture around the identity of his mother could mean his date of birth was before 1350.

Patrick's first wife:

It is suggested in Louisa Graeme's book Or and Sable, that Patrick's first wife Matilda may possibly have been the sister of Simon of Moravia , with no sources provided. ^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Paul, Sir James Balfour The Scots Peerage Edinburgh  : David Douglas, (1904-1914) Vol 6 page 213
2. ↑ Foedera,Rec.ed.,iii.372, as cited in Paul, Sir James Balfour The Scots Peerage Edinburgh : David Douglas (1909) Vol 6 page 213
3. ↑ Robertson, William "'Robertsons Index'" an index drawn up about the year 1629 of many of the records of Charters granted by the different sovereigns of Scotland 1309-1413 Murray & Cochrane : Edinburgh (1798) page 116
4. ↑ Irving, Joseph The Book of Dumbarton, : Edinburgh, Johnston W and AK (1879) The National Library of Scotland, Vol 2 page 147
5. ↑ Acta Parl.Scot.i:549, as cited in Paul, Sir James Balfour The Scots Peerage Edinburgh : David Douglas (1909) vol 6 Page 213
6. ↑ Stuart, John, Burnett, G, The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland : Edinburgh (1878) Great Britain Public Record Office, Vol 2, page 585 Vol 2 page 585
7. ↑ Bain, Joseph, Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland : Great Britain, General Register Office, Scotland, Volume 4, page 56 Vol 4 page 56
8. ↑ The Great Seal of Scotland AD 1306-1668 page 267
9. ↑ Stuart, John, Burnett, G, The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland : Edinburgh (1878) Great Britain, Public Record Office of Scotland, Volume 3, page 161 Vol 3 page 161
10. ↑ Fraser, William The Lennox Book Memoirs : Edinburgh: Constable (1898) National Library of Scotland, Vol 1, page 162 vol 1 page 162
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Paul ,Sir James Balfour The Scots Peerage Edinburgh : David Douglas (1909) vol 6 page 214
12. ↑ Drummond, The Honourable William, Geneaology of the Most Noble House of Drummond: Edinburgh: Constable (1889) National Library of Scotland page 41
13. ↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour The Scots Peerage Edinburgh : David Douglas (1904) Vol 1, page 15
14. ↑ Stuart,John, Burnett, G The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland : Edinburgh (1878) Great Britain Public Record Office, Vol IV page 195 Vol IV page 195
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} Paul, Sir, James Balfour The Scots Peerage Edinburgh: David Douglas (1909) vol 6 page 215
16. ↑ The Great Seal of Scotland AD 1306-1668 Vol 2, page 36 Vol 2 page 36
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland Volume 3 ,1342-1362 : London (1897) pages 500 -516 vol 3 page 500-516, 7Id.Oct. Avignon (f.448).
18. ↑ Theiner, Augustin. Vetera Monumenta Hibernorum et Scotorum Historiam Illustrantia... Rome: the Vatican (1864), p. 305.
19. ↑ Elen de Abernethy, Wife of (1) Reginald le Cheyne and (2) David de Graham https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/PEL7rqsrDyo/m/Ih1f4TWfDgAJ
20. ↑ Graeme, Louisa Grace, Or and Sable: A book of the Graemes and Grahams : Edinburgh, W Brown (1903), page xxix

See Also:

Wikipedia:Second War of Scottish Independence