John (Stirling) Stirling of Edzell and Glenesk (abt. 1300 - abt. 1360)

Born about 1300 in Edzell, Forfarshire, Scotland

Husband of Unknown Stirling — married 1324 in Glenesk,,Angus,Scotland

Descendants

Died about 1360 at about age 60 in Edzell, Forfarshire, Scotland

Biography

John (Stirling) Stirling of Edzell and Glenesk is a member of Clan Stirling.

Sir John Stirling of Edzell and Glenesk (lands in Kincardineshire; the lands were combined in c. 13th C), had issue:

1. Katherine. m. Sir Alexander Lindsay, second surviving son to David Lidsay, Lord of Crawford,^[1] about 1357^[2]
2. Marjory, m. John Menteith^[3]

This would appear to confirm that the John Stirling of this profile was the last of the line of Stirling of Moray.

Research Notes

Jervise says there was another daughter who married Robert de Atholia, grandson of Angus, lord of the Isles.^[2]

In Jervise's work, The history and traditions of the land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns, he mentions that "The most ancient proprietors hitherto spoken of in connection with Glenesk were the family of Stirling".^[4] The same source suggests Nisbet is incorrect in his work where he states "Johannes de Stryvelin, miles, who swore fealty to Edward in 1296, was then lord of Glenesk". He was not; the John of Stirling that swore fealty in 1296 was Sir John, Lord of Stirling, Carse and Alva. Jervise makes mention of "A family of the name of Stirling were proprietors of Lauriston in the Mearns, in 1243, as at that date Alexander de Strivelin gave to the Prior and Canons of St. Andrews the Chapel of Laurenston". That line is from the Stirlings of Moray and those lands were held by Sir Alexander Stirling of Moray. It is likely, although not certain, that the person of this profile came form the latter line.

• The Peerage: Sir John Stirling of Edzell

Sources

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. 13
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Jervise, Andrew,"The History and Traditions of the Land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns, with Notices of Alyth and Meigle", Edinburgh: Sutherland & Knox, 1853, Archive.org, p. 31
3. ↑ Fraser, William, "The Red Book of Menteith", Edinburgh: 1880, Vol. I, Archive.org, Red Book of Menteith v.1 pp.460-463
4. ↑ Jervise, Andrew,"The History and Traditions of the Land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns, with Notices of Alyth and Meigle", Edinburgh: Sutherland & Knox, 1853, Archive.org, p. 29

See also:

• Scotland Gazetteer, "Inverness-shire", Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1848, Vol. II, pp 36-44

• Scotland Gazetteer, "Stirling", Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1848, Vol. II, pp 692-706