John Stewart of Ardmaleish, Captain of Rothesay Castle

JOHN STEWART OF ARDMALEISH

Sheriff of Bute; Captain of Rothesay Castle; Chamberlain of the Earldom of Arran; One of the Gentlemen of the Bed-chamber of James VI, King of Scots

The Scots Peerage II: 294

Death

John Stewart of Armaleish, here treated, is reported to have died between 31 March 1618 and 30 March 1619. The Scots Peerage II: 294

Marriage

The Scots Peerage II: 294

Children

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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8 March 1615: Charter by which John Stewarte of Ardmolies, sheriff of Bute, confirms that he has given various lands in liferent to his wife Elizabeth Hepburn (marriage contract dated 9 March 1613). The lands in question included the five pound land of Ardmoleis, the five merk land of Mekill Barron, the forty shilling land of Mid Ascok, the forty shilling land of Grenan, the five and one half merkland of Corrigillis, with the Castle of Rothesay, the forty shilling land of Dunalun, and the thirty-three shilling four penny land of Cogach, all located within the sheriffdom of Bute. Elizabeth Hepburn is identified as the eldest lawful daughter of the deceased Robert Hepburn of Furde. His charter was confirmed under the Great Seal of Scotland on 26 April 1615. RMS 1609-20: charter number 1242

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23 August 1615:

RMS 1609-20: charter number 1317

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10 August 1616:

RMS 1609-20: charter number 1533

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31 March 1618:

RMS 1609-20: charter number 1813

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30 March 1619:

RMS 1609-20: charter number 2016

Printed Evidence

Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland. A. D. 1609-1620. Edited by John Maitland Thomson, MA., Advocate. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1892), 1152 pp. including indices and errata

Genealogy

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. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms. Volume II. (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1905), p. 293

Biographical Summary by Darryl Lundy's Peerage

Sir John Stuart of Ardmaleish was the son of John Stewart of Ardmaleish and Mary Campbell. He died on 31 March 1619. He married Elizabeth Hepburn, daughter of Robert Hepburn of Fuird. Child of Sir John Stuart of Ardmaleish and Elizabeth Hepburn: Sir James Stuart of Ardmaleish, 1st Bt. d. 1662. He held the office of Sheriff of Bute. He acquired Fuird and several other lands in Haddington through his wife. He was also known as Sir John Stewart. Darryl Lundy's Peerage