BARCLAY, Patrick 17th of Gartly ^{1 2}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Resigned: lands, 1516, of Gartley. ¹

Patrick married Elizabeth ARBUTHNOTT, daughter of David ARBUTHNOTT 11th of that Ilk and Elizabeth DURHAM.^{1 2} (Elizabeth ARBUTHNOTT was born about 1453 and died after 8 January 1506 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"Elizabeth (Arbuthnot), married to Patrick Barclay of Garntully prior to 4 September 1464.She was alive 8 January 1506."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)




"He (Patrick Barclay) was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of David Arbuthnot of that Ilk. She bore him three sons and two daughters - Elizabeth, who married her kinsman, Patrick Barclay of Towie (Towie XIV), and --------, who married James Johnston of that Ilk and Caskiben. The name of Patrick Barclay's eldest son is unknown. He married Christian Stewart, and died in the lifetime of his father, possibly at the battle of Flodden Field. He left a son, Walter (Gartley XVIII), and a daughter, Christina. Patrick's second son was Alexander."

from Family of Barclay

Note:
If Christian Stewart did marry Edward Bruce in 1492, as is stated in Rosyth, then clearly Patrick Barclay's heir died much earlier than Flodden. ^{1 2 4}

Patrick next married Agnes (2) GORDON, daughter of Sir George GORDON 2nd Earl of Huntly, High Chancellor of Scotland and One or more Unknown PARTNER.^{1 3} (Agnes (2) GORDON was born about 1462.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Previous to the year 1517 Patrick Barclay married, as his second wife, Agnes Gordon, but to which branch of that family she belonged cannot be ascertained." (page 117)

"Patrick Barclay as an old man resigned his vast possessions into the King's hands in favour of his grandson, Walter. The confirmation of his resignation is dated at Edinburgh, February 27th, 1516-17, and by it King James V, for good service, incorporated his estates into one free Barony. The designation of the head of the Barclays of Gartley thus became 'Barclay of Barclay' or 'de eodem' (of that ilk). The long and imposing list of the properties enumerated in detail in the deed commences with 'The lands of Grantuly and the tower, fortalices, pendicles and pertinets.' The free tenement is reserved to the said Patrick and a reasonable terce to Agnes Gordon, his spouse." (page 118)

from Family of Barclay



"Walter Barclay got a grant from James V., February? 27, 1517, of the lands of
Grantuly and many others, all now incorporated into one free barony of Barclay.
Margaret Ogilvy, his spouse, was apparently the daughter of Alexander Ogilvy of
Ogilvy, who was the son of James Ogilvy of Ogilvy by, as it is said, Agnes Gordon, a natural daughter of the second Earl of Huntly. Agnes was a widow by May, 22, 1517." (page 171)

from House of Gordon

Note: The last sentence in the quotation above may possibly suggest, as is published on this site, that the 'unknown' Agnes Gordon who married Patrick Barclay was in fact the widow of James Ogilvy.

James Ogilvy died in February 1505-6, but Patrick Barclay did not die until around 1516-1517, at an unknown date, but shortly after he had resigned his lands to his grandson. To say that Agnes was a widow by 22 May 1517 surely does not apply to her marriage to James Ogilvy, but rather may apply to a late marriage with Patrick Barclay. ^{1 3}