LUMSDEN, Robert 3rd of Medlar 1
- Born: About 1429
- Marriage (1): MORTIMER, Janet 1
- Died: by 1479(1480) 1
User ID: Z594.
General Notes:
"Robert Lumsden, the third son of Thomas of Conland and Medlar, bought from George, first Earl of Rothes, the lands of Balnakelly, in the barony of Cushnie in Aberdeenshire, holding them of the Earl and his descendants for the payment of one penny yearly at the feast of Pentecost ...."
"Whether Robert succeeded to Medlar on his father's death, or got it in a gift from his nephew Thomas, I cannot say; but there is in the Cushnie chest a precept of sasine by Thomas Lumsden de Condelan ac dominus de Medlar of these lands in favour of his uncle (patruo meo) Robert Lumsden. It is dated 4th December, 1476. To the parchment still hangs a fragment of the seal of Thomas bearing a chevron, but nothing else distinguishable. Medlar was held of Conland for a feuduty of four pounds yearly. Thomas and his daughter Margaret both appear in the Cushnie papers as superiors, and at a later period there was some litigation with David Lundie of Conland about the superiority.
In addition to Balnakelly and Medlar, Robert acquired the lands of Fowlis Mowat, also in the barony of Cushnie, but there is no record of the transaction except the confirmatory charter, which is dated 24th July, 1511."
from Families of Lumsden 1
Robert married Janet MORTIMER, daughter of Edmund MORTIMER of Craigievar and Unknown.1 (Janet MORTIMER was born about 1440.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (Robert Lumsden of Medlar) married the widow of George Gordon of Hallhead (a daughter of Mortimer of Craigievar), and died in 1479-80, when he was succeeded by his eldest son."
from Families of Lumsden 1
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