DE LUMSDEN, Thomas of Conland and Medlar ¹

   Another name for Thomas was DE LUMMESDENE, Thomas.¹

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  General Notes:

"The founder of these families was Thomas de Lumsden, who, by a charter from Duncan, Earl of Fife - the exact date of which is uncertain, for the charter is missing - obtained the lands of Drum and Conland in Fife, and of Easter and Wester Medlar in Aberdeenshire. That he was a member of one of the Berwickshire families there can of course be no doubt; and it seems not unlikely, from the fact that the name of Robert appears so frequently among his descendants, that he was a son of that Robert who forfeited his lands in 1329."

"... the most interesting fact concerning him(Thomas de Lumsden) is perhaps his mission to England, in 1349, to negotiate (as I surmise) the ransom of the Earl of Fife, who had been taken prisoner, along with David II., at the battle of Durham or Neville's Cross, 17th October, 1346. A safe conduct was granted by Edward III., dated Woodstock, 29th May, 1349, to Thomas de Lummesdene vallettus comitis de Fif cum uno socio et tribus equis. The Earl was allowed to return to Scotland in 1350, and he died in 1353, which fixes the grant of lands as at any rate previous to the latter year."

from Families of Lumsden ¹

Thomas married.