STEWART, John of Frendraught, Sir ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for John was STEWART, John of Daldar, Sir.⁴

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  General Notes:

"In Robertson's Index, one of the earliest charters by Robert I. is noticed thus -

'Johannis Senescall of the lands of Frendraucht;' and from its place in that Index, it was granted about the year 1309, immediately after the defeat and dispersion of the King's powerful adversaries, the great Comyn race, which leads to the inference that the old Barons of Erendi'aught had sided with them in the struggle, and had incurred forfeiture in consequence. This brings the name of Stewart into connection with the estate, and it remains to be seen who this John Senescall, or Stewart, in all probability was."

"Sir John Stewart of Bonkill, the second son of Alexander, the High Steward of Scotland, is said to have been born in 1246, and was killed at the battle of Falkirk in 1298. He left a numerous issue, and his fifth son, whose birth may be reasonably placed a little before or after 1280, was named John."

"Symson, in his Genealogy of the Stewarts, says that of this John's issue he has 'discovered nothing from charters.' It is, however, evident that he would have been of sufficient age to receive the grant of the lands of Frendraught from Robert I. about 1309, and to have been the father of the Margaret married to James Fraser in 1322 ; and the fess cheque in the arms of the son of that marriage seems to confirm this view of the case, and to show that his mother was Margaret Stewart. Sir John Stewart, son of Sir John of Bonkill, is said to have been killed at Halidon, where his son-in-law, the elder Sir James Fraser, also fell."

from Frasers of Philorth (vol 2) ²

John married.