STEWART, John of Garlies and Dalswinton, jure uxoris, Sir 1
- Born: About 1386
- Marriage (1): STEWART, Marion 1
- Died: Before 28 October 1420 1
Another name for John was STEWART, John of Jedworth, Sir.1
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John married Marion STEWART, daughter of Sir Walter STEWART of Dalswinton and Unknown.1 (Marion STEWART was born about 1390 and was buried in Corstorphine Kirk, Midlothian, Scotland 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (John Forrester) married .... thirdly, in or previous to 1422, Marion, only daughter and heir of Sir Walter Stewart of Dalswinton ; she was the widow of Sir John Stewart of Jedworth, who had died ante 23 October 1420, when his relict resigned the lands of Carnsalloch in favour of Sir Herbert Maxwell. In 1422 Sir John received in her right her terce, payable from the customs of Linlithgow." (page 84)
"Sir John Stewart, the elder son, first appears in a marriage-contract entered into between his father and Sir Walter Stewart of Dalswinton 4 on 17 October 1396, for the marriage of the said John to Marion Stewart, daughter and sole heir of Sir Walter. They were then both plainly minors, as they were not parties to the contract....
He was one of the pioneers from Scotland who, denied an outlet of the kind at home, carried their arms into France to assist the old ally of Scotland against the mutual 'auld enemye of Englande.' He must haveperished early in the campaign, as Marion Stewart resigned her lands of Carnsalloch 'in sua viduitate' in favour of Sir Herbert Maxwell 28 October 1420" (pages 149 and 150)
from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1
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