STEWART, Marion ¹

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Marion married Sir John STEWART of Garlies and Dalswinton, jure uxoris, son of Sir William STEWART of Jedworth and Teviotdale, ancestor of the Earls of Galloway and Unknown.¹ (Sir John STEWART of Garlies and Dalswinton, jure uxoris was born about 1386 and died before 28 October 1420 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

Marion next married Sir John FORRESTER of Corstorphine, son of Sir Adam FORRESTER of Corstorphine, Keeper of the Great Seal and Margaret, by 1422.¹ (Sir John FORRESTER of Corstorphine was born about 1375, died about 1448 ¹ 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)

"She (Marion Stewart) was subsequently married, about 1422, to Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine." (page 150)

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)

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