STEWART, John of Minto, Provost of Glasgow, Sir 1
- Born: About 1527
- Marriage (1): HEPBURN, Johanna by 16 February 1543(1544) 1
- Marriage (2): STEWART, Margaret of Cardonald 1 2
- Died: February 1582(1583) 1
- Buried: 1582(1583), Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland 1
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General Notes:
"He was Provost of Glasgow, and bailie of the barony, which latter office he had got from the Earl of Lennox when he became Regent. He was Keeper of the
Castle of Glasgow from May 1568 till 9 November 1573, when James Boyd, the Archbishop, got possession of it. Robert, Lord Boyd, also usurped, in the same year, the office of bailie, till, in 1578 the King resumed it as Earl of Lennox, and the same nobleman was in 1574 nominated as Provost, but Sir John (who had been knighted previous to 10 March 1563-64) obtained possession of that office again
before his death. He was also in 1566 Chamberlain of Galloway above Cree. He died in February 1582-83, and was buried in the cathedral of Glasgow. There is an interesting monument there, noteworthy as one of the few examples of old brasses in Scotland."
from Scots Peerage 1
John married Johanna HEPBURN by 16 February 1543(1544).1 (Johanna HEPBURN was born about 1527.)
Marriage Notes:
"Sir John Stewart of Minto was served heir to his father 20 May 1555. When about seven years old he was contracted in marriage to Margaret, eldest daughter of
George Maxwell of Cowglen, a girl of the same age. This marriage never appears to have been entered into, as on 8 November 1543, after the death of Margaret Maxwell, which occurred between 8 November 1542 and 20 January 1542-43, he raised a summons of reduction of certain dues which had been granted in security of the marriage on the ground that such obligation to marry (the parties being
minors) was from the first contrary to canon law.' He must have married very shortly afterwards, as he had a charter on 16 February 1543-44 to himself and his wife, Joanna Hepburne, of the lands of Wester Perthwlk, in the county of Renfrew."
from Scots Peerage 1
John next married Margaret STEWART of Cardonald, daughter of James STEWART of Cardonald and Unknown.1 2 (Margaret STEWART of Cardonald was born about 1535.)
Marriage Notes:
"Sir John married, secondly, Margaret, second daughter of James Stewart of Cardonald"
from Scots Peerage (vol 2)
"He (John Stewart 1st earl of Lennox) had a natural son, Alan Stewart of Cardonald, who married Marion Stewart. His descendant Margaret, daughter of James Stewart of Cardonald, married Sir John Stewart of Minto, and was mother of Walter, Lord Blantyre."
from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1 2
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