WISHART, Alicia ¹

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Alicia married Sir George DE ABERNETHY 4th of Saltoun, son of Sir William DE ABERNETHY 3rd of Saltoun and Unknown.¹ (Sir George DE ABERNETHY 4th of Saltoun was born about 1320.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (George De Abernethy) accompanied King David in his invasion of England in 1346, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Neville's Cross. He was committed to the Tower of London. How long his imprisonment lasted is not known, but he must have been released previous to 1368, about which time he granted a charter to John de Kench ; the charter is not dated, but it can be proved by internal evidence to have been executed before January 1367-68. At his capture his lands, such at least as were accessible, were forfeited, and in 1357 it is stated that 'the barony of Prendrelath (Plenderleith) fell into the King's hands by forfeiture of George de Abernethy and his wife Alice, late the King's enemies, and has been for eleven years, and still is. ... The barony is so utterly destroyed by the Scots that no profits can be levied at present for the King. It is held by the services of a knight's fee.' A memorandum attached states the barony used to be worth £49, 19s. 4d. From this entry about Plenderleith it may be presumed that the surname of George Abernethy's wife Alicia was Wishart, and that she was the heiress of the lands mentioned, probably the daughter of that William Wishart who received them from King Robert I."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7) ¹