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STRACHAN, John of Thornton, Sir 1
- Born: possibly about 1330
- Marriage (1): Unknown
- Died: 1390
Another name for John was DE STRATHECHYN, John.2
User ID: C933.
General Notes:
The SECOND ACT OF SETTLEMENT OF THE CROWN OF SCOTLAND 4TH APRIL 1373 lists as witnesses the great and the good of Scotland at that time and includes among the witness names "Johannes de Strathachin milites" (Appendix page 15)
from Index Drawn Up About 1629
"According to Playfair, Donald Strachan was elder son of Sir James.. Strachan and Agneta de Thornton ; he inherited the lands of Thornton, in which he was succeeded by his younger brother John, who was knighted by Eobert II."
from Memorials of the Families of Strachan and Wise (1877)
"The Second Son of Sir James Strachan the first of the House of Thornton was Sir John Strachan to whom his father gave the Estate and Lands of Thornton and obtained the Honour of Knighthood from King Robert the 2d. For he Johannes de Strachethyn Miles is witnes to a Charter by Willielmus de Keith Mariscallus Scotiæ et Margarita Fraser Sponsa Sua Roberto De Keith eorum filio de Omnibus et Singulis terris Nostris de Strathethyne Cum omnibus Forrestis ejusdem Sc: Forresta de Calpenach et Corlothery\emdash Datum apud Kincairden 10 Decembris Anno 1375 Which Charter is Ratified and Confirmed by King Robert 2d the 27 of December 1376."
from MacFarlane's Genealogical Collecttions 1 2 3
Noted events in his life were:
1. Knighted: by King Robert II, 1375, Scotland. 1
2. Laird: of Thornton, 1371-1390.
John married.
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