ALLARDICE, Janet ^{2 3}

   Another name for Janet was ALLARDES, Janet.¹

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Janet married Alexander IRVINE 7th of Drum, son of Sir Alexander IRVINE 6th of Drum, Sheriff of Aberdeen and Janet KEITH, by 10 September 1499.^{1 2} (Alexander IRVINE 7th of Drum was born about 1476 and died by 1554 ^{1 2}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"On the 10th September, 1499, Alexander Irvine of Drum granted a charter to his son, Alexander Irvine, and his wife, Janet Allardes, of the lands of Forglen, in the county of Banff."

"it would appear that when he married Janet Allardes she was an only child, and believed to be certain of the succession to the estate of Allardes, although only presumptive heiress. Her stepmother, a daughter of Lundy of that ilk, by her conduct with this Alexander Irvine of Drum, the husband of her step-daughter, afterwards gave rise to scandal ..."

from Irvines of Drum




" Janet, born circa 1460-70, living as late as 1536. Janet married (contract dated June 12, 1493) Alexander Irvine, 7th of Drum.[29] A 1499 charter of Alexander Irvine of Drum mentions Alexander, his son, and his spouse Janet Allardice. In 1536 'Joneta' Allardice, wife of Alexander Irvine of Drum, witnessed a grant to William Ruthven.[30] Alexander, who died circa 1553-1554, and Janet were ancestors of the Irvines of Drum."

from Barons of Allardice ^{1 2}