INNES, James of Elrick ¹

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  General Notes:

"Though Alexander Laird of Innes had no male children by his wyffe that out lived himself, yet he had severall bastard sons, as appears by the precept of seasine, given by Fryer John Spence, Pryor of the Preaching Fryers at Elgin, for infefting of James Innes, second naturall son to Alexander Innes of that ilk, in the lands of Monbeens and others ; and fayling of airs male of the said James, to return to his father Alexander his nearest airs whatsoever. This is subscrived by ten of the fraternity in anno 1546, and is marked 26, D : whereby it appears that he had more bastards than one, this being the second.

This James had also the lands of Elrick disponed to him by his father, and was called all his life James of Elrick, as may be seen by the charter given by him to his sister, Margaret Innes, upon the saids lands of Monbeens,
and is marked 26, E. Item, another of the same, with the seasine following thereupon, marked 26, F, and subscryved by him and the whole fraternity of preaching fryers. In the charter marked F, William Innes of
Frosterseat, who was youngest son to the first Laird Alexander, and afterwards succeeded to the estate, is a witness."

from Familie of Innes ¹