STEWART, John 1st Earl of Angus, Sir ¹

   Another name for John was STEWART, John of Boncle, Sir.¹

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  General Notes:

"The first of the family of Stewart to hold this title (of 1st Earl of Angus) was Sir John Stewart of Boncle, son of Sir Alexander Stewart of Boncle, and great - grandson of Alexander, High Steward of Scotland in the time of King Alexander III. He was created Earl of Angus by King Robert the Bruce. The date of the creation is not known, but in the papal dispensation noted below, of 24 October 1328, he is styled John Stewart, Lord of Bonkyl, while he is designed Earl of Angus and Lord of Boncle in a charter granted by him to Gilbert Lumsden of the lands of Blanerne on 15 June 1329."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ¹

John married Margaret ABERNETHY co-heiress, daughter of Sir Alexander ABERNETHY and Margaret de Menteith, 24 October 1328(papal dispensation).¹ (Margaret ABERNETHY co-heiress was born about 1296 and died after 1370 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"John Stewart, Earl of Angus, married, in terms of a papal dispensation of date 24 October 1328, Margaret, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir Alexander Abernethy, by which marriage the lordship of Abernethy in Perthshire and other lands passed into possession of the Earls of Angus. By her the Earl had one son, Thomas, who succeeded. Margaret Abernethy, Countess of Angus, lived until about 1370, surviving her son as well as her husband."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)"




Margaret. On 11 July 1311 King Edward requested the Pope to grant a dispensation for her marriage with Roger de Moubray, they being within the forbidden degrees of consanguinity. It is not certain that this marriage ever took place. On 30 January 1324-25 she had leave to visit Scotland to treat with her friends there as to the recovery of her hereditary lands ; and on 24 October 1328 a papal dispensation was granted for her marriage to John Stewart, Earl of Angus. This marriage took place, and the Countess lived till about 1370, surviving both her husband and her son."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7) ^{1 2}