STEWART, Mary 1 2
- Born: About 1310
- Marriage (1): WARDLAW, Henry of Wilton, Sir 1
User ID: C654.
Research Notes:
PARENT
Scots Peerage, volume 1, does not name Mary Stewart as a daughter of Sir James Stewart of Durisdeer, stating he died without issue. It may be that he died without male issue, or that Mary was born outside of marriage. Another possibility may be that the description of her as 'niece of Sir Walter Stewart' may be a euphemism, and that she was a natural daughter of Walter himself.
Mary married Sir Henry WARDLAW of Wilton.1 (Sir Henry WARDLAW of Wilton was born about 1305.)
Marriage Notes:
"The Wardlaw lands were in Galloway until they lost them by siding with Baliol. When King Robert the Bruce came into power the Wardlaws went to his side and he bestowed on them half of the Barony of Wilton, and they were of Wilton for over 120 years. The first Laird of Wilton, Henry Wardlaw of Wilton, married Mary Stewart, the niece of Sir Walter the High Stewart of Scotland. He had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters: Henry Wardlaw 2nd Laird of Wilton; Cardinal Walter Wardlaw; William Wardlaw; Gilbert Wardlaw Lord of Riccarton, was given lands of Spitalton and Sainct Giles Grange from Cardinal Walter Wardlaw that had been granted to him from King David. Gilbert's branch continued down the lands of Riccarton and Warriston, Kilbaberton and the Grange."
from Electric Scotland website, Clan Wardlaw
Note: This Henry Wardlaw is frequently represented as 'of Torry' in Fife. This designation seems to belong to one of his descendants later, who married Christian de Valoniis, heiress of Torry or Torrie, an older spelling, in Fife, and it has beeen retrospectively applied to his ancestor. 1
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