300 M ENTEITH. charter thereof, 6 Sep. I427,(') with rem. to heirs male of his body. Under Hint designation he went to Kngliind as a hostage, 9 Dec. 1427, whence he wart not released till 17 June 1468. He nt.{*>) Marion. He d. between Dec. 1485 and May 1491. His widow i». John Diu .M.MoND. XIV. H001 2. Alexander (Graham). Karl ok Mkxteitii [S.], grandson anil h, heing s. and h. of Patrick Graham, by Isobcl, da. of Thomas (Erskink), Lord Erskink. which Patrick, who was 3' 1 but (after 19 Oct. 1475) 1 st surv, s, & h. «p. of Karl Malise, d. v.p.(V) He was served heir to hk grandfather, G July 1483, and was present in Pari. 10 July 1525. He m. Margaret, da. of Walter BUCHANAN, of Buchanan. He d. between 1631 and 1540. XV. 1535 1 J. Willum (Graham), Earl of Mexteith [S.l, 8. and h-.C) was present in Pari., 10 Dec. 1540, and probably 14 March 1:141, and -1 and 15 Dec. 1543.(°) He m. Margaret, da. of Jolm Moi rraY. of llariihougal. " Little is known of this 3d Earl : he met a tragical death in 1513 "(s) traditionally in a clan light in 1513 or 1544 (before 7 April 1544) with the Tutor of Appin, whose men had carried oil' the dinner just cooked for him. XVI. 15 U? J,. John (Grahaji), Karl of Menteitii [S.], f.. and h.,( r ) who possibly was present in Pari., 14 March 1511, ami 4 and 15 Dec. 1S43,(°) and certainly from 26 June 1545, to Aug. 1500. ( h ) II.' wa- taken prisoner at the rout of the Sol way in Nov. 1541! but ransomed in July 154.'!. He »i. Marion, 1st da. of George (Skton), 4th Loud SbTON [8.], by his first wile, Elizabeth, da. of John (Hay). Loud Hay of Vestkr [S.] He (/. 1664. His widow in. soon afterwards (as his third wife) John (Gordon), Earl OK Sithkrland [S.], and d. (as did her then husband) from poison in July 1507. XVII. 15G4. & William (Graham), Karl of Mkxteitii [S.], only s. and h., was present in Pari, from July 1507 to March 15"4.(') He m. about May 1571, when he was under age, Margaret, Dow. IJaronkss Grrhton ( a ) The earliest proof of the creation of the Earldom that was produced at "the decreet of ranking" (1000) was a charter, 8 Feb. 1400. " Comiti dc Monteith" erecting the town and port of that name into a free town. ( b ) His marriage with " Lady Anne Vere, da. of Henry, Karl of Oxford " (as given in Wood's "Douglas") or with "Jane Kochford " (as elsewhere stated; rents on no proof whatever ; neither indeed was there any Earl of Oxford named " Henry" at that date. (") Earl Malise had 5 sons, viz, (1) Alexander, a hostage in England, June 1413, who d. v.p. and s.p. before 7 April 140'.', when (2) John is called the 1st s. and received the lands of Kilbryde. He d. v.p. and s.p.ui. (3) Patiick, mentioned in the text ; (4) John, the younger, living 1485-94, of whom (says Eraser) "nothing is known," and (5) Walter, living 1 185-94, said to be ancestor of the Grahams of Boqahaple, Sir William Fraser (" Red Boole af Mcnteith " 1. 299) evidently discredits the alleged descent of the family of Graham of Netherby, Preston, Sc., from one of these sons. (•l) From his yr. br., Walter, the Grahams of Gartur (extinct in the male line in 1818) claim descent. ( e ) "The Earl of Monteith " was present in Pari, on those dates (1541 and 1543). but no christian name being given, it is not clear whether Earl William is meant, or Earl John his s. and h. (•) From his yr. br., Gilbert, the Grahams of Gartmore claim descent. These in 1044 sold that estate to William Graham of Polder, afterwards Sir AVUliam Graham of Gartmore. (B) Fraser's " Red Book of Mcnteith,'" I. p. 310. See also Scott's " Tales of a Grandfather." ( h ) John, Earl of Monteith, was present in Pari, in Aug. 15G0 ; but it is stated in Wood's " Dmujlas " that he was killed Oct. 1547. This, more probably, refers to his father, Karl William, tho', if so, it should, apparently, be Oct. 154J. (i) In Nicolas's " Earldoms of S'tratlurn," &c, it is said that he was in Pari, on " 23 March 1578 " (when a resolution concerning him was passed) but " wus certainly dead in Oct. 1587."
