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STEWART, John 'de Menteith'
(About 1255-)
MENTEITH, Walter of Rusky, Sir
(About 1290-)
MENTEITH, John of Kerse, Sheriff of Clackmannan, Sir
(About 1325-Before 1382)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. STIRLING, Mariota heiress of Kerse

MENTEITH, John of Kerse, Sheriff of Clackmannan, Sir 1

  • Born: About 1325
  • Marriage (1): STIRLING, Mariota heiress of Kerse 1
  • Died: Before October 1382 1

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John married Mariota STIRLING heiress of Kerse, daughter of Sir John STIRLING of Kerse and Alva and Unknown.1 (Mariota STIRLING heiress of Kerse was born about 1335.)


  Marriage Notes:

"John Menteith, 1st of Kerse and Alva, was a younger son of Sir Walter Menteith of Rusky and was appointed Sheriff of the Sheriffdom of Clackmannan in 1352. He m. Mariota, daughter and heiress of Sir John Stirling of Kerse, by right of whom he succeeded to the lands of Kerse and Alva and for which they had a charter on 25th January 1357"

from The Red Book of Scotland 1

Sources


1 Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, Vol. 6 Menteith of Kerse and Alva.

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