STEWART, Elena 1
User ID: Q597 Elena married John DRUMMOND, son of Malcolm 'Beg' DRUMMOND Seneschal or Steward to Maldowen, Earl of Lennox and Unknown.1 (John DRUMMOND was born about 1241 and died after October 1304 1.) Marriage Notes: "John (Drummond), who appears as son of Malcolm Beg in a charter by Maldowen, Earl of Lennox, before August 1248. It was probably he who was taken prisoner at Dunbar in 1296, imprisoned at Wisbeach, and liberated to serve in France, Sir Edmund Hastings, who then held the earldom of Menteith, becoming surety for him. He was still alive in May and October 1304, when his wife's dower lands, first those in England, then those in Northumberland, were restored, doubtless as a reward for foreign service. He apparently did not long survive, and his widow erected a monument to him near the high altar of the priory church of Inchmahome. Her Christian name was Elena. Her family name has not been ascertained, but tradition asserts she was the daughter of Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith, and this is not improbable, as only 'founder's kin ' could have right to bury in such a spot. Through her also, or holding through her lands in the earldom, the three bars wavy of Menteith are blazoned on his shield. The monument bears his name 'Johannes de Dromod ffilius Molqualmi de Dromod,' the rest being imperfect. He left issue two daughters, Christian and Margaret, who received from Malcolm, fifth Earl of Lennox, a grant of the lands of Ardeureane and Ardenalochreth, by a charter which is usually said to be about 1290, but is more probably dated between 1304 and 1316" |