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244 THK LAIHDS OF DOWlllLl..
Sir William Liiidsay of Ho.ssic was probably alive
in 1435, but was dead in 14;J8.' l^y hid wilu, l^ndy
Matilda Stewart, who survived him, and died in 1485,
he had
(1) William.!
(2) Mr James, Dean of Glasgow.
(3) ? Elizabeth, sp. of Sb' James de Valoniis.\\
Inquiry brings to light nothing that definitely con-
nects Sir William Lindsay of Rossie with the Lindsays
of Dowhill ; neither, however, does it discover anything
opposed to the view that he was progenitor of that
* Exchequer Rolls, Vol. IV., p. 615 ; Vol, V ,
t Ibid., Vol. IX., p. 328.
p. 15.
X Alexander, 2nd E;ul of Crawford, granted tlie lands of Kynnctf to
Ogilvy, and ou 3rd September 1 138 issued a statement that he had heard
that William Lindsay, son of Sir William Lindsay of Rossy, claims
Kynneff, that he had never granted Kynnutfafter tlie ileath of his brother
David to anyone but Sir Walter Lindsay and tlie heirs male of his body,
lawfully gotten of his body.
Document in Crawford Charter Chest, Haigh Hall. Favour of W. A.
Lindsay, Esq , K C , Norroy King of Arms.
§ In 1486 he founded in the Cathedral of Glasgow the chaplainry of
St Stephen and St Lawrence for the .souls of his deceased father, William
Lindsay, and of Iiis mother, Lady Matilda Stewait (Reg. Epis. Glas.,
Vol. II., p 450). He died 17th May 1487. (Ibid, p. 615.) It is assumed
that he was not the first born, because of the uidikelihood of an eldest
son being given to the priesthood witli its oljligation of celil)acy.
Charter of William Lindsay, knight, lord of Rossy, granting to his
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kinsman David Stewart, lord of Durisdecr, the lands of Luchheild, lying
in the sheriti'dom of Fife : To be hold of the granter and his lieira of
Murdoch Duke of Albany, Earl of Fife and Menteith, and his successors,
in ward and relief, for services due and wont. Dated at Cupar in Fife,
11th May 1423. (MSS. of the Eiai »/ Home, p. 158, Hist. I^ISS. Com.)
Charter by Elizabeth de Valans, Lady of Inchgall, in favour of John of
Lumsden, of the third part of the lands of Lochhead, in the western part
15th August 1432. "These lands
of the barony of Lochore : Dated
appear to have been hers in heritiige." 2Vte ll'''ardlaivs in ^Scolland, p.
33. It is su-mised that these charters relate to the same lands.
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