Sir James Stirling, 4th of Keir, 1st Lord of Cawder

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Sir James Stirling, 4th Lord of Keir, 1st Lord of Cawder1,2,3 M, #165088, b. circa 1514, d. 3 February 1588 Father Sir John Stirling, 3rd Lord of Keir, Sheriff of Perth3 d. 1539 Mother Margaret Forrester3 b. c 1492 Charts Pedigree of Rayburn Lamson Lewis

    Sir James Stirling, 4th Lord of Keir, 1st Lord of Cawder was born circa 1514 at of Keir, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.1,2 He married Jean Chisholm, daughter of William Chisholm, "Robber" Bishop of Dunblane and Jean Graham, in 1542; His 2nd wife. His 1st wife was Janet Stirling, daughter of Andrew Stirling and Marjory Cunningham.1,2 Sir James Stirling, 4th Lord of Keir, 1st Lord of Cawder died on 3 February 1588 at Cadder (Bishopbriggs), Dunbartonshire, Scotland.1 Family 	Jean Chisholm b. c 1525, d. 1603 Child	

Margaret Stirling+1 b. c 1562, d. 15 Apr 1629
Citations

   [S11597] Ancestry.com, Information submitted by FrSmith550.

   [S11585] The Scots Peerage, Vol. VI, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 226.

   [S58] ThePeerage.com.

Source: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p5498.htm#...

Edmund Chisholm was the first of the family of Crom* ]ix, a family which has frequently intermarried with that of Drummond.

He was the son of the laird of Chis- liolm's house in Teviotdale, descended from the Chis- holms of Tindall in England.

He married, l't, Margaret Sinclare, a widow, and daughter of the house of Dry- den, by whom he had two sons.

1. James Chisholm, a learned and wise man, chaplain to James III, afterwards, in i486, sent to Rome to Pope Innocent VIII, who promoted him to the bishoprick of Dunblane, where he died in 1533. Sir John Ramsay, laird of Balmain, and treasurer of Scotland, was his half brother by his mother. He was page to James III, and saved by the king when Cochran and his party were hanged over the bridge of Lauder, in 1481. Bishop James had two natural sons,

1. Malcolm, whose son Matthew was father to Sir John Chisholm, archdeacon of Dun blane in 1542.

2. Thomas Chisholm, who left two daughters, 1 . An- : ; na, Lady Newton and Ochtertyre ; and 2. Janet, married to John Drummond, 4th laird of Pilkellon- ny, who left three sons, John, James, and William, and three daughters. . He married, 2'Uy, Janet, daughter to James Drum- aqpnd of Coldoch, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. .

1 . Sir James Chisholra, who succeeded.

2. William Chisholm, bishop of Dunblane, who suc-. ceeded to the bishoprick on his brother's resigna tion of it, in his favour, into the hands of Pope Cle ment VII, and was consecrated before his decease at Stirling, April 14, 1527, by Gavin Dunbar, arch bishop of Glasgow, and chancellor of Scotland, George Crichtoq, bishop of Dunkeld, and Bishop1 James Chisholm. He had several natural children, according to the custom of the clergy in those days. "By Lady Jean Graham, daughter to William, earl of Montrose, he had Jean Chisholm, who married Sir James Stirling of Keir, and left six children, 1. Sir Archibald, who succeeded ; 2. James, killed at Dunblane by George Sinclare ; 3. Elspeth, Lady Marchiston : 4. Helen, Lady Duntreath ; 5. Bar bara, Lady Polmaise ; 6. Margaret, lady of Hous- tone. Bishop William wasted the Jiving, and re duced it to a mean benefice. He died in 1564.

3. Janet Chisholm, who married, 1st, John Napier of Merchiston, and had, 1. Archibald, laird of Mer- chiston ; 2. Janet, Lady Powfoulls. — 2tlly, Sir Al exander Seaton of Touch and Tillibodie, and had, 1, Walter^ who succeeded ; 2. Alexander ; 3. James, and several daughters.

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Sir James Stirling, 4th Lord of Keir

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Sir James Stirling, was the eldest son of Sir John Stirling and Margaret Forrester. He was served heir to his father and infeft in the barony of Keir on the 5th of November 1539, and in the lands of Innerallon on the 30th of August 1544.[1] His date of birth is not provided in source but is estimated at c. 1515.

Sir James died at Cawder on 3rd February 1588.[2] His will appoints his wife and son Archibald his executors.

Family

Of significance to the lines of Stirling and Clan Stirling. In 1522 Sir John Stirling of Keir purchased from the Archbishop of Glasgow, for 2500 merks, the marriage of Janet Striviling, daughter and heiress of the deceased Andrew Striviling of Cawder, with the ward of her lands of Cawder, and the mill thereof, lying in the regality of Glasgow. In 1529, Sir John had a Crown gift of the marriage. In 1534, Janet Striviling was infeft as heiress of her father and soon married James Stirling, eldest son of Sir John (the person of this profile). This marriage was a favourable one for the Keir family, as through it they acquired the valuable estate of Cawder. It was a purely mercenary act and the marriage was soon annulled but the lands remained part of the Keir estate. [3] Both were very young at the time of the obligation.

Soon after the marriage and on 8th July 1535, Janet brought an action in the civil court against her father-in-law and her husband to appeal against the dispossession of her ward lands. She obtained an injunction until 1541 when arrangement were made for a divorce. She had already become involved in another relationship and she officially resigned her lands to James Striveling, her husband, and his heirs. The grounds for divorce were based on fourth and fourth degrees of consanguinity although this does not appear to have been through the male line and it is likely a pretext.[4]

James Stirling was infeft in the lands of Cawder on a charter and precept by the Archbishop of Glasgow, on 14th January 1541, and the decree of divorce was pronounced on the 31st of that month.

Janet had entered a relationship with a Thomas Bishop, a tailor and one of the staff at Keir. After the divorce, James Stirling made financial arrangements to Bishop and assigned to Bishop the marriage of Janet Striviling, and became bound to dispone redeemably the lands of Ochiltree to them in joint fee, with some smaller provisions. Bishop would later go on to be a trader at Yarmouth, but his lands were forfeit for treason. On the forfeiture of Bishop, Sir James Stirling reacquired Ochiltree from the Crown donator.

In 1542, James Stirling of Keir entered into a contract of marriage with James Chisholm of Glassingall, and Jean Chisholme, 'cosigness' to William (Chisholm) Bishop of Dunblane, whereby it was agreed that James Chisholm should, on his own expenses, procure a dispensation for third degrees of consanguinity, and fourth of affinity, subsisting between James Striveling and Jean Cheisholme. In this action Jean Chisholm was called a cousin of the Bishop, but it appears more probable that she was his daughter.[5] The History of the Drummonds suggests that Jean was a daughter of Lady Jean Grahame, daughter to William Grahame, Earle of Montrose.

His children:

By Janet Stirling:

John Stirling, of Bankeir. He received from his father the estate of Bankeir, in the parish of Baldernock and shire of Stirling. John Striveling of Bankeir, son of Sir James, witnessed an obligation by James Striveling of Feddals to Sir James, on 18th October 1582.[6] He married Margaret Colquhoun and was alive in 1597 when, on 4th May 1597, John Stirling of Wester Bankeir, and Margaret Colquhoun, his wife, entered into an agreement with Sir Archibald Stirling of Keir, and Dame Grizel Ross, his wife. It has been presumed that John died without issue.
By Jean (sometimes Jane, at times Janet) Chisholm:

Jean Chisholm who married Sir James Stirling of Keir left six children:

Sir Archibald who succeeded
James killed at Dunblane by George Sinclare
Elspeth ( Elizabeth Stirling) Lady Marchiston - On 28th September 1563, William, Bishop of Dunblane, and Elizabeth, daughter of James Striviling of Keir, renounced in his favour the lands of Strowie-Striveling, called Strowiehill. She was married to John Napier of Merchistoun, the inventor of Logarithms, c. 1572.
Helen Lady Duntreath (Edmonton) - Sir James Edmonstone, heir of Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath, married firstly Helen Stirling, daughter of Sir James Stirling of Keir and Jean Chisholm, daughter of Bishop William Chisholm of Dunblane.
Barbara Lady Polmaise
Margaret Lady of Houstone Bishop William wasted the living and reduced it to a mean benefice. married Sir John Houston of that ilk. They had a Crown charter of Houstoun and other lands on 27th June 1609. He died in the same year, leaving issue.He died in 1564.
Sir James Stirling died at Cawder on 3rd February 1588. His will was made on the 4th September in the same year by which he appoints his wife and son Archibald his executors. He ordains them to plenish the half land given to his son James and to build him a reasonable house either in Kippendavie or Lanerk and plenish it well. He prays Archibald to live with his mother and use her council for she is his loving friend He ordains the securities.

Sources

Footnotes:

↑ The Stirlings of Keir; Fraser, page 35
↑ The Stirlings of Keir; Fraser, page 40
↑ The Stirlings of Keir; Fraser, page 36
↑ The Stirlings of Keir; Fraser, page 37
↑ The Stirlings of Keir; Fraser, page 39
↑ The Stirlings of Keir; Fraser, page 41
Publications:

The Stirlings of Keir, and their family papers. (With plates, including portraits and facsimiles).; Fraser, Sir William; 1858; available at archive.org and electric scotland
thepeerage.com Sir James Stirling, 4th of Keir and 1st of Cawder. Take care with these titles as the numbering is likely to confuse. The estates of Cawder were those of Cadder, in Lanarkshire, not Cawder, in Nairn.