Sir John Stewart of Bonkyl, of Daldon

Medilands May 2022 update of Scotland Kings webpage states the following:

JOHN Stewart of Daldar [Jedworth] ([before 1298] – [killed in battle Halidon Hill 19 Jul 1333, or 1361 or >after]).

Balfour Paul records his parentage and death “without issue” (citing “Hailes”)[1277].

Hailes indicates that “The Stewart had two uncles, John and James. John was killed, and James mortally wounded and made prisoner” (citing “English historians” [unspecified] to support the last statement, no other source cited)[1278].
The primary source which confirms John’s parentage has not been found, although there seems no reason to doubt that it is correct.
(“...Johis senescall de Jedd tunc balli dci dni Abbis ('de Kelso)...” witnessed the charter dated 1323 which granted freedoms to “burgi de Westerkelfow”[1279]:
Bain records that “Crawfurd, in ‘Remarks on the Ragman Roll’ (Nisbet’s Heraldry)” identified this person as John, youngest son of John Stewart [of Jedworth][1280].]
The Liber Pluscardensis names "Jacobus, Johannes et Alanus Stewart, filii nobilis Valteri Stewart et fratres Roberti postea regis" among those killed in battle at Halidon Hill in 1333[1281].
It is not chronologically possible for these three brothers to have been younger half-brothers of the future King Robert II if they were old enough to have fought in 1333.
Andrew Stuart discusses all the chronicles which make the same mistake and how it was later corrected[1282].
Joseph Bain speculated that this John Stewart was ancestor of the later Stewart family of Jedworth: follow the hyperlink below for the discussion[1283].

(STEWARTS of FORESTA, JEDWORTH).

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Sir John Stewart, the fifth son of Sir John Stewart and Margaret Bonkyll was killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Halidon_Hill
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Sir John Stewart of Bonkyl, of Daldon is our 21st great uncle.

Janet Milburn