To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
WALTER STUART of Daun∣donald, the second of that Name, (but first in descent from, and only Son of Alexander who Founded the Monastery of Paseley) was a fa∣mous Commander in the Scots Wars, who with the Earl of March over∣came the Bastard of Galloway, in the year one thousand two hundred thirty and eight: He is said to have gone with Lewis the French King into the Holy-land; but returning before the Battel of Largis, he there particular∣ly
signaliz'd himself, which was Fought against the Danes on the third day of August, in the year one thousand two hundred sixty and three. He was likewise Great Seneschal, or Here∣ditary Lord High Steward of Scot∣land, or he who had the chief Charge of the Kings Revenues. He left two Sons, ALEXANDER the Eldest, who succeeded him in the Stewardship, and ROBERT, who having the Lands of Tourbouton assigned him for his Ap∣pennage; and that he Married the Daughter and Heir of Robert Crux (or Cross) of Crurstone, became Lord of most ample Possessions, who going with Lewis the French King in the Expedition against the Sarazens, in the year one thousand two hundred and seventy, died in Indea. From whom the late Earls and Dukes of Lenor in Scotland and Richmond in England▪ the Earls of March, the Lords Darley, d'Aubigny or 'Obigny in Auvergne in France, with several other Noble Families of the
Sirname of Stuart in both Kingdoms derived their Original.