Andrew Alexander of Menstrie

ANDREW ALEXANDER OF MENSTRIE

According to the Scots Peerage, On 8 April 1526 Andrew Alexander of Menstrie had a charter from John, Earl of Argyll, to himself and his wife, Catherine Graham, in liferent, and his son Alexander in fee, of the lands of Menstrie. The Scots Peerage VIII: 166

Death

Andrew Alexander of Menstrie died before 15 January 1529. RMS 1513-46: charter number 932

Marriage

Andrew Alexander Menstrie married Catherine Graham, who died in about 1530, as on 25 February 1548-49 her son Alexander was served heir to her in a house in St. Mary's Wynd, Stirling, which had been in nonentry for eighteen years. The Scots Peerage VIII: 166

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

15 January 1529: Charter by which Archibald, Earl of Argyll, Lord Campbell of Lorn, confirms that he has sold the five merk land of Dufletter in the Sheriffdom of Perth to Alexander Alsinder of Mentstrie and his heirs. This land had previously been resigned by his deceased father Andrew Alsider and his mother, Katherina Grahame. RMS 1513-46: charter number 932

Printed Evidence

Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1513-1546. Edited by James Balfour Paul, FSA. Scot., and John Maitland Thomson, MA., Advocates. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1883), 1067 pp. including indices and errata

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage VIII: 166
2. Stirnet: Alexander 1

Biographical Summary by Robert Douglas

Thomas Alexander was father of ANDREW ALEXANDER, who succeeded him in the lands of Menstrie, of which the earl of Argyle was then superior. He married Catharine Graham, daughter of —by whom he had two sons.1. Alexander, his heir. 2. Andrew Alexander, who was bred to the church, and in a sasine of Colin earl of Ar∣gyle, dated 15th November 1529, is designed Andreas Alexander, presbyter, &c. He died before 1527, and was succeeded by his eldest son. The Peerage of Scotland etc. By Robert Douglas