Margaret.
Anne.
Jane.

Helen-Douglas.

The surname of GUTHRIE, one of great antiquity in Scotland, like the most ancient is of local origin, being assumed by the chief, when such designations were first adopted, from his lands in Forfarshire. The earliest writs of the family not being attainable, we cannot at present authentically trace its representation in a continued series further back than the time of JAMES II. of Scotland.

In the year 1299, after the great SIR WILLIAM WALLACE had resigned the guardianship of Scotland, and retired to France, the northern lords of that kingdom sent Squire GUTHRIE to desire his return, that he might assist in opposing the English. Guthrie embarked at Aberbrothock, landed at Sluis, from whence they conveyed Wallace and his retinue back to Montrose. (Life of Sir William Wallace.)

WALTER DE MAULE, ancestor of the Lords Panmure, and ADAM DE GUTHRIE, are witnesses in a decreet of the burgesses of Dundee, anno 1348.

Crawford, in his Lives of the Officers of State, says that the Guthries held the barony of Guthrie, by charter from King DAVID II. But that they were men of rank and property long before the reign of JAMES II. is manifest by the fact that MASTER ALEXANDER, of GUTHRIE is a witness, in a charter granted by Alexander Seaton, Lord of Gordon, to William, Lord Keith, afterwards Earl Marshall, dated 1st August, 1442; and that he obtained the lands of Kincaldrum, in the barony of Lower Lesslie, and sheriffdom Forfar to himself and Marjory Guthrie, his spouse, by charter, from George, Lord

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SIR DAVID GUTHRIE, baron of Guthrie, who in the time of his father was designed of Kincaldrum, was sheriff of Forfar, in the year 1457. He held the high situation of ARMOUR BEARER to King JAMES III. and was constituted LORD TREASURER of SCOTLAND, in 1461, in which post he continued until 1467, when he was appointed COMPTROLLER OF THE EXCHEQUER. The year before, he, (Sir David) with Patrick, bishop of St. Andrews', David, earl of Craufurd, William, Lord Graham, and others, cum servientibus ad numerum octoginta personarum cujuscumq. nationis conditionis sexus et gradus fuerunt," obtained from EDWARD IV. a safe conduct for two years, to travel in England, or to pass from thence to the continent; this deed is dated at Westminster, 23rd November, 1466. In 1469 he was made LORD REGISTER of Scotland; and in 1472, we find him one of the ambassadors on the part of Scotland, who met those of England, on the 25th April, in that year, at Newcastle, and concluded a truce till the month of July, 1473; as appears by a safe conduct granted by King EDWARD IV. to Thomas, bishop of Aber

deen, David Lindesay, Earl of Crawforth, James, Lord Hamilton, John Steward, Lord Darnley, Archibald Whitelaw, Archibald deacon of Lothian, secretary to King JAMES, DAVID GUTHRIE, designed "Magister Registria Regis,' and Duncan de Dundass, with 200 persons in their train; dated at Westminster, the 6th March, 1472. In 1473, he was constituted LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF SCOTLAND. By these great employments he augmented in a vast degree his paternal fortune, and to testify his thankfulness to God, he founded and endowed a collegiate church at Guthrie, for a provost and three prebends, dedicated to the VIRGIN, which was conformed by a bull from POPE SEXTUS IV. dated at Rome, 14th June, 1479. It appears from the records of the abbey of Arbroath, that the kirk had been a chapel belonging to the abbey, from which it had been purchased by Sir David. Mr. Richard Guthrie, almoner and confessor to King JAMES III. was then abbot, but it does not appear in what degree of relationship he stood to the purchaser. Sir David acquired the barony of Lower and half lands of Carrat, with the superiority of the same, from George, earl of Rothes, by charter of alienation, wherein he is designed treasurer of Scotland, to be held of the king for services, used and wont. He obtained a charter under the great seal, of King JAMES III. of the lands and barony of Guthrie, and in that he is designed “the king's armour bearer and treasurer, to be held of the crown, for giving suit and presence in three head courts in the sheriffdom of Forfar, and for services used and wont." This charter is dated, 25th March, 1465, his sasine dated the 29th of the same month. It appears from the royal charters on record, that he was proprietor of the lands of Pitcairn, in the county of Perth, and the superiority thereof, the barony of Lower Muirton, Carrat, Westermethie, and others, in the county of Angus.

In the year 1468, he had a royal warrant* under the great seal, for building the tower and castle of Guthrie; and subsequently resigning the barony of Guthrie into the king's hands, he obtained a new charter,

Of this curious deed, the following is a copy from the original, which is in the chartulary, in excellent preservation.

Jacobus Dei gratia Rex Scotorum omnibus probis hominibus suos ad quos pntes tre pvenerint sltm sciatis q concessimus et tenore pnum pro nobis heredibus et successoribus ntrs concedibus Dilecto nro conciliario magro David de Guthre de esd nram licentia et facultate speali turrim, sive fortaliciu in tris suis de Guthre infra vicecomitatum nrum de Forfare construend edificand muris et fossis fortificand ac dictam trim in altum eriged postisq ferreis cum le Barmking et Mach

converting the tenure from Ward to Blench, holding of the king, for payment of a penny silver Scots money, at the principal manor place of Guthrie, in name of Blench farm, if asked allenarly. This charter is dated 12th February, 1470, and bears to have been granted as a recompense for his faithful services, and for the singular favor which the king bore to him.

Sir David Guthrie m. first, a daughter of Sir Thomas Maule, lord of Panmure, but had no issue. He espoused secondly, Janet, daughter of Sir Archibald Dundas, of Dundas, by whom he had a son and daughter, viz.

ALEXANDER (Sir), his heir.

Elizabeth, m. to Alexander Maule, of Camustoun, only son and heir apparent of the above mentioned Sir Thomas Maule, and from this marriage sprung the EARLS OF PANMURE. In a genealogical memoir of the family of Crichton, of Ruthven, said to be the work of George Crawfurd, historiographer, John Crichton, of Ruthven, is stated to have married a daughter of the laird of Guthrie, and there is added, "this must have been a daughter of Sir David Guthrie, of that Ilk, who was a great man in the reign of JAMES III."

Sir David was s. at his decease by his son,

SIR ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, of Guthrie, designed in the lifetime of his father, “of Kincaldrum." This baron obtained charters of the lands of Kincaldrum, and the lands and barony of Lower, from the respective superiors, which are particularly mentioned in the Kincaldrum Inventory, penes. Mr. Bower. There was a commission granted under the quarter seal, dated 14th July, 1474, for serving him heir to his father, and he was infeft accordingly upon a precept from chancery, as heir served and returned. The sasine dated 23rd August, 1474.

He purchased the lands of Ballindean, a part of the barony of Baledgarno, from George, Lord Hallyburton, which were confirmed to him by a charter, under the great seal, 23rd August, in the same year.

He is a witness to the homage paid by Irvine, of Drum, to the abbot of Arbroath,

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J. DAVID, heir apparent, who m. a daughter of Ferquhard Macintosh, by his wife, Giles, daughter of Hugh, Lord Lovat, and left, at his decease, on the Flowden field, an only son, ANDREW, successor to his grand

father.

II. Alexander, who got from his father the lands of Kincaldrum and Lower, by charter, dated 28th August, 1508. The great-grandson of this gentle

man,

DAVID GUTHRIE, became eventu

ally LAIRD OF GUTHRIE, as will appear in the sequel. III. George, upon whom the lands of Kincreich were conferred.

IV. John, of Hillton, ancestor of the

Right Rev. JOHN GUTHRIE, bishop of Moray, who became Laird of Guthrie.

1. Elizabeth, m. to John Ogilvy, of Inverquharity, and had issue. Sir Alexander, surrounded by friends and vassals, attended his Sovereign to the fatal field of Flowden, and there fell, (9th September, 1513), with his eldest son, DAVID, his three brothers-in-law, David, William, and George Lyon, and his nephew, Sir Thomas Maule, of Panmure. He was s. by his grandson,

ANDREW GUTHRIE, of Guthrie, who was infeft upon a precept from chancery, as heir served and restored to Sir Alexander Guthrie, of that Ilk, his good sire in the lands and barony of Guthrie, and the lands of Balnabriech. The sasine is dated, 15th May, 1514. He subsequently obtained a charter from King JAMES V. of the said lands and barony, with the tower, fortalice, manor place, mills, &c. and right of patronage of the provostry of Guthrie, prebendary, and other kirks and Chaplanrys there, containing a novodamus and new erection of the whole, into a barony, for his faithful services, dated, 9th March, 1538-9, and was infeft therein by sasine, dated, 31st March, 1539. He m. Christian, daughter of Gairden, of Gairden, and had a son, ALEXANDER, in whose favour he resigned the lands and

ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, of Guthrie. This laird is one of the subscribing barons to the articles agreed upon in the general assembly of the kirk, in July, 1567, and also one of those, to the bond or association, for supporting the king and his government, after Queen MARY's resignation. He was assassinated at his house of Inverpeffer, where he was residing, by his cousin, Patrick feud that had arisen between the two Gairden, of Gairden, in consequence of a families. He had espoused Isabel, daughleft three sons, viz. ter of William Wood, of Bonny town, and

1. ALEXANDER, his heir.

11. WILLIAM, of Gagie. The lands of
Eastertown, or Haltown, and Mil-
town, of Guthrie, were held by sun-
dry persons, the vassals of the barons
of Guthrie, amongst these were
Guthrie, of Haukerston, Gardyn, of
Cononsyth, Guthrie, of Eassie, Gar-
dyn, of Leys, Tulloch, of Bonnytown,
&c. Upon the resignation of Guthrie,of
Essie, of a part of these lands wherein
he stood infeft, Alexander, baron ot
Guthrie granted a charter to this, his
second son,
William, in which he
calls him, "delecto filio nostro," of
a fourth part of Eastertown, dated,
29th December, 1574, and by a sub-
sequent charter, 13th October, 1612
the said William, designed "William
Guthrie, of Gagie," conveyed back
the above fourth part of Eastertown,
to his nephew, the then (Alexander)
Guthrie, of Guthrie. This William
purchased the lands of Ravensbee,
from John Cant, in whose disposition
of these lands, under date, 11th June,
1603, which is recorded in the books
of council and session, 20th June,
1605, he is designed "brother ger-
man of Alexander Guthrie, of that
Ilk." He likewise bought the lands
of Gagie, from the Sibbalds, of
Rankeillor (in the year 1610). In

In the infeftment of the fourth part of the temple lands of Kincreich, of date, 13th August, 1571, in favor of Alexander Guthrie, as heir of Alexandri," is a witness. He is also a witness his father, Andrew, this William filius dicti vassals, and he and his son, Alexander, are witin many charters, granted by his father to his nesses to the contract of Wadsett, between himself and his nephew, Alexander Guthrie, of Guthrie, and David Guthrie, of Kincaldrum.