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Earl arrived and, learning what had occurred, set off in eager and angry pursuit up the slopes of Mondhui. The leader of the Murrays turned in a friendly way, no doubt intending to explain the joke, and as he saw the Earl fitting an arrow to his bow, he shouted out as he handled his own, "Over me and over you!” ”No", cried the incensed Earl, "in me and in you!” And in him it was, for the Murray's arrow pierced his heart. His men, however, drove the enemy over the hill and returned with their dying master to the Isle.
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here be enumerated. But it may be mentioned that it was through one of these sons, Eobert, that Gartmore came into possession of the family.1 This property belonged to one Alexander Makauly of Erngobil, who, on the 23rd of May, 1547, granted Eobert Graham a charter of the two merk land of Gartmore—charter granted at Inchmahome, and witnessed by James Bad, Canon of the Monastery; and on the 3rd May, 1554, a charter of sale of the twelve merk land of Gartmore was granted by Walter Macaulay to the same Eobert Graham.
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on the 21st of April, 1541—the celebrant being John Youngman, Canon of the Monastery.1 The other, Christian by name, was married to Sir William Livingstone of Kilsyth.2 Of the sons, John, the eldest, succeeded his father in the earldom. The others held various lands within the earldom, which need not
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William Graham was killed in a clan fight some time in autumn 1543, but certainly by 23 January 1544; some sources state that he was killed in October 1543 by the Tutor of Appin (a member of the Stewart family), after the Stewarts and their army ate a wedding feast to which the Earl had been invited.
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Another version sends the men of Athole to the Isle on a friendly visit. The Earl happened to be out at the time, but his dinner was cooked and waiting his return. The Murrays, probably thinking it a good joke, gathered up the roasted fowls destined for his dinner and took their departure. Soon the
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William Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith. While still Master of Menteith and Lord Kilpont, he had married, in 1521, Margaret, daughter of John Moubray of Barnbougle. His family by this lady consisted of five sons and two daughters. One of these daughters, Margaret Graham, became the second wife of
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and happened upon a wedding feast. They ate up all the food, drank all the wine, and left within a short while. The Earl pursued them and was slain or mortally wounded by the robbers. Historian Andrew Fleming Hutchison recorded the colorful details this way:
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His second marriage, which took place in 1541, was to Margaret Graham, daughter of William, 3rd Earl of Menteith, by whom he had another son, Colin, ...
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in 1542, William was an opponent of the English interest in Scotland and on 24 July 1543 he signed a
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Lady Christian Graham, who married William Livingstone of Kilsyth, their eldest son was
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Archibald, fourth Earl of Argyle. The marriage was solemnized at the Church of
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being the raiders of the feast. According to most stories, a band of
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A History of Clan Campbell: Volume II from Flodden to the Restoration
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Index

Earl of Menteith

Alexander Graham, 2nd Earl of Menteith
Malise Graham, 1st Earl of Menteith
Barnbougle
Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll
John Graham
William Livingstone of Kilsyth
Master
Solway
treason
sasine
King James V
bond
Cardinal Beaton
King Henry VIII
Mary, Queen of Scots
Murrays of Athole
Stewarts
Menteith



Andrew Fleming Hutchison
The lake of Menteith
Inchmahome
A History of Clan Campbell: Volume II from Flodden to the Restoration
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN
1-902930-18-5

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