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 MENTEITH. 297 III. 1210? J. Maurice, the elder, Earl of Menteitii [S.], probably s. and h. He, by agreement dat. at Edinburgh, 1213, resigned the Earldom with consent of King William [S.] to his brother, Maurice, retaining certain lauds for his life.(*) He d. s.p.tn. ( b ) IV. 1213. 4. Maurice, the younger, Earl of Menteith [8.], br. and (according to the abovenamed resignation) heir. He was one of the seven Earls present at the enthronement of Kiug Alexander II. [.S.] ; was living, as Sherifl of Sterling, 27 March 1220, but (/. before 1231. V. 1230, 5. Isaisf.li.a, mo jure Countess of Menteith [8.], d.i. to and heir of line. She m. before 3 Feb. 1231, Walter Comyn, who in 120S. 1 her right became Earl or Mkhtbth [S.] He wag second s. (by bis first wife) of William C'omyn, who afterwards, iu right of his tecond wife, became Eakl ok Bichan [8.J He, with his father, was present at York in 1221 at the marriage of King Alexander II. [S.] from whom he obtained a grant of the extensive country of Badenoch before 1230. Iu 1234 he is described as Earl of Menteith ;('') in Sep. 1237 he was one of the jurors to the treaty between England and Scotland. He took an active part at the coronation, 13 July 1249, of Alexander III. [S,], and in the struggles during that King's minority. He d. s.p. in 1258. His widow immediately afterwards m. Sir John Russell, an English Knight. She was accused of the murder of her first husband and appears to have been deprived of the Earldom by Parl.( J ) She quitted Scotland and applied to the Pope for remedy who summoned (tho' the summons was of no effect) the Scotch nobles to York in 12b'2 to try the cause. She appears to have d. s.p.m. apparently between 1262 and 1272. VI. 1258. 6. Walter le Stewart called '• Baillocii " (i.e., "the Freckled,") 3d s. of Walter, High Steward of Scotland (1204 1216) by Beatrix, da of Gilchrist, Earl ok Anous [S.], having m. Mary, the younger sister of Isabella, mo jure Countess of Menteith [S.], next abovenamed, had the title of EARL OF MENTEITH [S.] " adjudged to him by the Scottish nobles, in 1258,";'-') in right of his said wife (after the deposition therefrom of her said sister) and under that title confirmed a grant to the Abbey of Paisley, 1262, Ho was at the battle of Largs, 1263 ; he accompanied (with his wife) the Princess Margaret [S.] to Norway in 1281 ; was confirmed in the Earldom,( { ) by Pari, in 1285 ; was one of the nominees of (") See " Riddcll" p. 172, note 1 (where it is suggested that " there was probably some impediment in the way of the legitimacy of Maurice, senior, at the time of his birth which did not apply to Maurice, junior." See also Riddell's " Scotch Pccraoc Law " [1833], pp. 149-152. (b) Provision for his daughters were made in the deed of resignation. (c) There is a statement by Riddell ["Riddcll," p. 172, note 1, as also "Scotch Peerage Lata" (1833), p. 151], that thereappears to have been a contemporary Earl of Menteith named Malcolm " perhaps the representative of Maurice, senior," for, iu a treaty of peace between England and Scotland, 1237, King Alexander [S.] "fecit jurare Waltcrum Comyn, Comitcm dc Menctcth, et praterea Comitem Maucolmum, Comitcm dc Menctcth.'' This, however is "a slip. Earl Malcolm is the Earl of Fife '; Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, had been previously mentioned, so his tide only is repeated when he is again named iu the treaty. Lord Hailes [Annals] took, I think this view." [Ex inform. Joseph Bain, F.S.A., to whom the Editor is indebted for kindly revising this article.] ( d ) " Walter Stewart laid claim to the Earldom and by the favour of Pari, obtained it. The elder Countess insulted, disgraced, and despoiled of her fortune, retired out of Scotland with her husband." [Wood's " Douglas."'] (o) Wood's " Douglas." (0 The Earldom was claimed by William Comyn, in 1273, s. and h. of John Comyn, the Red, who was nephew and h. (being s. and h. of Richard, oldest br.) of Walter (Comyn), Earl of Menteith, jure nxoris. as abovementioned. This William claimed it in right of his wife, Isabella, da. aud h. of Isabella, the dispossessed (suo jure) Countess of