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 BUCHAN 377 XI. 1406. 3. John (Stewart), Earl OF BucHAN [S.], j/y//;;^ him- self Earl of Ross [S.], in consequence of the resignation by his niece Eupheme, in 141 5, of that Earldom, 2nd s. of the above, being ist s. by his 2nd wife, Muriel, da. of Sir William Keith, Marischal of Scotland. He was b. about 1380, and sue. his father under the charter of 1406, above recited, in the Earldom of Buchan. Chamberlain [S.] 12 Mar. 1406/7. In 141 6 he was sent to England to treat for the release of James 1. In 1420 he, with 7,000 Scots, went to France to support Charles VII, andafter the battle of Bauge, 22 Mar. 1 420/1, where he greatly distinguished himself, was made Constable of France. He ;«., in Nov. 141 3, Elizabeth, da. of Archibald (Douglas), Earl of Douglas [S.], by Lady Margaret Stewart, da. of King Robert III. He d. s.t>.m.,{^) being (with his wife's father) slain at the battle of Verneuil, in Normandy, against the English, 17 Aug. 1424. His widow m., 2ndly, Sir Thomas Stewart, illegit. s. of the Earl of Mar [S.]. She m., 3rdly, as ist wife, William (Sinclair), Earl of Orkney, afterwards Earl of Caithness [S.], who d. between 1476 and 29 Mar. 1482. She d. shortly before 145 1. XII. 1424 4. Sir Robert Stewart, (2'(?y«r^ Earl OF Buchan [S.], to according to the grant of that Earldom, 28 Sep. 1406 (by 1 43 1. which, alone, the last Earl appears to have holden), being next surv. yr. br. and h. of the last Earl, and 4th and yst. s. of Robert, Duke of Albany, Earl of Buchan, tfc. [S.] abovenamed. He appears, however, never to have been recognised('') as Earl of Buchan, probably because the King (James I) considered that his uncle, the Regent, had exceeded his powers in thus conferring the Earldom. He was living 1431- [In 1435 the Earldom of Buchan [S.] was [according to Fordun] conferred on George Dunbar, who had been deprived at that date of the Earldom of Dunbar or March [S.], but it is spoken of [Eraser's Doug/as Book, vol. ii, p. 31] only as "the empty title of Earl of Buchan," and was cer- tainly one which was little, if indeed at all, used by the grantee. See sub " Dunbar." It was soon afterwards again disposed of as below.] given at length. The documents in that place of deposit were afterwards removed to the General Register House, but this charter is not among them, and seems to have disappeared before 1770. There is, however, little or no reason to doubt its tenour. {ex inform. G. Burnett, sometime Lyon). (*) His only child, Margaret, m. George, Lord Seton. C') His name appears in the Exchequer accounts after the return to Scotland of James I, but never as Earl of Buchan. {ex inform. G. Burnett, sometime Lyon). 49