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 S8 CARRICK VIII. 1362? I. Sir William Cunynghame, probably s. and h. of to Hugh C, appears by an undated (") charter of David II 1365? to have been cr., about 1362, EARL OF CARRICK [S.]. The Earldom, however, appears soon afterwards, and before 1369 (probably by resignation), to have reverted to the Crown. He m. Mar- garet,('') who was living as his wife 18 Apr. 1369. He d. between Dec. 1396 and July 1399. His 2nd but ist surv. s. and h. is called (merely) Sir JVilliam Cunynghame. {f) IX. 1368 I. John Stewart, s. and h. ap. of Robert, afterwards to Robert II, King of Scotland, but at that time Earl of 1390. Strath ern [S.], by his ist wife, EHzabeth, da. of Sir Adam Mure, was b. about 1337. He was, by his grand- uncle. King David II, cr. EARL OF CARRICK [S.], 22 June 1368, and, as such, was present in the Pari, at Perth, 23 Oct. 1370. He w., in 1367 (commission to grant disp. 13 Mar. 1365/6), Annabel, ist da. of Sir John Drummond, of Stobhall, by Mary, ist da. and coh. of Sir William de MoNTiFEX. She d. in 1401. Soon after his father had sue. to the throne, he obtained, i June 1374, a new charter of this Earldom to the heirs of his body by Annabel his wife, in fee. On 19 Apr. 1390, he sue. to the throne as King Robert III, when the Earldom merged in the Crown. X. 1390 I. David Stewart, Prince of Scotland, 1st s. and h. to ap. of King Robert III, was b. 1378, and on, or soon after, 1402. his father's accession to the throne, 19 Apr. 13 90, was recog- nised as EARL OF CARRICK [S.]. On 28 Apr. 1398 he was cr. Duke of Rothesay [S.], and on 6 Sep. following Earl of Atholl [S.]. He d. s.p. and v.p.^ 26 Mar. 1402, when his Peerage honours became extinct or reverted to the Crown. See fuller account under "Rothesay," Dukedom of [S.], cr. 1398. XI. 1404 I. jAMEsSTEWART,PRINCEOFScOTLAND,3rdbut IStSUrV. to s. and h. ap. of King Robert III, was b. 1394, and having, 1406. by the death of his elder br. (David) abovenamed, become in 1402 h. ap. to the Crown, received by charter, 10 Dec. 1 404 (thoughyor^« life only), certain lands and lordships (including the entire lands of the entire Earldom of Carrick), whereby he, possibly, became (*) The date of each of the charters immediately preceding and following is 12 Sep. 1362. The charter is incomplete in the record, but the nominee soon afterwards grants a charter as Earl of Carrick. C") He is often stated to have m. Eleanor, widow of Alexander (de Bruce), Earl of Carrick, but though she had five husbands it is pretty clear that he was not one of them. Others say that he m. their only da. and h., Eleanor, but there seems to be no evidence of her existence. V.G. (■=) Exch. Rolls [S.], vol. ii, p. 165.