Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Avondale
Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord AvondaleorAndrew Stuart, 1st Lord Ochiltree(died 1549), was aScottish peer.
Title
[edit]Andrew was the son ofAndrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avondale,a new creation which Andrew surrendered for a new investment asLord Ochiltree.His seat becameOchiltreeCastle inAyrshire.The original Avondale lands were purchased or exchanged withJames Hamilton of Finnart.He exchanged his lands atEast Wemyss(which came from his wife or father) with Ochiltree, which belonged to the Comptroller,James Colville.In August 1534, Finnart made the exchange with Lord Avondale for the barony of Avandale.[2]Andrew was confirmed as Lord Avondale byRegent Arran,Finnart's half-brother, on 12 March 1543.[3]
Activities
[edit]Andrew attendedParliamentsin 1524 and 1525. When James V first assumed power by escaping from theDouglas familyand joining his mother atStirling Castle,Avondale was one of eight lords and earls who came to advise them. Margaret Tudor noted they had not kept court since the murder of theEarl of Lennoxin 1526. Avondale also accompanied James to Edinburgh in July 1528, and attended the September parliament.[4]
The English physicianAndrew Boordevisited Scotland in 1536 and wrote that he frequented the house of theEarl of Arranand Lord Avondale.[5]A 'Lord Ochiltree,' probably Andrew, sat on the trial that condemnedJanet Douglas, Lady Glamisfor treason on 8 July 1537.[6]
Family
[edit]Andrew married Margaret Hamilton, a daughter ofJames Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran,[7]Their children included:
- Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree,father ofMargaretwho marriedJohn Knox
- James Stewart
The marriage of Margaret Stewart to John Knox in 1563 angeredMary, Queen of Scots,because she was of "the bloodandname ".[8]
Brothers
[edit]Andrew's brother was createdHenry Stewart, 1st Lord Methvenon his marriage to the King's motherMargaret Tudor.Another brother James was made Captain ofDoune Castleand Forester of Glenfinglas andMenteithon 14 July 1528.[9]James's son becameJames Stewart, 1st Lord Doune,whose son in turn becameJames Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray
References
[edit]- ^Johnston, George Harvey (1906).The heraldry of the Stewarts: with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees.W. & A.K. Johnston. p.32.
- ^Cameron, Jamie,James V(Tuckwell, 1998), p. 198.
- ^Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: RPS Project;title confirmed 15 March 1543.
- ^Cameron, Jamie,James V(Tuckwell, 1998), pp. 21, 25.
- ^Henry Ellis,Original Letters,3rd series vol. 6 (London, 1846), pp. 295-308.
- ^Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: RPS Project;trial narrated 10 December 1540
- ^Register of the Great Seal, 1513-1546(Edinburgh, 1883), nos. 37, 245.
- ^Bain, Joseph, ed.,Calendar of State Papers Scotland,vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), 54.
- ^Register of the Great Seal, 1513-1546(Edinburgh, 1883), no. 612.