Henry Eanric (Edmundiston) de Edmundiston (abt. 1299 - bef. 1359)

Born about 1299 in Emundiston, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died before 1359 before about age 60 in Edenham, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Emundiston of that Ilk (Edmundiston) de Edmundiston is a member of Edmonstone Clan.

Biography

Henry waasthe son of Henry de Edmundiston (1249-1347) Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland.^[1]

• The name is first recorded in 1248 when Henricus de Edmundiston was witness to a charter. (Alexander III.)

• There are two residences of the name of Edmonstone with estates attached to them; one in Midlothian, and in the parish of Newton, four miles to the east of Edinburgh; the other in the parish of Biggar, and county of Lanark.

• In 1359, in the reign of David II, an inquest before the Baillie of Musselborough declared that "Henricus de Edmundiston" had died and that "Johannes de Edmundiston" was his legitimate son and heir. It added that he held land of the Abbey of Dumfermline.

• Edenham or Ednam, in Roxburghshire, was a residence of the elder branch of the family (the chief residence when Edmonstone was sold) for nearly four hundred years. These lands were acquired by a grant from Robert the Second, 'cum advocatione Ecclesie et Hospitalis ejusdem Johanni de Edmonstoun et Isobelle Comitisse de Douglas filie nostre carissime/ A.D. 1390, and confirmed by a charter of confirmation of Robert the Third on 25 April 1392.

• Keith, Catalogue of Scottish Bishops, etc.= in his account of religious houses, says: ' The Hospital of Ednam was dedicated to St. Lawrence, and seems to have been founded by the Edmonstones of Ednam, who were patrons of this place.' It had, however, been founded as far back as the reign of King William the Lion (c. 1143- 4 Dec 1214), and St. Leonard is spoken of as its tutelary saint in the Register of the Charters of the Great Seal. It may have been restored and re-dedicated by the Edmonstouns.

Sources

1. ↑ MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Scotland, private, 2022, Ed. 3, Vol. IV, p. 162

• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p141.htm#i4241
• http://fabpedigree.com/s076/f217072.htm
• http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalaccoOOinedmo Genealogical Account of The Family Of Edmonstone Of Duntreath by Sir Archibald Of Duntreath Baronet. April 1851 archive.org, Page: 2., "The first notice of the name with a date attached is found in a charter, to which Henricus de Edmoundiston is witness, of the year 1248 (Alexander III.), from which time there is every reason to believe it continued to be the principal residence of the elder line, styled of "that ilk" and "of Edenham" for four centuries, till finally disposed of early in the seventeenth."

Location Name Notes

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nenthorn = This name may be the same as that occurring in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. In 1105 the chapels of Nathansthirn and Newton were recorded as being wihin Ednam parish, while the area was in the possession of the De Morevilles of Lauderdale. During that period the manors of Nathansthirn and Newton were formed, following which the parish of Nathansthirn appears to have been created during the 13th century composed of these two manors. The chapel of Nathansthirn was then upgraded to become a parish church, while that of Newton continued as a chapel.