General Notes

* Title: Royal Forester
*
Source: WFT Vol 16 Ped 751
Was a tenant and forester of King Robert I at Rousknot, Perthshire. King
Robert I defeated English King Edward II in the famous Battle of
Bannockburn in 1314 and was recognized as king of Scotland in 1320.
Notes for WILLIAM FINLAY:
Is mentioned in the Aberdeen Charter, No. 8, as follows: "Of the Prior of
Rousknot Abbey concerningpurchase by King Robert I, of lands of Rousknot
and their land in Perthshire." Inquisition had been made by William
Finlay, the Forester, and others of the King's tenants-in-chief in
Perthshire, and confirmed at Dundee, March 16, 1307. The said William
Finlay married Isabell, daughter of Thomas Dempster, Laird of Murisk, and
his wife Eleanor Forbes, a niece and co-heir of Viscount Forbes.