General Notes

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Henry de Erskin is the first on record, and he is only named once, as a wi
tness to a charter by King Alexander II confirming a grant of the chur
ch of Roseneath to the monks of Paisley, made by Aulay, brother of Maldoue
n, Earl of Lennox, the writ being dated at Traquair 12 March 1226. [The Sc
ots Peerage V:590]
Henry de Erskine; whose name probably derives from lands held by the fami
ly on the banks of the Clyde in Renfrewshire, witnessed a charter temp. Al
exander II (1214-49). [Burke's Peerage]