General Notes

REFN: 2959AN
The next proprietors of Glenesk of whom we have any knowledge are the
Stirlin gs. It is not known whether they followed immediately after the
other owners we have noticed, or if there was an intermediate proprietary
race. The family whence they sprung is not certainly known, but it is
probable they were of t he same stock as the family of Keir, the armorial
bearings of both having poi nts in common. In what manner, or from whom,
they acquired Glenesk is also un known. Besides possessing Glenesk,
Edzell, and Lethnot, they were also the pr oprietors of large estates in
Inverness and Moray shires, and they were somet imes designed De Moravia.
In Ragman Rolls they are so styled, and several oth ers of them swore
fealty to Edward I at same time, as did De Glenesk.