Thomas Stewart - Second Earl of Angus Great Chamberlain of Scotland

• Preferred Name: Thomas Stewart - Second Earl of Angus Great Chamberlain of Scotland^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 1361 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.9451 LONG: E4.5662
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 2nd Earl of Angus
  
• Birth: 1330 in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Scotland at LATI: N5.9089 LONG: E4.4618 with note: Find A Grave
  
• FSID: LVJT-WC8
  
• Burial: 1361 in Scotland, United Kingdom at LATI: N6.8167 LONG: E4.184
  
• Alt. Birth: ABT 1330 in Angusshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.67 LONG: E2.917
  
• MilitaryService: Commanded in taking of BerwickMAY 1355 in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England at LATI: N5.7703 LONG: E2.0048
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus
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  Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus (b.b.1331-1361) was a medieval Scottish nobleman.
  
  He was the son of John Stewart of Bonkyll and Margaret de Abernethy. Stewart was an infant when his father died and inherited his estates and titles in Berwickshire, Abernethy and Angus.
  
  In 1353 he married Margaret Sinclair, a daughter of William de St Clair of Rosslyn. (St Clair was slain in 1330, along with Sir James Douglas, at the Battle of Teba whilst accompanying King Robert's Heart to the Holy Land.) The petition for this marriage was sent to the Holy See, with support from John II of France, which would suggest that the young Angus spent time at the French court.[1]
  
  Present at the siege of Berwick in 1355, Angus was one of the lords that negotiated the release of David II following his 10-year captivity following the Battle of Neville's Cross.[2] At some point in the late 1350s, Stewart was made Great Chamberlain of Scotland, an office he lost at some point before 1359, when Walter de Biggar was in office.[3]
  
  Angus was considered one of the conspirators in the murder of King David's mistress, Catherine Mortimer, at Soutra in 1360, and was duly imprisoned. Whilst being held at Dumbarton Castle, he succumbed to Bubonic plague in 1361.[4]
  
  Marriage and issue
  Thomas Stewart had two daughters by Margaret Sinclair:
  
  Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus and Mar, and mother to George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
  Elizabeth Stewart, married Alexander Hamilton of Ballencrieff and Innerwick, ancestors of the Earls of Haddington.
  References
  Scots Peerage.Vol I, p.170
  Scots Peerage.Vol I, p.170
  Maxwell.Vol II.p.3
  Scots Peerage.Vol I, p.170
  Sources
  Balfour Paul, Sir James. The Scots Peerage-IX Vols. Edinburgh 1904
  Maxwell, Sir Herbert. A History of the House of Douglas-II Vols. London 1902
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  Mormaers or Earls of Angus
  [Known] 10th-century mormaers
  Dubacan Cuncar
  [Known] Mormaers from the Angus and Umfraville line
  Gille Brigte Adam Gille Críst Donnchadh Máel Coluim Matilda (with 1. John Comyn; 2. Gilbert de Umfraville) Gilbert de Umfraville Robert de Umfraville
  Earls from the Stewart line
  John Stewart Thomas Stewart Margaret Stewart (with Thomas, Earl of Mar)
  Earls from the Douglas line
  George Douglas, 1st Earl William Douglas, 2nd Earl James Douglas, 3rd Earl George Douglas, 4th Earl Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl David Douglas, 7th Earl Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl William Douglas, 9th Earl William Douglas, 10th Earl William Douglas, 11th Earl
  As a subsidiary title
  William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus and 1st Marquess of Douglas James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (and James Douglas, Earl of Angus) Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas Duke of Hamilton from 1761
  
  === Thomas Stewart, Earl of Angus, only son ===
  Thomas Stewart, Earl of Angus, only son and heir of John by Margaret Abernathy, he commanded at the taking of Berwick in Nov 1355, and was one of the eight Lords, of whom three were to place themselves in the hands of the English as security for the release of David II. He was Great Chamberlain 1357 and 1358. On 18 Aug 1359 he had a safe conduct for four ships of Flanders, with which he was to join Edward III at Calais, but he broke his engagement, and in Mar 1359/60 was charged to return to England to fulfil his obligation as a hostage.
  
  He m. by Papal dispensation dated 3 June 1353 (being within the fourth degree of consanguinity), Margaret, generally considered to have been daughter of Sir William St. Clair of Roslin, by Isabel, daughter and coheir of Malise, Earl of Strathern, Caithness, and Orkney, which Margaret was, however, more probably sister of the said Sir William. Being imprisoned in Dunbarton Castle, he dsp. legit there, of the plague, 1361. His widow m. Sir John Sinclair, of Hermandstoun. [Complete Peerage I:153, XIV:26]
  
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  Thomas Stewart, second Earl of Angus, was only an infant at his father's death, and does not appear on record until 1353 in the dispensation for his marriage, the petition for which was seconded by John King of France, in terms which suggest that the Earl's youth was probably spent at the French Court. He was at the siege of Berwick in 1355, and in the following year was a member of the embassy to London, which negotiated for the release of King David II. He acted for some time as Chamberlain of Scotland, but for alleged complicity in the murder of Catharine Mortimer, mistress of King David II, he was imprisoned in Dumbarton, and there fell a victim to the plague in the year 1361.
  
  In terms of the dispensation already referred to, Thomas, Earl of Angus, married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Sinclair of Roslin, who survived him, and married, secondly, Sir William Sinclair of Herdmanston, to whom she bore several children, By Margaret Sinclair the Earl had two daughter and co-heiresses. [The Scots Peerage I:170]

• m. ABT 3 JUN 1353 in Scotland

1. Margaret Stewart -4th Countess of Angus, b. 1354 in Forfarshire, Scotland     d. 1417 in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland

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2. Title: Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus d. 1361 Dumbarton Castle, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland: MacFarlane Clan
   Author: "Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus d. 1361 Dumbarton Castle, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland: MacFarlane Clan." Clanmacfarlanegenealogy https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I1009. Accessed 21 Jan. 2020.
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4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Stewart -
   Author: The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000}, Page number: I:170
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5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Stewart - Event: ; ,,Angus, Scotland
   Author: "Pedigree Resource File - CD-Rom", The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 12 Feb 2001, SLC - Family History Library, 25 N. West Temple Street~Salt Lake City, UT 84150 U.S.A.~SLC - Family History Library~25 N. West Temple Street~~Salt Lake City~~UT~~84150~~U.S.A., Page number: Compact Disc #32 Pin #5628
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7. Title: Thomas Stewart in entry for Niel Stewart, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
   Author: "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQC3-XD7 : 12 February 2020), Thomas Stewart in entry for Niel Stewart, 1815.
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8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Stewart - Event: ; ,,Angus, Scotland
   Author: "Genealogical Research of Kirk Larson", Larson, Kirk, Personal Research Works including Bethune & Hohenlohe Descendants,1981-2001, Kirk Larson, Private Library, Kirk Larson, 23512 Belmar Dr.~Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 U.S.A.~Kirk Larson~23512 Belmar Dr.~~Laguna Niguel~~CA~~92677~~U.S.A., (253) 390-9307 (fax)
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9. Title: Thomas Stewart in entry for Charles James Stewart, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
   Author: "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQC3-DYN : 12 February 2020), Thomas Stewart in entry for Charles James Stewart, 1819.
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10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Stewart -
    Author: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; GE Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Page number: I:153, XIV:26
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    Author: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999}, Page number: 1985
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12. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Stewart - Event: ; ,,Angus, Scotland
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15. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Sir Thomas STEWART -
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    Note: EUSTACE FitzJohn (before 1100-1157). A charter of King Henry I dated 1133 is witnessed by Payn FitzJohn, Eustache and William his brothers. "…Eustachius filius Johannis…" witnessed the charter of Ramsey abbey dated to [1133/37] which records that "Walterus de Bolebeche…Heylenius uxor sua et Hugo filius suus" donated "terram de Waltone." "Walter de Gaunt" founded Bridlington priory, with the assent of Henry I King of England, by undated charter, witnessed by "…Eustace FitzJohn…" An undated charter records the foundation of Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland by ”Eustachius filius Johannis,” for the soul of “Ivonis de Vescy” and the health of “Willielmi de Vescy filii mei.” “Eustachius filius Johannis…et uxor mea Agneta” founded Watton priory by charter dated to [1150]. m firstly Beatrice de Vescy, daughter of Yves de Vescy Lord of Alnwick and Malton, Yorkshire & his wife [Alda Tyson]. m firstly Eustace FitzJohn (before 1100-1157). A manuscript concerning the founders of Watton priory records the marriage of "Eustachius filius Johannis" and "filia et hærede Ivonis de Vescey," adding that she died giving birth to their son William. An undated charter recording the foundation of Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland recites a donation by "Willielmi de Vescy, filii Eustachii, filii Johannis," for the souls of "patris mei Eustachii et matris meæ Beatricis." m secondly as her first husband, Agnès, daughter of William FitzNeel Constable of Chester, Baron of Halton & his wife ---. "Eustachius filius Johannis…et uxor mea Agneta" founded Watton priory by charter dated to [1150]. "Agnes filia Willelmi constabularii Cestrie" confirmed an exchange of property made by "dominus Eustachius vir meus" with the nuns of Watton, for the souls of "Ricardi filii mei et Galfridi," by charter dated to [1150/57], witnessed by "…Rogerus filius Willelmi constabularii…". Agnes married secondly (after 1157) Robert FitzCount.
    Page: British Isles - Scotland, Mormaers, Earls & Lords, p. 21 Thomas Stewart ([1329/31]-Dunbarton Castle 1361). He succeeded his father in 1331 as Earl of Angus. Lord of Abernethy. He died of plague. m (Papal dispensation 3 Jun 1353) as her first husband, Margaret de St Clair, [daughter/sister] of William de St Clair [Sinclair] of Rosslyn & his wife Isabel of Strathearn . The Papal dispensation for the marriage of "Thome Senescallis comitis Angusie" and "Margarete de Sancto Claro", issued by Pope Innocent VI, is dated 3 Jun 1353. She married secondly John Sinclair of Herdmanstoun.