Ancient castles and mansions of Stirling nobility / described and illustrated by J.S. Fleming (1902)
Fleming, James Sturk · Paisley : A. Gardner, 1902 · leaf 266
lder estate, which he got by his first wife, on 3rd February, 1588, hiswidow and second son, Archibald, being his executors. Sir Archibaldsucceeded him in Keir, and married Grizel Ross, daughter of DameJean Semple, Lady Ross, in 1589. John, the eldest son, was servedheir in other lands. A sketch of… … 5 the ancestor, Lucas of Striveling, pur-chased the estate whence originatedthe surname, from Georg-e Leslie of thatilk, sometime between 1370 and 1449, theremust have existed a very early mansionhouse, or fortress, on this rocky knoll. Thecharacter of that building, from its nomen-clature in the…
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