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| Name |
James (12th of Dundas) Dundas |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Bef 1452 |
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- it is claimed he died 18/5/1452 in the battle of Brechin
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| Person ID |
I161272 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
13 Mar 2015 |
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| Notes |
- See notes for 11th of Dundas re children and successin..
James succeeded to the estates of his father on the 6th November 1437.
James' wife was the daughter of Sir Alexander Livingston, governor of Scotland and subsequently during the troubled times which followed the murder of James 1 in 1437, and the succession of the boy king James 11, the name of James Dundas occurs along with Sir Alexander Livingston in the holding of the young King and the Queen mother in Stirling Castle. The rough treatment experienced by the young King, was not forgotten when he assumed the reins of government in January, 1449. At his first parliament, Sir Alexander Livingston and James Dundas were forfeit of their estates and imprisoned in Dumbarton Castle. They were in fact fortunate because they paid great sums of money to be imprisoned in Dumbarton Castle, whereas their partners in crime were beheaded. The estate of Fingask, which was held by the Sovereign, remained in the Sovereign's hands, but the estate of Dundas was given to the Earl of Douglas. James' brother, Archibald Dundas, attempted to resist by holding the tower at Dundas, which he retained until April 1449.
From The Historie of Scotland; "In the year 1447, there was a parliament holden at Edinburgh, in which Sir Alexander Livingstone of Kalendar, James Dundas and Robert Dundas knights, at the pursuit of the Earl of Douglas, were forfeited and condemned to perpetual prison in Dumbarton".
James Dundas was pardoned after his death and on the 26/8/1452 the attainder against him and Duncan his brother was removed. The part of his estates remaining in the King's hand, namely Fingask was returned and a new charter was granted to James Dundas and his heirs male for Fingask. The lands of Dundas being in the possession of the Earl of Douglas at the time of his decease fell to the earl of Douglas' brother James and remained with him till they came to the crown by his forfeiture in 1452.
In 1465 a charter shows Archibald Dundas James' younger brother (who was a favourite of King James 11 and 111) in possession of the lands of Dundas and he assumed the designation of Dundas of that Ilk ever afterwards. It is at this point in the family history that the two lands are never held by the same hand again.
James' son Alexander was the founder of the line Dundas of Fingask
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