Sir John Stewart of Railston

SIR JOHN STEWART OF RAILSTOUN

Sir John Stewart of Railston is the son of Walter Stewart, the sixth hereditary steward of Scotland, and his second wife Isabel Graham. The Scots Peerage I: 14

The Lands of Railston

It should be noticed that the land called Railston is located in the Cunningham division of Ayrshire, formerly the barony of Cunningham, NRS: GD150/89 and that the land called Ralston, now part of Paisley, is located in Renfrewshire, formerly the barony of Renfrew. NRS: GD26/3/1115 Sir John Stewart of Railston had no connection with Ralston in Renfrewshire. According to Gilbert Burnett, Lyon King of Arms, writing in volume four of the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland: "His lands of Ralston (sic) are described as in the barony of Cunninghame, and are therefor not to be identified with Ralston near Paisley, which gives its name to the family of Ralston of that Ilk." Exchequer Rolls IV: p. clxxxviii

Death

A date and place of death has not been identified for Sir John Stewart of Railstoun. He appears still to have been alive on 27 June 1415, but he died before 26 June 1416. Exchequer Rolls IV., 1406-1436: p. 253-4

Marriage

Sir John Stewart of Railstoun is reported to have married married Alicia Mure, daughter of Sir Reginald Mure of Abercorn. Stirnet: Stewart 01

Children

1. Sir Water Stewart of Railston
2. Sir John Stewart
3. Marjory Stewart, of Railston
4. Egidia (Euphemia) Stewart, of Railston
5. Margaret Stewart, of Railston

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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27 June 1415: Compotum nobilis domini et potentis, Johannis Senescalli comiti Buchanie, camerarii Scocie, redditum apud Perth die et anno supradictis, a vicesimo septimo die Junii anno et. quartodecimo usque in diem hujus compoti. . . . . . Et per solucionem factam domino Johanni Senescalli de Railstoun, percipienti per annum pro tempore vite sue viginti libras per manus camerarii ut patet per literas dicti domini Johannis de recepto ostensas super compotum, de anno compoti, xx li. Exchequer Rolls IV., 1406-1436: pp. 235-7

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26 June 1416: Compotum Johannis Gil de Haltoun et Johannis de Camera, custumariorum de Perth [Perth, 26 June 1616, from 22 June 1415 to date. . . . . . Et comiti Buchanie, camerario , per recepcionem quondam domini Johannis Senescalli de Raistoun, militis, ut patet per literas domini gubernatoris de precepto, sub periculo Johannis de Camera, alterius computancium, vj li. xiij s, iiij d., de quibus camerarius respomdebit. Exchequer Rolls IV., 1406-1436: pp. 253-4

Printed Evidence

Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Edited by George Burnett, Lyon King of Arms. Volume IV. A.D. 1406-1436. (H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1880), 783 pp. including index and corrigenda

Genealogy

1. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Scotland, Kings
2. The Scots Peerage I: 14-5
3. Stirnet: Stewart 01