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Sir John de Striveling had two daughters who were his co-heirs. Catherine, who inherited the barony of Glenesk and her sister who inherited lands in Inverness and Moray.

Stirling in his genealogy quotes a family tradition the Sir John had a son as well: "They were left orphans and the former [son], small of stature and greatly deformed in body was familiarly known by the diminutive cognomen of 'Jackie Stirlin'. Although physically defective, he enjoyed excellent health and was neither impervious to the softer feelings of humanity nor too unseemly for the kindly eyes of woman, by one of whom, the lovely daughter of a neighboring baron, his offer of marraige was accepted. This was altogether contrary to the wishes and expectations of his sister and her lover, the gallant Sir Alexander Lindsay, and all remonstrances having failed to prevent the numtials, they laid a deep and heartless scheme for his overthrow, and one evening, while taking an airing alone in the wooded defile, he was pounced upon by a masked assailant and summarily despatched at a place still pointed out a little to the north of the Castle."(1)

Edzell Castle- Passed from the Stirling family to Sir Alexander Lindsay

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