NameWilliam Finlay , The Royal Forester of King Robert I
Notes for William Finlay , The Royal Forester of King Robert I
Is mentioned in the Aberdeen Charter, No. 8, as follows: "Of the Prior of Rousknot Abbey concerning purchase by King Robert I, of lands of Rousknot and their land in Perthshire." Inquisition had been made by William Finlay, the Forester, and others of the King's tenants-in-chief in Perthshire, and confirmed at Dundee, March 16, 1307. The said William Finlay married Isabell, daughter of Thomas Dempster, Laird of Murisk, and his wife Eleanor Forbes, a niece and co-heir of Viscount Forbes.