Mungo Graham of Rathernis
Mungo Graham of Rathernis (died 1589) was a Scottish landowner and courtier.
He was a son of William Graham, 2nd Earl of Montrose and Janet Keith, a daughter of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal. His lands were at Rathernis in Strathearn in Ardoch parish in Perthshire, also known as "Rottearns", with fishing on the Allan Water. He married Marjorie Edmonstone, a daughter of William Edmonstone of Duntreath.
Graham served as a Master of Household to
In 1581 James VI sent his well-beloved servants including Mungo Graham, two other Master Households, and the master of the wine cellar or sommelier Jerome Bowie, to buy wine in Edinburgh, St Andrews, and Dundee.[2]
In 1589, James VI married
Mungo Graham died on 26 October 1589.[5] His widow, Marjorie Edmondstone married John Maxwell of Pollok.
References
- ^ Charles Thorpe McInnes, Accounts of the Treasurer, vol. 13 (Edinburgh, 1978), p. 284.
- ^ David Masson, Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1880), pp. 452-3.
- ^ Miles Kerr-Peterson & Michael Pearce, 'James VI's English Subsidy and Danish Dowry Accounts, 1588–1596', Scottish History Society Miscellany XVI (Woodbridge, 2020), p. 75.
- ^ Michelle Beer, Queenship at the Renaissance Courts of Britain (Woodbridge, 2018), p. 78: James Balfour Paul, Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), pp. lxxii, lxxviii, 386: Sarah Carpenter, '"To thexaltacyon of noblesse": A Herald’s Account of the Marriage of Margaret Tudor to James IV', Medieval English Theatre, 29 (2007): Thomas Hearne, Collectanea de Rebus Anglicanis, vol. 4 (London, 1809), p. 298.
- ^ George Powell McNeill, Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, 1589-1594, vol. 22 (Edinburgh, 1903), p. 33.