He is married to Elizabeth Carnagie.
They got married before 1579 at with a tocher of £4000 Scots.Sources 2, 3
Child(ren):
1. The East Neuk of Fife : its history and antiquities by Wood, Walter, 1812-1882 (Web links) Page 377 & 386
John Inglis of Tarvit, son of the last, married, before 1579, Elizabeth, daughter of David Carnegie of Colluthie, with a tocher of £4000 Scots. She was heiress of half Leuchars, which she conveyed to her father. By her he had Alexander, his heir ; David, who married the widow of Innervate (and had John, who died s.p., Eupham, who married James Callendar, apothecary in Cupar ; and Agnes, who married John King, writer) ; Eupham, who married Sir Andrew Balfour ; Agnes, who became the second wife of Gilbert Campbell of Keithilk ; Catherine, who married, first, Alexander Winchester of Kinglassie ; and, second, William Moncreiff of Randerston (and was the ancestress of George Martin of Clermont) ; Anna, who married Patrick Balfour; and a daughter who married Campbell of Perse. He died between 1606 and 1610.
2. See Web Links http://www.stravaiging.com/history/castle/scotstarvit-tower/
Alexander later resigned the lands and barony of Tarvat and they were granted to his son and heir apparent, John Inglis, by James VI in December 1579. John was married to Elizabeth Carnegie, daughter of David Carnegie of Colluthie.
Alexander died around 1590 and in 1604 John sold the lands and barony of Tarvet to his son, another Alexander. John was dead by 1610 and in October 1611 Alexander sold the lands of Caple-Ovirtoun Thridpairt, Nethertoun de Caple, with the mill, mill lands, etc., fisheries, fortalice and manor, and the lands of Eister Pitcorthie, with the consent of his wife, Martha Johnstoun, daughter of James Johnstoun of Elphingstoun, and his mother, Elizabeth Carnegie, to John Scot of Knychtspottie.
http://www.stravaiging.com/history/castle/scotstarvit-tower/
Scotstarvit Tower is a 17th century tower house which incorporates earlier work.
A castle here seems to have been built in the second half of the 15th century, and was certainly in existence by 1475, when it was known as Tarwald or Tarvet. It stands on a slight rocky outcrop, rising above the surrounding land.
The estate was acquired by the Inglis family in 1487 and in March 1488 Alexander Inglis of Tarwald resigned his lands of Tarwald and Caploquhy, superior and inferior, with their mills, and the half lands of Balbirny, which were then incorporated for him into the free barony of Tarwald.
Alexander Inglis was dead by 1518 and was succeeded by his son, also Alexander, who was married to Margaret Barclay, a daughter of Barclay of Innergellie. In February 1541 the younger Alexander resigned his lands of Tervait which were then erected into the free barony of Tarvait by James V for Alexander’s good service.
Alexander died at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547 and the following year his heir, also Alexander, was granted the barony and lands of Tarvet, the lands of Caiplie, Ovirtoun, Thrid part, the lands of Nethertoun de Caiplie with the mill, the half lands of Balbirny and fisheries, the dominical lands of Tarvett with Outsattis annexed to the barony of Tarvett, and the lands of Eister Pitcorthie. The younger Alexander was probably responsible for remodelling the tower between 1550 and 1579.
Alexander later resigned the lands and barony of Tarvat and they were granted to his son and heir apparent, John Inglis, by James VI in December 1579. John was married to Elizabeth Carnegie, daughter of David Carnegie of Colluthie.
Alexander died around 1590 and in 1604 John sold the lands and barony of Tarvet to his son, another Alexander. John was dead by 1610 and in October 1611 Alexander sold the lands of Caple-Ovirtoun Thridpairt, Nethertoun de Caple, with the mill, mill lands, etc., fisheries, fortalice and manor, and the lands of Eister Pitcorthie, with the consent of his wife, Martha Johnstoun, daughter of James Johnstoun of Elphingstoun, and his mother, Elizabeth Carnegie, to John Scot of Knychtspottie.
A month later Alexander sold the lands of Tarvett, with the fortalice, manor, rabbits, mill, mill lands, and fisheries, to the same John Scot, who renamed the property Scotstarvet after himself.
In February 1619 James VI granted to John Scott of Scottistarvet the “decimas garbales et vicarias decimas” lands of Over Caplie alias Thridpairt, the town and lands of Nethir Caplie with the mill and mill lands, and the town and lands of Eister Pitcorthie, which the Earl of Mar had resigned with the consent of William Barclay de Innergillie.
Sir John Scot was a Director of Chancery, member of the Privy Council and later a Lord of Session. In 1624 he received a charter of the two parts of the lands of Wester Pitcorthie, anciently owned by Dryburgh Abbey, from Sir William Anstruther of Anstruther. Perhaps as a result of his increasing status and fortunes, Sir John is said to have rebuilt the tower in 1627.
Scotstarvit Tower is a tall, simple tower, measuring around 10.1 metres by 8.2 metres, with a small wing measuring around 2.1 metres by 4.0 metres projecting to the south-east.
The entrance is at ground floor level, just to the west of the re-entrant angle. The door opens into a small hallway with access into the ground floor level ahead, and the spiral staircase leading up from the right.
The ground floor is a double height barrel-vaulted room, with corbels on the wall and twin windows one above the other indicating that it was originally split into two levels by a wooden floor.
The same arrangement continues higher up in the tower, the second and third floors being formed by the insertion of a wooden floor within a double height barrel-vaulted room.
Above that is the fourth floor, at the bottom of another double-height space. Again corbels on the wall show that this space would have been divided, with a garret level under the roof making six floors in total.
An ornate carved stone fireplace once warmed the garret level, but it was removed to Hill of Tarvit mansion house in the early 20th century. It is carved with the date 1627, the initials JS and AD for John Scot and his wife Anne Drummond, sister of Sir William Drummond of Hawthornden, and the arms of both families.
The spiral staircase continues up into a circular caphouse with conical roof. A door gives access to the parapet walk, and above the door is a carved armorial panel once again carrying the arms of John Scot and Anne Drummond and the date 1627.
Evidently there were originally ancillary buildings around the base of the tower, and probably also a courtyard wall, but these have now been removed and their place taken by a 19th century cottage.
In July 1631 Charles I granted to John Scott of Scottistarvett the lands and barony of Scottistarvett comprising of the lands and barony of Tarvett, the lands and barony of Caiplie annexed to the barony of Tarvett, the lands of Eister Pitcorthie in the parish of Kilrynnie, and various others, which were incorporated into the free barony of Scottistarvett.
As part of the agreement Scott was due to pay the minister of the church of Kilrynnie £75 (and therefore the 600 merks which were due to be paid by the heir of William Barclay of Innergellie).
In July 1635 Charles I granted the lands and barony of Tarvett to James Scott, legitimate son of Lord John Scott of Scottistarvett, and Marjorie Carnegie, his spouse, and their male heirs. This included the tower, manor, rabbits and mill, the lands and barony of Caiplie, comprising the lands of Caiplie-Ovirtoun known as Thridpairt with the pendicle of Scabert, the lands of Nathertoun de Caiplie with the mill, fisheries, tower and manor annexed to the barony of Tarvett, the lands of Eister Pitcorthie (once held by the abbey of Hadingtoun), the privileges of the communal pasture of Kingismure and Craillmure, and the lands of Wester Pitcorthie, all of which John resigned and all of which were erected into the free barony of Scottistarvett with the manor of Tarvet as its principal messuage.
Scotstarvit Tower remained in the Scot family until 1776, when, upon the death of John Scot’s great-great-grandson Major-General John Scot, a Member of Parliament for Fife, the male line failed. Scotstarvit passed to this John Scot’s eldest daughter, but she sold the estate to Oliver Gourlay of Craigrothie who then sold it soon after to Colonel Wemyss of Wemysshall (now Hill of Tarvit).
In 1903 the Wemyss family sold Scotstarvit Tower and Hill of Tarvit to a Dundee jute magnate by the name of Frederick Bower Sharp, better known as F.B. Sharp. His daughter left the properties to the National Trust for Scotland in 1948 following her death. Scotstarvit Tower continues to be owned by the National Trust for Scotland but is managed by Historic Scotland.
The East Neuk of Fife : its history and antiquities by Wood, Walter, 1812-1882 (Web links) Page 377 & 386
Page 377
David Betoun of Balfour, son of the last, had in 1614 a charter of the barony of Balfour. He married Margaret Wardlaw of Torrie, by whom he had John, his heir ; Robert, first laird of Bandon, to whom we return ; Andrew, who purchased Blebo from Hay in 1649, and died in 1663 (leaving Andrew, who suc- ceeded him) ; David ; Janet, who married Gilbert Campbell of Keithilk; Margaret, who married Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie ; and Agnes, who married, in 1630, Colville, brother of Cleish, afterwards Lord Colville. He was alive in 1663
Page 386
Immediately after passing Innergellie, we enter on the lands of Caiplie, formerly possessed by the Inglis’s of Tarvit
Alexander Inglis of West Tarvit is mentioned in 1443. He married, in 1480, Christian Balfour, relict of James, heir of William Bonar of Rossie. A brother, Thomas, is mentioned in 1497. Alexander Inglis of Tarvit and Carslogie, son of the last, is mentioned in 1503 and 1511. He died between 1513 and 1518.
Alexander Inglis of Tarvit, son of the last, was a minor at his father’s death; and John Inglis, probably his uncle, appears as tutor in 1518 and 1521. He has in 1513 a charter to part of ‘Caskelpy,’ which I take to be Couplie, the old spelling of which, however, in Wynton’s Chronicle is ‘Campeachy.' Alexander married Margaret Barclay of Innergellie, by whom he had Alexander, his heir; and probably a daughter, who married Nairne of Sandford. In 1540 he has a charter of Tarvit, Couplie, and half Bawburn, united into the barony of Tarvit. He was slain at Pinkie in 1547.
Alexander Inglis of Tarvit, son of the last, married, first, before 1549, Elizabeth Kemp, and, second, after 1569, Agnes Scott, relict of Dishington of Ardross, who survived him. His children were John, his heir; George, who died in 1596; Arthur; Alexander, who died in 1613; and Andrew, who died before 1607. In his charter of 1548, the lands are enumerated as Overton, Netherton, and Thirdpart (hence obviously the name) of Caiplie, with the mill and Easter Pitcorthie. He died c. 1590.
John Inglis of Tarvit, son of the last, married, before 1579, Elizabeth, daughter of David Carnegie of Colluthie, with a tocher of £4000 Scots. She was heiress of half Leuchars, which she conveyed to her father. By her he had Alexander, his heir ; David, who married the widow of Innervate (and had John, who died s.p. Eupham, who married James Callendar, apothecary in Cupar ; and Agnes, who married John King, writer) ; Eupham, who married Sir Andrew Balfour ; Agnes, who became the second wife of Gilbert Campbell of Keithilk ; Catherine, who married, first, Alexander Winchester of Kinglassie ; and, second, William Moncreiff of Randerston (and was the ancestress of George Martin of Clermont) ; Anna, who married Patrick Balfour ; and a daughter who married Campbell of Perse. He died between 1606 and 1610.
‘Inglis1' Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Inglis of Cramond, Inglis of Tarvit
(1) Wood reports a quartered arms for the following family with the Inglis arms being: "Az., a lion rampant; and in chief three stars arg.".
(2) A brother of Thomas (a 1497) was ...
Alexander Inglis of West Tarvit (a 1443)
m. (1480) Christian Balfour (relict of James, heir of William Bonar of Rossie)
1.Alexander Inglis of Tarvit & Carslogie (a 1513, d by 1518)
A.Alexander Inglis of Tarvit (d Pinkie 1547)
m. Margaret Barclay of Innergellie
i.Alexander Inglis of Tarvit (d c1590)
m1. (before 1549) Elizabeth Kemp
a.John Inglis of Tarvit (a 1606, d by 1610)
m. (15.11.1579?) Elizabeth Carnegie (dau of David Carnegie of Colluthie)
(1)Alexander Inglis, last of Tarvit (d before 1613)
m. _ Elphinstin (dau of _ Elphinston of that ilk)
(2)David Inglis
m. ?? ("the widow of Innerdovat")
(A)John Inglis (dsp)
(3)Eupham Inglis
m. James Callendar in Cupar (apothecary)
(4)Agnes Inglis
m. John King
(5)Eupham Inglis (2nd)
m. Sir Andrew Balfour
(6)Agnes Inglis (2nd)
m. Gilbert Campbell of Keithilk
(7)Catherine Inglis
m1. Alexander Winchester of Kinglassie
m2. William Moncreiff of Randerston
(8)Anna Inglis
m. Patrick Balfour
(9)daughter
m. _ Campbell of Perse
m2. (after 1569) Agnes Scott (relict of _ Dishington of Ardross)
Not clear which wife was mother of ...
b.+other issue - George (d 1596), Arthur, Alexander (d 1613), Andrew (d before 1607)
ii.(Helen) Inglis
m. (Alexander) Nairne of Sandford
2.John Inglis (a 1521, tutor of Tarvit)
A.Janet Inglis possibly fits here
m. (before 1509) John Melvill of Carnbee & Granton (d Flodden 1513)
3.daughter possibly of this generation
m. George Lindsay (a 1498)
BEB1841 reports that the arms of the following family was: "Az. a lion saliant arg. on a chief, or, three mullets of the field".
James Inglis in Edinburgh
1.John Inglis of Cramond (d 1637)
m. (12.10.1609) Sarah Morison (dau of John Morison, 1st of Prestongrange)
The next generation is supported by 'NisbetPlates' (1892, within 'Morison of Prestongrange', p136).
A.John Inglis of Cramond (b 25.08.1611, d 1684 or bur 01.04.1686, 2nd son)
m. (12.06.1632) Janet Ellis (dau of John Ellis of Southside)
i.John Inglis (dvp unm 20.06.1664)
ii.Sir James (John) Inglis, 1st Bart of Cramond (b 17.05.1660, d 06.12.1688)
m. (31.10.1682) Ann Houstoun (d 18.01.1721, dau of Sir Patrick Houstoun, 1st Bart of Houstoun)
a.Sir John Inglis, 2nd Bart of Cramond (b 1683-4, d 03.07.1771, postmaster general for Scotland)
m. Anne Cockburn (d 23.11.1772, dau of Adam Cockburn of Ormiston)
(1)Sir Adam Inglis, 3rd Bart of Cramond (dsp 09.11.1772)
m. (22.11.1766) Dorothea Primrose (d 03.12.1783, dau of James Primrose, 2nd Earl of Rosebery)
(2)Sir John Inglis, 4th Bart of Cramond (b c1716)
m. (by 1760) Christian Sinclair (d 15.07.1790, dau of Sir Robert Sinclair, Bart of Longformacus, by Christian Cockburn)
(A)Adam Inglis of Southfield (b c1760, dvp unm 01.09.1794)
(B)Anne Inglis (a 1828)
m. (06.04.1795) James Sandilands, 9th Lord Torphichen (b 15.11.1759, dsp 07.06.1815)
(3)Sir Patrick Inglis in Edinburgh, 5th Bart of Cramond (d unm 24.11.1817)
(4)Susan Inglis
BLG1886 (Cragie-Halkett of Cramond) suggests that Susan's mother was Susan Hamilton, dau of 4th Earl of Haddington, but that is not supported either by our Inglis sources or by TSP (Haddington).
m. (1734) John Craigie of Dumbarnie
(5)Christian Inglis
m. (1733) James Wauchope of Edmonston
(6)Margaret Inglis
m. John Erskine of Dun
(7)Anne Inglis
m. Hew Dalrymple, later Horn of West Hall (b 07.01.1717, dsp 26.07.1746)
(8)+other issue - Charles (Captain RN), Janet
b.Anne Inglis
m. (20.01.1704) Robert Drummond-Lundin of Lundin (b c1675, d 1716)
c.Janet Inglis (d 29.01.1760)
m. (15.11.1709) Sir John Clerk, 2nd Bart of Penicuik (b 08.11.1676, d 04.10.1755)
d.+other issue - Margaret (d young), Jacobina (d unm)
B.Sarah Inglis (b 06.10.1612)
m. (15.04.1635) John Macmorran of Meadowbank
C.Catherine Inglis (b 28.10.1613)
m. (06.01.1640) William Little of Liberton (d 1661)
D.+other issue - Archibald (b 05.07.1610, d infant), James (b 16.01.1616, d infant)
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : 'East Neuk of Fife' (Walter Wood, 1887, p386+)
(2) For lower section : BEB1841 ('Inglis of Cramond'), TCB (vol 4, 'Inglis of Cramond, p349+')
[This lower section was originally launched within a Temp page on 09.12.05 and was amended on 11.01.15.]
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