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Sir Robert Munro, XXI of Foulis, 3rd Baronet

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  1. 1.  Sir Robert Munro, XXI of Foulis, 3rd Baronet was born about 1614 (son of Col. John Munro, II of Obsdale and Catherine Gordon); died on 14 Jan 1668; was buried in Kiltearn, , Ross-Shire, Scotland.

    Notes:

    Robert was the second son of Colonel John Munro of Obsdale. Because he did not expect to inherit, he entered the army early in life. In 1626 he became an officer in Sir Donald Mackay's regiment, serving with it first in the Danish service, and afterwards in that of Sweden.

    Sir Robert highly distinguished himself on the Continent during the Thirty Years' War. He returned home soon after, if not shortly before, the Peace of Westphalia was proclaimed by the Treaty of Munster, on 24 Oct 1648.

    On 26 Aug 1643, during the minority of the former Chief, Robert Munro, Tutor of Foulis, was appointed Commissioner of War for the Sheriffdom of Sutherland and a part of Inverness-shire. He was appointed again on 24 Jul 1644.

    Sir Robert served heir to his father, Colonel John Munro of Obsdale, after the death of his elder brother, John. He became tutor-at-law to his second cousin, Hector in 1639 when he, himself, reached 25 years of age. In 1651 when Sir Hector Munro of Foulis died, Sir Robert was the nearest male heir, so he succeeded and became the 21st Baron and 3rd Baronet of Foulis.

    Before he succeeded to Foulis, he married his cousin, Jean, eldest daughter and co-heir of Colonel Sir Hector Munro, 1st Baronet.

    On succeeding as head of his house and clan he took up his residence in his ancestral home at Foulis. He was the means of getting the famous Rev. Thomas Hogg to Kiltearn, and suffered much from fines and imprisonment for non- conformity to Episcopacy. As long as Mr. Hogg lived, Sir Robert sent him his share of the stipend of Kiltearn annually.

    In 1649, the Scottish Parliament divided the Sheriffdom of Inverness-shire and erected the Sheriffdom of Ross. Sir Robert had been elected Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire in 1649 and for his own County of Ross after it was separated from the County of Inverness that same year. He was also appointed the first Sheriff of the County of Ross. He held office for eight years under the Commonwealth.

    In 1654 he was imprisoned by the royalists and his lands and tenants suffered under their hands. The lands of Foulis were taken from him and granted to others. He was fined 3600 pounds at the Restoration.

    He died 14 Jan 1668 at Foulis Castle and was buried at Kiltearn. (Ref. (2) is in error when it says he died in 1666. Ref. (1) cites a document which proves him to be alive in Sep 1667.)

    He was succeeded by his son, Sir John, in 1676 when the lands of Foulis were returned to his possession.

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Family/Spouse: Jean Munro. Jean (daughter of Col. Sir Hector Munro, XIX of Foulis, 1st Baronet and Mary MacKay) was born est 1620; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sir John Munro, XXII of Foulis, 4th Baronet was born about 1639; died on 29 Sep 1697 in Dingwall, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; was buried in Kiltearn, , Ross-Shire, Scotland.
    2. Hector Munro was born about 1641 in Of, Drummond, , Scotland; died about 1708; was buried in Kiltearn, , Ross-Shire, Scotland.
    3. David Munro was born about 1643; and died.
    4. Col. Andrew Munro was born about 1645; died on 24 Aug 1693.
    5. William Munro was born about 1647; and died.
    6. Joseph Munro was born about 1649; and died.
    7. Daniel Munro was born about 1651; and died.
    8. Rebecca Munro was born est 1652; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Andrew Munro was born about 1655 in Of, Tenourd; and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Col. John Munro, II of Obsdale was born about 1590 (son of George Munro, I of Obsdale and Catherine Monro); died on 11 Mar 1633 in Wetterau, Germany; was buried in Bacharach.

    Notes:

    Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - 1978 - R/3, R/4, R/25, T, V

    "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - 1898 - p. 68, 74-75, 169-171, 211, 284

    Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

    Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - p. ii

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Birth:
    Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

    John married Catherine Gordon. Catherine was born about 1592; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Catherine Gordon was born about 1592; and died.

    Notes:

    Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - R/4

    "Collonel John Munro of Obsdale married Catherine daughter to John Gordon of Embow by whom he had John Robert George Andrew Alexander and David and daughters Janet and Christane he was killed at the [? Closter] of /illegible/ March 11 1633."

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Birth:
    Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

    Children:
    1. John Munro, Of Obsdale was born about 1612 in Of, Obsdale; died in 1638 in At Sea.
    2. 1. Sir Robert Munro, XXI of Foulis, 3rd Baronet was born about 1614; died on 14 Jan 1668; was buried in Kiltearn, , Ross-Shire, Scotland.
    3. Gen. Sir George Munro, KCB of Culrain & Newmore was born about 1616; died on 11 Jul 1693 in Alness, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; was buried in Rosskeen, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.
    4. Andrew Munro, Of Daan was born about 1617 in Of, Daan, Edderton Par.; died in 1641 in Berwick.
    5. Alexander Munro was born about 1618; died in 1682 in , , , Ireland.
    6. Major David Munro was born about 1620; and died.
    7. Janet Munro was born about 1622; and died.
    8. Christian Munro was born about 1624; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Munro, I of Obsdale was born est 1565 (son of Robert Mor Munro, XV of Foulis and Catherine Ross, of Balnagown); died in Jun 1589; was buried in Kiltearn, , Ross-Shire, Scotland.

    Notes:

    George was the progenitor of the Lower Iveagh branch.

    George's death date is given as 3 Jun 1590 on p. 68 of the Mackenzie reference but the same reference gives it as Jun 1589 on p. 169. It is given as Jun 1589 in "The Munro Tree".

    Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - 1978 - L/35, R, R/3, S
    "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - 1898 - p. 52, 56, 63, 68, 169,
    284
    "The Highland Clans" by Moncreiffe and Hicks - 1967 - p. 21

    Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - Edinburgh (1978) - p. ii, iv

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    George married Catherine Monro. Catherine (daughter of Andrew Monro, of Milntown & Dochcouty and Catherine Urquhart) was born est 1567; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Catherine Monro was born est 1567 (daughter of Andrew Monro, of Milntown & Dochcouty and Catherine Urquhart); and died.

    Notes:

    Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - 1978 - L/5, L/35, R/3
    "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - 1898 - p. 68, 284
    Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Children:
    1. 2. Col. John Munro, II of Obsdale was born about 1590; died on 11 Mar 1633 in Wetterau, Germany; was buried in Bacharach.
    2. Maj. Gen. Robert Munro, of Obsdale was born about 1592; died in 1675.
    3. Col. Daniel Munro was born before 1641; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert Mor Munro, XV of Foulis was born about 1523 (son of Sir Robert Munro, XIV of Foulis and Margaret Anna Dunbar); died on 4 Nov 1588 in Dingwall, Ross-Shire, Scotland, (Foulis Castle); was buried in Kiltearn, , Ross-Shire, Scotland.

    Notes:

    Robert was served heir to his father before Alexander Baillie, Sheriff-Depute of Inverness on 11 Jan 1548. He was still a minor and so was placed under the tutorship of his uncle, Hugh Munro of Contullich.

    Robert got into a great deal of trouble because his uncle and tutor, Hugh Munro killed two tenants in Little Boath, belonging to the Laird of Balnagowan. The problem was resolved after great expense to Robert including the loss of the lands of Kiltearn.

    Robert came to be known as Robert Mor because of his stature. His estates were erected into a barony by 1553. He was a supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots.

    He gave to Neil Beaton, a heritable tack of the lands of Culnaskea for serving as surgeon or doctor to his family.

    In 1552, he sold to Margaret Ogilvie, widow of William Mackintosh of Mackintosh, the lands of Wester Foulis in liferent, but later regained these lands by marrying Margaret.

    In 1560, he regained the lands of Kiltearn by obtaining them from Quinten Monypenny, General-Vicar and Dean of Ross. The charter was registered and and confirmed on 3 Sep 1584. In the same year, he acquired from the Bishops of Ross, the lands of Limlair, Pellaig, Wester Glens, and Mukle Boitt (or Boath).

    He attended the Reformation Parliament in Edinburgh on 1 Aug 1560 where he voted for the overthrow of the Catholic Church and for acceptance for the Scottish Confession of Faith. He was among the barons assembled on 24 Nov 1572 in Edinburgh to choose a Regent when the Convention of Estates appointed Morton. In the Edinburgh Parliament of 30 Nov 1581, he is listed as "Robert Monro of Fowlis, bailie and chamberlane of Ros, one of the Justices in that part." He had been appointed to that position by the seventh Parliament of King James VI, held at Edinburgh on 24 Feb 1581, when he was described as "His Majesty's principal bailie of the Earldom of Ross and Lordship of Ardmeanach."

    In Robert's time, the Munro Clan was considered by the Crown, of considerable importance, and among the most loyal of the northern clans. When Queen Mary arrived at Inverness on 11 Sep 1562, and found the castle shut against her by the governor, Captain Alexander Gordon, the Munros, under Robert Mor, their Chief, were among those loyal subjects who came to her assistance.

    By a charter dated at Scone on 11 Jul 1565, Robert obtained from Sir James Spence, Chaplain of St. Lawrence, and Sir Alexander Douglas, Chaplain of St. Mary, the lands of Mukle and Little Clynes.

    On 23 Jun 1567, he served as a member of the jury when John, Earl of Sutherland was served heir to his grandmother, Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland.

    At Edinburgh, on 10 Apr 1569, he and many others signed a bond of allegiance to King James VI.

    On 22 Nov 1569, Robert was appointed by the Lord Regent, as a Justice-Depute in the diocese of Caithness for the trial of certain persons.

    In 1570 a serious quarrel broke out between the Munros and the Mackenzies. Leslie, the celebrated Bishop of Ross who had been secretary to Queen Mary, dreading the effect of public feeling against prelacy in the north and against himself personally made over to his cousin, Leslie of Balquhain, his rights and titles to the Chanonry of Ross, together with the Castle lands, in order to divest them of the character of church property and so save them to his family. But in spite of this grant, the Regent Murray gave the custody of the Castle to Andrew Munro of Milntown, a rigid Presbyterian, who was in high favor with Murray.

    The Mackenzies were by no means pleased at seeing the Munros occupying the stronghold. They purchased Leslie's right to the castle and demanded delivery. The Munros at once refused. Mackenzie of Kintail raised his vassals and, joined by a detachment of the Mackintoshes, garrisoned the steeple of the Cathedral Church and laid siege to Irvine's Tower and the Palace.

    The Munros held out for three years, but one day the garrison becoming short of provisions, they attempted a sortie to the Ness of Fortrose, where there was at the time a salmon stell, the contents of which they attempted to secure. They were immediately discovered and followed by the Mackenzies under Iain Dubh Mac Ruairidh Mhic Alastair. The Munros were ambushed and twenty-six of them were killed. The remaining defenders of the castle immediately capitulated, and it was taken possession of by the Mackenzies. Later it was confirmed to the Baron of Kintail by King James VI.

    In 1572, as a reward for his faithful services to the Crown, Robert obtained from King James VI a grant of the tack of all the customs due as royalties from the town and Sheriffdom of Inverness, in the counties of Ross, Sutherland, and Caithness. This was registered in a charter under the Privy Seal dated at Edinburgh on 5 Jan 1572.

    He was one of the members of a Commission appointed to act as Sheriffs of Inverness for serving Alexander Earl of Sutherland heir to his father Earl John, on 30 May 1573. But Alexander petitioned to be served heir in Aberdeen, as he could not get a jury together to sit at Inverness because there was a deadly feud in progress among the local barons including Colin Mackenzie of Kintail, Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh, and Robert Munro of Foulis.

    On 9 Jan 1578, Robert appeared as one of the arbitrators for David Dunbar, portioner of Kinsterrie, concerning the slaughter of two of Dunbar's servants by the tenants or followers of Cawdor.

    In 1578, the Lord Regent and Privy Council learned that the Earl of Argyll intended to invade the territories of Donald MacAngus of Glengarry. On 19 Feb 1577-78, their Lordships issued orders to many Highland Chiefs, including Robert Munro of Foulis, to be ready with their whole forces to come the the aid and defense of Donald MacAngus of Glengarry.

    Robert obtained various lands in Inverness and Ross by charter dated 11 Jan 1583 under the Great Seal, and later that year, on 10 May 1583, he disponed to his son, George of Obsdale, the lands of Limlare, Pelaig, Wester Glens, and Bothmoir.

    In about 1585, a dispute arose between Neil Macleod and Donald Bane Macleod regarding the succession to Assynt. The succession was ultimately awarded to Neil, but Donald Bane complained to Foulis, in whose family he had been brought up. Robert's influence was able to obtain for Donald Bane a part of the lands of Assynt.

    On 30 Nov 1586, Robert was denounced by the Privy Council, along with most of the other Highland Chiefs, on the complaint of the United Burghs of Scotland, for obstructing the fisheries in the northern parts and for making extortionate exactions from the fishermen.

    On 6 May 1588, King James VI, issued an order of special protection granted to the Earl of Sutherland and his Countess. In it, the King ordered Robert Munro of Foulis and many other local leaders to be ready to raise their followers in arms to assist the Earl of Sutherland if needed.

    On 20 Jul 1588, Robert was appointed by the King to be collector of a tax in Inverness-shire, which was to be used for the repair of Edinburgh Castle.

    Robert was one of the first of the Highland Chiefs to renounce the Roman Catholic form of religion and to embrace the doctrines of the Reformation. In this decision, he exercised great influence in the county of Ross. He voted in the Parliament of Aug 1560, for the overthrow of the Popish Church, and for the adoption of the Scottish Confession of Faith. The first spot in Ross-shire where the reformed religion is said to have been preached is at Waterloo, midway between Foulis and Dingwall. The preacher is said to have been the Rev. Donald Munro, the well-known High Dean of the Isles.

    Robert appears to have profited considerably by the long leases of church lands and forfeitures arising from the changed condition of affairs caused by the Reformation. He is said to have been a wise and good man, and the name "Mor," or great, was not altogether inapplicable to him.

    He died at Foulis Castle on 4 Nov 1588 at about the age of 60. By his own direction, his body was buried in the churchyard of Kiltearn, which has ever since continued to be the burying place of the Chiefs of the family. He was the first who made this change from the ancient custom of his ancestors, who had always been interred at the Chanonry of Ross. It is probable that this baron, who was the the first professing Protestant of the family of Foulis, desired by this change, to mark the complete severance of all connection with the Church of Rome and her consecrated establishments.

    Error alert: According to the dates in references, Robert remarried about a year before his first wife died. It's possible that his first marriage ended in divorce, but it is more likely that one or more dates in the reference are incorrect.

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Birth:
    Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

    Robert married Catherine Ross, of Balnagown on 22 Nov 1563. Catherine (daughter of Ross, Laird of Balnagown) was born about 1530; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Catherine Ross, of Balnagown was born about 1530 (daughter of Ross, Laird of Balnagown); and died.

    Notes:

    Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - R, S

    Robert Moir Munro Baron of Fowlis married Margaret daughter to Ogilvie of Finlater by whom he had 2 sons and 3 daughters 2d he married Catherin daughter to Alexander Ross of Balnagown and had 3 sons 4 daughters.

    ...by the second [marriage, he had] another 3 sons, George R/3, John R/23, Andrew R/24; for drs see R/39.

    Hector [was]...associated with the King's Advocate in the unsuccessful prosecution of his stepmother [Catherine Ross] for witchcraft...

    Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 41, 56-58, 63-64, 66-67, 71

    In 1544 Robert entered into a bond of manrent and friendship--according to the custom of the period in Scotland--with Alexander Ross, IX. of Balnagown (father of Robert's eldest son's second wife)...

    Robert married, secondly, Catherine, eldest daughter of Alexander Ross, IX. of Balnagowan, by his first wife, Janet Sinclair, daughter of John, fifth Earl of Caithness, with issue--three sons and four daughters.

    His second wife, "Katherine Ross, Lady Fowlis," as she is designated in the "Dittay," survived Baron Robert for several years. She was implicated, with her stepson, Hector the seventeenth Baron, in an infamous attempt at poisoning through sorcery and incantation. Though her action in the matter is ignored in the family annals, it is here given as related in the Justiciary Records, printed in Pitcairn's Criminal Trials in Scotland, vol. i., part ii., pages 191-202. The trial is also noticed in the preface to Law's Memorials, though in less detail, and with certain errors in some of the particulars given.

    The purpose of the poisoning and "witchcraft," and of the compact into which the Lady of Fowlis entered with a crew of miscreants in 1576 and 1577, was to remove Marjory Campbell, the young wife of her brother, George Ross, X. of Balnagowan, and daughter of Sir John Campbell, IX. of Cawdor, that he might marry the wife of young Fowlis, and to accomplish this effectually it was necessary to destroy her stepson Robert Munro, then "apparand of Fowlis," eldest son and heir of Robert Mor.

    One of the witches was a Tain woman named Marjory Macallister, nicknamed Loskie Loutart, and one of the wizards involved with Loskie in the charge of witchcraft and attempted murder by poisoning was William Macgillivray, nicknamed Damh, also a native of Tain. Marjory Macallister is said to have made for the Lady Fowlis an image of clay, to be set up and shot at with elf arrows, the object being to cause the person whom the image represented (Robert XVI. of Fowlis), to pine away and die. William Macgillivray sold to the Lady a "box of witchcraft," that is of poison, for the smae end, for which he was sentenced to be burnt. Loskie was not similarly dealt with, probably because a distinction was made between witchcraft that took the effective form of administrating poison and that which confined itself to the fanciful method of shooting at a clay image.

    Several of the other instruments, "reputed witches," were convicted at a Justice Court held "within the Cathedral Kirk of Roiss," on the 28th of November, 1577, and sentenced to be "brint for the samin." They died at the stake, confessing the whole plot and implicating their employer in all their horrible practices. Lady Fowlis was not tried until the 22nd of July, 1590, being then "dilatit of certain crymes of witchcraft," at the instance of the King's Advocate, David Macgill of Cranston-Riddell, and Hector Munro of Fowlis. The verdict of the Assize, however, pronounced her "to be innocent, and quit of the haill poynts of the dittay," and she was acquitted accordingly.

    The private prosecutor was Hector Munro, now of Fowlis, another stepson, who in a few hours was to change places with her as the accused at the same bar of Justice for similar crimes; his "assize," or jury being chiefly composed of Munros and Rosses, burgesses of Tain and Dingwall, and dependents of the families of Ross and Munro.

    On the 4th of June, 1589, Hector appears in a curious position in connection with a prosecution for witchcraft against several women, and an abridgement of the document, as recorded in the records of the Privy Council, is of sufficient interest to justify a place here. It is the complaint of Katherine Ross, relict of Robert Munro of Fowlis; Margaret Sutherland, spouse of Neil Munro, in Swordale; Margaret Ross, spouse of John Neil Macdonald Roy, in Coull; and Margaret Mowat, as follows:--Mr Hector Munro now of Fowlis, son-in-law of the said Katherine Ross, "seeking all ways and means to possess himself in certain her tierce and conjunct fee lands of the Barony of Fowlis, and to dispossess her therefrom," had first "persued certain of her tennants and servants by way of deed for their bodily harm and slaughter," and then, "finding that he could not prevail that way, neither by sundry other indirect means sought by him, had at last, "upon sinister and wrong information and importunate suit, purchased a commission of the same to His Majesty, and to Colin Mackenzie of Kintail, Rory Mackenzie, his brother, John Mackenzie of Gairloch, Alexander Bain of Tulloch, Angus Mackintosh of Termitt, James Glas of Gask, William Cuthbert, in Inverness, and some others specially mentioned therein, for apprehending of the siad Margaret Sutherland, Bessy Innes, Margaret Ross, and Margaret Mowat, and sundry others, and putting them to the knowledge of an assize for witchcraft and other forged and feinted crimes alleged to be committed by them." Further, "the said persons, by virtue of the same commission, intended to proceed against them most partially and wilfully, and therby to drive the said complainers to that strait that either they shall satisfy his unreasonable desire, or then to loose their lives, with the sober portion of goods made by them for the sustenance of themselves and their poor bairns; howbeit it be of verity that they are honest women of repute and holding these many years bygone, spotted at no time with any such ungodly practices, neither any ways having committed any offence, but by all their actions behaved themselves as discreetly and honestly as none justly could or can have occasion of complaint--they being ever ready, like they are yet, to underlie the law for all crimes that can be laid to their charge," and having to that effect, "presently found caution for their compearance before the justice and his deputes, or any judge unsuspected, upon fifteen days' warning." Their prayer, accordingly, is that the said commission be discharged. Mr Hector Munro, appearing for himself and his collegues, and the complainers by Alexander Morrison, their procurator, the Lords ordain Mr Hector and the other commissioners to desist from proceeding against the women, and remit their trial to be taken before the Justice-General or his deputes in the next justice court appointed to be held after His Magesty's repairing to the north parts of this realm in the month of July next," at which time, if His Majesty shall not repair thither, or being repaired shall not before this returning cause the same trial to be taken, "in that case commission shall be given to Thomas Fraser of Knockys, tutor of Lovat, John Urquhart of Cadboll, tutor of Cormarty, and Alexander Bayne of Tulloch, or any two of them to administer justice conform to the laws of the realm." (Mackenzie's History of the Mackenzies, second edition, pp. 170-172.)

    Hector Munro and Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh enter into a bond of caution on the 1st of August, 1589, that they will produce before the King's Justice in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh on the 28th of October following the King's letters executed against such persons as are appointed to be upon the trial and assize of Kathering Ross, widow of the late Robert Munro of Fowlis, and also that the said Lachlan and Hector "shall insist in pursuit of her to the uttermost upon the same day for such crimes whereof she is delait and accused without shift, excuse, or delay." Hector also gives bond, on the 1st August, that he--who is appointed to intromit with the rents of the said Catherine till she be tried of the crimes laid to her charge--shall pay to her forty shillings daily out of his intromissions for her expenses in ward, whether in any of the King's castles, or elsewhere, till the said trial be taken, beginning on the 2nd of August instant; and further, that the said Hector shall account to her, in case she may be found innocent, for any sums of money, maills, or duties, to be intromitted by him after the date of the bond, over and above the daily sums provided therin to be paid by him.

    On the 5th of November following John Campbell of Cawdor becomes cautioner in 2000 pounds that Hector will not harm Katherine Ross, Lady Fowlis, her tenants, or servants.

    On the 3rd of August, 1598, a bond is subscribed at Tain, and registered in Edinburgh on the 14th of the same month, by Hector Munro, apparent of Assint; Hugh Ross, apparent of Muldearg; and three others, for George Sinclair of Mey, that he will not molest Katherine Ross, Lady of Fowlis, William Gordon of Brodland, her spouse; or William Ross in Balnacnycht. From this it appears that she married again, after the death of her husband, Robert Munro, who died on the 4th of November, 1588.

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    «i»There are many stories in Fraser's history of the clan and, of course, after the Battle of Worcester the line is continued in his compilation. The most interesting of these stories has to do with Robert Mor Munro who married about 1563, as a second wife, Katherine Ross, daughter of the Laird of Balnagown. She bore him six children, but as Fraser puts it, "she was an unchancy mate for a pious man. Many of her contemporaries believed her to be a murderess, a poisoner, and an employer of witches and sorcerers. Not only this, but she was said to have introduced one of her stepsons, Hector Munro--who later became Chief--to similar sinister practices. Shortly after her husband's death in 1588, both she and Hector Munro stood their separate trials for witchcraft and attempted murder" (p. 22). The result was that both were acquitted on every point, "in apparent disregard of the evidence" (ibid.). The crimes with which Katherine was charged are said to have been committed in 1566 and 1567. The witches and warlocks involved were named and in 1567 two of them were caught, tried, and burned at the stake.«/i»

    (The Monroe Book - by J. S. Guilford)
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    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Birth:
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    Children:
    1. 4. George Munro, I of Obsdale was born est 1565; died in Jun 1589; was buried in Kiltearn, , Ross-Shire, Scotland.
    2. John Munro was born about 1567 in Of, Daan, Scotland; died about 1600.
    3. Elizabeth Munro was born est 1568; and died.
    4. Andrew Munro, of Daan was born about 1569 in Of, Daan, Edderton Par., Scotland; died on 17 Sep 1607 in Of, Limlair, Scotland.
    5. Margaret Munro was born about 1571; and died.
    6. Janet Munro was born about 1573; and died.
    7. Margaret Munro was born est 1575; and died.

  3. 10.  Andrew Monro, of Milntown & Dochcouty was born est 1540 (son of George Monro, of Milntown & Dochcarty and Janet Fraser, of Phopachy); died on 25 Dec 1611.

    Notes:

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    [Andrew Monro] «i»Eldest son of George Monro of Milntown & Docharty (died 1576) and Janet Fraser, a zealous Presbyterian and one of young King James' party, chamberlain of Earldom of Ross, "sold office of chief 'mair' 1600 to K. Mackenzie; Captain of castles of Inverness & Chanonry; involved in dispute with Mackenzie etc c 1593 (Ross) died c 1590 (died 25 December, 1611 Calender of Fearn) having married Catherine Urquhart of Cromarty (died 1610) with issue: George (died 1623); Andrew (Kincraig), John (Fearn, died 1626), Janet (married (1) David Monro, (2) Hector Munro of Foulis (died 1603)); Catherine (married George Munro of Obsdale), Euffem (married Hugh Munro of Balcony, Jean married Oliver Gordon of Ballone and six other daughters. Son George (died 1625) of Tarrell in 1610.

    Munro Tree L/5, 35 (drs); Family of Kilravock p 244; Warlaw Manscriopt 117,120,202,217 but Janet Fraser was his mother not his wife; Richad S. Munroe Genealogy of the Lexington Munroes viii 208-9,602 (mairdom); Records of InvernessI 122 captain of Castle; Fraser"Earls of Cromarty"II 429,430,500; A Mackenzies's Mackenzies (2nd Edition) 220; Mackenzie 278-85, 72, 300-1; Writs 85,87,107,108,93,94,96,99,121; Celtic Magazine x 153, 156-8,230-4,; Highland papers (SHS) ii 34-6; Mackintosh Muniments no 35, A.M. Mackintosh Mackintoshes and Clan Chattan (1903) 152,157; OPS (ii) 420-1;Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland 22 June, 1572; MacGill i 874-876 (wife) ii 1012, 288 for mairdom revenues (decreet of 1591); Allan papers Number 4 (as Davochcartie) 2, 3 , 5, 414 (as Newmore) F.N. Reid Earls of Ross page 19- daughter Isabel; cf C Fraser Mackintosh 'Antiquarian Notes' i 211, number 106; Gordon "Earldom of Sutherland", 144,166,155; MacFarlane "Gen" Coll i 239 (not in 1829 manuscript Page 50) 'A very arrogant man'; Morton Register (1853); 140; Acts of the Parliment of Scotland iii 272-3; H.M. Meldoum 'Kilmuir Easter' 165-6; Scots Peerage vii 503; Register of the Privy Council of Scotland vii 603, 668,671-2, iii 553-5; Calendar of Fearn (ed R.J. Adam, # 248; Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland vi 1210,1387,viii 638; Fraser 'Sutherland Book' i 157,159,iii 167-8; H. Tayler 'History of the Family of Urquhart' (1946) 22.«/i»

    (R. W. Munro's genealogy notes)
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    Ref: The Munro Tree (1734) - L/4, L/5, R/3
    Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
    "History of the Munros" (1898) by A. Mackenzie - p. 43, 47-48, 278-284

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Andrew married Catherine Urquhart. Catherine was born est 1542; died on 2 Apr 1610. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Catherine Urquhart was born est 1542; died on 2 Apr 1610.

    Notes:

    Ref: "The Munro Tree (1734)" by R. W. Munro - L/5

    "Andrew Munro of Miltown and Newmore married Catherine Urquhart daughter to the Laird of Cromartie by whom he had George Andrew and Mr. John and Ten daughters Janet Catherine Elizabeth Christane Euffem /blank/ Margaret Helen and Anne..."

    "...he [Andrew Munro] d 25 Dec 1611 and wife 2 Apr 1610;..."

    Ref: "History of the Munros" by A. Mackenzie - p. 284

    Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

    Children:
    1. George Monro, of Milntown & Tarrell was born est 1558; died on 6 May 1623 in Boggs.
    2. Euphemia Monro was born est 1559; and died.
    3. Janet Monro was born est 1561; and died.
    4. 5. Catherine Monro was born est 1567; and died.
    5. Helen Munro was born about 1571; and died.
    6. Andrew Munro, I of Kincraig was born est 1573; and died.
    7. Elizabeth Munro was born about 1575; and died.
    8. Christane Munro was born about 1577; and died.
    9. Rev. John Munro, of Fearn was born est 1579; died on 18 Mar 1626.
    10. Margaret Munro was born about 1583; and died.
    11. Anne Munro was born about 1587; and died.
    12. Jean Munro was born est 1589; and died.
    13. Munro was born about 1591; and died.
    14. Isabella Monro was born about 1593; and died.