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Sir Robert Munro, XIV of Foulis

Sir Robert Munro, XIV of Foulis

Male Abt 1508 - 1547  (~ 39 years)

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  • Name Robert Munro  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Prefix Sir 
    Suffix XIV of Foulis 
    Born Abt 1508 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Sep 1547  Musselburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6, 8, 12] 
    Buried Musselburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Burial place unverified
    Person ID I17  Munro
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2015 

    Father Hector Munro, XIII of Foulis,   b. 1480,   d. 8 Mar 1541, Kincardine, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Katherine MacKenzie,   b. 1489,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F1547  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Anna Dunbar,   b. Abt 1500, Cumnock, , Ayr, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. , , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married , , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Robert Mor Munro, XV of Foulis,   b. Abt 1523,   d. 4 Nov 1588, Dingwall, Ross-Shire, Scotland, (Foulis Castle) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)
    +2. George Munro, I of Katewell,   b. 1524, Cromarty, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1547, Musselburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
    +3. Hugh Munro, I Of Assynt,   b. Abt 1526, Dingwall, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1596, Evanton, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
     4. Elizabeth Munro,   b. Abt 1533,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +5. Catherine Munro,   b. Abt 1537,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +6. Hector Munro, I Of Fyrish, Contullich,   b. Abt 1539,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Janet Munro,   b. Abt 1541,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2009 
    Family ID F982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Robert Munro was served heir to his father on 22 May 1542 before John Cuthbert, Sheriff of Inverness. Later in the same year, King James V granted him the relief of the lands and other property belonging to his deceased father.

      In the same year, 1542, a feud broke out between Donald Mackay, Chief of the Clan Mackay, and John, fifteenth Earl of Sutherland, during which Mackay committed several depredations. He was ultimately apprehended, and by order of the Earl of Huntly, Lieutenant of the North, was imprisoned in Foulis Castle, where he was kept for a considerable time in captivity. He managed to make his escape through the connivance of one Donald Mackay, a Strathnaver man. It seems highly probably that Baron Robert knew of the escape plan, because the Mackays and Munros had been on friendly terms for generations.

      In 1544, Robert entered into a bond of manrent and friendship, according to the custom of the period, with Alexander Ross of Balnagown, father of Robert's eldest son's second wife. The agreement is dated 1 Dec 1544, and bound the two men for their mutual defense.

      In 1546, Angus Macdonald of Glengarry, deponed the patronage of the Chaplainory of Obsdale to Robert Munro. On 1 Mar 1546/7, Robert served as a member of the Assize for serving Archibald Campbell heir to his father, Sir John, in the Barony of Strathnairn. On 4 May 1546, he was a member of the jury in the special service of John Gordon, heir to Alexander Gordon, Master of Sutherland his father, in the Earldom of Sutherland.

      Robert was a resolute and magnanimous man, and a most loyal subject. When the English invaded Scotland under the Protector, the Duke of Somerset, all the noblemen, freeholders, and Chiefs of Clans were called upon to proceed to Edinburgh with their friends and followers. The Chief of the Munros responded to the call with alacrity. Calling together the fighting men of his clan, he went to Edinburgh, joined the Scottish army, and marched with it to the fatal field of Pinkie, where he fell fighting bravely at the head of his followers.

      It is not known what became of his body. It very probably remained on the field of battle and was buried there along with others.

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      The following is from the Rockwell reference:

      Robert Munro was also the 14th Chieftan of the Clan Munro, successor to the legendary Donald, the Irish prince from the River Ro region in Ireland (hence the origin of the name Munro) who came to Scotland in 1025 A.D. at the head of an army to assist King Malcolm II in driving the Danes out of Scotland.

      Robert's tenure as Baron of Foulis was a short five years. But during that he was noted (as would be his son and successor, Robert Mor Munro, the 15th Baron) for his loyal support for Mary Stuart during her turbulent reign as Queen of Scotland (1542-1567). Robert and Queen Mary were distant cousins as they were both descendents of King Robert II (1371-1390), the first of the Stewart Kings of Scotland. Queen Mary changed the spelling of the Stewart name to Stuart. She was first married to King Francis II of France and it was in France that she adopted the French spelling of the name.

      Robert's descendency came through his grandmother, Anna MacLean, wife of William Munro, 12th Baron of Foulis (1490-1505). Anna could claim two lines of descent: One from King Robert's daughter, Princess Margaret (who married John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles) and second, from his son, Alexander, Earl of Buchan ("the Wolf of Badenoch").

      Robert and his second son, George Munro of Katewell, were killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in which the Scots were defeated by an English army led by Thomas Seymour, Duke of Somerset and Regent of England (for the minority of King Edward VI).
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      The following is from William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine - Vol. XIII #4 - p. 231-241

      Sir Robert Munro, 14th Baron of Foulis, and 14th in descent from Hugh, the First Baron, succeeded to the Barony on 22 My 1542. He married Margaret dunbar, and was killed on 8 Sep 1547 at the Battle of Pinkie. General Hugh Mercer of the Revolutionary War was a direct descendant of this 14th Baron of Foulis, - Gen. Mercer's mother having been Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Munro, 24th Baron of Foulis.

      Sir Robert, 14th Baron of Foulis, left issue, besides his eldest son Robert who became the 15th Baron, several others among whom was George, progenitor of the Katewell branch, who was killed with his father at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547, leaving issue a son George Munro, II of Katewell, who married his cousin Euphemia Munro. They had issue a son David Munro, who married his distant sousin, Agnes, daughter of the Rev. Alexander Munro and his wife Janet Cumming, a descentant of King Henry VII of England and his wife Elizabeth of York, daughter of King Edward IV of England.
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      The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:

      «i»Alexander Munro of Ardullie fl 1547/78 Third son of Alexander Munro of Kiltearn & Janet Maclean; received few charter of Ardullie from Robert Munro of Foulis 1547; said to have been 'banner-bearer to his Chief' in 1547 (Pinkie, 10 Sep 47); fl 1549; m. ------ with issue - Hugh (suc.) & Donald. 'agnamed Crechan' (Chronological & Genealogical Account of the Ancient & Honorable Family of Foulis, Inverness 1805) or 'Ni Cruich' (Munro Tree), but Mackenzie 396 says this was his grandson Alexander. On record 1549 as 'Alex Munro of Ardulle' (Foulis Writs no. 16), also 1552 (Reg. Mag. Sig. ), & prob. also in 1560, 1578, but son Hugh 'of Ardullie' 1581.

      Munro Tree M/68; Mackenzie pp. 379, 396; Martine per Chronological & Genealogical Account of the Ancient & Honorable Family of Foulis, Inverness 1805, pp. 19, 28, & Macfarlane's Gen Coll i 38; Ross-shire Journal 5 Jan 1951; Writs nos. 75, 255, no. 16 - should be 1549 (not 1409); Reg. Mag. Sig. iv no. 750 - confirmation of charter by Robert Munro of Foulis 20 Jan 1551/2 at Ardersier (AM of A witness).
      «/i»**********
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      The following is from «u»The Monroe Book«/u» p. 6:

      «i»His «/i»[Hector Munro XIII of Foulis] «i»son Robert, fourteenth Baron, was a loyal supporter of Mary Queen of Scots. He married Margaret Dunbar, daughter of Sir Alexander Dunbar, sheriff of Murray. He was killed in the battle of Pinkie in 1547, defending Scotland against English invasion.
      «/i»**********

      Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 13]
    • (Medical):See attached sources. [6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S743] Family of Adam, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, (https://new.familysearch.org/en/action/unsec/welcome : copyright 2008), accessed 16 Jun 2011), KG7V-TG8, LHLW-YDW (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S686] The Munro Tree (1734), R. W. Munro, (Privately published in Edinburgh, Scotland (1978)), p. 15 (Q) (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 40-43 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S84] Clan Munro files - Rapaport, Diane, Diane Rapaport, Copies of pages from The William and Mary Quarterly - sen t 19 Mar 2001 - p. 742 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S58] Clan Munro files - May, Frank Boon, III, Frank Boon May, III, Membership application for Frank Boon May, III dated 15 Ma y 2001 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S111] Clan Munro files - Price, Geneva Bell, Geneva Bell Price, Membership application for Geneva Ellen Bell Price dated 2 7 Jul 2001 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S645] Clan Munro files - Boggs, Elizabeth Monroe, Elizabeth Monroe Boggs, "William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine " - Vol. XIII #4 - Oct 1933 - The Monroe Family - p. 231-241 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S645] Clan Munro files - Boggs, Elizabeth Monroe, Elizabeth Monroe Boggs, Pedigree of the Munro Family - undated (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 159 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S726] Clan Munro files - Lynch, John Samuel, Jr., John Samuel Lynch, Jr., Membership application for John Lynch, Jr. - 9 Apr 2009 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S727] The Monroe Book, Dr. Joan S. Guilford, (Franklin, North Carolina: Genealogy Publishing Service, 1993.), p. 8. (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S689] Scottish Battles, unknown, (Published by Lang Syne Publishers, Ltd., Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland - 1985), p. 117 (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S385] Clan Munro files - Rockwell, John W., John W. Rockwell, Ancestry of Elizabeth Monroe Rockwell (Reliability: 3).


  

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