John Edmonstone of that Ilk (died c. 1410), was a Scottish nobleman.

Life

John was the eldest son of John Edmonstone of Boyne. He fought at the

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in 1388, in which Scottish forces defeated the English forces of Henry Percy and his brother

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, with the Percy brothers and many other English nobles taken prisoner. As part of the dowry of his wife, he received the village of

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Family and issue

John married Lady Isabel,{{sfn, Burke, 1846, p=352 the widow of

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, who was the daughter of King

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and

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. They are known to have had two sons: * David Edmonstone, oldest son and heir. * Sir William Edmonstone of Culloden and Duntreath, first of Duntreath.Burke,John "A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire", p 352; https://archive.org/details/b29328913_0001/page/n391/mode/1up

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References

*{{cite book , last=Burke , first=John , title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire , publisher=H. Colburn , year=1846 , edition=8th , url=https://archive.org/details/b29328913_0001 {{DEFAULTSORT:Edmonstone of that Ilk, John 14th-century births 1410s deaths 14th-century Scottish people 15th-century Scottish people Scottish soldiers