History of the Stewarts | Family Lines
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WILLIAM Stewart
He was most likely to be the son of Alexander Stewart of Darnley (and descended from Sir John Stewart of Bonkyl, killed at Falkirk in 1298), by a daughter of Turnbull of Minto.
Sir William Stewart of Jedworth was accused by Hotspur of treason for having broken his allegiance to the English king. Two successive juries acquitted him of the charge, but Hotspur summoned a third, from which he succeeded in wringing a verdict in accordance with his wishes, and Stewart, having been sentenced to the death of a traitor, was immediately executed.
He was father of: —
Sir John, who married Marion, daughter of Sir Walter Stewart of Dalswinton
They had two sons : —
William
John, Provost of Glasgow.
Reference: The Heraldry of the Stewarts
