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ii s. vii. ja>-. ii, 1913.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 31 ftfplws. DESCENT OF DARNLEY. (11 S. vi. 488.) Matthew Stewart, fourth (or twelfth) Earl of Lennox (1516-71), Regent of Scotland, was son of John, third Earl, by Anne, eighth daughter of John Stewart, first Earl of Atholl, half-brother of James II. John Stewart, third (or eleventh) Earl of Lennox (d. 1526), was son of Matthew, second (or tenth) Earl, by Elizabeth, daughter of James, first Lord Hamilton, and a niece on the spindle-side of James III. Matthew Stewart, second (or tenth) Earl of Lennox (d. 1513), was son of Sir John Stewart or Stuart, Lord Darnley and first (or ninth) Earl, by Margaret, eldest daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, Knight, Lord of Ardrossan. Sir John Stewart, Lord Darnley and first (or ninth) Earl of Lennox (d. 1495) of the Stewart line, was son of Sir Alan Stewart by Catherine Seton, probably a daughter of Sir William Seton, killed at Verneuil in 1424. Sir Alan Stewart (slain at Linlithgow in 1439) was second son of Sir John Stuart of Darnley, first Seigneur of Aubigny, by Elizabeth, daughter of Duncan, Earl of Lennox. Sir John Stuart or Stewart of Darnley, Seigneur of Aubigny (1365 ?-1429), was son of Alexander Stewart of Darnley by Janet, daughter and heiress of Sir William Keith of Galston. Sir Alexander Stewart of Darnley was eon of Sir Alexander Stewart of Derneley. Sir Alexander Stewart of Derneley was youngest son of Sir Alan Stewart of Dreg- horn. Sir Alan Stewart of Dreghorn was second son of Sir John Stewart of Bonkyl by Margaret, only daughter and heiress of Sir Alexander Bonkyl of that ilk. Sir John Stewart of Bonkyl was second eon of Alexander. High Steward of Scotland, by Jean, daughter and heiress of Angus Macrory, or Roderick, Lord of Bute. Sir John's elder brother, James the High Steward, was grandfather of Robert II. A. R. Bayi.ey. There is a genealogical table in ' Some Account of the Stuarts of Aubigny in France,' by Lady Elizabeth Cust. The pedigree commences with Alexander. High Steward of Scotland, great-grandfather of Robert II. The descent is then : Robert III., James I., and James II. (whose daughter Mary married James, Lord Hamilton). Their daughter Elizabeth married Matthew Stuart, Earl of Lenox (descended from Sir John Stewart, yoimger son of above Alexander), whose grandson Matthew was the father (by Margaret Douglas) of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. R. J. Fynmobe. Sandgate. Darnley was not descended in a direct male line from Robert II., but from Robert's great-grandfather, Alexander Fitzalan. The line of descent is as follows (Burke) :— Alexander Fitzalan i .1 John | Alan James (Lord High Steward) Walter = Marjory Bruce Robert II. (King of Scotland) Alexander i Robert III. James I. James II. James HI. James IV. I James V. Alexander ! John Alan John (Earlof Lennox) Matthew (2nd Earl) John (3rd Earl) Matthew (4th Earl) Ma'ry=p Henry (Lord Darnley) I James VI. J. Foster Palmer. 8, Royal Avenue, S.W. The descent mentioned in the query is not given in Sir J. Balfour Pauls 'The Scots Peerage,' v. 344, s.v. ' Stewart, Duke of Lennox,' to which reference might usefully be made. S. A. Grundy-Newman, F.S.A.Scot. Walsall. The Murder of Sarah Stout at Hert- ford (11 S. vi. 469).—Two editions of ' Sarah the Quaker to Lothario ' (1728) are in the library of the British Museum. They are entered in the Catalogue under the word ' Sarah.' The compilers of that section of the Catalogue must have forgotten the celebrated case of Sarah Stout. W. P. Courtney.