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(ai.liKKT JOIIXSTONK, TJiriiD 01' TIIL: X.\»R, 1290. vii
annoi'ial seal of tliid Sir Joliu Joliusl.iiie J-till exists iu llic J'liMie lu'cord
.Oftice, London, Ix-ing altuclied l.iy a slriiiq- to a small fraguioil of tlic
lioinngc. The seal in thus described— ".Shield \\illi 2 garhs (?), and a canton
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ever a 3rd ; cliargc? indistinct (stars i), s. JOiiirf UE lOKEiiTOXF, militi.?.' "
Kotliing further regarding the history of this knight of the fealty to tlic
overrunnini' iiolicv of XiiiL' Jvlward tlic I'irst lias hccn ascertained.
IV.— 2. GiLrElIT JOIIXSTONK, 129C.
As (Gilbert de Johnstone of Dumfriesshire, ho tooh the oalli of fealty to
ICing Edward the Pirsl, and aji}fended his seal to a deed of homage ou tlie
2Slh of August 120G, at r.crwicir-upon-Tweed. Ifis seal is still appended
to the deed of homage in tlic Public l!ecord Ofiice, London. The seal is
diAcreut from that of Sir John de Johnstone, who took the oath to Edward
'' at the same time. The seal is thus described— A gem, a lioml in profile :
's. GiLKEUTi jiE lOXESTOVN."'! Along with Gilbert iu making oath of fealty
Avere Ilumfrey dc 3^.oys, knight, Eoger do Kirkpafric, knight, Hugh
JMaulevercr, and others. lie is proliabl}' the same G illicit de Johnstone
who obtained from King Eobert the llruce, in or after 1309, tlie lands of
Heviilcriigs and Kedmyrc, in the shire of Lanark."
The practice of continuing distinguished iiames in Scottish fan) dies has
long been observed. The Christian names of John and Gilbert, which were
lield res))ective]y by the oldest known ancestor of the Johnstone family and
hi.s son Sir GiUier , prevailed in the family from (he tv.-eli'th to the fifteenlli
century. In 1-1 ?4, John Johnstone was proprietor of Johnstone, and liis next
brother was Gilbert Johnstone. After them the name of Gilbert was drojiped
in tlie main line, and tliose of John and James became the prevailing
Ciirislian names, and have continued to the ]n'esent time—sometimes in
conjunction.
' Uaiii's C'aleiiclfir, vol. ii. pji. 1S.">, 210 ; .so.il, Ap|icnriiK i. (7). p. TSl.
^ llobcrtson'.s Imlex of Missing C'hartirs, p. 1.