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Rowallan & the Earls of Loudoun

Rowallan & the Earls of Loudoun

The Muirs or Mures of Rowallan may take their name from their earliest coat-of-arms which showed the head of a Moorish warrior but it is probable that this was an early form of heraldry known as 'Canting Arms' in which the subject represented the name of the bearer in pictorial form. Thomas de la More was the executor of the will of Dervorguilla Balliol, the mother of King John Balliol and the family continued to retain strong ties with the Balliol family and their supporters the powerful Comyn family, and were given, or in some cases inherited lands, through marriage, from these families. The Muirs of More held lands in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Berwickshire. In 1347, Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan married Robert II and became his Queen.

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