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He granted a charter of the lands of Esslemont, under reservation of the terce of Isabella, his spouse, in favour of Henry Cheyne, his son and apparent heir on 11th July 1497.⁹

A strong friendship (probably a compulsory reconciliation) sprung up betwixt him and the Hays of Ardendracht. Former enmities were forgotten in a proposal of marriage between John Cheyne's son and Margaret Hay, the daughter of William Hay of Ardendracht. In 1494, the indenture betwixt the fathers of the couples is dated at Edinburgh, June 9, 1494, and in due time the marriage is solemnised; but the bridegroom died an early death, for Marjory Hay appears soon as a widow. In 1500, a licence was obtained for building a tower or fortalice by John Cheyne of Esslemont, " for the favours we have to our lovite, John Cheyne of Esslemont, and for his gude service done to us at divers times, (...) have given to the said (...) our special licence to big upon Esslemont a tower and fortalice quhair he thinks maist expedient." The remains of this tower, a hoary ruin, stands close by the public road to Ellon, near the farm of Mains of Esslemont. In 1499, John Cheyne signs a bond of man-rent to the Earl of Errol. It is dated 11 September, 1499, at the chapel of Leask ; witnesses — William Hay of Ardendracht, Alexander Cabbel, parson of Banchory, and Gilbert Hay.¹⁰

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¹ Francis J. Grant, The County Families of the Zetland Islands: Being Genealogies of Local Families Compiled from Public Records and Other Sources (Lerwick: T. & J. Manson, 1893), Cheynes of Esslemont no. I, p. 48.
² Rev. William Temple, The Thanage of Fermartyn: Including the District Commonly Called Formartine, its Proprietors, with Genealogical Deductions; its Parishes, Ministers, Churches, Churchyards, Antiquities, &c (Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & son, 1894), p. 507-17, Gordon of Esslemont.
³ Ibid
⁴ Francis J. Grant, The County Families of the Zetland Islands: Being Genealogies of Local Families Compiled from Public Records and Other Sources (Lerwick: T. & J. Manson, 1893), Cheynes of Esslemont no. II, p. 48.
⁵ Ibid
⁶ Ibid
⁷ Ibid
⁸ Rev. William Temple, The Thanage of Fermartyn: Including the District Commonly Called Formartine, its Proprietors, with Genealogical Deductions; its Parishes, Ministers, Churches, Churchyards, Antiquities, &c (Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & son, 1894), p. 507-17, Gordon of Esslemont.
⁹ Francis J. Grant, The County Families of the Zetland Islands: Being Genealogies of Local Families Compiled from Public Records and Other Sources (Lerwick: T. & J. Manson, 1893), Cheynes of Esslemont no. II, p. 48.
¹⁰ Rev. William Temple, The Thanage of Fermartyn: Including the District Commonly Called Formartine, its Proprietors, with Genealogical Deductions; its Parishes, Ministers, Churches, Churchyards, Antiquities, &c (Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & son, 1894), p. 507-17, Gordon of Esslemont.

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