[7] Sir Robert de Myneris appeared in the court of Alexander II of Scotland where he received royal patronage, rising to become a chamberlain in 1249.

[7] Alexander also acquired the lands of Weem and married Egida, a daughter of James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland.

[7] Janet Menzies had married a Stewart about a century earlier, and Garth claimed the lands as part of her tocher, or dowry.

[7] When James was forced from his throne in 1688, the Menzies chiefs supported Mary II of England and Prince William of Orange.

[7] However, the clan was again divided as Major Duncan Menzies of Fornock led his men in the Highland charge at the Battle of Killiecrankie in which they defeated Government troops.

[7] He later returned to Scotland but in the Jacobite rising of 1745 he was beyond active campaigning; however, he sent Prince Charles Edward Stuart a fine horse.

[7] The Menzies lands of Glen Lyon provided shelter for refugees from the Battle of Culloden, including members of Prince Charles's personal staff.

[11][12] Castles that have been owned by the Clan Menzies have included, amongst many others: The pattern books of the old firm of weavers, Wilson's of Bannockburn, provide a reliable early source for this tartan.