Clan Schaw

[1] It has also been said the clan descends from a second son of Duncan, Earl of Fife, who was cup bearer to the king of Scots.

[3] The earliest record of the lowland name is of John de Schau, who witnessed a deed in relation to the Abbey of Paisley in 1284.

[4] Sometime before 1309, the clan acquired the lands of Hayley, Wardlaw and Drumchaber in Ayr from James, Great Steward of Scotland.

In 1407, an agreement between John Schaw, lord of Hayley and Alan Cathcart was confirmed by charter under the great seal.

John Schaw of Hayley was one of the men who made up the Embassy that negotiated the terms of marriage between James III and Margaret, daughter of the Christian I, king of Denmark.