Campbell Clan and remained in their hands until the late seventeenth century. John, Lord Lyall, transferred the lands and Barony of Lundie, with its mill, castle, and manor to Sir John Campbell and his spouse Isobel Gray, in 1539. This was confirmed by Mary, Queen of Scots, on 12 October 1545. He was High Treasurer of Scotland in the reign of James V. It is believed that he was instrumental in restructuring the castle at Lundie. RGS.III.3177]. On 28 May 1583, King James VI granted Colin Campbell, Earl of Argyll, Lord Campbell, and Lord Lorne, and his wife Lady Anne Keith, Countess of Moray, the lands and Barony of Lundie, Forfarshire, which James Campbell of Lundie had resigned. [RGS.V. 574]. King James VI confirmed a charter of Colin Campbell, Baron of Lundie granting his wife Lady Mary Campbell, Countess of Menteith, various lands lying in the Barony of Lundie, on 3 August 1614 [RGS.VII.1102]. Colin Campbell of Lundie was created a baronet of Nova Scotia on 13 December 1627, this title descended to his son and eventually to the Dukes of Argyll. Sir Colin Campbell of Lundie married secondly to Lady Jean Stirling and are mentioned in a charter dated 10 July 1630 and in several sasines dating from 1631. [NRS.RS38.S1.VIII.33] Sir Colin died and in 1634 King Charles I granted Archibald Campbell, Lord Lorne, the land and Barony of Lundie [RGS.IX.7]. Archibald was only the Baron of Lundie briefly as the following year he resigned it to the Crown and it was then granted to James Campbell, Lord of Kintyre, [RGS.IX.625]. The Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1638-1651) saw Campbell of Lundie as a cavalry officer taking an active role. On 28 March 1642, King Charles I created James, Lord Kintyre, second son of Archibald, Earl of Argyll, as the Earl of Irvine and Lord of Lundie [RGS.IX.1117]. Following the execution of King Charles I Lundie supported the claim of his son. In the Battle of Dunbar (1650) he led a troop of sixty cavalrymen against Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentary Army. During the period of the Commonwealth period the lands of Lundie appear forfeited, returned later to the Campbells after the monarchy's restoration. On 20 July 1663 the Barony of Lundie of Forfarshire was granted to Colin Campbell eldest son of George Campbell of Carsgownie [SIG1.22.128]. Following the death of Colin Campbell, Baron of Lundie his lands and title were