Logie House (5)
Logie used to be known as Logie-Wishart and was a seat of the Wishart's from an early date.  John Wischard was Sheriff of Kincardineshire in the reign of King Alexander II (1214-49).  His eldest son, Sir John Wischard of Conveth, was the progenitor of the Wisharts / Wyscharts of Pittarrow.  His second son, William Wischard (d.1278), was Bishop of Glasgow and later of St. Andrews.  The 3rd son, Adam Wischard, was granted in 1272 a charter of the lands of Ballindarg and Logie.

Adam, 1st of Logie had, in addition to his eldest son and heir Gilbert, another son, Robert Wyschard, who succeeded his uncle in the bishopric of Glasgow.  Following the untimely death of King Alexander III, he was appointed a Lord of Regency while a new monarch was sought.  A distinguished patriot, he joined William Wallace in 1297, as a warrior priest.  He later supported Bruce, but following the Scottish defeat at Methven, he was captured and taken prisoner to England, where years of ill-treatment led to him going blind.  He returned to Scotland as part of the prisoner exchange following the Battle of Bannockburn.
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