In 1382 it swore fealty to Amedeus VI., duke of Savoy.
A few years afterwards he married again, his second wife being Agnes, daughter of Sir James 1 The descent of the first Napier of Merchiston has been traced to "Johan le Naper del Counte de Dunbretan," who was one of those who swore fealty to Edward I.
In August 1296 Bruce and his father swore fealty to Edward I.