Alexander Boyd of Kilmarnock

ALEXANDER BOYD OF KILMARNOCK

Chamberlain of Kilmarnock

Alexander Boyd of Bonshaw was the second son of Robert Boyd, first Lord Kilmarnock, and his wife Mariota Maxwell. The Scots Peerage V: 150-2

Death

A date and place of death has not been identified for Alexander Boyd of Kilmarnock. He was alive on 26 June 1508, when Queen Margaret set the lands of Kilmarnock and others to him in tack for nine years,NRS: GD8/29 but he died before 1510, when Queen Margaret acknowledged that his son Robert Boyd had paid the mails of Kilmarnock to Mr. Francis Bothwell, burgess of Edinburgh. NRS: GD8/35

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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3 October 1505: Instrument of Procuratory upon David Colville, James Colville, Philip Colville, George Moran and Sir George Machelson, chaplain, as procurators for procuring the dispensation of the marriage contract between Alexander Boyd of Kilmarnock and Janet Colville. National Records of Scotland, Boyd Papers, Burgh of Kilmarnock, reference GD8/26

                   2

27 October 1505: Instrument by Janet Colville, sister of Sir William Colville, of Ochiltree, Robert Colville of Hylton, Philip Colville, Mr John Wallis of Linlithgow and John Macadam, her procurators, for procuring confirmation of the aforesaid dispensation. National Records of Scotland, Boyd Papers, Burgh of Kilmarnock, reference GD8/27

                   3

23 November 1505: Instrument taken on sentence pronounced by James, Abbot of Dunfermline, dispensing (in terms of Letter of Pope Julius II dated at Rome 3 Jul 1504) with the impediments to the marriage, already contracted, between Alexander Boyd in Kilmarnock and Janet Colville, and legitimising the children already born of the marriage. National Records of Scotland, Boyd Papers, Burgh of Kilmarnock, reference GD8/25

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26 June 1508: Indenture: Margaret, Queen of Scotland, with the consent of King James IV, King of Scots, on the one part, and Alexander Boyd in Kilmarnock, on the other part, whereby she settles to him and his heirs, the lordship and lands of Kilmarnock, Dalry, Noddesdyle, Kilbride, Flatt, Narstone and the Annual of Martuam, for the space of 9 years, the said Alexander paying £100, at the terms therein specified. National Records of Scotland, Boyd Papers, Burgh of Kilmarnock, reference GD8/29

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1510: Discharge by Queen Margaret to Robert Boyd of 200 marks and the mails of the lands of Kilmarnock, which he had paid at her command to Mr Francis Bothwell, burgess of Edinbugh. National Records of Scotland, Boyd Papers, Burgh of Kilmarnock, reference GD8/35

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage V: 150-2
2. Stirnet: Boyd 1

Biographical Summary by Darryl Lundy's Peerage

Alexander Boyd, 3rd Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock married Janet Colville, daughter of Sir Robert Colville and Eupheme Wallace, before 23 November 1505.[2]

He died after 26 June 1508.[2]

• He was the son of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock and Mariot Maxwell.[1]
• He succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock [S., c. 1454] in 1484.[1]
• He was Chamberlain of Kilmarnock before 2 August 1488.[1]

Children of Alexander Boyd, 3rd Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock and Janet Colville

• 1. Margaret Boyd+[2]
• 2. Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock+[2] d. bt 29 Jul 1557 - 10 May 1558

Citations

• 1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 260. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 2. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 261.

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