Catherine Rutherford

Extract from The Rutherfurds of that Ilk, and their cadets. by Thomas H. Cockburn-Hood (Edinburgh 1884) pages x (http://archive.org/details/rutherfurdsoftha00ruth)

Philip, eldest son and apparent heir of James Rutherfoord, of that ilk, married Elizabeth, daughter of the said Sir Walter Ker of Cessford (the two fathers being the parties contracters), by whom he had a son, Richard, who succeeded his grandfather, and two daughters.

But, The Landed Gentry has on p1391 https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera02byuburk/page/1390/mod... the names of those 2 daughters of Philip as Helen and Christian, and marries Christian to James Stuart - and the Estates of Rutherfordand Wells passing to the Stuarts through her.

Extract from The Rutherfurds of that Ilk, and their cadets. by Thomas H. Cockburn-Hood (Edinburgh 1884) pages xi (http://archive.org/details/rutherfurdsoftha00ruth)

Catherine, married to James Stuart of Traquair. She at last became heir of line of the Rutherfoords of that ilk, on which account the family of Traquair have ever since continued to quarter the arms of Rutherfoord with their own.

Extract from The Rutherfurds of that Ilk, and their cadets. by Thomas H. Cockburn-Hood (Edinburgh 1884) pages xxvi (http://archive.org/details/rutherfurdsoftha00ruth)

Catherine Ruthirfurd, Helen's sister, had married James Stuart of Traquair, and was herself in bad odour with the Government, being declared a rebel on the 8th November 1532, and all her property ordered to be escheated for " tressonable assistance given to Archibald, sumtyme Erll of Angus."

Extract from The Scots Peerage (Volume VII) by Sir James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh 1910) page 367 (http://archive.org/details/cu31924092516248)

Katherine, who being a ward of the King forfeited on 27 January 1502 her portion of the paternal estate by 'away ganging and trespassing with James ye Stewart of Tracquar, commitand hir person to him in fornication,' they being in the third and third degree of consanguinity forbidden by the law. They afterwards had a papal dispensation, 9 November 1505, legalising their marriage. He was killed at Flodden 1513.