Elizabeth Bellenden

Sir Jol)n Cockburn of (Drmiston, a prominent figure in the history of these times, was an eminent lawyer, Senator of the College of Justice, and for a number of years Lord Justice-Clerk. He was retoured heir to his father in Ormiston, and a few years subsequently — 6th July 1590 — in Boithill and the mill thereof, in the shire of Edinburgh and constabulary of Haddington. He married first Janet, daughter of Alexander Home of Manderston, County Abbrtv., Berwick, who gave to his son-in-law, " Mr John Haddington, Cockburn of Ormiston," a bond for ^"4000. There B- 23S' was an agreement made, 24th June 1584, that John Scott Office, Cockburn of Ormiston, and Janet Home, his spouse, [J%E2%84%A2' should, on payment to them of the sum of 12,000 merks, infeft James Ker, son to the deceased Thomas Ker of Zair, in an annual rent of ^80 out of the ibid., vol. «L, lands of Muirhouse, in the barony of Ormiston. On 1 3°5' the 17th May 1567 he agreed with his father, " with the consent of Elis Sandilands, his mother," to sell the lands of Preston [Peaston ?] to Alexander Scott. Office, ^'Dougall 0f Stodrig. These lands were in the con- foi. 85. stabulary of Haddington. By Janet Home he had a son, Patrick, and four daughters, Margaret, Catherine, Helen, and Jean. Douglas' He married secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Sir vol. i., p. 2ii. John Bellenden of Auchinoule, by his second wife Janet Seton. Elizabeth Bellenden had been married before to James Lawson of Humbie.

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ELIZABETH BELLENDEN

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