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Elizabeth Ker

Also Known As: "Elizabeth Carr Kerr"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Death: October 15, 1548 (81-82)
Buccleuch, Scotland (burned to death in the tower of Catslack by the English)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Walter Kerr, Laird of Cessford and Isabel de Hay, Lady Kerr Of Cessford
Wife of Philip Rutherford, younger of that Ilk and Sir Walter Scott, 2nd of Buccleuch
Mother of Helen Rutherford; Richard Rutherford, of that ilk; Catherine Rutherford; Walter 'Wicked Wat' Scott, 3rd Lord of Buccleuch and William Scott, of Whitehope
Sister of Sir Robert Kerr of Calverton; Ralph Kerr; Mark Kerr of Dolphingston, Maxton and Littledean and Margaret Kerr
Half sister of Andrew Ker, of Graden

Managed by: Oliver Marcus Stedall
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About Elizabeth Ker

Lairds and gentlemen: A study of the landed families of the Eastern Anglo-Scottish Borders c.1540-1603 Vol 2 pp 55-8 & 118-9

Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain: together with members of the titled ... By Peter Beauclerk Dewar Pg.770

http://books.google.com/books?id=wEFuRPsYHwwC&pg=PA770&lpg=PA770&dq...


http://thepeerage.com/p2069.htm#i20681

Elizabeth Kerr was the daughter of Walter Kerr and Agnes Crichton.1 She married, secondly, Sir Walter Scott, 2nd of Buccleuch, son of David Scott of Buccleuch, younger and Lady Janet Douglas.1 She married, firstly, Philip Rutherford.1 She died on 19 October 1548.1

    Her married name became Rutherford.1 Her married name became Scott.1

Children of Elizabeth Kerr and Sir Walter Scott, 2nd of Buccleuch

1.Sir Walter Scott, 3rd of Buccleuch+1 d. 4 Oct 1552

2.Elizabeth Scott

Citations

1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 560. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.


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

Philip, younger of that Ilk; married (contract 12 February 1484-5, and papal dispensation dated 9 November 1485) Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Walter Ker of Cessford. He predeceased his father, survived by his wife, who married, secondly, before 23 October 1495, Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch. She was burned to death by the English in the tower of Catslack 19 October 1548.


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Elizabeth Ker's Timeline

1466
1466
Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1495
1495
Buccleuch, Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland
1497
1497
Buccleuch, Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1548
October 15, 1548
Age 82
Buccleuch, Scotland
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Scotland
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Scotland
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Rutherford, Roxburghshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)