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Janet Borthwick

Also Known As: "Bostwick"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lochowort Castle, Midlothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: after July 1470
Hailes Castle, East Lothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir William Borthwick of Catcune, 1st of Borthwick and N.N. Hay, Heiress of Locherworth
Wife of Sir Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes, sherriff og Bertwickswhire
Mother of Margaret Hepburn; William Hepburn; George Hepburn; Master Adam Hepburn, Dean of Dunbar; Elizabeth Hepburn, of Hailes and 2 others
Sister of daughter of William Borthwick; George Borthwick, Archdeacon of Glascow; Margaret Borthwick; John Borthwick, priest and Sir William ‘younger’ Borthwick of that Ilk, 2nd of Borthwick

Occupation: Countess of Caithness, Baroness of Hepburn
Managed by: Private User
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About Janet Borthwick

JANET BORTHWICK

It has been claimed that Janet Borthwick, here treated, is the daughter of Sir William Borthwick of Catcune, 1st of Borthwick

Marriage

Janet Borthwick was granted a papal dispensation for her marriage to Sir dam Borthwick of Hailes on 2 November 1411. Genealogical Notes: 23 According to Stirnet, she was the daughter of Sir William Borthwick. Stirnet: Hepburn

Genealogy

  1. Genealogical notes of the Hepburn family. By Edward Hepburn. (Printed for Private Circulation, 1925), 51 pp. including index
  2. Stirnet: Hepburn 1

Biographical Summary

Janet Borthwick was the daughter of Sir William Borthwick of Catcune and wife of Adam de Hepburn, Lord of Hailes in Haddingtonshire. They had a Papal Dispensation to marry dated 2nd November 1411.[1]

By her husband she had nine known children including John Hepburn, Bishop of Dunblane, and Sir Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord of Hailes.

Janet Borthwick (?)[1, 2]

  • Father: Sir William Borthwick, of Catcune,   d. Bef 1430 

Married

  1. Sir Adam Hepburn, of Hailes,   d. 1446  Children 
  • + 1. Sir Patrick Hepburn, of Hailes, 1st Baron Hailes ,   b. Abt 1412,   d. Aft 6 Dec 1482  (Age ~ 70 years)
  • + 2. Margaret Hepburn
  • + 3. Elizabeth Hepburn
  • + 4. Agnes Hepburn

References

  1. [S265] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vans
  2. [S285] London 1910. Alan Sutton, 1982, G E C, (London 1910. Alan Sutton, 1982)
  3. [S281] Scottish Families, Gregory Lauder-Frost, (ABC Publications)
  4. [S01352] ~Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, London, 1938. 1326
  5. [S00058] The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden. VI 239
  6. http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00117022&tree=LEO
  7. http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...
  8. Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 28 2018, 6:14:44 UTC
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Janet Borthwick's Timeline

1396
November 1, 1396
Lochowort Castle, Midlothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1427
1427
Hailes Castle, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
1429
1429
Hailes, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1470
July 1470
Age 73
Hailes Castle, East Lothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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