Janet Colville

JANET COLVILLE

The Scots Peerage V: 151

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

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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

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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

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage V: 151
2. Stirnet: Boyd 1

Biographical Summary by Darryl Lundy's Peerage

Janet Colville was the daughter of Sir Robert Colville of Hiltoun and Eupheme Wallace.1,2

She married Alexander Boyd, 3rd Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock, son of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock and Mariot Maxwell, before 23 November 1505.1

From before 23 November 1505, her married name became Boyd.

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

1.Margaret Boyd+

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

3.Thomas Boyd of Linn3

4.Adam Boyd3

5.Euphemia Boyd+3

Citations The Peerage 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 261. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. 2.[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 104. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV. 3.[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 2, page 2157. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

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