Jean Hamilton

JEAN HAMILTON (aka JANET HAMMYLTOUN or JONETE HAMMILTOUN)

Jean Hamilton is the daughter of James, Earl of Arran. Protocol Book of Dominus Thomas Johnsoun, 1528-1578, protocol number 40 She was the Earl's bastard daughter. The name of her mother is not known. The Scots Peerage, iv, p. 365

First Marriage

Jean Hamilton married David Boswell of Auchinleck. Protocol Book of Dominus Thomas Johnsoun, 1528-1578, protocol number 40 They were married in the parish church of Linlithgow on 14 February 1531-32. Protocol Book of Dominus Thomas Johnsoun, 1528-1578, protocol number 41

Second Marriage

Jean Hamilton married John Hamilton of Auchingemmill, afterwards John Hamilton of Milburne. The Scots Peerage IV: 365

Evidence from the protocol book of Thomas Johnsoun

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13 February 1531-2: Protocol of the Sponsalia of David Boswale of Auchtnleck and Janet Hammyltoun, daughter of the late James, Earl of Arrane, Lord Hammyltoun . . . . . Protocol Book of Dominus Thomas Johnsoun, 1528-1578, protocol number 40 T

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14 February 1531-32: Protocol Book of Dominus Thomas Johnsoun, 1528-1578, protocol number 41

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

12 February 1531-2: REX concessit JONETE HAMMILTOUN, sorori Jacobi com. aranie dom. Hammiltoun, in vitali redditu. et DAVID BOISWELL de Auchinlek et heredibus inter ipsum . . . . . Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1513-1546, charter number 1133 on p. 247

Genealogy

1. Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage etc., Volume IV (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1907), 597 pp. See pp. 339-97 for Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton
2. Darryl Lundy's Peerage