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About John Forrester, 3rd Laird of Corstorphine
- John Forrester, 3rd Laird of Corstorphine1,2
- M, #14649
- Father Sir John Forrester, 2nd Laird of Corstorphine, Chamberlain of Scotland d. 1448
- Mother Jean Sinclair2
- John Forrester, 3rd Laird of Corstorphine was born at of Corstorphine, Scotland. He was buried before 15 September 1454 at Chancel of the Collegiate Church, Corstorphine, Scotland.3,2
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- Isabel Forrester+ d. a 4 Feb 1457
- Sir Alexander Forrester, 4th Laird of Corstorphine+3 d. b 20 Sep 1473
- Citations
- 1.[S397] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II, p. 437.
- 2.[S11649] Clan MacFarlane & Associated Clans Genealogy.
- 3.[S11566] The Scots Peerage, Vol. IV, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 85.
- From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p488.htm#i... ______________________
- The lands and Barony of Corstorphine have long been associated with the Forrester family. The first firm link with Corstorphine comes with Adam Forrester a wealthy burgess of Edinburgh in the 1360s when he begins to acquire land in the vicinity.
- Between 1374 and 1377 King Robert II confirmed Adam Forester, a burgess of Edinburgh, in the lands of the Lordship of Corstorphine,[3] which had previously been owned by William More of Abercorn. Forrester founded a chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist, connected to the parish church of Corstorphine.
- Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine, who succeeded his father upon his death, was granted various lands, mostly in West Lothian, in 1426 which were united into the barony of Liberton. In Perth on 4 February 1431 James I confirmed him in the house and lands of Corstorphine which would be thereafter known as the Barony of Corstorphine. He likely founded the collegiate kirk of Corstorphine in 1429, which forms part of today's parish kirk. Sir John is thought to have died in 1448 and was buried in Corstorphine Kirk where recumbent effigies of him and one of his wives survive. He had four children: John, Henry, Elizabeth, and Janet. ....
- The title then fell to his eldest son John, who is believed to have been more of a soldier than a civil servant. In 1443 he was with the Earl of Douglas when he destroyed Barnton castle, a stronghold of the Crichtons. As a direct consequence Forrester's house at Corstorphine was razed. He died in 1454 and was buried in Corstorphine Kirk where his tomb can still be seen.
- From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corstorphine ________________________
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John Forrester, 3rd Laird of Corstorphine's Timeline
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1384
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Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland
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| 1454 |
September 15, 1454
Age 70
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Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland
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