Lady Margaret Quhytlaw

LADY MARGARET QUHYTLAW

Margaret Quhytlaw (1583) Margaret Quhytlaw (1586) Margaret Quhytlaw (1587) Margaret Quhytlaw (1591) Margaret Quhytlaw (1598) Margaret Quitlaw (1610) Dominam Margaretam Quhytlaw (1619) Dominam Margaretam Quhytlaw (1619)

Death

Lady Margaret Quhytlaw, here treated, is reported to have been buried in April 1627. Stirnet: Hamilton 14

First Marriage

Margaret Quhytelaw, here treated, married Sir Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick. RMS 1580-1593: charter number 2256

Second Marriage

Margaret Quhytelaw, here treated, married Sir John Ker of Jedburgh. RMS 1609-20: charter number 1971

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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3 June 1583: Instrument of sasine in favour of John Carmichaell, yr, of that ilk, and Margaret Dowglass, his spouse, of the lands of Eist Fentoun, commonly called Fentoun Toure or Ouersydesarff, following on precept in charter by Archibald, earl of Angus, in implement of contract between the said earl, for himself and taking burden for Margaret, Isobel and Mary, daughters of the deceased Patrick Quhytlaw of that ilk, and Alexander Hammiltoun of Innerweik, spouse of the said Margaret, on the one part, and the said John on the other, 18 March 1583. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Brooke Family of Biel, reference GD6/157

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30 March 1586: Extract special retour in favour of Margaret Quhytlaw, as heir to Patrick Quhytlaw of that ilk, her father, in the lands of Eist Fentoun and Scralyng. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Brooke Family of Biel, reference GD6/167

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1-10 January 1587: Precept of clare constat by James, earl of Gowrye, with consent of Dame Dorothy Stewart, his mother and tutrix, in favour of Margaret Quhytlaw, as heir to Patrick Quhytlaw of that ilk, in the lands of Eist Fentoun and Scraling. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Brooke Family of Biel, reference GD6/175

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1 May 1591: Extract bond and letter of excambion by Mary Quhytlaw and Hercules Stewart, her spouse, to Alexander Hammiltoun of Innerwik, Margaret Quhytlaw, sometime his spouse, Andrew Ker of Rolmannogrange and Isobel Quhytlaw, his spouse, whereby they accept the lands of Quhytlaw and the lands of Eister Dene with the pendicles now called Scottistoun and Prattishill (sheriffdom of Peebles), in satisfaction of their third of the lands of Fentoun Tour called Over Sydserf, Skreling, Midfentoun, Mediltoun in Strabrok and Kirkland of Cowbrandspeth, formerly pertaining to the deceased Sir Patrick Quhytlaw of that ilk. [B of C & S, 11 February 1607]. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Brooke Family of Biel, reference GD6/197

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8 March 1592-93: Charter in favour of John Murray of Blackbarony . . . . . with the consent of Alexander Hamilton sometime spouse of the said Margaret: "cum consensu Alexandri Hammiltoun de Innerweik olim sponsi dicte Marg" . . . . . RMS 1580-1593: charter number 2256

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8 July 1598: (a) Charter a me by Margaret Quhytlaw, with consent of Sir John Ker of Hirsell, her spouse, to Alexander Hamiltoun, eldest son born between herself and Alexander Hamiltoun of Innerweik, of her third part of the lands of Eist Fentoun and Skirling. (b) Charter a me by above Margaret, with consent aforesaid, to the above Alexander of her third part of the lands of Oversydsarff alias Fentountour, Quhytlaw and Holmes of Strabrok (sheriffdom of Linlithgow) and Deanis Scottistoun and Prattishill (sheriffdom of Peebles). (c) Charter of all the above hands with de me holding. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Brooke Family of Biel, reference GD6/217

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15 November 1610: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland which confirms Thomas Erskine, Sheriff of Fentoun, in possession of various lands. The charter identifies Sir Alexander Hamilton of Fenton as the lawful eldest son of Sir Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick and his wife Margaret Quitlaw. It also identifies Margaret as the eldest lawful daughter of the deceased Patrick Quhitlaw of that Ilk. George Ker is identified as the eldest lawful son of Sir Andrew Ker of Fenton and his wife Isobellam Quhitlaw, the second lawful daughter Patrick Quhitlaw of that Ilk. Lady Maria Quhitlaw, Patrick's youngest daughter, is identified as the wife Sir William Home of Quhytlaw: "quarum, de rege in alba firma tentarum, unam tertiam partem D. Alexander Hammiltoun de Fentoun miles (filius legit, natu maximus procreatus inter Alex. H. de Innerwik militem et Margaretam Quhitlaw ejus sponsam, seniorem trium heredum et tiliarum quoud. Patricii Q. de eodem), alteram Geo. Ker (filius legit, natu maximus procreatiis inter D. And. K. de Fentoun et Issobellam Quhitlaw ejus sponsam, seeundam filiam dicti Pat.), reliquam tirtiam partem Domina Maria Quhitlaw filia natu minima dicti Pat. ac spousa D. Willelmi Home de Quhytlaw militis, resignaverunt; — et quas omnes rex incorporavit in liberam baroniam de Fentountoure, ordinando fortalicium de Fentountoure principale fore messuagium : — Reddend. 6 den. argent nomine albe firme". RMS 1609-1620: charter number 390

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4 February 1617: Charter by which Sir John Ker of Jedburgh, his wife Lady Margaret Quhytlaw, and their eldest son John Ker, in fulfillment of a marriage contract dated 10 January 1617, confirm that they have given an annualrent from the lands and barony of Langnewtoun to Anne Dundas, the future wife of John Ker, junior. RMS 1609-20: charter number 1971

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16 March 1617: RMS 1609-1620: charter number 1718

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28 January 1618: RMS 1609-1620: charter number 1762

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9 February 1619: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland which confirms possession of the baronies of Maxtoun and Lyntoun to John Ker, eldest lawful son of Sir John Ker of Jedburgh and his wife Margaret Quhytlaw. The baronies in question were to be held by John Ker, junior, and his lawful male heirs; whom failing by his brother, Master William Ker, Sir John's second son, and his lawful male heirs; whom failing by his brother, Andrew Ker, Sir John's third son, and his lawful male heirs; whom failing by his brother James Ker, Sir John's fourth son, and his lawful male heirs; whom failing by any of the male heirs whatsoever of Sir John Ker of Jedburgh. RMS 1609-1620: charter number 1978

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6 July 1619: Nisbet, Over and Nether: Precept of sasine under the Quarter Seal in favour of Sir John Ker of Jedburgh in liferent, and John Ker, eldest son of said Sir John and Lady Margaret Quhytlaw,,his spouse, in fee, of the lands of Nisbettis, following on resignation by John, Earl of Mar. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Kerr Family, Marquises of Lothian (Lothian Muniments), reference GD40/3/390

Note: This charter is printed in full in the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A. D. 1609-1620. RMS 1609-1620: charter number 2052

Genealogy

Stirnet: Hamilton 14

Margaret Whytelaw

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Husband: Sir John Ker, of Hirsell, Littledean and Prenderlieth, d. 31 Aug 1631

Children:

• 1. John Ker, of Lochtour, d. Aft 1624

Sources:

• [S8] Ancestry Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com.au, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Major-General Walter Ker of Littledean Owner: iainkerr182.