Lord William Carlyle of Torthorwald, of Torthonwald II

WILLIAM CARLYLE OF TORTHORWALD

The Scots Peerage II, pp. 380-2

Biographical Summary

• 'Sir William Carlyle, 2nd Lord Carlyle1,2
• 'M, d. between 22 February 1524 and 28 May 1525
• Father John Carlyle, Master of Carlyle3,1 d. b Oct 1477
• ' Sir William Carlyle, 2nd Lord Carlyle married Janet Maxwell, daughter of John Maxwell, Master of Maxwell and Janet Crichton, before 12 July 1487.1 Sir William Carlyle, 2nd Lord Carlyle died between 22 February 1524 and 28 May 1525.1,2
• 'Family Janet Maxwell
• Child
  • ◦Michael Carlyle, 4th Lord Carlyle+1,2 d. Jun 1575
• Citations
• 1.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. III, p. 41.
• 2.[S11564] The Scots Peerage, Vol. II, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 386-388.
• 3.[S11564] The Scots Peerage, Vol. II, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 386.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2220.htm#...
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• 'Sir William Carlyle, 2nd Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald1
• 'M, #205907, d. from 22 February 1523/24 to 28 May 1525
• Last Edited=17 Sep 2006
• ' Sir William Carlyle, 2nd Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald married Janet Maxwell, daughter of John Maxwell, Master of Maxwell and Janet Crichton, before 12 July 1487.1 He died from 22 February 1523/24 to 28 May 1525.1
• ' He was the son of John Carlyle, Master of Carlyle.1 He was invested as a Knight on 29 January 1487/88.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald [S., 1474] circa 1501.1 On 12 January 1500/1 he had a charter of the Barony of Carlyle.1 On 11 May 1503 he had seizin of certain of his grandfather's lands.1
• 'Children of Sir William Carlyle, 2nd Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald and Janet Maxwell
  • 1.James Carlyle, 3rd Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald1 d. b 15 Jan 1525/26
  • 2.Michael Carlyle, 4th Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald+1 d. Jun 1575
• Citations
• 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 III, page 41. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p20591.htm#i205907
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Jim Weber notes: "--son John Carlyle named heir to estates in Galloway Administration of Estate 10 Nov 1463 Kinmont, Middlebie, Luce, Kinhill, Locherwood 5

"1413--First mention of Sir William is as a hostage for payment of the ransom of the Countess of Douglas.

"1431--"he's one of the Scots who escorted the 11 year old Margaret daughter of James I of Scotland to her marriage to the 13 year old Louis the Dauphin of France (who became Louis XI much later, long after she had died neglected & childless).

"1443--named as a benefactor of Dumfries, insc[r]ibed on a new church bell he'd paid for.

"In every odd-numbered year between 1449 and 1459 he's named as one of the guarantors of the truce with the English."

It appears that the Carlyle's obtained the Castle and lands of Torthorwald from the Kirkpatricks when William married Elizabeth Kirkpatrick about 1418.

He gave a bell to the town of Dumfries, bearing the inscription in old Latin, "Guillielmus de Carleil, Dom de Torthorwald, me sicut fecit fieri, in hororem, Sancti Michaelis. Ann. Dom, MCCCCXLIII. (From William and Mary Quarterly.

He was invested as a Knight on 29 January 1487/88. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald circa 1501. On 12 January 1500 he had a charter of the Barony of Carlyle. On 11 May 1503 he had seizin of certain of his grandfather's lands.