Margaret Hepburn

MARGARET HEPBURN secundus

Margaret Hepburn, here treated, is not the same person as Margaret Hepburn She is her sister, probably her younger sister

Margaret Hepburn, here treated, is the daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell and his wife Margaret Gordon, Countess of Bothwell Stirnet: Hepburn 1 According to the Scots Peerage: "There is in the Lyon Office a certificate of arms dated 1 May 1779, in which it is stated that Margaret Hepburne, wife of John Murray of Falahill, hereditary Sheriff of Selkirkshire, was daughter of Patrick, first Earl of Bothwell. The lady in question seems to have been previously married to John Cockburn, younger of Ormiston, who died in or before 1512". The Scots Peerage II: pp. 155-6

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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2 January 1508-09:

RMS 142401513: charter number 3278

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27 March 1511: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland which confirms possession of the lands of Cranston-riddale, in the sheriifdom of Edinburgh, to John Murray of Fallahill and his wife Margaret Hepburn. This land, which had previously been resigned by John in order to get a new grant in favour of him .................

RMS 1424-1513: charter number 3555

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage II: pp. 155-6
2. Stirnet: Hepburn 1