Thomas Hamilton of Darngaber

THOMAS HAMILTON OF DARNGABER

John Anderson claimed that Thomas Hamilton of Darngaber was the son of Sir John Hamilton of Cadzow and his wife Janet Douglas but he offered no prroof. He also claimed that it was Thomas Hamilton of Darngaber whose release from the Tower of London was ordered on 12 April 1413 but the published evidence does not make this clear. Hamilton Memoirs

In Heraldry of the Hamiltons, Walter Hamilton, third son of John Hamilton, is said to be progenitor of the Raploch line and Thomas Hamilton of Darngaber is said to be a servant of the family. Heraldry of the Hamiltons

Evidence from English Records

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12 April 1413: The King commands the constable of the Tower of London to liberate from custody ..... Thomas of Hamylton. Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, 1357-1509, number 839 on p. 169

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23 May 1424: Warrant for safe conducts to ..... Thomas of Hamylton. Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, 1357-1509, number 961 on pp. 195-96

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3 December 1425: Warrant to the King's cousin the Bishop of Winchester, chancellor, for safe conducts till Midsummer next for the following ..... Thomas of Hamyltoun, John of Glasfurde of Welshehawe, servants of James of Hamyltoun. Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, 1357-1509, number 986 on p. 202

Genealogy

1. John Anderson, Surgeon, Licenciate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton; with Genealogical Memoirs of the Several Branches of the Family (John Anderson, Jun., Edinburgh, MDCCCXXV), 496 pp. plus appendices
2. G. Harvey Johnston, FSA Scot., Heraldry of the Hamiltons with Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees (W. & A. K. Johnston, Limited, Edinburgh and London, MCMIX), 143 pp.
3. Lieutenant-Colonel George Hamilton, A History of the House of Hamilton (J. Skinner & Company, Edinburgh 1933), 1167 pages.