Walter Scott, 4th Lord of Buccleuch

WALTER SCOTT OF BUCCLEUCH

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

19 March 1554-55: Instrument of Sasine following on a precept of clare constat by Walter Scot, grandson of deceased Walter Scot of Branxholm, knight, and son of deceased William Scot of Kirkurd, knight, with consent of Robert Scot of Allanhauch, his tutor, in favour of James Geddes as heir to Edward Geddes, his father, in lands in GD89/1/311. Dated 19 March 1554[/5] and witnessed by William Gib, James Naper, John Melros and Sir John Allane, notary public, 26 March, 1555. Witnesses: James Allane, William Thomsone, John Gib and James Murhouse. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Carmichael Family of Skirling, reference GD89/1/322

Walter Scott, 4th Baron of Buccleuch

Walter Scott, 4th Baron of Buccleuch (1549–1574) was head of the Border family of Scott and, despite his youth, played a prominent part in the turbulent politics of 16th century Scotland.

Scott was the eldest son of Sir William Scott of Kirkurd, Younger of Buccleuch (died 1552), who was himself the son of Walter Scott, 3rd of Buccleuch (who was murdered on 4 October 1552, having been pre-deceased by his son). His mother was Grisel, second daughter of John Betoun of Creich.[1]

Scott succeeded his grandfather at the age of only three. His uncle, Walter Scott of Goldielands, a natural half-brother of his father, led the Scotts during his minority.[1]

On 24 March 1566, Queen Mary appointed him captain of Newark Castle, Selkirkshire, whereupon he supported her with a force of over 3,000 men.[1] In January 1570 (in reliance upon the distraction likely to be caused by the assassination of the Regent Moray, of which he had advance knowledge), he engaged in depredations on the English side of the Border. By way of retaliation the English, under the Earl of Sussex and Lord Scrope, destroyed his stronghold at Branxholme Castle.[2] Scott rebuilt the castle in the following year.[1]

He was a principal leader of the raid to Stirling on 4 September 1571, when an attempt was made to seize the Regent Lennox, who was slain by one of the Hamiltons during the mêlée. Buccleuch, who had interposed to save the Regent Morton, his kinsman, whom the Hamiltons intended also to have slain, was during the retreat taken prisoner by Morton, and was for some time confined in Doune Castle in Menteith.[2]

Scott died at Branxholme on 17 April 1574.[1]

Scott married Margaret Douglas, daughter of David Douglas, 7th Earl of Angus. (She survived him and married secondly Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell.) They had three children:[1]

• Walter Scott, later 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch
• Margaret (sometimes, though doubtfully, said to be married to Robert Scott of Thirlestane)
• Mary, who married William Elliott of Lariston

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott,_4th_of_Buccleuch

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• Sir Walter Scott, 4th of Buccleuch1
• M, #109618, b. circa 1549, d. 17 April 1574
• Last Edited=4 Sep 2008
• Consanguinity Index=0.0%
• Sir Walter Scott, 4th of Buccleuch was born circa 1549.2 He was the son of Sir William Scott of Kirkurd and Buccleuch, younger and Grizel Bethune.3 A contract for the marriage of Sir Walter Scott, 4th of Buccleuch and Lady Margaret Douglas was signed on 19 June 1568.1 He died on 17 April 1574.4
• He held the office of Captain of Newark Castle between 1566 and 1579.3 He lived at Branxholme, Roxburghshire, Scotland.2 He lived at Buccleuch, Roxburghshire, Scotland.4
• Child of Sir Walter Scott, 4th of Buccleuch and Lady Margaret Douglas
  • Sir Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch+2 b. 1565, d. 15 Dec 1611
• Citations
• [S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 1282. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
• [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 II, page 364. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 560. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 240.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10962.htm#i109618 ____________________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 51
• Scott, Walter (1565-1611) by Thomas Finlayson Henderson
• SCOTT, WALTER, first Lord Scott of Buccleugh (1565–1611), born in 1565, was the only son of Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch (d. 1574), by his wife, Lady Margaret Douglas, eldest daughter of David, seventh earl of Angus, who afterwards married Francis Stewart Hepburn, fifth earl of Bothwell. The father, who latterly became a devoted adherent of Mary Queen of Scots, was privy to the design for the assassination of the regent Moray, and, counting on its occurrence, set out the day before with Ker of Ferniehirst on a devastating raid into England. In revenge his lands were laid waste by the Earl of Sussex and Lord Scrope, and his castle of Branxholm blown up with gunpowder. He was a principal leader of the raid to Stirling on 4 Sept. 1571, when an attempt was made to seize the regent Lennox, who was slain by one of the Hamiltons during the mêlée. Buccleuch, who had interposed to save the regent Morton, his kinsman, whom the Hamiltons intended also to have slain, was during the retreat taken prisoner by Morton (Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 248), and was for some time confined in the castle of Doune in Menteith (Reg. P. C. Scotl. ii. 156).
• The son succeeded his father on 17 April 1574, and on 21 June was infeft in the baronies of Branxholm as heir to David Scott, his grandfather's brother. Being a minor, the Earl of Morton—failing whom, the Earl of Angus—was appointed his guardian. On account of a feud between Scott and Lord Hay, both were on 19 Aug. 1586 ordered to find caution of 10,000l. each for their good behaviour (ib. iv. 98). On 2 June 1587 he and other border chiefs were summoned to appear before the privy council on 9 June to answer ‘touching good rule and quietness to be observed on the borders hereafter, under pain of treason’ (ib. p. 183); and on the 9th Robert Scott gave caution for him in five thousand merks that he would appear on the 21st (ib. p. 189). Towards the close of the year he and the laird of Cessford were, however, committed to ward for making incursions in England (Calderwood, History, iv. 641); but on 13 Dec. he found caution in 10,000l. that on being liberated from the castle of Edinburgh he would by 10 Jan. find surety for the relief of the king and his wardens of ‘all attempts against the peace of England bygone and to come’ (Reg. P. C. Scotl. iv. 234).
• .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Scott,_Walter_(1565-1611)_(DNB00) _______________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 51
• Scott, Walter (1490?-1552) by John Anderson
• SCOTT, Sir WALTER (1490?–1552), of Buccleuch and Branxholm, Scottish chieftain, born about 1490, was eldest son of Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch (d 1504). He was fourth in lineal descent from Sir Walter Scott (1426–1469), who first took the territorial designation of Buccleuch, and was the first to acquire the whole barony of Branxholm, with the castle, which remained the residence of the family for several generations. His mother, Elizabeth Ker of the Cessford family, was attacked in her residence of Catslack in Yarrow by an English force under Lord Grey de Wilton in 1548, and, with other inmates of the tower, was burnt to death.
• .... etc.
• Sir Walter Scott was thrice married: first, to Elizabeth Carmichael (of Carmichael), with issue two sons; secondly, to Janet Ker (of Fernihierst), from whom he was apparently divorced; and, thirdly, to Janet Betoun or Beaton, whose name is well known as the heroine of the ‘Lay of the Last Minstrel,’ and by whom he had two sons and three daughters. She was given to Sir Walter ‘in mariag by the Cardinall [Beaton], his other wif being yet on lif’ (Hamilton Papers, i. 740). Sir Walter Scott's eldest son died unmarried, while his second son, Sir William Scott, predeceased him, leaving a son Walter, afterwards Sir Walter (d 1574), who was father of Walter Scott, first Lord Scott of Buccleuch [q. v.]
• [William Fraser's The Scotts of Buccleuch, 2 vols. 1878; Captain Walter Scott's A True History of several Honourable Families of the Right Honourable Name of Scott, &c. ed. 1786; Letters and Papers Henry VIII, Foreign and Dom., vols. i. ii.]
• From: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Scott,_Walter_(1490%3F-1552)_(DNB00) ____________
• Name Walter (Sir) (of Buccleuch) Scott
• Born Abt 1549
• Died 17 Apr 1574
• Father William (Sir) (of Kirkurd Yr of Buccleuch) Scott, d. Bef 19 May 1552
• Mother Grissell (of Creich) Beaton, b. Abt 1521, d. 18 Aug 1579 (Age ~ 58 years)
• Family Margaret (of Angus) Douglas, d. 1640
• Children
  • 1. Sir Walter (1st Lord) Scott, d. 15 Dec 1611
• Sources
• [S883] Hamish Maclaren.
• From: http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I4929... ________________________
• Scott of Buccleuch, Lord (S, 1606)
• Walter [Scott], 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch, PC
• only son and heir of Sir Walter Scot of Buccleuch and Branxholme, by his wife Lady Margaret Douglas, 1st dau. of David [Douglas], 7th Earl of Angus
• born 1565
• mar. after 1 Oct 1586 Margaret Ker (d. after 1611), sister of Robert [Ker], 1st Earl of Roxburghe, and dau. of Sir William Ker of Cessford by his wife Janet Douglas, dau. of Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig
• children
  • 1. Hon Walter Scott, later 2nd Lord Scott of Buccleuch later 1st Earl of Buccleuch
  • 1. Hon Margaret Scott (d. 5 Oct 1651), mar. (1) after 19 Dec 1614 James [Ross], 6th Lord Ross, and (2) betw. Nov 1642 and Mar 1642/3 as his second wife Alexander [Seton later Montgomerie], 6th Earl of Eglinton, and had issue by her first husband
  • 2. Hon Elizabeth Scott (dsp. after 30 Jun 1619 and before 23 Apr 1623), mar. after 22 Nov 1616 as his first wife John [Cranstoun], 2nd Lord Cranstoun
  • 3. Hon Jean Scott (d. after 21 Sep 1613)
• died 15 Dec 1611
• created 18 Mar 1605/6 Lord Scott of Buccleuch
• suc. by son
• note knighted 1590; Warden of the West Marches, Keeper of Liddesdale, etc. 1590; captured by the English 1597; served in the Netherlands under Maurice, Prince of Orange; Privy Councillor [S] 1611 ___________________________________
• Angus, Earl of (S, 1389)
• David [Douglas], 7th Earl of Angus
• born c.1515
• mar. 8 May 1552 Margaret Johnstone (widow of James Johnstone, Yr. of Johnstone; mar. (3) Sir Patrick Whitelaw of that Ilk), dau. of Sir John Hamilton of Clydesdale (by his wife Hon Janet Home, only surv dau. and hrss. of Alexander [Home], 3rd Lord Home), illegitimate son of James [Hamilton], 1st Earl of Arran
• children
  • 1. Hon Archibald Douglas, later 8th Earl of Angus
  • 1. Lady Margaret Douglas (d. 1640), mar. (1) 19 Jan 1567/8 Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch (d. 17 Apr 1574), and (2) bef. 1 Jul 1592 Francis [Stewart], 1st Earl of Bothwell, and had issue by both husbands
  • 2. Lady Elizabeth Douglas (d. Feb 1636/7), mar. (1) 17 Feb 1571/2 John [Maxwell], 7th Lord Maxwell, (2) as his second wife Sir Alexander Stewart of Garlies, and (3) bef. 17 Apr 1598 John Wallace of Craigie, and had issue by her first husband
• died Jun 1557
• suc. by son
• From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/angus1389.htm#ANGU... _____________________
• Sir Walter "Wicked Wat" Scott
• Birth: 1495, Scotland
• Death: Oct. 5, 1552 Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Sir Walter Scott, 1st Lord of Branxholme, 3rd Lord of Buccleuch, known as "Wicked Wat", was a nobleman of the Scottish Borders. He was killed in the streets of Edinburgh in a feud with Clan Kerr in 1552 and buried at St. Mary's Kirk, Hawick.
• Walter Scott was the son of Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch, 2nd lord of Buccleuch, and Elizabeth Kerr, daughter of Walter Kerr of Cessford. His great grandson was Sir Walter Scott, "Bold Buccleuch".
• Walter was knighted on the field at the battle of Flodden on Sep. 9, 1513, where he lost many of his kinsmen.
• In 1542 he was accused of stealing the King's own sheep from the lands of Melrose Abbey; this led to his later nickname "Wicked Wat", (Wat being a regional nickname for Walter).
• Walter first married in 1523 to Elizabeth Carmichael who died before 1530. They had two sons:
• - David; died before 1544, unmarried.
• - Sir William Scott of Kincurd (died May 1552), who married Grisel, second daughter of John Beaton of Creich, sister of his father's third wife. Father of Sir Walter Scott, 4th of Buccleuch (1549–1574). Grandfather of Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch.
• In an attempt to resolve the Scott-Kerr feud, in 1530, the widowed Sir Walter married as his second wife Janet Kerr, daughter of Andrew Kerr of Fernihirst. They had no children. They were divorced, and she was still living in 1555.
• Before June 1544, he married his third wife, Janet Beaton (1519–1569), daughter of John Beaton of Creich, widow of Sir James Crichton of Cranston Riddelm. They had five children.
• Scott was walking in the High Street of Edinburgh on Oct. 4, 1552 when a band of Kerrs and their retainers attacked him. John Hume of Coldenknowes ran Scott through with his sword, "shouting to one of the Kerrs 'Strike! Ain strike for they father's sake!'", and when the wounded Scott was found to be alive his body was repeatedly stabbed until he died.
• Family links:
• Children:
  • Walter Scott (1531 - 1596)*
• Burial: Saint Mary's Kirk, Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland
• Find A Grave Memorial# 105688944
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=105688944 ________________
• Links
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Douglas,_7th_Earl_of_Angus
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Stewart,_5th_Earl_of_Bothwell
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott,_1st_Lord_Scott_of_Buccl...

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Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch and Branxholm, born 1549 succeeded his grandfather, Sir Walter. He was “a man of rare qualities, wise, sure, stout, and modest. He was made Captain of Castle Newark by Mary, Queen of Scotia, in 1565. He supported the Queen with a force of three thousand men. He laid waste the English Border for which he suffered in 1570 when the English army invaded Scotland, blowing up Branxholm Castle which Buccleuch had relinquished. He rebuilt Branxholm and died there at the early age of twenty-five in 1574. He married Margaret, daughter of David 7th Earl of Angus. (Walter Scott Cameron)

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