BARLOW, Elizabeth ^{1 2}

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Elizabeth married Alexander ELPHINSTONE 1st Lord Elphinstone, son of Sir John ELPHINSTONE of Pittendreich, then 5th of that Ilk and Euphemia, before 8 August 1507.^{1 2} (Alexander ELPHINSTONE 1st Lord Elphinstone was born about 1478 and died on 9 September 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England ^{1 2}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander Elphinstone received a grant from his father in 1497 of the lands of Stirkfield and Stirckshaws. He married, prior to 8 August 1507, Elizabeth Barlow, one of the Maids-of-honour who had come from England in the train of the Princess Margaret, Queen of James IV. He had ample opportunity of meeting her, as he held an appointment in the Royal Household so early as 1502 ; at least a person of his name is found frequently mentioned in the accounts of the period. Elizabeth Barlow or Barlee, as she is styled in the Treasurer's Accounts, was a favourite attendant of the Queen ; and it was in a great measure to this marriage that Alexander Elphinstone owed his future advancement in life and the many favours which were conferred on him by the King. On 8 August 1507 James granted to the pair,who were probably then newly wedded, the lands of Invernochty and others in Aberdeenshire, and erected them into a barony. There appears to have been some difficulty about the arrangement or consolidation of the different lands, and on 10 December 1507 another charter was granted, and a re-arrangement made by which all the lands in the said barony were comprised in the lordship of Strathdon. On 19 July 1508 Elphinstone and his wife received a charter of the lands of Kildrummy and others, with the custody of the castle of that name. They are said, in a charter of 12 August 1513, to have been given as a dowry with his wife, and were then erected into a barony, with which his previous holding of Invernochty was incorporated."

"By his wife Elizabeth Barlow (who was afterwards married in 1515, as his third wife, to John, sixth Lord Forbes) he had issue two sons and four daughters -

1. Alexander, second Lord Elphinstone.

2. James, born 12 May 1512, d. s. p.

3. Elizabeth, born 25 April 1508, married Sir David Sommerville of Plean.

4. Euphemia, born 11 May 1509. She had in 1533 an illegitimate son by King James v, named Robert Stewart, who was in 1581 created Earl of Orkney. (See that title.) She afterwards was married (contract 13 April 1540) to John Bruce of Cultmalundie, with issue.

5. Mary, born 28 April 1510, and died unmarried in Stirling.

6. Barbara, born 22 August 1513, died in infancy."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"He (John Forbes) married, thirdly, Elizabeth Barley, or Barlow, widow of Alexander, first Lord Elphinstone, killed at Flodden 1513, and by her had one son and one daughter."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ^{1 2}

Elizabeth next married John FORBES 6th Lord Forbes, son of William FORBES 3rd Lord Forbes, 'Gray Willie' and Christian GORDON.¹ (John FORBES 6th Lord Forbes was born about 1471 and died in 1547 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (John Forbes) married, thirdly, Elizabeth Barley, or Barlow, widow of Alexander, first Lord Elphinstone, killed at Flodden 1513, and by her had one son and one daughter."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ¹