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KEITH, William of Inverugie, Sir
(About 1393-1455)
GRAHAM, Patrick 1st Lord Graham
(About 1407-)
ERSKINE, Christian
(About 1419-)
KEITH, Gilbert 3rd of Inverugie, then of Ludquharn, Sir
(About 1420-1495)
GRAHAM, Janet
(About 1437-)
KEITH, William of Hythie, 4th of Inverugie, Sir
(About 1456-1521)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. DUNBAR, Janet

2. GORDON, Janet
3. SUTHERLAND, Christian

KEITH, William of Hythie, 4th of Inverugie, Sir 1 5 6

  • Born: About 1456
  • Marriage (1): DUNBAR, Janet by 31 March 1476 1 2 3
  • Marriage (2): GORDON, Janet about 1503 4
  • Marriage (3): SUTHERLAND, Christian 5
  • Died: 1521 2 6

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  General Notes:

"Sir William Keith, was knighted by King James IV. On 31 March 1476 he had a Great Seal charter to him and his wife of the lands of Galvail and Hythe in Banffshire. On 6 October 1508 he got a Great Seal charter incorporating the lands of Straloch in Banffshire with the barony of Inverugie. He died between 24 May 1521, when he assigned certain reversions to his then eldest lawful son Andrew Keith, and Martinmas of same year."

from Scots Peerage


"Death
Sir William Keith was alive in 1520 [56] and probably 1521 [76] but had probably died by 1522 [57], when a Sasine of lands was made to Margaret 8.1 & Elizabeth 8.2 Keith. "
"56 Antiquities of Aberdeen & Banff, Vol 4, p76
05 Mar 1520
Precept
Sir William Keitht of Inuerugy."

"57 The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Vol 15 (1523-1529), p598/9
1522
Sasine of (1) Brodland, Mylhill, Rothnoquhy, Karnes, Karinglass cum molendino de Creichmont & (2) Ailhoushill, Scottis Myll, Ravenscraig
Margaret Keith (sister of Elizabeth Keith).
Elizabeth Keith (sister of Margaret Keith)."

from Keiths of Inverugie 1 2


William married Janet DUNBAR, daughter of Sir Alexander DUNBAR of Westfield, (Sheriff of Moray (heritable) and Isabella SUTHERLAND, by 31 March 1476.1 2 3 (Janet DUNBAR was born about 1457.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Sir William Keith) married in his father's lifetime Janet, daughter of Sir James Dunbar of Westfield, hereditary Sheriff of Moray ... "

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)

Note:

The dates for Janet's marriage and children point to Sir Alexander Dunbar being her father and Sir James Dunbar being her brother. Sir James did have a daughter, Janet, who lived earlier in the 15th century.




"20 Antiquities of Aberdeen & Banff, Vol 4, p615/6
National Register of Archives for Scotland, NRAS3094/52
04 Aug 1473
Charter
Sir Gilbert Keith de Inuerugy.
Sir Alexander Dunbar de Westfeld.
Andrew Keithe (witness). "

"22 Antiquities of Aberdeen & Banff, Vol 4, p75
Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, Vol 02 (1424-1513), #1236
31 Mar 1476
Charter of the lands of Galvail & Hythie.
Sir Gilbert Keithe of Inverrugy.
William Keithe (son and heir of Sir Gilbert Keithe).
Janet of Dunbar (wife of William Keithe). "

from Keiths of Inverugie




"Sir Alexander Dunbar is the stemm of all the extant families of the surname of Dunbar. His children by [Isabel] Sutherland, daughter to Alexander Sutherland of Duffus and Morella Chesholme, heretrix of Quarrellwood, were these, viz. Sir James Dunbar of Cumnock, Sir John Dunbar of Mochrum, Alexander Dunbar of Kilboyack, Gawin Dunbar Bishop of Aberdeen, Janet Dunbar Ladie Innerugie, David Dunbar of Dures and Grangehill, Master Patrick Dunbar Chancellour of Aberdeen, Dunbar,student in Paris, and Dunbar, who died young."

from Family of Rose 1 2 3

William next married Janet GORDON, daughter of Sir John GORDON of Lochinvar and Kenmure and Elizabeth LINDSAY, about 1503.4 (Janet GORDON was born about 1470.)


  Marriage Notes:

"7. Janet, married, first (contract dated 20 May 1486), to Alexander Stewart of Garlies ; and secondly, in 1503, to Sir William Keith of Innerugie."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5)

"ALEXANDER STEWART, fourth of Garlies, succeeded his father in 1496, having sasine of these lands in that year (Exch. Rolls, x. 771). He died in 1500, having married Janet Gordon, who survived him and married, secondly, Sir William Keith of Inverugie (Acta Dom. Cone., xvii. 176)."

from Scots Peerage (vol 9) 4 5

William next married Christian SUTHERLAND, daughter of Alexander SUTHERLAND of Duffus and Unknown.5 (Christian SUTHERLAND was born about 1474.)


  Marriage Notes:

"p. 194, 1. 23, after 'Oliphant,' add 'and, thirdly, Sir William Keith of Inverugy (Acta Dom. Concilii, xxviii. f. 71 ; cf. ff. 181, 192)." (page 69 Duffus)

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda) 5

Sources


1 e-books, The Keiths of Inverugie by Mike Wade (2021 https://www.patrickspeople.scot/).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 6 (1909).

3 e-books, A Genealogical Deduction of the Family of Rose of Kilravock by Hew Rose and Lachlan Shaw (1848).

4 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).

5 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 9 Index (1914).

6 e-books, Politics and protestant Lordship in North East Scotland during the reign of James VI: The life of George Keith, fourth Earl Marischal, 1554-1623 by Miles Kerr-Peterson (2016) PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

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