BURNET, William of Slowie ¹

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  General Notes:

"Another charter was the same day(5 November 1543) granted by Hamilton to Leys and his wife, of Easter Slowy in the same barony, there being successive remainders to their sons William, Alexander, and John (the heir apparent) the feu-duty being 3 2s. 3d.; and the other conditions the same. Both these charters were duly confirmed by the Queen, as patroness of the prebend, on 24th February, 1543-4 (Reg. Mag. Sig.)."

"William, who had the fee of Easter Slowy under Robert Hamilton's charter of 1543....."

from The Family of Burnett of Leys

William married Janet CHALMERS, daughter of CHALMERS of Cults and Unknown, 19 August 1558(dispensation).¹ (Janet CHALMERS was born about 1540.)

  Marriage Notes:

"A dispensation was granted 19th August, 1558, by John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews, papal legate a latere, to remove a double impediment to his marriage with Janet Chalmers of the Cults family. They are said to stand within the fourth degree of consanguinity on either side, besides which, William's mother (Janet Hamilton) was godmother to Janet Chalmers."

from The Family of Burnett of Leys ¹