HAMILTON, Janet ¹

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Janet married Sir William BAILLIE of Lamington, son of Andrew BAILLIE of Lamington and Elizabeth LINDSAY, about 29 January 1532.¹ (Sir William BAILLIE of Lamington was born about 1508 and died by about 1568 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"WILLIAM BAILLIE married Janet, natural daughter of James, third Lord Hamilton and first Earl of Arran, and a daughter of Lord Boyd. Miss Janet Hamilton was sister by her father to James Duke of Chatelherault, tutor to Mary Queen of Scots. This William Baillie obtained a dispensation from the Archbishop of Glasgow, Pope's Legate and Judge constituted to that effect, in which he is called a laick, allowing him to marry Janet Hamilton, though they were within the forbidden degrees of relationship, on 29th January 1532." (page 28)


" ..... in 1585 Janet Hamilton, Lady Lamington, presented a petition to Parliament, in which she complains of innumerable oppressions committed against herself, children, family, servants, tenants, goods, and gear, for many years previous, by Jardine of Applegirth and his accomplices, viz. - burning their houses, slaying, houghing, sticking, and shooting their cattle, mowing their corn while green, assaulting their children, tenants, and servants." (page 31)

from Lives of the Baillies

Note
Mary Boyd's parentage is disputed. ¹

Janet next married Alexander BAILLIE in 1570.¹ (Alexander BAILLIE was born about 1500.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Janet Hamilton or Baillie is married for the second time in 1570 to Alexander Baillie of " (page 29)


"Alexander Baillie, the second husband of Lady Lamington, was of Queen Mary's party." (page 30)

from Lives of the Baillies ¹