DE BORTHWICK, William of Catcune and of that Ilk, Sir ¹

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  General Notes:

"Sir William Borthwick, who in 1378 was in possession of the lands of Catcune, Midlothian, and who appears to have been variously described as of Catcune, of Ligertwood (see Note below), and of Borthwick. He was employed as an ambassador or commissioner in the reigns of Robert III. and James I., and went to England on many diplomatic missions, from 1398 to 1413."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2)

Note:

Gordon MacGregor has shown that Sir William Borthwick of Ligertwood and Sir William Borthwick of Catcune and of Borthwick have been conflated. The two were knighted: William of Catcune had been knighted by 8 April 1389; William of Ligertwood had not, but had been knighted by November 1407. ¹

William married.