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BOSWELL, David 1st of Balmuto
(About 1415-About 1490)
MELVILLE, Elizabeth
(About 1420-)
SINCLAIR, William 3rd Earl of Orkney, Earl of Caithness, 2nd Lord Sinclair
(About 1408-1482)
SUTHERLAND, Marjory
(About 1437-)
BOSWELL, David 2nd of Balmuto
(About 1440-)
SINCLAIR, Margaret
(About 1456-)
BOSWELL, Thomas of Balmuto, then 1st of Auchinleck
(About 1477-1513)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. CAMPBELL, Annabella

BOSWELL, Thomas of Balmuto, then 1st of Auchinleck 1 2

  • Born: About 1477
  • Marriage (1): CAMPBELL, Annabella 1
  • Died: 9 September 1513, Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England 3

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  General Notes:

The Auchinleck estate at Auchinleck in Ayrshire.

.... It became clear that the main focus for the Trust was the Boswell family connection with the building, having been erected between 1755 and 1760 by Alexander Boswell, the 8th Laird of Auchinleck. He had been made a Judge of the Court of Session in 1754 and had taken the nonhereditary title, Lord Auchinleck. As the Saga reveals, the former Baronial estate had been granted by James IV to Thomas Boswell of Balmuto in Fife in 1505 whose wife was a member of the original Baronial family."

from David Affleck website




"A.D. 1504.] [17 Jac. IV.

2805. Apud Ediuburgh, 20 Nov. REX, pro servitio sibi impenso, concessit familiari suo THOME BOSWELL, - terras et baroniam de Auchinlek, cum castro fortalicio et molendino, tenentibus, &c.,advocationibus et donationibus ecclesiarum et capellaniarum, vic. Aire : - Tenend. dicto Thome et heredibus ejus de corpore ejus legitime procreatis, quibus deficientibus, regi reversuras : - Reddend. annuatim wardam, &c., cum contingerent : - Test. 30. 42. 26. 557. 84. 48. 60.
xiv. 86."

from The Register of the Great Seal 2 4


Thomas married Annabella CAMPBELL, daughter of Sir George CAMPBELL of Loudon and Marion AUCHINLECK.1 (Annabella CAMPBELL was born about 1485.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (George Campbell) married, secondly, one of the daughters and co-heiresses of Auchinleck of that Ilk, and by her had an only child, Annabella, married, first, to Thomas Boswell of Auchinleck ...."

from History of Ayr and Wigton




"1515

Letter of reversion by Annabel Campbell, lady Auchinleck, widow of Thomas Boswell of Auchinleck, to John earl of Lennox, over certain lands in barony of Tarbolton. (End missing)

from GD3/2/2/31




"1515-1517

(1) 1515/16, February 2. Letters of reversion by Annabel Campbell, lady of Auchinlek, relict of James Bossuell of Auchinlek, in favour of John, earl of Leivenax, lord Dernly, over lands of Owir Drumclog and Burntsnab in barony of Awandale, sheriffdom of Lanark, with mill of Torboltoun in barony thereof, sheriffdom of Air, and annualrent over lands and barony of Crukistoun in sheriffdom of Renfrew, in special warrandice of said lands. Damaged."

from GD220/6/1964

Note:

Other sources appear certain that the husband of Annabella Campbell was named Thomas, not James, Boswell. The 'damaged' nature of the document may account for this discrepancy.
1 5 6

Sources


1 e-books, History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton vol 3 by James Paterson (1866).

2 Internet Site, http://dkaffleck.co.uk/ Article on The 15th C. Auchinlecks of Pennyland in Ayrshire by David Affleck.

3 e-books, The Red Book of Scotland vol 1 by Gordon McGregor (2022) Boswell of Auchinleck.

4 e-books, The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland vol 2 1424-1513 ed. J. Balfour Paul & J.M. Thomson (1883).

5 National Records of Scotland, https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue GD3 Papers of the Montgomerie Family, Earls of Eglinton c1177-1931 GD3/2 Montgomerie Family, Earls of Eglinton: Legal and Financial Papers 14th-19th century.

6 National Records of Scotland, https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue GD220 Papers of the Graham Family, Dukes of Montrose (Montrose Muniments) 12th century-20th century GD220/6 Legal, Estate and Miscellaneous Montrose Papers c 1136-1941.

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