SCOTT, Walter ¹

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Retoured heir: to grandfather, 1492, in lands of Branxholme. ²

Walter married Elizabeth KER, daughter of Walter KER of Caverton, then of Cessford and First wife OF WALTER KER, before 23 October 1495.^{1 2} (Elizabeth KER was born about 1470 and died on 19 October 1548 in Catslack Tower, Yarrow, Selkirkshire, Scotland ².). The cause of her death was burning.

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Walter Scott) died before 15 April 1504, having married Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Kerr of Cessford, widow of Philip Rutherford, son and heir-apparent of James Rutherford of that Ilk. She survived Sir Walter until 19 October 1548, being burned to death in the tower of Catslack, wliich was fired by the English. They had issue"

from Scots Peerage (vol 2)




"Elizabeth (Ker), married .... secondly, before 23 October 1495, to Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch. Sir Walter Scott died 15 April 1504, and his widow survived him forty four years, perishing in the burning of Gatslack Tower in an incursion of the English under Lord Grey 19 October 1548, an incursion instigated by the Kers. She was the mother of Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch, killed by the Kers in the High Street of Edinburgh in 1552."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7) ^{1 2}