MURRAY, Janet 'of Polmaise' ¹

   Other names for Janet were MURRAY, Jean ¹ and MURRAY, Joanna.²

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Janet married James SANDILANDS Lord Torpichen, son of James SANDILANDS 7th of Calder and Marion FORRESTER.¹ (James SANDILANDS Lord Torpichen was born about 1511 and died on 29 September 1579 in Hallyards, Midlothian, Edinburgh ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Sir James Sandilands, the first Lord Torphichen of this creation, married Janet, daughter of William Murray of Polmaise, and dying without issue at Hallyards, 29 September 1579, was succeeded by his grand-nephew James Sandilands of Calder. On 8 June 1573 the Lords of Council issued letters of summons against James, Lord Torphichen, and Jean Murray his wife to answer a charge of having 'certaine houshold stuff, guidis and geir,' sometime pertaining to the Queen, and now to the King her son, in their possession."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ¹

Janet next married John GRAHAM Lord Hallyards, Senator of the Court of Justice.¹ (John GRAHAM Lord Hallyards, Senator of the Court of Justice was born about 1530 and died in February 1593 in Leith Wynd, Edinburgh, Scotland ³.). The cause of his death was shooting by James Sandilands of Slamannan.

  Marriage Notes:

"The portrait of (James Sandilands) Lord Torphichen is at Calder House. His widow was married, secondly, to John Grahame of Hallyards, Senator of the College of Justice"

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ¹

Janet next married Sir Peter YOUNG of Seaton, Preceptor to King James VI and I on 3 May 1596 in St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Edinburgh, Scotland.^{1 2} (Sir Peter YOUNG of Seaton, Preceptor to King James VI and I was born on 15 August 1544 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland ² and died on 7 January 1628 in Easter Seaton, near Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"6th May 1596 - I married, a second time, a noble matron, Dame Joanna Murray, widow of Torpichen, in the Church of St Cuthbert, Edinburgh."

from Life of Sir Peter Young




"The portrait of (James Sandilands) Lord Torphichen is at Calder House. His widow was married .... thirdly, 3 May 1596, to Sir Peter Young of Seaton, preceptor and almoner of King James VI. She died 29 November 1596."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ^{1 2}