CALDER, William 7th Thane of Cawdor ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

"William's son, William, thane of Calder, is mentioned among the barons present in parliament in 1469 and 1471, and in the former year he served upon the assize which convicted Alexander Boyd of high treason. The thanedom and other lands belonging to William were erected into a fee barony in his favour in the year 1476, and declared to lie within the shire of Nairn, although they are situated in different shires. He died about 1503."

from Electric Scotland ³

William married Mariot SUTHERLAND, daughter of Alexander SUTHERLAND of Dunbeath and Mariota MACDONALD, in 1458.¹ (Mariot SUTHERLAND was born about 1441 and died before 10 February 1494(1495) ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"William Calder - 7th Thane of Cawdor:

First married 1458 Margaret (Mariot) Sutherland (daughter of Alexander Sutherland whose wife was daughter of Donald, Lord of the Isles) of the old castle of Dunbeath on the Caithness coast on the Moray Firth. He had five sons - William (the Eldest), John, Andrew, Alexander, and Hutcheon. On 6 November 1467, he purchased the lands of Invermarkie, obtaining a charter from John, Earl of Ross. In 1471 he bought from Andrew Leslie, of Spey with consent of the Bishop of Moray, the Miln of Nairn with loft and pertinents. After the death of Margaret, he married Janet Keith of Inverugie, widow of Alan Kinnaird of Culbin. He received a Crown charter at Edinburgh, 29 May 1476, granting to Him all his lands into one thanage of Cawdor, the Baronies of Clunies and Beath Belmakeith, half of Rait Moy, Dunmaglass, the two Kinikells, Kindess, Invermarkie, Mulchoich, Drummarnie, Ferntosh, and other lands as lie in the shires of Inverness and Forres. He also received permanent hereditary Sheriffship and Keeper of the King's castle at Nairn for himself and his heirs [....]

After his son John died, leaving only Muriel Calder, an infant daughter to be sole heir to the Calder estates, he tried to again use the law to get one of his other sons placed in the family line of succession. He was unsuccessful and Muriel's rights as heiress was made law in 1502. William died the next year."

from Caddell, Calder and Cawdor: the family name in Scotland ¹

William next married Janet KEITH, daughter of Sir William KEITH of Inverugie and Unknown, before 10 February 1494(1495).² (Janet KEITH was born about 1435.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Janet Keith .... was married, secondly, before 10 February 1494-95, to William, Thane of Cawdor."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5)




"William Calder - 7th Thane of Cawdor:

[....] After the death of Margaret (Sutherland), he married Janet Keith of Inverugie, widow of Alan Kinnaird of Culbin."

from Caddell, Calder and Cawdor: the family name in Scotland ^{1 2}