BOYD, William ancestor of the Boyds of Baddinhaith

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  General Notes:

"William (Boyd). He had a grant from King David II. of the lands of Auchmarr, in Dumbarton, forfeited by Duncan de Luss, 18 December 1366. Thomas Fleming of Foulwood, formerly Earl of Wigtoun, having in 1372 impignorated to him the lands of Leygne for £80 sterling, he gave a charter of these lands to Malcolm Fleming of Biger and Christian his wife, dated Martinmas 1372, wherein he is styled 'fllius quondam Thome Boyd de Kilmarnok, Militis.' The same person granted Boyd a pension of twelve merks sterling, till Fleming or his heirs should infeft the said William, or his heirs, heritably in twelve merks' worth of land, either in the shire of Dumbarton, or in that of Lanark, and had confirmation by a charter under the Great Seal 24 February 1374-75. He was ancestor of the Boyds of Badenheath, a property acquired before the reign of Robert III. The last of this line appears to have been Margaret, Lady of Badenheath, daughter of William, and sister and heiress of Robert Boyd, both of that place, married to Robert Boyd, third son of the fourth (see Note below) Lord Boyd."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5)

Note:

The generally accepted view, which includes that on page 151 of this very volume, is that the husband of Margaret Boyd of Baddinhaith, Robert Boyd, was the son of the fifth Lord Boyd.

William married.