HAY, Alexander 5th of Ardendraught and Delgaty ¹

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  General Notes:

"Alexander, his successor, to whom the fee of the estates was propelled whilst he was yet a child, as appears by a Confirmation (7 March, 1518/19) by Lord Glamis as Superior, of a Charter whereby Alexander Hay of Ardendraught grants to Alexander Hay as son and heir, and to his heirs male and of tailzie, the lands of Ardendraught and others, reserving his liferent, 9 Feb. 1518/19 (Errol Writs, No. 299). This Charter, upon which Sasine followed (Ibid. No. 300), will be referred to again, because although the terms of the tailzie, which are those of a previous investiture, are not preserved, yet the subsequent course of events will demonstrate the nature of that entail."

"Alexander Hay of Delgaty, who succeeded as 5th laird and to the representation of the family, on his father's death, had as abovementioned, already received conveyance of the fee on 9 Feb. 1518/19. In March 1532, he was affianced to Mariota Shaw, who took steps to enforce the contract of marriage on 6 March 1534/5 (Antiquities of Aberdeen and Banff, 2357), but he successfully avoided the contract. On December 13, 1541, he is the 4th substitute in an entail of the lands and offices of George 7th Earl of Erroll (Great Seal Register). Alexander Hay of Delgaty died without issue in 1546, as appears from an inscription on his tombstone, now built into the wall of the old chapel at Delgaty Castle.
Hic Jacet Honorabilis vir Alexr. Hay Quond Dns De Delgaty Q DNO . . . . Hac Lacriminis Valle Anguse Vi Die . . . .A D M V Quadrag Sexto.
One concludes he had not a very cheerful life. He left no issue and was succeeded by his brother..."

both from Transactions ¹

Alexander married Janet FORBES, daughter of John FORBES 6th Lord Forbes and Elizabeth BARLOW, in November 1545.¹ (Janet FORBES was born about 1527.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Janet, married ... secondly, to Alexander Hay of Delgaty...."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"Alexander Hay of Delgaty, who succeeded as 5th laird and to the representation of the family, on his father's death, had as abovementioned, already received conveyance of the fee on 9 Feb. 1518/19. In March 1532, he was affianced to Mariota Shaw, who took steps to enforce the contract of marriage on 6 March 1534/5 (Antiquities of Aberdeen and Banff, 2357), but he successfully avoided the contract.

.....On 7 November 1545, he granted a Charter of Auchinschogill to Janet Forbes Countess of Atholl (Great Seal, No. 3193). Janet was the daughter of John 6th Lord Forbes (Scots Peerage, IV. 55) and had married in 1542, John 3rd Earl of Atholl, who died within six months, and after the death of Alexander Hay, her second husband, she married as his first wife, John Leslie of Balquhain, 9 January 1547/8 (Great Seal, 20 Feb. 1547/8; Records of the Family of Leslie, III. 46)."

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