HAY, William 4th Earl of Erroll ^{1 2}

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William married Christian LYON, daughter of John LYON 3rd Lord Glamis and Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR, 24 April 1492(contract).^{1 2} (Christian LYON was born about 1478 and died after 21 August 1508 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (William Hay 4th Earl of Erroll) married, first, Christian Lyon, said to be a daughter of John, third Lord Glamis ; she had a charter from the third Earl to her and her husband of the lands of Capeth or Inchtuthill, which was confirmed by James IV. 21 August 1497. If the Erroll Obits are right as to the age of the fifth Earl at his death in 1522 this marriage must have taken place before 1495. She was alive 21 August 1508, when the Earl her husband in a charter reserves her terce."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"Christian, married (contract 24 April 1492), as his first wife, to William, fourth Earl of Erroll ; tocher £1000."

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

William next married Margaret KER, daughter of Andrew KER of Altonburn, then of Cessford and Daughter DOUGLAS, before 17 May 1509.^{1 3} (Margaret KER was born about 1459 and died before July 1532 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (William 4th Earl of Erroll) married, secondly, before 17 May 1509, Margaret Ker, widow of Sir James Sandilands of Calder."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"5. Margaret, married to William, Lord Hay of Yester."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7)


In a later volume this was corrected in to

"Hay, William, fourth earl of, his 2nd wife, Margaret Ker ..."

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda) ^{1 3 4}