RAMSAY, John Lord Bothwell (forfeited), Sir ^{1 2 3}

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John married Janet KENNEDY, daughter of John KENNEDY 2nd Lord Kennedy and Elizabeth GORDON, by 5 November 1505.¹ The marriage ended in annulment. (Janet KENNEDY was born about 1476.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Lord Bothwell is generally said to have married Isobel Cant, but she was the wife of the other John Ramsay alluded to above. Bothwell did marry, first, Janet Kennedy, the well-known mistress of James IV. On 6 November 1505 he, as Sir John Ramsay of Trarinzean, resigned certain subjects in Edinburgh for conjunct infeftment to be given to him and Janet Kennedy, Lady Bothwell, his spouse, and on the 28th of the same month Lady Bothwell appears in Court by Sir John Ramsay, her spouse and procurator. The marriage, if it ever took effect, must have been speedily dissolved, though Janet Kennedy lived for many years afterwards."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2) ¹

John next married Isabella LIVINGSTON about 15 February 1507(1508)(infefment).^{1 2} (Isabella LIVINGSTON was born about 1500.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (John Ramsay) married, secondly, Isobel Livingston, said to have been a daughter of Livingston of East Wemyss, as on 15 February 1507-8 he again resigned subjects in Edinburgh for conjunct infeftment to himself and her. This Isobel survived him .... Bothwell had a son, William" from Scots Peerage (vol 2)




"He (Nicolas Ramsay) married, first, Isabella, second daughter of Robert Livingston of Drumry, and widow of John Ramsay, Lord Bothwell."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ^{1 2}