Alexander Borthwick (bef. 1468 - bef. 1513)

Born before 21 Jan 1468 in Scotland

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Died before 17 Aug 1513 at about age 45 in Johnstounburn, Midlothian, Scotland

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Biography

Alexander Borthwick is a member of Clan Borthwick.

Alexander was the third son of William, 2nd Lord Borthwick. ^[1]

King James IV signed at Edinburgh a Precept dated 31st March 1491 receiving Alexander Borthwick, [next two are brothers] Masters Adam Borthwick & [this] Alexander Borthwick, William Hay, James Sinclair and William Dalrymple, as attorney or attournies for Margaret Hay, spouse of William Borthwick, son and heir apparent of William Lord Borthwick, in all negotiations, speeches, suits and quarrels moved or to be moved by the said Margaret.^[2]

Sir Alexander Borthwick Knt. [of Addislaw] and an Alexander Borthwick [no territorial designations but doubtless the two Alexanders in the 1491 Precept] are the two leading witnesses to a charter by William, Lord Borthwick, to Alan, son of Sir Thomas Borthwick of Colylaw etc., dated 29 Nov 1503.^[3]

William, Lord Borthwick, as superior of the lands of Nenthorn, Berwickshire, granted a charter of them to his second son, [this] Alexander Borthwick in Johnstoun upon the resignation dated 27th June 1495 of James Wilson [? tenant].^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Alexander is mentioned as William 2nd Lord Borthwick's second son and given as in Johnstone. He was of full age on 21 Jan 1488/89 so born before 21 Jan 1467/68.

   The Scots Law Times 3rd July 1987 (ISSN 0036-908X), Court of the Lord Lyon - Lord Borthwick, Petitioner, 2 June 1986, p. 6

2. ↑ Calendar of Writs preserved at Yester House 1166-1625 compiled by Charles C.H.Harvey and John MacLeod, SRS, Edinburgh, 1930 no.231, p.88.
3. ↑ The Great Seal of Scotland no.2759.
4. ↑ A System of Heraldry &c., by Alexander Nisbet, Edinburgh 1722, vol. 2, facsimile edition 1984, Appendix page 106.

See also:

• The New Extinct Peerage, 1884-1971 by L.G.Pine, London, 1972, p.32.

• A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage; Burke, B., (London): 1880, Volume 42, Part 1, p. 137
• The Scots Peerage v.2 p. 115
• The New Extinct Peerage, 1884-1971 by L.G.Pine, London, 1972, p.32.

• The Scots Law Times 3rd July 1987, (ISSN 0036-908X), Court of the Lord Lyon: Lord Borthwick, Petitioner, p.6, where this Alexander is given as "in Johnstoun" [Johnstounburn].

• http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/borthwick1452.htm