Sir William Douglas

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From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Douglas-422
William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Angus [S., 1389] in 1402. In 1423 he was one of the negotiators for the release of King James I. He held the office of Ambassador to England in 1430. He held the office of Warden of the Middle Marches in 1433. He fought in the Battle of Piperdean on 10 September 1436, where he defeated the English.

He was knighted at the coronation of King James I.[1]

Robert de Lawedre, with [his brother] James de Lawedre, and Thomas de Lawedre, Canon of Dunbar, witnessed the confirmation by William de Lawedre, Bishop of Glasgow, of the Papal Dispensation by Pope Benedict XIII dated 11 Dec 1413, for the marriage of William de Douglas, Earl of Angus,and Margaret, daughter of Sir William de la Hay, the elder, Knt., who were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity. Dated and signed at Yester castle, Haddingtonshire, 6th January 1414/15.[2]

He married Margaret Hay, daughter of Sir William Hay of Yester, on 3 Dec. 1414, having have been contracted to her on 12 Dec. 1410.[1] They had issue:-

James, 3rd Earl of Angus
George, 4th Earl of Angus
William
Hugh
Elene (or Helen)
He had one son who was possibly illegitimate::

Archibald[1][3]
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904, Vol. I, Archive.org, pp. 174-5
↑ Calendar of Writs preserved at Yester House 1166-1625 compiled by Charles C.H.Harvey and John MacLeod, SRS, Edinburgh, 1930 no.50, p.42.
↑ Johnston, George Harvey, "The heraldry of the Douglases : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees", Edinburgh: W & A K Johnston, 1907, Archive.org, p. 39
See also:

Wikipedia: William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
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Adrian Benjamin Burke, The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland, Part II: Identifyng their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," in The Genealogist, 2013, p. 176.
The Peerage: William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
Wikipedia:Battle_of_Piperdean
Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Douglas, William (1398?-1437)". Dictionary of National Biography. 15. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

William married Margaret Hay on 6 Jan 1414/15 in Yester Castle, Scotland. Margaret was born about 1400 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9788

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From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Douglas-742
Helen was born about 1435 daughter to William Douglas earl of Angus and his spouse Margaret Hay. She was sister to William Douglas of Cluny[1].

About 1454 Helen married as her first husband William Lord Graham of Kincardine.

William Graham and Helen Douglas had issue:

Marjory / Mariot mar. James Lord Ogilvy her step brother
Christian mar. (1) James Haldane (2) Thomas Maule
William heir to his father
George d. 1513 at Flodden
Patrick rector of Glasgow University
Elizabeth mar. Andrew Moncur of that Ilk about 1481.
Janet mar.Walter Forrester of the Torwood in 1488
Helen's husband died about 1472. The widow Lady Graham and her mother-in-law the Dowager Lady Graham had a serious dsipute whereby Helen, Lady Graham raised an action against Christian, Lady Graham, in 1474. the latter successfully pleaded the exception "again ye said Elene yt scho suld be under sentence of cursing". [2]

Helen married secondly as second wife to Sir James Lord Ogilvy of Airlie about 1474. Helen retained the title of Lady Graham even after this marriage. Her younger children by William Graham appear to have accompanied her to be brought up in the Ogilvy household.

Sir James Ogilvy and Helen Douglas had issue:

Oliver mar. Felicia Fenton of Cookston
Alexander who mar. Nicholas Straton
Isabella mar. Alexander, son of James Stewart, Earl of Buchan & Auchterhouse.
Malcolm mar. Magaret Ouchterlony
Helen, Lady Graham, spouse of, and procurator for, Sir James Ogilvy of Airlie., appeared before David, Earl of Crawford at Dundee on 21 Nov 1486 , and produced letters of discharge under the seal and subscription of her husband asking to be freed from his service to the Earl for reasons contained in the letters; and she offered the Earl the letters of maintenance made by Sir James. The Earl of Crawford refused to accept all of these. [3] Andrew Moncur was principal witness to Helen Lady Graham's action and as his wife was Elizabeth Graham (born about 1460), it is most probable that he was son -in-law to Helen.

At Arbroath on 8 May 1478 the Abbot and Convent of Arbroath granted a tack to Helen, Lady Graham, and Oliver, her eldest son by Sir James Ogilvy, of the lands of Balfour and Kirkton, with the mill and teind sheaves, for nineteen years from Whitsunday 1480. [4]

Helen died about 1490 and her husband married Janet Lyle as his third wife.

Family/Spouse: William Graham. William was born about 1433 in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1472 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Agnes Graham was the youngest daughter of William, 2nd Lord Graham d. 1471) and Eleanor (Helen) Douglas, da. of William, 2nd Earl of Angus. She m. Sir Walter Forrester of Carden.[1]

She was born about 1470 youngest child to William Graham of Montrose and his wife Helen Douglas.

Her father died when she was a child and her mother married secondly as second wife to Sir James Lord Ogilvy of Airlie whose household she was brought up in.

On 2 Oct 1488 at Stirling, Duncan Forrester of the Torwood accepted 20 merks as her tocher from her step-father Sir James Ogilvy of Airlie in terms of the Contract of Marriage between Walter Forrester son of Duncan and Janet Graham "gude dochter" of Sir James [2]

Walter Forrester and Agnes Graham had issue.

Family/Spouse: Sir Walter Forrester. Walter was born about 1460 in Scotland; died between Feb 1526/27 and May 1528 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 9783

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From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Forrester-1421
Sir James Forrester of Torwood and Garden, baptized Sunday,17 September 1489, for whom James IV stood sponsor, survived his father by less than a decade, dying between 7 October 1532 and 21 May 1536; married first say 1510 Elizabeth Erskine, born say 1492, died before 1 September 1532, say 1524, daughter of Robert, 4th Lord Erskine, de jure Earl of Mar, who was slain at the Battle of Flodden (1513), and Elizabeth/Isobel Campbell, who was alive 14 December 1518. Sir James married second, between 25 June 1518 and 1 September 1532, say 1525-26 Agnes Cockburn, daughter of John Cockburn of Ormiston and Margaret Crichton, and widow of William Murray of Touchadam. Sir James Forrester and Elizabeth Erskine had two sons and two daughters.

Sources
↑ Adrian Benjamin Burke, The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland, Part II: Identifyng their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," in The Genealogist, 2013, pp. 179-80.

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James married Elizabeth Erskine about 1510. Elizabeth (daughter of 4th Lord Erskine, Earl of Mar Robert Erskine and Elizabeth Isobel Campbell) was born about 1492 in Scotland; died between 1532 and 1536. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]