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Alex Maxwell Findlater

Caldecotis

Legg inn av Alex Maxwell Findlater » 20 jun 2006 10:23:27

I have come across a mention of this elusive family:

Trans Dumfries & Galloway etc Vol XXIII, 1940-44, p 77, article on Boys
by Cameron Smith:

"There is however a charter preserved in HM Register House which
mentions the late William de Boys, lord of Hallathys in Annandale under
the year 1379. His spouse, who had survived him, was Elena de
Caldicotis, daughter of John de Caldicotis, lord of Hutton under the
Moor. her mother was Mariota (Marion) de Crawford, daughter of the
late Thomas de Crawford, Elena's grandfather on the mother's side.

"The lands had been destined to the heirs of Elena's marriage, but
these rights she then resigned at the date mentioned, so presumably the
lands remained with the Caldicoties family or their assignees. (There
is no evidence that the lord of Halleaths had left any heir by his
marriage with Elena.)"

This is not a Great Seal charter, but the author, A Cameron Smith, is a
highly respected genealogist, who had recently died and therefore
perhaps not completed the references (I have seen other work of his in
manuscript and it is most carefully annotated, but afterwards).

No doubt the charter could be found in the index of miscellaneous
charters in the National Archives of Scotland.


On the subject of the earlier posting about Caldecotis, there is a
misconception about the charter of 1434. It is a Great Seal charter,
but does not recite an earlier charter as devined by Douglas Richardson
from the Freeman site. This shows the weakness of using internet
records. The information on the Freeman site in unreferenced and the
details are muddled, so that it is impossible to tell what is
commentary and what is quotation. I can find no record of Tweedie
resigning the lands of Hartre in 1389 as asserted and the charter
actually says that the lands were resigned by Joneta de Erthe domina de
Walchtoun in manu quondam Jac I regis (he died in 1437, the deed was
sealed at Dalkeith in 1434, but not registered until 1439.)

Joneta was one of the heirs portioner of Airth, who married a Hepburn
of Wauchton. The lands of Airth went to the Bruces, who married
another daughter. I don't know how many co-portioners there were.

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