John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester
John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester ( 1450 - around October 1508 ) was a Scottish nobleman and ancestor of the Marquesses of Tweeddale .
John Hay was born in Peeblesshire in 1450 to Sir David Hay, Laird of Locherworth and Laird of Yester (Yester in East Lothian ) (1400–1478). His mother was Lady Elizabeth Hay (1397-1448), daughter of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus and Lady Mary Stewart († 1458), daughter of King Robert III. of Scotland.
He was the sheriff of Peebles . On January 29, 1488 he was by King James III. appointed Lord of Parliament by Scotland as Lord Hay of Yester .
Hay was married twice. In 1642 he married Lady Mariot Lindsay, daughter of John Lindsay, 1st Lord Lindsay of the Byres, with whom he had two children:
- Sir Thomas Hay, Master of Yester (* 1470) ⚭ Elizabeth Borthwick (1477-1544), daughter of Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home , who later James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran married
- Lady Isabel Hay (illegitimate) ⚭ Sir Walter Ker of Cessford († 1501)
From the second marriage (around December 17, 1468; marriage contract) with Lady Elizabeth Cunningham († 1529), daughter of George Cunningham of Belton, six children were born:
- Sir John Hay, 2nd Lord Hay of Yester (1470 - September 9, 1513 at the Battle of Flodden Field )
- George Hay of Menzion (* 1471)
- Isobel Hay ⚭ Sir Robert Lauder of The Bass
- Margaret Hay († 1525) ⚭ 1491 William Borthwick, 3rd Lord Borthwick (1460s – 1503)
- William Hay († 1512)
- Nicholas Hay († 1498)
literature
- Sir James Balfour Paul: Tweeddale. In: The Scots' Peerage. Edinburgh 1905.
- LG Pine: The New Extinct Peerage, 1884-1971. London 1972, p. 33.
- Peter Townend: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. London 1970, p. 2697.
- Frederick Lewis Weis, et al .: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215. Baltimore 2002, p. 51.
Web links
- John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester on thepeerage.com , accessed July 26, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul, JB: The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland . Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom. tape 8 . D. Douglas, 1905 ( http://www.electricscotland.com/books/pdf/ScotsPeerageVol8.pdf page 429 [PDF]).
- ↑ Lady Elizabeth Douglas on thepeerage.com , accessed July 26, 2015.
- ↑ Lady Mary Stewart on thepeerage.com , accessed July 26, 2015.
- ^ Greig, Elaine Finnie (2004). Hamilton, James, first earl of Arran (1475? -1529) . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press. doi : 10.1093 / ref: odnb / 12079 . Retrieved March 7, 2009
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| New title created |
Lord Hay of Yester 1488-1508 |
John Hay |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1450 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Peeblesshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | around October 1508 |