William (Borthwick) Borthwick Second Lord Borthwick (abt. 1445 - 1503)

Born about 1445 in Scotland

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Died 20 May 1503 at about age 58 in Scotland

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William (Borthwick) Borthwick Second Lord Borthwick is Notable.

William (Borthwick) Borthwick Second Lord Borthwick is a member of Clan Borthwick.

William was the eldest son of his father's first marriage to an unknown lady, and born before 1452.^[1] It would seem, therefore, that he probably married about 1465-70.

He was knighted, and was one of the Guarantors of a treaty with England on 20 Sep 1484, and one of the Conservators of similar treaties 30 Sep 1497 and 12 July 1499. A Lord Auditor 1484 and 1485; he was Master of the Household to James III, 1485.^[2]

William [2nd] Lord Borthwick, as lord superior of the lands of Nenthorn, Berwickshire, granted a charter of them to his second son, Alexander Borthwick, upon the resignation [of the feu] dated 27th June 1495 of James Wilson.^[3]

King James IV signed at Edinburgh a Precept dated 31st March 1491 receiving Alexander Borthwick, Master Adam Borthwick, Master Alexander Borthwick, William Hay, James Sinclair and William Dalrymple, as attorney or attornies for Margaret Hay, spouse of William Borthwick, son and heir apparent of [this] William Lord Borthwick, in all negotiations, speeches, suits and quarrels moved or to be moved by the said Margaret.^[4]

Although William's spouse is unknown, he had the following issue:

1. Sir William, 3rd Lord Borthwick, ^[5] d. 9 Sep 1513
2. Alexander, m. Margaret, dau. of Lawson of Humbie, d. bef. 17 Aug 1513^[5]
3. Adam, d. after 1505^[5]
4. Agnes, c. 1470 Sir David Kennedy^[6]
5. Catherine, m. Sir James Crichton, of Frendraught, Knt.^[7]
6. Mary, m. James Hoppringle of Galashiels^[6]
7. Margaret b.after 1470, m. Sir Oliver SInclair of Roslin,^[6] d. b Nov 1504.

William died on 20 May 1503.^[8]

Research Notes

Said to have been knighted by 1468, William, 2nd Lord Borthwick, was a witness of Crown charters, Lord Auditor of Causes, and Member of the Privy Council. He was for a time Master of the King's Household and remained loyal to James III apparently right up to the king's death in the battle of Sauchieburn (11 June 1488) during James's conflict with his son and heir. After the accession of James IV, Lord Borthwick was seldom a witness of Crown charters, but retained his other posts. By this stage, if not earlier, the family possessed land in Selkirkshire, Peeblesshire, Berwickshire, Aberdeenshire, and Edinburghshire, where its seat lay.^[9] The third Lord Borthwick's spouse's name is not known. The eldest son succeeded as William, 4th Lord Borthwick (c. 1460–1513?). The DNB (and Anderson) wrongly states he fell at the battle of Flodden.^[10]

Cokayne says Mariota Hoppringle was his mother, but James Paul and Burke both say she was his wife, but it is not unusual for the latter two to be identical. Cockayne is more reliable. In any case, the ruling of the Court of Lord Lyon shows that she was his step-mother.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Scots Law Times 3rd July 1987 (ISSN 0036-908X), Court of the Lord Lyon - Lord Borthwick, Petitioner, 2 June 1986, p. 6
2. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: St. Catherine Press, 1912, Ed. 2 Vol II, Archive.org, pp. 221-22; N.B. Cokayne mistakenly divides the first Lord Borthwick into two different individuals making all subsequent numbers off by one. This has now been corrected by the Judgement of the Lord Lyon reported in the Scots' Law Times 3rd July 1987.
3. ↑ A System of Heraldry &c., by Alexander Nisbet, Volume 2, facsimile edition, Edinburgh, 1984, Appendix page 106.
4. ↑ 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.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} 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, 1905, Vol. II, Archive.org, p. 99
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} 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, 1905, Vol. II, Archive.org, p. 107.
7. ↑ The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants, etc., by Messrs, John and John Bernard Burke, London, 1848: vol.1, pedigree CVII.
8. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward. (1912). The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and all its Members from the Earliest Times (2nd ed., Vol. II, p. 222). London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd. Retrieved from Internet Archive (Available online); accessed 2 June 2022.
9. ↑ The Scottish Nation by William Anderson, Edinburgh, 1867 edition, vol.ii, p.338.
10. ↑ Attributed to [with minor edits] the New Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2017. Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a PDF of a single article in DNB for personal use.

See also:

• The Scottish Nation by William Anderson, Edinburgh, 1867 edition, vol.2, p.339, which states he had "several daughters".

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

• The Peerage: Sir William Borthwick, 3rd Lord Borthwick; N.B. numbering off by one; death at Flodden incorrect.

• Burke, John Bernard, "A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire", London: Harrison,1866, p. 62

• Wikipedia: William Borthwick, 2nd Lord Borthwick

• Wikidata: Item Q8005726, en:Wikipedia