Kentigern Hepburn (abt. 1470 - 1519)

Born about 1470 in Waughton Castle, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Lauder) Hume — married about 1495 in Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died Jul 1519 at about age 49 in Haddingtonshire, Scotland

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Biography

He is sometimes referred to as Mungo, a nickname for Kentigern; and occasionally given the territorial designation "of Luffness".

A Petition to Pope Innocent 8th signed in the presence of Henry Congleton and others in January 1491, craved absolution for numerous people during the recent troubles in Scotland and also refers to the battle of Sauchie. Amongst those named the first is Robert Lauder, son and heir-apparent of the Lord of Bass and Baron of Stenton, &c. Others included KENTIGERN HEPBURN, Patrick Skowgale, Alexander Sydserf, William Sinclair, David Renton, Alexander Home, Archibald Dunbar, William Manderston, Gavin Home, and John Sommerville. The Bull of Absolution is dated 27th June 1491.^[1]

On the 7th July 1498 an action was raised by Mungo Hepburn, son and apparent heir of David Hepburn of Waughton, against Robert Lauder of the Bass, knight, for wrongful eviction of said Mungo and his sub-tenants from the south side of Priestlaws in the Lammermuirs. Agreement appears to have been reached and a decree issued for reinstatment of the complainer etc.^[2]

John de Broun of Colstoun [Haddingtonshire] is a witness in a charter of David Hepburn of Waughton, to his son and heir Kentigern Hepburn and his wife Margaret Lauder, of the lands of Waughton, dated 6th September 1498.^[3][4]

On the 12th July 1502 Kentigern Hepburn of Lufness [another Hepburn holding] witnessed the charter granted by Gavin Dunbar to Robert Lauder of the Bass, knight, of the lands of Wester Spott, &c., which charter was confirmed by King James IV under The Great Seal on 17th July 1502.^[5]

In the Haddington Burgh records there is a Notorial Instrument dated February 1504 mentioning Mungo [Kentigern], son and apparent heir of David Hepburn of Waughton.^[6]

There is a a charter recording the marriage, which took place at Bolton Church, Haddingtonshire, on the 3rd November 1510, between Patrick Hepburn of Waughton, knight, and Elena [or Helen], daughter of Adam Hepburn of Craggs, knight. Witnesses included Kentigern Hepburn of Luffness, (the groom's father), George Hepburn of Rollanstoun, Patrick Hepburn of Beynston, and Patrick, William and Henry Hepburn (no designations).^[7]

"The Honourable Sir Kentigern Hepburn of Waughton"'s huge medieval grave-slab is described in Graveyard Monuments in East Lothian by Angus Graham, M.A.,F.S.A.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Historic Manuscripts Commission - MSS of Colonel David Milne Home of Wedderburn Castle, London, 1902, p.263-4, no.606, where there is a copy.
2. ↑ Acts of the Lords of Council in Civil Causes vol.II, 1496 - 1501, p.255.
3. ↑ Systems of Heraldry by Alexander Nisbet, Edinburgh, 1722, p.378, vol I, 1984 reprint.
4. ↑ The Great Seal of Scotland no.2455 confirmed at Stirling 21st September 1498.
5. ↑ Genealogical Notes of the Hepburn Family by Edward Hepburn, 1925, p. 32.
6. ↑ National Records of Scotland, B30/14.
7. ↑ Calendar of the Laing Charters, AD854-1837, no.278.
8. ↑ Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol.XCIV, Session 1960-61. It was originally recorded in 1913 by the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p18730.htm#i187298
• Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage edited by Peter Townend, 105th edition, London, 1970.

Uncertain sources

• THE PEERAGE 187298
• RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project:Our Kingdom Come IDI101799
• Source S266

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Dale Burdick for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Dale and others. This person was created through the import of Jim Walker gedcom 4 Wikitree may 22 2011.ged on 24 May 2011.