Archibald (Halyburton) Halyburton Master of Dirletoun (bef. 1463 - bef. 1490)

Born before 1463 in Scotland

Ancestors

Died before 28 Apr 1490 at about age 27 in Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Archibald was the eldest son and heir-apparent of George, 3rd Lord Dirletoun, had from his father the barony of Ha∣yburton in fee confirmed to him by a charter under The Great Seal in 1474. He was under age 14 and unmarried on 10th November 1477. He granted, with his father's consent, 27th July 1486, the feudal barony of Bolton, Haddingtonshire, to [his mother] Mariote, Lady Dirletoun "for her life". ^[1][2]

He married Helen Schaw^[1][3][2] who survived him and married Andrew Stewart 1st Lord Avondale, Patrick Hume Earl of Marchmont,^[3] Peter/Patrick Houston of that Ilk, and Robert Hamilton of Preston, ^[4][5]

He d.v.p. 28 Apr 1490 when his widow Elene Shaw was the second wife of Patrick Home of Polwarth.^[1][3] it is quite possible that both George, Lord Direltoun, and his son, [this] Archibald, fell at the battle of Sauchiburn, 11 Jun 1488.^[6]

He is mentioned, after death, in a charter, together with Patrick and Andrew Halyburton, his two brothers, and Elene Shaw his former spouse.^[7]

This marriage produced a single child. ^[8] Daughter of Sir robert Bruce of Clackmannan .

Research Notes

• Geni: Archibald Halyburton

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, London: St. Catherine Press, 1916, Ed. 2 Vol IV, Archive.org, p. 384
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Marshall, David. Genealogical Notes anent some Ancient Scottish Families', Perth: J.V. Nicoll, 1884, Archive.org, p. 105
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum:: The register of the Great seal of Scotland, A.D. 1424-1513 published by the authority of the Lords commissioners of H.M. Treasury., Edinburgh: General Register House, 1882, Vol. 2., Archive.org, p. 410, no. 1947, 28 Apr 1490
4. ↑ 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, 1909, Vol. VI, Archive.org, p. 3
5. ↑ Anderson, John, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton, Edinburgh: John Anderson, 1825, Archive.org, p. 345
6. ↑ The Complete Peerage by G. E.Cockayne, edited by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs and H. Arthur Doubleday, vol.iv, London, 1916, p.384 and footnotes.
7. ↑ The Great Seal of Scotland, no.1947, confirmed at Stirling, 28th April1490.
8. ↑ Douglas, Robert, The Peerage of Scotland, Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, from their Origin to the Present Generation. Collected from the Public Records and Chartularies of this Country, the Records and other Writings of the Nobility and the Works of Our Best Historians, Edinburgh: R. Fleming, 1764, Archive.org, p. 322