James
Henderson
of Fordel
Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Agnes (Henderson) Lauder
Died
in battle of Flodden, nr Branxton, Northumberland.
Profile last modified
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Biography
Youngest surviving son of Robert Henderson, a Burgess of Edinburgh. James Henderson of Fordel, was the Lord Advocate.
He was also Lord Justice-Clerk. When he became Lord Justice-Clerk, he redeemed the estates of Fordel, in Fife, and acquired lands at Balbeithy in 1504, at Stratoun in 1506 and 1509, and in Carrick in 1508.
He married Helen Baty. They had five known children.
Sources
- The Baronage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas, et al, Edinburgh, 1798, p.86-7 and 518, which incorrectly names him as Sir James Henderson.
- Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, volume 3, London, 1972, p.446.
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