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William (Muirhead) Muirhead Ist of Lauchope (bef. 1388 - abt. 1445)

Sir William Muirhead Ist of Lauchope formerly Muirhead
Born before in Lauchope, Lanarkshire, Scotlandmap [uncertain]
Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1414 in Lanarkshire, Scotlandmap
Descendants descendants
Died about after about age 57 in Lauchope House Parish Old Monk, Lanarkshire, Scotlandmap [uncertain]
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Preceded by
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1st of Lauchope
 ? - 1445
Succeeded by
William Muirhead

Biography

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William (Muirhead) Muirhead Ist of Lauchope was born in Scotland.

William was knighted by Robert III.[1] He married Jean Hay Jean Hay.[2][1][3] They had three sons and a daughter:[1]

  1. Wiliam, his heir
  2. Andrew, consecreated Bishop of Glasgow in 1454
  3. Vedastus, Canon of Glasgow, elected REctor of the University in 1576
  4. Jean, m. Gavin Hamilton

Research Notes

William is said to have been born 'about the end of the 14th c.'[1] and that he was knighted by Robert III who died in 1406. That he would have to have been of full age to be knighted is unclear and that he could have been as young as 14 when he could marry and witness documents is also unclear. It would be fair to consider that he was at least 16 and one can infer he was born before 1388.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Burke, John Bernard, "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland", London: Henry Colburn Publishers,1879, Ed. 6 Vol. II, Archive.org, p. 1138
  2. Nisbet, Alexander, "System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical", Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1816, Vol. III, Archive.org, p. 258
  3. Morehead, John Motley, "The Morehead Family of North Carolina and Virginia", New York: private, 1921, Archive.org, p. 6

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