BOROUGH 221 BOROUGH (of Gainsborough) See "Burgh" Barony (by writ) rr. 1487. The third Lord was sum. to the House of Lords 2 Dec. (1529) 21 Hen. VIII, by writ directed Thome Borough de Gciynesboro, and was so sum. during that reign, excepting on 28 Apr. (1539) 31 Hen. VIII, when the writ was directed Thome Bourgh. BORTHWICK BARONY [S.] I. William Borthwick, s. and h. of Sir Wm. B., J of Borthwick Castle,() Midlothian, by (according to ^^ ' some) a da. of Sir Thomas Hay, of Lochorwart, was knighted v.p., Oct. 1430; sue. his father in or before 1439, and was cr. a Lord of Parl-.C) LORD BORTHWICK [S.], at a Pari, held in Edinburgh, 12 June i452.() He is described as Lord Borthwick in two crown charters of 1454. He was living 14 Mar. 1457/8, and apparently in 1467. His name, or possibly that of his successor () appears in Pari. 17 June 1455 to 4 Oct. 1469, and as Ambassador to England 1459 and 1 46 1. II. 1470 .' 2. William (Borthwick), Lord Borthwick [S.], s. and h.(^) His name appears as Ambassador to England 1 47 1 and 1473. He m. (gift of marriage dat. 21 Nov. 1458) Mariot Hoppringle, widow. She was living Christmas 1473. He d. between 6 Oct. 1483 and 7 Feb. 1483/4. III. 1483 3. William (Borthwick), Lord Borthwick [S.], s. or and h.('^) He was knighted v.p. He was one of the 1484. Guarantors of a treaty with England 20 Sep. 1484, and one of the Conservators of similar treaties 30 Sep. 1497 (") This was built and fortified by him (from whom it received its name), under warrant from James I, dat. 2 June 1 430, on lands in the moat of Lochorwart, formerly belonging to the family of Hay. It was sold towards the end of the 17th cent., and, after passing through various hands, was bought, in 1812, by John Borth- wick of Crookston, an unsuccessful claimant to the peerage, by whose family this massive keep is still (1911) inhabited. C") As to " Lords of Parliament," see note iub Alan, Lord Cathcart [1452 ?]. ('^) No instrument creating the dignity is extant, but it appears from the evidence before the House of Lords in 1870, that this Peerage was not existing in 1450, but was so in 1455. In the protest of 1763 and elsewhere, the date of the Peerage is erroneously given as 1424, being attributed to Sir William B., the founder of Borthwick Castle. See post, p. 225, note "a." () The accounts of the first 4 Lords are very obscure, and that given in Scots Peerage points to there not being very much advance in precision possible over the one appearing in the 1st edition of this work. It is conceivable that the first 2 Lords in the text may be in fact the same man, but in that case this man must have lived to a great age. A Lord Borthwick is said to have been slain at Flodden 9 Sep. 1513, but this is unlikely; probably the 4th Lord in the text fought and was wounded at that battle. For a list of the peers there slain see vol. v, Appendix D. V.G.
