BOTHWELL 237 BOTHWELL BARONY [S.] I. Sir John Ramsay, whose paternity is unknown, J _ J) but who possibly was a s. of John R., of Corstoun, co. Fife, ^ ^' by Janet Napier, his wife; being attached to the Court of to James III, was one of the few of that King's attendants 1488. who escaped execution at Lauder, in July 1482, soon after which he was rewarded with the Barony and Lordship of Bothwell,^ which grant was confirmed by Pari. 16 Feb. 1482/3. He sat in Pari, as a Peer, LORD BOTHWELL [S.], before 9 May 1485; was accredited as Ambassador to England i486, and again Apr. 1488, but after the King's death (11 June 1488), was prosecuted by his successor, and /or- feited -xt a Pari. [S.], 8 Oct. 1488, when he took refuge in England, acting as a spy for Henry VII, into whose hands he plotted to deliver the Scottish King. He was, however, rehabilitated under the Great Seal [S.], 1 8 Apr. 1497, though not restored to his Peerage, nor (excepting partially) to his estates. Lands, however, in co. Kincardine were erected, 13 May 15 10, into a free Barony, called the Barony of Balmain, for him and his heirs. He w., istly, shortly before 6 Nov. 15 — ■, Janet Kennedy, C') but from her (who was living long afterwards) he was apparently soon divorced. He w., 2ndly, before 15 Feb. 1507/8, Isobel Livingston, who surv. him. He d. fighting for his country, being slain at Flodden, 9 Sep. i5i3-(0 William, his s. and h. by 2nd wife, b. in or shortly before 15 10, was ancestor of the Ramsays of Balmain, Gilbert R. being cr. a Bart. [S.], 3 Sep. 1625. EARLDOM [S.] i. Patrick. Hepburn, s. and h. of Adam Hepburn, . ^- Master of Hailes (who d. v.p., in or shortly before ^ ' i479)> by Helen, da. of Alexander (Home), Lord Home [S.]; was knighted before Feb. i48o/i,and sue. his grandfather as Lord Hailes [S.], in 1483, at which date he was one of the conservators of a truce with England. He led the vanguard at the battle of Sauchieburn against James III, who was there slain, and whose successor, James IV, rewarded him with the forfeited Barony of Bothwell, erecting the same into an Earldom, and creating him, 17 Oct. 1488, by solemn investiture in Pari., EARL OF BOTHWELL [S.]. The lord- ships and offices he received from the grateful King were very numerous. In 1488 he was keeper of the Castle of Edinburgh, Sheriff Principal of that CO., Master of the Household, High Admiral [S.], tfc. Warden of the West and Middle Marches July 1489. On 6 Mar. 1491/2, he received, (*) This had fallen into the King's hands in 1473, on the death of Eupheme [Graham], widow of the 5th Earl of Douglas [S.], and 1st wife of James, 1st Lord Hamilton [S.]. C') She had been mistress of James IV. He did not m. Isobel Cant (as usually stated), who was the wife of a contemporary namesake. V.G. (') For a list of Scottish nobles there slain, see vol. v, Appendix D.
