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BARONY OF CORSTORPHINE
Now a thriving suburb of Edinburgh, well known for the area’s main attraction, the Edinburgh Zoo, Corstorphine has a colorful history, largely impacted by its Barony, which left its mark not only on the geography of the region, but on the area’s fabric of history.
The Barony and its associated lands have passed from generation to generation, from family to family, over these many centuries.
The earliest record of proprietorship of Corstorphine - at that time an estate -- was David le Mareschall, between the years of 1214 and 1249. William de la Roche and Thomas le Mareschall were the next recorded owners; in 1296 they signed the Ragman’s Roll, proclaiming allegiance to King Edward I. The land continued to be passed down the family until David II’s reign, at which point King Malcolm Ramsay regained control of it by the forfeiture of David le Mareschall.
The next owner of Corstorphine was Abercorne’s William More, who ceded it to brother Gilchrist More. Gilchrist in turn then sold it to Adam Forrester, the immediate ancestor of Lord Forrester and a burgess of Edinburgh back in the 1360s. Forrester was then beginning to acquire property in that vicinity, and he was also the first link between Corstorphine and the Forrester family… an association that continued for over three centuries.
A few years later, King Robert II confirmed him in the barony. Though an exact year is not known, this has been narrowed down to sometime between the years of 1374 and 1377.
Forrester was an ambitious and energetic man. He founded Corstorphine Kirk, a chapel that he dedicated to Saint John the Baptist… a chapel he would later be buried in. Forrester was also Edinburgh’s Provost and he would eventually become Lothian’s sheriff. By 1388, he’d been appointed as Scotland’s Deputy Chamberlain, and travelled often to England in an ambassadorial role, negotiating treaties between Scotland and England. King Robert III in the year 1390 appointed Forrester as Keeper of the Great Seal, an appointment that demonstrated the high level of trust and esteem held for Forrester.
On 14 September 1402, at the battle of Homildon Hill, Adam was taken prisoner. He intervened on behalf of his fellow prisoners, made an impassioned speech to full Parliament, and was ransomed. Around that same time, he was knighted and became Sir Adam. By 1405, he became Deputy Chamberlain of Scotland. That same year, on 13 October, Sir Adam died. He had married Agnes, John Dundas’ daughter, and Margaret, who gave him John, Thomas, and Marion.
Corstorphine’s Sir John Forrester took over ownership of Corstorphine and followed in his father’s footsteps as a devoted public servant. In 1420, he became Keeper of the Great Seal. By 1424, he became Chamberlain of Scotland, getting sent to England and Flanders on embassy missions. Two years later, he was granted additional West Lothian lands, thus incorporating them into the Liberton barony.
In 1429, John again followed in his father’s footsteps by founding and endowing a church, the Collegiate Church of Corstorphine, which forms part of today’s parish kirk.
SIR JOHN FORRESTER - 1ST BARON OF CORSTORPHINE
King James I erected The Barony of Corstorphine by Crown Charter in 1431. In a ceremony in Perth on 4 February 1431, he confirmed Adam Forrester as the first Baron of Corstorphine.
Sir John died sometime around 1448. He was buried in the church of Corstorphine. To this day, recumbent stone effigies of himself as well as one of his three wives are still entombed in the church chancel.
Of his children - John, Henry, Elizabeth, and Janet -- John, the eldest, became next up for the barony.
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