Katherine was made a ward of the King and forfieted her initial claim to the estate of Philip Rutherford in 1/27/1502/3. She had married James Stewart too quickly and without prior dispensation. She was closely related to James Stewart [3rd degree of consanguineity]. She was described as, "away ganging and trespassing with James ye Stewart of Traquair, committand hir person to him in fornication". This opened the way for Katherine's sister Helen and her husband Sir John Forman to inherit Sir Richard's estate. Sir Richard Rutherford's estate was now divided and in the hands of in-laws. Helen Rutherford married four times and without heir.
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