Family tree Cromer/Russell/Buck/Pratt » Janet Colville (1456-1517)

Personal data Janet Colville 

• She was born in the year 1456 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 2
• She died on April 21, 1517 in Kilmarnock (Ayrshire) Scotland, she was 61 years old.Source 2
• She is buried in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 2
• A child of Sir Robert Colville of Hiltoun and Euphame Wallace

Household of Janet Colville

She is married to Alexander Boyd, 3rd Lord of Kilmarnock.

They got married on November 23, 1480 at Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, she was 24 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Sir Robert Boyd I, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock  1485-1558
2. Adam Boyd Lord of Pinkill  1490-1577
3. Thomas Picton Boyd  1492-1548
4. Margaret Boyd of Kilmarnock  1500-1525
5. Euphemia Boyd  1502-1502

Notes about Janet Colville

Ben M. Angel notes: Probably not the Robert Colville who was killed in the Battle of Flodden Field.

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Ochiltree Castle (meaning: "the lofty dwelling-place") was a castle built on a promontory by the Lugar Water, East Ayrshire, Scotland across from Auchinleck Castle. Built by the de Colville family in the 12th century, it was destroyed in 1449, by Sir William Douglas.

The ancient barony of Ochiltree belonged to the family of Colville, who were Normans that came to Scotland about 1174. The castle stood on the bank of the Lugar, upon a high, rocky bank. The Castle of Ochiltree was captured by Douglas in 1449, and Colville and his male retainers slaughtered and his lands laid waste. This was an act of retaliation for the slaughter, by the hand of Colville, of Auchinleck of Auchinleck, a friend of Douglas.

After the castle was destroyed, all of the stones from the ruin were carried away, reused in building houses and dykes on the adjoining farms. In 1530, it was exchanged by Sir James Colville with Sir James Hamilton of Finnart for the barony of East Wemyss in Fife. In 1534, it was exchanged by its new owner with Andrew Stewart, Third Lord Evandale, for the barony of Evandale. After the latter exchange, Stewart was created first Lord of Ochiltree. Two interesting circumstances are related in the history of the old castle. One is the marriage of John Knox, there, in March, 1564, to Margaret Stewart, daughter of Lord Ochiltree; and the other is the marriage of John Graham of Claverhouse, to Jane Cochrane, niece of Sir John Cochrane, which was celebrated at the castle in June, 1684.

The peerage of Ochiltree became dormant in 1675, and the barony passing through many hands, went into the possession of the first Earl of Dundonald, who bestowed it upon his second son, Sir John Cochrane. It was forfeited by Sir John in 1685, but re-acquired by his son from the Crown in 1686, was purchased from the Cochrane family about 1737 by Governor M'Crae, who left it to Miss Macquire, afterwards Countess of Glencairn. It was finally re-sold about 1817 in lots to different proprietors. The castle is said to have been totally destroyed by fire, together with all the charters, plates and other valuables.

Source: Revolvy

Added to Geni by Janet Milburn 8/18/18 ______________________________________________

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Sir Robert Colville:

http://thepeerage.com/p3063.htm#i30623

Sir Robert Colville [1]

M, #30623
Last Edited=2 Jun 2008

Sir Robert Colville lived at Ochiltree, Scotland.[1]

Child of Sir Robert Colville and Eupheme Wallace

1. Janet Colville+[1]

Citations

1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 261. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Ben M. Angel notes: Probably not the Robert Colville who was killed in the Battle of Flodden Field.

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