Tolleson family » Sir David Boswell of Glassmont (1520-1547)

Personal data Sir David Boswell of Glassmont 

  • He was born in the year 1520 in Balmullo, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Title: of Glassmont
  • He died on September 10, 1547 in Pinkie Cleugh, Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 27 years old.
  • This information was last updated on May 13, 2021.

Household of Sir David Boswell of Glassmont

He is married to Elizabeth Wemyss.

They got married in the year 1539, he was 19 years old.

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Day of death September 10, 1547

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1547: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg.
    • January 13 » Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England.
    • January 16 » Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia.
    • January 28 » Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
    • February 20 » Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
    • April 24 » Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.


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