Janet ‘Jean’ Hamilton

LADY JANET HAMILTON (aka JONETE HAMMYLTOUN or JOHANNE HAMMILTOUN)

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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26 November 1526: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland made in favour of Alexander Cunningham and his promised wife (sponse affidate) JONETE HAMMYLTOUN. Alexander is identified as the son and apparent heir of Sir William Cunningham, Master and lord of the fee of the earldom of Glencairn. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1513-1546, charter number 398 on p. 89

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31 January 1545: JOHANNE HAMMILTOUN Ibidem, charter number 3206 on pp. 751-2

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31 January 1545: JOHANNE HAMMILTOUN Ibidem, charter number 3207 on p. 752

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31 January 1545: JOHANNE HAMMILTOUN Ibidem, charter number 3208 on p. 752

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage, iv, p. 241
2. Hamilton Memoirs, p. 82
3. Darryl Lundy's Peerage

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LADY JEAN HAMILTON

John Anderson identified Lady Jean Hamilton as the daughter of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, and Janet Betoun. Hamilton Memoirs: 82

JANET CUNNINGHAM

Janet or Jane Cunningham, here treated, is the: "daughter of Sir John Cunningham of Caprington". The Scots Peerage IV: 241

Marriage

Janet Cunningham, here treated, married Alexander Cunningham, Earl of Glencairn. On 22 January 1549-50 he granted her a charter "in ejus pura virginitate" for the lands and barony of Stevenston. She survived her husband. The Scots Peerage IV: 241

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

28 January 1549: Instrument of Seisin in favour of Janet Cunningham daughter of John Cunningham of Caprington, and the heirs to be procreat between her and Alexander Earl of Glencairn, her husband, in the lands and barony of Stevenson and others, proceeding on a precept by the Earl for infefting her therein in her pure virginity. Witnesses to the precept, James Chalmer of Gaitgirth, Adam Cunningham in Cotterhill etc. dated at Ayr 22 January 1549. Witnesses to the Instrument, William Cunningham of Legland, Michael Glasgow, Adam Mure etc. National Records of Scotland, Earls of Glencairn, reference GD39/1/59