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FORBES, William 3rd Lord Forbes, 'Gray Willie'
(About 1441-Before 1483)
GORDON, Christian
(About 1447-)
LUNDY, John of that Ilk, Governor of Edinburgh and Stirling Castles, Sir
(About 1440-1516)
FORRESTER, Isabel
(About 1447-)
FORBES, John 6th Lord Forbes
(About 1471-1547)
LUNDIE, Christian
(About 1482-)
FORBES, William 7th Lord Forbes
(About 1513-1593)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. KEITH, Elizabeth co-heiress of Inverugie

FORBES, William 7th Lord Forbes 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1513
  • Marriage (1): KEITH, Elizabeth co-heiress of Inverugie on 19 December 1538 in Lindores Abbey, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland 1
  • Died: 1593 1

   Another name for William was William Master of Forbes.4

   User ID: X636.


William married Elizabeth KEITH co-heiress of Inverugie, daughter of Sir William KEITH younger, of Inverugie and Janet GRAY, on 19 December 1538 in Lindores Abbey, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland.1 (Elizabeth KEITH co-heiress of Inverugie was born about 1519.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (William, Lord Forbes) died in 1593, having married, in the Abbey Church of Lindores, on 19 December 1538, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress with her sister Margaret, Countess of Marischal, of Sir William Keith of Inverugie, and had eight sons and eight daughters ... "

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)


"Marriage
Elizabeth married William, Master of Forbes in 1538 [66, 67, 71]."

"66 Register of the Great Seal, Vol 3 (1513-1546), #1890
04 Jan 1539
Charter
William Master of Forbes & Elizabeth Keith his wife. "

"67 Register of the Great Seal, Vol 3 (1513-1546), #2112
05 Mar 1540
Charter
John Lord Forbes
William Master of Forbes (husband of Elizabeth Keith).
Elizabeth Keith (wife William Master of Forbes). "

"71 Antiquities of Aberdeen & Banff, Vol 4, p623
24 May 1549
Contract - Inverugie to the Keiths, Fechill & Monk's Hill to Forbes.
Sir William Keith of Inuerugy (deceased).
Margaret Keith (eldest daughter of Sir William Keith, wife of William Earl Marischal).
Elizabeth Keith (daughter of Sir William Keith, wife of William Lord Forbes).
William Earl Marischal (husband of Margaret Keith).
William Lord Forbes (husband of Elizabeth Keith). "

from Keiths of Inverugie
1 4

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

2 e-books, Transactions of the Banffshire Field Club 1936 - www.banffshirefieldclub.org.uk The Hays of Delgaty by Thomas Innes of Learney.

3 National Records of Scotland, Catalogue Search GD52 Lord Forbes 13th Century-1926.

4 e-books, The Keiths of Inverugie by Mike Wade (2021 https://www.patrickspeople.scot/).

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