DOUGLAS, Henry ¹

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  General Notes:

"On 27 May 1474 Hugh Douglas (son of Henry and Margaret Douglas) granted to his kinsman James, first Earl of Morton, a formal renunciation of all right he or his heirs might have to the lordship of Dalkeith, under a penalty of £30,000, if he or his heirs repudiated the engagement, excepting such rights as might fall to him by inheritance. His brothers, Mr. James and John, were witnesses to the writ."

from Scots Peerage ¹

Henry married Margaret DOUGLAS, daughter of James DOUGLAS of Balvenie, 7th Earl of Douglas and Beatrice SINCLAIR.¹ (Margaret DOUGLAS was born about 1428 and died before September 1473 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Henry Douglas) married Margaret, daughter of James Douglas, afterwards seventh Earl of Douglas, who survived him and died before 3 September 1473."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ¹