BOSWELL, Thomas of Balmuto, then 1st of Auchinleck ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

The Auchinleck estate at Auchinleck in Ayrshire.

.... It became clear that the main focus for the Trust was the Boswell family connection with the building, having been erected between 1755 and 1760 by Alexander Boswell, the 8th Laird of Auchinleck. He had been made a Judge of the Court of Session in 1754 and had taken the nonhereditary title, Lord Auchinleck. As the Saga reveals, the former Baronial estate had been granted by James IV to Thomas Boswell of Balmuto in Fife in 1505 whose wife was a member of the original Baronial family."

from David Affleck website




"A.D. 1504.] [17 Jac. IV.

2805. Apud Ediuburgh, 20 Nov. REX, pro servitio sibi impenso, concessit familiari suo THOME BOSWELL, - terras et baroniam de Auchinlek, cum castro fortalicio et molendino, tenentibus, &c.,advocationibus et donationibus ecclesiarum et capellaniarum, vic. Aire : - Tenend. dicto Thome et heredibus ejus de corpore ejus legitime procreatis, quibus deficientibus, regi reversuras : - Reddend. annuatim wardam, &c., cum contingerent : - Test. 30. 42. 26. 557. 84. 48. 60.
xiv. 86."

from The Register of the Great Seal ^{1 4}

Thomas married Annabella CAMPBELL, daughter of Sir Hugh CAMPBELL of Loudoun, Sheriff of Ayr and Isobel WALLACE. (Annabella CAMPBELL was born about 1498 and died by 20 June 1575 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"1515

Letter of reversion by Annabel Campbell, lady Auchinleck, widow of Thomas Boswell of Auchinleck, to John earl of Lennox, over certain lands in barony of Tarbolton. (End missing)

from GD3/2/2/31




"1515-1517

(1) 1515/16, February 2. Letters of reversion by Annabel Campbell, lady of Auchinlek, relict of James Bossuell of Auchinlek, in favour of John, earl of Leivenax, lord Dernly, over lands of Owir Drumclog and Burntsnab in barony of Awandale, sheriffdom of Lanark, with mill of Torboltoun in barony thereof, sheriffdom of Air, and annualrent over lands and barony of Crukistoun in sheriffdom of Renfrew, in special warrandice of said lands. Damaged."

from GD220/6/1964

Note:

Other sources appear certain that the husband of Annabella Campbell was named Thomas, not James, Boswell. The 'damaged' nature of the document may account for this discrepancy. ^{5 6}