MERCER, Henry of Meiklour and Aldie ^{1 2}

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Henry married Margaret DOUGLAS, daughter of Sir Robert DOUGLAS of Lochleven and Elizabeth BOSWELL, 1496(dispensation).^{1 2} (Margaret DOUGLAS was born about 1471.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret (Douglas), married .... secondly, to Henry Mercer of Meiklour. They had a dispensation to marry in 1496, having already had numerous children."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)




"Sir Henry (Mercer), the elder son, married Margaret Douglas of Lochleven, and was killed at Flodden. His son, Laurence, carried on the main line, from which branched off the Mercers of Melgins and Saline, in 1588. Sir James, last of the Adlie line, died in 1671. He was one of his majesty's ordinary gentleman ushers."

from Electric Scotland ^{1 2}