DOUGLAS, Margaret 'of Corhead' ^{1 2}

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Margaret married Andrew JOHNSTONE 4th of Elphinstone, son of Gilbert JOHNSTONE 3rd of Elphinstone and Unnamed WIFE.^{1 2} (Andrew JOHNSTONE 4th of Elphinstone was born about 1495 and died after 12 June 1562 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"Andrew (Johnstone) was married to Margaret Douglas of Corhead, and left four, if not more, sons - James, Robert, Adam, and John. In 1551 he was one of the twelve jurors who returned Alexander as heir to his father, George, Lord Home.

In 1561 a decreet, signed at Holyrood House, gives Andrew of Elphinstone 'license to remain at home from all the Queen's armies and from all presence at assemblies, and from appearing and passing or serving of briefs, for all the days of his life.' He was alive June 12, 1562, when his heir, James, signs an agreement with his brother, Robert."

from History of the Johnstones




"When Cardinal Beton and George Wishart were at Elphinstone Tower in January 1546, the owner was apparently Andrew Johnstone, the successor (see Note below) of Gilbert Johnstone, who married Agnes Elphinstone, the heiress of Elphinstone. Johnstone and his wife, Margaret Douglas, would, as Lord and Lady of the Tower, receive the Cardinal and the Regent Arran, and the military train who accompanied them, in order to make certain of the capture of Wishart. [....]

Twenty-six years after the Cardinal, the Regent Arran, and George Wishart were at Elphinstone in 1546, the Johnstone Laird of Elphinstone is further noticed in the ecclesiastical annals of Scotland, in connection with the last illness and deathbed scene of John Knox, in the following account of that memorable death: 'On Sabbath the 23rd November 1572, during the afternoon sermon, Knox became so ill that his secretary, Richard Bannatyne, thinking that his master's death was imminent, sent to the church for Johnstone of Elphinstone, who immediately repaired to the bedside of Knox."

from The Elphinstone Family

Note:

Andrew was the successor of Gilbert Johnstone, but not the Gilbert Johnstone referred to in the text quoted. Andrew's immediate predecessor was the grandson of the Gilbert Johnstone who married Agnes Elphinstone. ¹