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SINCLAIR, Elene
(About 1490-After 1540)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. MOWBRAY, John of Barnbougle, Sir
2. HEPBURN, Alexander of Whitsome, Sir

SINCLAIR, Elene 1

  • Born: About 1490
  • Marriage (1): MOWBRAY, John of Barnbougle, Sir 1
  • Marriage (2): HEPBURN, Alexander of Whitsome, Sir after 1519 1
  • Died: After 9 October 1540 1

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Elene married Sir John MOWBRAY of Barnbougle.1 (Sir John MOWBRAY of Barnbougle was born about 1475 and died 1518(1519) 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Alexander Hepburn) married, first, Elene Sinclair, relict of Sir John Mowbray of Barnbougall, Sir John having died in 1518."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2) 1

Elene next married Sir Alexander HEPBURN of Whitsome, son of Sir Alexander HEPBURN and Isobel WARDLAW Lady Durie and Lady of Riccarton, after 1519.1 (Sir Alexander HEPBURN of Whitsome was born about 1495 and died before 17 December 1551 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Alexander Hepburn) married, first, Elene Sinclair, relict of Sir John Mowbray of Barnbougall, Sir John having died in 1518. She was alive 9 October 1540. [....]

He had issue by his first wife : -

(i) Alexander (afterwards Sir Alexander) Hepburne, his successor,

(ii) Elizabeth Hepburne, who was married to John Lundy, son and heir-apparent of Walter Lundy of that Ilk"

from Scots Peerage (vol 2) 1

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 2 (1905).

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