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 222 BORTHWICK and 12 July 1499. A Lord Auditor 1484 and 1485; he was Master of the Household to James III, 1485 ; P.C. [S.] 1489. He d. 20 May 1503. IV. 1503. 4. William (Borthwick.), Lord Borthwick [S.],(') s. and h., to whom, after the defeat of Flodden, the com- mand of Stirling Castle, containing the infant King, was entrusted. On 7 Oct. 1 5 17 he sealed the treaty with England. On 21 Aug. 1538 he settled his lands in strict tail male with an ultimate rem. to his heirs male whatsoever bearing the name and arms of Borthwick. He w., in 1491, Margaret, da. of John (Hay), Lord Hay of Tester [S.]. He d. between 28 May 1543 and 19 Feb. 1543/4- [Thomas or Arthur ('') Borthwick, styled Master of Borthwick., s. and h. ap. He ;k. Mariot, da. of George (Seton), 3rd Lord Seton [S.], by Janet, ist da. of Patrick (Hepburn), ist Earl of Bothwell [S.] ; which marriage was annulled by the Pope, on account of consanguinity, before Feb. 1 530/1. C^) He d. s.p. and v.p., before 21 Aug. 1538.] V. 1543. 5- John (Borthwick.), Lord Borthwick [S.], 2nd, but only surv. s. and h., served h. in 1543/4. He fought at Ancrum Moor, Mar. 1544/5. P.C. [S.] 1545. He opposed the Re- formation of i56o,('^) and assisted the Queen Regent against the Lords of the Congregation. He m., before 1544, Isobel, da. of David (Lindsay), Earl of Crawford [S.], by his 3rd wife, Isobel Lundy. He d. Mar. 1565/6. His widow m. George Preston, of Cameron, and d. 15 Nov. 1577. Will dat. 10 Nov. 1577, pr. 27 Apr. 1580, at Edinburgh. VI. 1566. 6. William (Borthwick), Lord Borthwick [S.], s. and h.; was a zealous supporter of Mary, Queen of Scotland, whom, with the Earl of Bothwell, he entertained in June 1567. He m., before 1570, Grissel, da. of Sir Walter Scott, of Branxholm and Buccleuch, by his 2nd wife, Janet, da. of John Betoun, of Creich. The marriage proved unhappy, and proceedings were instituted against her I 5 Jan. I 579/80, for an alleged intrigue, but were abandoned. On 24 Sep. I 58 1, she lodged a complaint against him for desertion and cruelty. He was of "yll government," and d. "of the French disease" Oct. 1 582, in the Canongate, at Edinburgh, where his will was pr. 29 Jan. 1583/4. His widow ;«., before 1593, Walter Cairncross, of Colmslie. (*) See previous page, note "d." (•=) His christian name, unknown to J. P. Wood, who guesses "William" (see Douglas, vol. ii, p. 654), is given in The History of the House of Seton, by Sir Richard Maitland, as "Arthur," and in Pitcairn, vol. i, p. 242, as " Thomas." ('^) She m. at that date Hugh (Montgomery), 2nd Earl of Eglintoun [S.]. l"^) The Earl of Atholl, Lord Somervill and he alone voting against the Confession of Faith in Pari., and declaring that they would believe as their fathers before them had believed (Scots Peerage). V.G.