James Boyd, 9th Lord Boyd
James Boyd, 9th Lord Boyd (–1654),[1] was a Scottish noble who adhered to the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Biography[edit]
James Boyd was the younger brother of Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd and inherited the title in 1641 on the death of his nephew Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd.[2]
James Boyd was a steadfast Royalist, joined the Association at Cumbernauld in favour of Charles I in January 1641, he was one of the Committee of War for the South 16 April 1644,[3] and for Ayr 24 July 1644,[4] and 18 April 1648.[5]
He was included in the list of the nobility to be summoned to the Committee of Estates, in Cromwell's letter to Lieutenant-General David Leslie 17 January 1650,[6] and was fined £1,500 under the Cromwell's Act of Grace on 12 April 1654,[7] a sum afterwards, 9 March 1655, reduced to £500.[8] His steady support of the royal cause appears to have financially embarrassed him, as he was obliged to wadset several portions of his estate to Sir William Cochrane of Cowdoun.[9]
Lord James is said to have paid great attention to the trade of Kilmarnock, and to have established a school in the town for "the educatioune and learning off zoung ones"[sic].[10] His will was confirmed at Edinburgh 23 October 1655, and he appears to have died in March 1654.[11]
Family[edit]
Lord James married, prior to 1640,[12] a woman named Catherine, the second daughter and co-heir of John Crayke of the city of York, the eldest, but disinherited, son of Ralph Crayke of Marton, Yorkshire. She was baptized at Bridlington on 3 January 1619.[12][13] In commemoration of this marriage the words "James Boyd and Catherine Craik", with the family arms, were sculptured on one of the towers of Dean Castle, the family seat at Kilmarnock.[14] They had issue:[15]
- William, Master of Boyd, afterwards first Earl of Kilmarnock, heir and successor.
- Eva, both styled daughters lawful to the deceased James, Lord Boyd, 24 March 1659.[16]
- Jean, married David Cunningham, 1st Baronet of Robertland.[17] She died 8 May 1665.[18]
- Margaret
Notes[edit]
- ^ Also known as Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock
- ^ Cokayne 1912, p. 263.
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 172 cites Acta Pari. Scot.
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 172 cites Acta Pari. Scot., vol. vi. pt. i. p. 202.
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 172 cites Acta Pari. Scot., vol. vi. pt. ii. p. 34.
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 172 cites Acta Pari. Scot., vol. vi. pt. ii. p. 587.
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 172 cites Acta Pari. Scot., vol. vi. pt. ii. p. 820.
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 172 cites Acta Pari. Scot., vol. vi. pt. ii. p. 846.
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 172 cites Boyd Charter-chest.
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 173 cites Patterson's Ayr, vol. ii p. 180.
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 173 cites Edin. Com. Rec.
- ^ a b Balfour 1904, p. 173 cites Ex inform. the Honourable Vicary Gibbs.
- ^ Dates used in this article follow the Julian calendar with the start of the year adjusted to 1 January (see Old Style and New Style dates).
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 173 cites M'Kay's History of Kilmarnock, p. 13
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 173.
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 173 cites Glasgow Com. Decreets.
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 173 cites Complete Baronetage, vol. ii p. 384 Where she is called Eva
- ^ Balfour 1904, p. 173 cites Funeral entry in Lyon Office.
References[edit]
- Attribution
- Balfour, Paul, James (1904). The Scots Peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Vol. 5. Edinburgh: D. Douglas. pp. 172, 173.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1912). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Bass to Canning). Vol. 2. London: The St. Catherine Press, ltd. pp. 263.