Archibald Boyd of Bonshaw

ARCHIBALD BOYD OF BONSHAW (formerly ARCHIBALD BOYD OF NAIRSTON)

Archibald Boyd of Bonshaw is the second son of Robert, first Lord Boyd, and Lady Mariota Maxwell. The Scots Peerage V: 145-6 According to the Marquis of Ruvigny, he is noticed for the first time on 7 August 1492. Ibidem: 145 This date is wrong, however. He is in fact noticed as: "Archibaldo Boyd de Narstoune" on 7 August 1492, in the witness list of a discharge issued by Cuthbert, Lord Kilmaurs. The Douglas Book. Vol IIII: charter number 130 on pp. 135-6

Death

Archibald Boyd of Bonshaw died before 4 May 1507. The Scots Peerage V: 46

Biographical Summary

Archibald Boyd of Bonshaw was born in 1454 at Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland and died before May 1507.

• Parents: Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock (1485-1482) and Mariot Maxwell (1430-1472)

1. Married: Abt 1469 of, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland to Christian Mure (1448-1523)

Children 

1. Robert Boyd,  b. Abt 1470, of, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland ,  d. Bef 28 Jan 1523  
2. Miss Boyd,  b. Abt 1471, of, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland , 
3. Elizabeth Boyd, Countess of Loch,  b. Abt 1475, of, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland , 
4. Marion Boyd, Concubine of James IV, King of Scots. b. Abt 1477, of, Bonshaw, Dumfries, Scotland,  d. Bef 31 Aug 1559
5. Patrick Boyd,  b. Abt 1477, of, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland

Citations

1. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 22. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.
2. [S1322] David Arathoon, "re: Acheson Family and Campbell Family," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 8 April 2005 - 14 July 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Acheson Family and Campbell Family."

Sources

1. The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas ..., Volume 5. edited by James Balfour Paul. Page 146. "Boyd, Earl of Kilmarnock."

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