Mark Kerr of Cessford, Abbot of Newbattle

Mark Kerr of Cessford
Also Known As:	"Lord of Newbottle"
Birthdate:	circa 1516
Birthplace:	Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Death:	August 29, 1584 (63-72) Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
Immediate Family:	Son of Sir Andrew Kerr of Cessford, Kt. and Agnes Crichton, of Cranstoun Riddle Husband of Helen Leslie and Isabel Home Father of Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian; Andrew Kerr, of Fenton and Romanno Grange; Catherine Maxwell and William Kerr Brother of Sir Walter Kerr of Cessford, Kt.; Katherine Ker, of Cessford; Margaret Kerr; Andrew Kerr and Robert Kerr, burgess of Jedburgh Half brother of Elizabeth Sinclair of Roslin

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Abbot of Newbattle, Midlothian, in the ancient Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Andrews, about seven miles from Edinburgh.

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Mark Kerr was the son of Sir Andrew Kerr and Agnes Crichton. He died on 29 August 1584.

Children of Mark Kerr and Helen Leslie

1.Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian+ d. 8 Apr 1609

2.Andrew Kerr

3.George Kerr

4.William Kerr

5.Catherine Kerr+ d. Mar 1600

Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain: together with members of the titled ... By Peter Beauclerk Dewar Pg.770

The Universal magazine, Volume 60 Pg. 264

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Encyclopedia Britannica Pg.18

Abbot of Newbattle

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1516	1516	Birth of Mark Kerr of Cessford, Abbot of Newbattle Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1546	1546 Age 30	Mark Kerr of Cessford, Abbot of Newbattle worked at ... Commendator of Newbottle
1548	1548	Birth of William Kerr Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1553	February 20, 1553	Birth of Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian Rothes, Elginshire, Schotland
1555	1555	Birth of Catherine Maxwell Banbury, Newbottle, Scotland
1559	1559	Birth of Andrew Kerr, of Fenton and Romanno Grange Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
1584	August 29, 1584 Age 68	Death of Mark Kerr of Cessford, Abbot of Newbattle Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland

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