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Paternal Family Tree: Boyd
Around 1420 Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd was born to Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock (age 15).
On 9th July 1439 [his father] Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock (age 34) died.
Around 1442 Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd (age 22) and Mariota aka Janet Maxwell were married.
Between 1451 and 15th June 1452 Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd (age 31) was created 1st Lord Boyd by King James II of Scotland (age 20). On 15th June 1452 King James II of Scotland confirmed the charter of Robert Boyd, Lord of Kilmarnock and of Dalry, conveying one-third of the lands of Lynn in Dalry to Robert Boyd [indweller] of Lynn. He took his seat in Parliament on 18th July 1454.
In 1452 [his son] Alexander Boyd 3rd Lord Boyd was born to Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd (age 32) and [his wife] Mariota aka Janet Maxwell.
In 1460 Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd (age 40) was one of the Regents of King James III of Scotland (age 8) during his minority.
In 1464 Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd (age 44) was one of the commissioners at York for a truce with King Edward IV of England (age 21).
After 20th January 1465 [his son] Thomas Boyd 1st Earl Arran and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Montgomerie (age 26) were married. They were half first cousins.
In 1466 Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd (age 46) was made by Act of Parliament sole Governor of the Realm, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland for life.
In 1467 Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd (age 47) was appointed Lord Justice General.
Before 26th April 1467 [his son] Thomas Boyd 1st Earl Arran and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Stewart Countess Arran (age 13) were married. The marriage arranged by his father, Regent Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd (age 47). The King, her elder brother King James III of Scotland (age 15) consider the marriage a great insult. He, Thomas, was subsequently charged with treason and when failing to appear in response to a summons, their marriage was declared null and void, and she was married to James Hamilton 1st Lord Hamilton (age 52). She the daughter of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Around 26th April 1467 [his son] Thomas Boyd 1st Earl Arran was created 1st Earl Arran by his father, Regent Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd (age 47).
On 4th March 1468 [his son-in-law] Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas 5th Earl Angus (age 19) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Boyd Countess Angus were married. She by marriage Countess Angus. He the son of George Douglas 4th Earl Angus and Isabella Sibbald Countess Angus.
After 25th June 1472 [his former wife] Mariota aka Janet Maxwell died.
Around 1473 [his son] Thomas Boyd 1st Earl Arran died.
Around 1482 Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd (age 62) died.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Boyd Countess Angus was born to Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd.
[his son] Thomas Boyd 1st Earl Arran was born to Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd and Mariota aka Janet Maxwell.