Alexander Forbes 1st Lord Forbes

• Preferred Name: Alexander Forbes 1st Lord Forbes^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: Appointed as life-long Sheriff of Aberdeen and Baillie of Strathnairn1430
  
• Alexander+Seton+the+bulk+of+his+Lordship: 1444 with note: Description: Alexander Seton (son and heir of Alexander Seton, Lord Gordon), 1st Earl of Huntly, granted the Forbeses the bulk of his Lordship of Cluny, Midmar and Tough, rent-free.
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: Forbes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Forbes,_1st_Lord_Forbes
  
• Executed+his+illegitimate+half-brother+John,+by+order+of+the+King: BET 1438 AND 1445 with note: The King charged him to “put remedie” to his bastard half-brother John “Out with the Sword” Forbes due to his “extortion.” According to the Genealogy, Sir Alexander “took him at the kirk of Forbes and struck off his head and caused yerd him behind the kirk and sett his grave about with tippet stones, where it remains as yet to testifie the same.”
  
• Gained+the+sasine+or+deed+to+Kynaldy: 1447
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Earl of Mar and Earl of Buchan with note: He gained the patronage of the Earl of Mar and Earl of Buchan, both of whom granted him large estates throughout northern Scotland. clan-forbes.org
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Premier Baron of Scotland
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: Laird of Forbes as of 1404 Became Laird of Forbes upon his father’s death clan-forbes.org
  
• FSID: KNW2-LTW
  
• Birth: 20 JUN 1377 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  
• He+became+the+first+Lord+Forbes,+and+this+title+remains+the+oldest+in+Scotland.++: with note: clan-forbes.org
  
• King+James+appointed+Sir+Alexander: 1426 with note: Description: King James appointed Sir Alexander to the life-long positon of Baillie of the Diocese of Moray, a civic officer similar to that of provost or magistrate King James appointed Sir Alexander to the life-long positon of Baillie of the Diocese of Moray, a civic officer similar to that of provost or magistrate
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Baron Forbes; 1st Lord of Forbes
  
• Burial: 1448 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland at LATI: N7.148 LONG: E2.094 with note: Saint Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
  
• Nickname:
  
• Death: 16 OCT 1448 in Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland at LATI: N7.245 LONG: E2.7262
  
• Occupation: Lord of Parliament with note: The earliest of the kind where the title has remained hereditary in the family and not been merged in any subsequent and higher title. This makes the Lord Forbes the premier Baron of Scotland.
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: second Baron of Pitsligo in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Sir Alexander Forbes acquired most of his possessions subsequently held by his family. He had a charter in his father’s lifetime from Isabel of Douglas, Lady of Mar, of the lands of Edynbanchory and Craglogy, dated 8 November 1402, and confirmed by King Robert III 23 June 1405.
  
  -Sir Alexander first appears as the Laird of Forbes 20 November 1406, when he is witness to a charter by the Duke of Albany.
  In the year 1408 he was one of four Scottish chiefs who repaired to England to tourney with English knights.
  
  -On 31 October 1411 he had infeftment from William Fraser of Philorth in the lands of Meikle fintray and others in the barony of Kynedwart.
  
  -On the 24 May 1417 he had a charter from John, Earl of Buchan, of the lands of Fotherbirs in the lordship of Aboyne.
  
  -On 9 June and 14 October 1421 he had letters of safe-conduct by Henry V to England, with a large retinue, to appear before that monarch, and also to visit James I of Scotland, then in Normandy.
  In 1423 he had charter from Alexander, Earl of Mar, of the lands of Alford.
  
  -On 16 October 1423 he had a charter from Murdoch, Duke of Albany, Governor of Scotland, etc., of the lands and barony of Forbes, to him and Elizabeth of Douglas his wife.
  
  -On 4 November 1423 he had an obligation by his brother-in-law, William, Earl of Angus, that he would not sell or alienate any of his lands rents or possessions to the prejudice of his sister [Alexander’s wife, Elspet] or her heirs.
  
  -On the 10 December 1423 he had a charter to himself and his wife of the lands of Meikle Fintry and others from John, Earl of Buchan.
  
  -On the 13 December 1423 and 3 February 1423-4 he had letters of safe-conduct by Henry V to the presence of King James I of Scotland, then in Durham His going, no doubt, was to treat as to the King’s ransom and liberation.
  
  -On 20 August 1425 he had a charter to himself and his wife from William, Earl of Angus, of the lands of Easter Cluny.
  
  -On 20 may 1426 he was bailie of the lands belonging to the Bishop of Moray, and in consideration of his diligence in his Majesty’s affairs, King James I appointed as his [Alexander’s] deputies in that office John of Narne and Richard Wiseman by letter of the above date.
  
  -On 6 obtober 1430 he had a charter from King James I to him and Elizabeth his wife of the barony of Forbes - with the lands of Kery (Kearn) and others in the earldom of Mar.
  
  -On 31 May 1432 Alexander Lindsay, Earl of Crawford, and Sir David Lindsay, his son, agreed with Sir Alexander Forbes that the latter should have the keeping of the Earl’s lands and castle of Strathearn, in the shire of Inverness, during his life, for a yearly rent of £81, of which he was to retain £20 for his fee, and he was also to be the Earl’s depute in the sheriffship of Aberdeen during his lifetime, paying for the office a yearly rent of £10.
  
  -On 17th November 1435 he covenanted to aid Sir Robert of Erskine and Sir Thomas, his son, to recover the earldom of Mar and Garioch then in the King’s hands, for which he was to receive from them, within forty days of such recovery, the lordship of Auchindoir, with other subjects.
  
  -On 26 June 1436 he granted a charter to the chaplain of the parish church of Forbes of 12 merks yearly from the rents of certain lands, for celebrating services for the welfare of the souls of himself and Elizabeth Douglas his wife.
  
  -On 12 December of the year last mentioned (1436) he acquired from Andrew of Futhos the lands of futhos (Fiddles) in the parish of Foveran. On 26 June 1439 he had a charter from Robert [Erskine], Earl of Mar, of the half of the lordship Strathdee, in the said earldom.
  
  -Under the date 4 July 1440 the first notice of the family residence occurs, when John of Kamloke and William of Ennerkype grant receipt for 151 merks 5 shillings in full of 200 merks ‘that thai suld have had for the makyn of the houss of Drumynour.’
  
  -On March 1444 an indenture was made between Sir Alexander Forbes and Robert the Lyle of Duchale, to the effect that when the latter recovered the half of the earldom of Mar, he should give to Forbes his part of the lands and castle of Strathdee and Kyndrocht, in exchange for the lands of cluny and Quhitfield, in Atratherne and Angus. This indenture was confirmed by King James II on 7 January 1447-48.
  
  -Between October 1444 and July 1445 Sir Alexander Forbes, knight, was raised to the Peerage, as he is at the first date styled ‘of that ilk,’ and a writ of 1 July 1445 his is styled LORD FORBES. The last reference to this Lord Forbes is on 12 July 1447, when King James II granted a precept in his favour to the Lords of Excequer, remitting to him the arrears and remainder of his accounts.
  
  -Alexander, first Lord Forbes, died in 1448; he married, before 1423, Elizabeth, only daughter of George Douglas, first Earl of Angus, and granddaughter of King Robert III. She survived him. and married, secondly, Sir David Hay of Yester.
  
  They had two sons and three daughters:
  
  1. James, second Lord Forbes
  2. William, Provost of the Church of St. Giles, Edinburgh
  3. Annabella, married, before 1445, to Patrick, Master of Gray
  4. Margaret, married to the Laird of Fyvie.
  5. Elizabeth, married to Alexander Irvine of Drum
  
  Another daughter, Susanna, is said to have married Sir William Urquhart of Cromarty.
  
  The first Lord Forbes had also a natural son, Mr. Richard, who became Archdeacon of Ross, and held other offices.
  
  Source: THE SCOTS PEERAGE, ed. by Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol IV, Edinburgh, 1906, pp. 47-50.
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  DRUMINNOR CASTLE, one mile south-east of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, consists of a keep and tower that has been much altered and was first built by the Forbeses in the fifteenth century. It was modified in the sixteenth century when it was made into an L-plan and there have also been later alterations. The Forbeses feuded with the Leslies, Setons and the powerful Clan Gordon, and twenty Gordons were killed at a banquet held at Druminnor Castle in 1571. In 1770 Druminnor Castle was sold and the Forbes family moved to Castle Forbes.
  
  CASTLE FORBES, a few miles north east of Alford, Aberdeenshire, was once a tower house but was replaced with a large castellated mansion of 1815.
  
  Source: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Forbes
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  first Lord of Forbes
  1st Lord Forbes, of Drumminor, Aberdeenshire. He accompanied Alexander Stuart, Earl of Mar, and Sir Walter Lindsay on a journey to England to tilt with Lord Beaumont in 1408. He was celebrated by And
  
  === 1st Lord Forbes, of Drumminor, Aberdeen ===
  1st Lord Forbes, of Drumminor, Aberdeenshire. He accompanied Alexander Stuart, Earl of Mar, and Sir Walter Lindsay on a journey to England to tilt with Lord Beaumont in 1408. He was celebrated by Andrew de Wyntoun as one of four Scottish knights and win, gaining for himself great commendation from this event. He was given charter to the lands Edinbancory and Craiglogy on November 8, 1402 by Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar, and confirmed by King Robert III, on June 23, 1405. These lands had also been charted in 1364 to Sir Alexander's great-grandfather. Alexander fought in the Battle of Harlaw in 1411 with such success that General Alexander Stuart, Earl of Mar, befriended; him. He followed the Earl to Flanders where they engaged in battle under the Duke of Burgundy. He was also given a safe conduct in Dover on June 9, 1421 for entry to and from England, and another in October 1421 permitting him to pass with 40 men at arms and attendants to 100 persons, and to visit King James in France under the control of King Henry V. He received charter for the lands of Fodderbirse in Aboyne from John, Earl of Buchan. He was granted the lands of Alford by Alexander, Earl of Mar in 1423; granted a new charter for the lands and Barony of Forbes on October 16 1423 by Regent, Murdoch of Albany; granted the lands of Easter Cluny in 1425 by William, Earl of Angus, Elizabeth's brother; granted the lands of Alford and Edinbanchory, the lands and Barony of Forbes, the lands of Kearn and others in the Earldom of Mar, on October 6, 1431; and granted the lands of Ballindurno and half of Balshangy with the mill of Torquhonochy in 1431 by Elizabeth Keith, heiress of the Barony of Aboyne in consideration for his help in establishing her right to her inheritance. Elizabeth's daughter who retained the inheritance married Sir Walter Seton, who changed their name to Gordon and became a thorn in the side of the Lord Forbes for many centuries. Alexander was Lord of Parliament between October 1444 and July 1445.
  
  === Name on Personal Family Tree ===
  I have in my possession a family tree handwritten by Brian Baillie Snow. It states that Alexander Forbes 1st Lord Forbes died in 1448. He was married to Elizabeth Married before 1423 (who married secondly Sir David Hay of Yester). They had a son named James Forbes who was the 2nd Lord Forbes and he died about 1461.
  
  === dead ===
  dead
  
  === First Lord of Forbes ===
  First Lord of Forbes per Ancestral Roots of certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700 - 8th edition pg 246
  
  === !Scott's Peerage Forbes, Lord Forbes, pg ===
  !Scott's Peerage Forbes, Lord Forbes, pg 40-62+; Sir Alexander Forbes acquired most of the possessions subsequently held by his family. He had a charter in his father's lifetime from Isabel of Douglas, Lady of Mar, of the lands of Edynbanchory and Graglogy, dated 8 Nov 1402, and confirmed by King Robert III 23 Jun 1405. Sir Alexander first appears as the Laird of Forbes 20 Nov 1406, when he is witness to a charter by the Duke of Albany. In the year 1408 he was one of four Scottish chiefs who repaired to England to tourney with English knights. On 31 Oct 1411 he had infeftment from william Fraser of Philorth in the lands of Meikle Fintray and others, in the barony of Kynedwart. On the 24 May 1417 he had a charter from John, Earl of Buchan, of the lands of Fotherbirs in the lordship of Aboyne. On 9 Jun and 14 Oct 1421 he had letters of safeconduct by Henry V to England, with a large retinue, to appear before that monarch, and also to visit James I of Scotland, then in Normandy. From 1423 to 1448 he had many charters concerning land and possessions of his and his body heirs. On 20 May 1426 he was bailie of the lands belonging to the Bishop of Moray, and in consideration of his diligence in his Majesty's affairs, King James I appointed as his deputies in that office John of Narne and Richard Wiseman by letter of above date. Under date 4 Jul 1440 the first notice of the family residence occurs, when John of Kamloke and William of Ennerkype grant receipt for 151 merks 5 shillings in full of 200 merks 'that thai suld haf had fort the makynn of the houss of Drumynour.' On 26 Mar 1444 an indenture was made between Sir Alexander Forbes and Robert the Lyle of Duchale, to the effect that when the latter recovered the half of the earldom of Mar, he should give to Forbes his part of the lands and castle of Strathdee and Kyndrocht, in ex- change for the lands of Cluny and Quhitfield, in Stratherne and Angus. This indenture was confirmed by King James II on 7 Jan 1447-48. Between Oct 1444 and Jul 1445 Sir Alexander Forbes, knight, was raised to the Peerage, as he is at the first date styled 'of that Ilk,' and in a writ of 1 Jul 1445 he is styled Lord Forbes. The last reference to this Lord Forbes is on 12 Jul 1447, when King James II granted a precept in his favour to the Lords of Exchequer, remitting to him the arrears and remainder of his account.
  
  === Siblings ===
  Eldest son
  
  === !AKA: Sir Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord For ===
  !AKA: Sir Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes - Doc. Line 256-35 !BIRTH: Date: ca. 1380 - Doc. Line 256-35 !DEATH: Date: 1448 - Doc. Line 256-35 !MARRIAGE: Sir Alexander Forbes, Lord and Elizabeth Douglas - Doc. Line 256-35 Date; Between October 6 and 16, 1423 - Doc. Line 256-35
  
  === Barony 16-10-1423 Made Lord of Parliment ===
  Barony 16-10-1423 Made Lord of Parliment 1445 died 1448 1st Lord of Forbes
  
  === !Weis. 256-35. Sir Alexander Forbes wa ===
  !Weis. 256-35. Sir Alexander Forbes was the 1st Lord Forbes. The marriage took place between the 6th and 16th of October 1423.
  
  === My 19th generational great-grandfather ===
  Direct bloodlines connected to the case/Bothwell families, we're located in wichita kansas, and Buffalo Oklahoma.
  
  === ALEXANDER FORBES, son and heir of Sir Jo ===
  ALEXANDER FORBES, son and heir of Sir John Forbes, of Forbes, Co. Aberdeen (died between May and November 1406), justiciary of that County, by Margaret or Elizabeth, daughter of (---) KENNEDY, of Dunure, was born about 1380; was among the Scottish forces who assisted the French in their victory over the English at Baugé, in Anjou, 22 March 1421; visited James I [SCT] when a prisoner in England. He was created LORD FORBES [SCT] between October 1444. and July 1445. He married (charter, 1423), between 6 and 16 October 1423, Elizabeth, daughter of George (DOUGLAS), EARL OF ANGUS [SCT], by the Lady Mary STEWART, daughter of Robert III [SCT]. He died 1448. His widow married Sir David Hay, of Yester. [Complete Peerage V:360]
  
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  Sir Alexander Forbes acquired most of the possessions subsequently held by his family. He had a charter in his father's lifetime from Isabel of Douglas, Lady of Mar, of the lands of Edynbanchory and Craglogy, dated 8 November 1402, and confirmed by King Robert III 23 June 1405. Sir Alexander first appears as the Laird of Forbes 20 November 1406, when he is witness to a charter by the Duke of Albany. In the year 1408 he was one of four Scottish chiefs who repaired to England to tourney with English knights. On 31 October 1411 he had infeftment from William Fraser of Philorth in the lands of Meikle Fintray and others, in the barony of Kynedwart. On the 24 May 1417 he had a charter from John, Earl of Buchan, of the lands of Fotherbirs in the lordship of Aboyne. On 9 June and 14 October 1421 he had letters of safe-conduct by Henry V to England, with a large retinue, to appear before that monarch, and also to visit James I of Scotland, then in Normandy. In 1423 he had charter from Alexander, Earl of Mar, of the lands of Alford. On 16 October 1423 he had a charter from Murdoch, Duke of Albany, Governor of Scotland, etc., of the lands and barony of Forbes, to him and Elizabeth of Douglas his wife. On 4 November 1423 he had an obligation by his brother-in-law William, Earl of Angus, that he would not sell or alienate any of his lands, rents, or possessions to the prejudice of his sister or her heirs.
  
  On the 10 December 1423 he had a charter to himself and his wife of the lands of Meilke Fintry and others from John, Earl of Buchan. On the 13 December 1423 and 3 February 1423-23 he had letters of save-conduct by Henry V to the presence of King James I of Scotland, then at Durham. His going, no doubt, was to treat as to the King's ransom and liberation. On 20 August 1425 he had a charter to himself and his wife from William, Earl of Angus, of the lands of Easter Cluny. On 20 May 1426 he was bailie of the lands belonging to the Bishop of Moray, and in consideration of his diligence in his Majesty's affairs, King James I appointed as his deputies in that office John of Narne and Richard Wiseman by letter of above date. On 6 October 1430 he had a charter from King James I to him and Elizabeth his wife of the barony of Forbes - with the lands of Kery (Kearn) and others in the earldom of Mar. On 31 May 1432 Alexander Lindsay, Earl of Crawford, and Sir David Lindsay his son, agreed with Sir Alexander Forbes that the latter should have the keeping of the Earl's lands and castle of STrathearn, in the shire of Inverness, during his life, for a yearly rent of £81, of which he was to retain £20 for his fee, and he was also to be the Earl's depute in the sheriffship of Aberdeen during his lifetime, paying for the office a yearly rent of £10. On 17 November 1435 he convenanted to aid Sir Robert of Erskine and Sir Thomas, his son, to recover the earldom of Mar and Garioch then in the King's hands, for which he was to receive from them, within forty days of such recovery, the lordship of Auchindoir, with other subjects. On 26 June 1436 he granted a charter to the chaplain of the parish church of Forbes of 12 merks yearly from the rents of certain lands, for celebrating service for the welfare of the souls of himself and Elizabeth Douglas his wife.
  
  On 12 December of the year last mentioned (1436) he acquired from Andrew of Futhos the lands of Futhos (Fiddes) in the parish of Foveran. On 26 June 1439 he had a charter from Robert [Erskine], Earl of Mar, of the half of the lordship of Strathdee, in the said earldom.
  
  Under date 4 July 1440 the first notice of the family residence occurs, when John of Kamloke and William of Ennerkype grant receipt for 151 merks 5 shillings in full of 200 merks 'that thai suld haf had for the makynn of the houss of Drumynour.'
  
  On 26 March 1444 an indenture was made between Sir Alexander Forbes and Robert the Lyle of Duchale, to the effect that when the latter recovered the half of the earldom of Mar, he should give to Forbes his part of the lands and castle of Strathdee and Kyndrocht, in exchange for the lands of Cluny and Quhitfield, in Stratherne and Angus. This indenture was confirmed by King James II on 7 January 1447-48.
  
  Between October 1444 and July 1445 Sir Alexander Forbes, knight, was raised to the Peerage, as he is at the first date styled 'of that Ilk,' and in a writ of 1 July 1445 he is styled Lord Forbes. The last reference to this Lord Forbes is on 12 July 1447, when King James II granted a precept in his favour to the Lords of Exchequer, remittting to him the arrears and remainder of his accounts.
  
  Alexander, first Lord Forbes, died in 1448; he married, before 1423, Elizabeth, only daughter of George Douglas, first Earl of Angus, and granddaughter of King Robert III. She survived him and married, secondly, Sir David Hay of Yester. [The Scots Peerage IV:47-49]
  
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  Alexander Forbes, first Baron Forbes (d 1448), was the eldest son of Sir John de Forbes of that ilk. The lands of Forbes in Aberdeenshire gave name to the family, who trace back their ancestors in it to the time of King William the Lion (1165-1214). Sir John de Forbes was justiciar and coroner for Aberdeenshire in the time of Robert III, and leaving four sons was the common ancestor of the families of the Lords Forbes, Forbes Lord Pitsligo, and the Forbeses of Tolquhoun, Foberan, Watertoun, Culloden, Brux, &c. The eldest son, Sir Alexander de Forbes, succeeded to the estates in 1405, on his father's death, and during his time both added considerable to their extent and obtained their consolidation into a barony, with his own elevation to the peerage as a baron of parliament. In 1407 he was one of four knights who went to England to hold a friendly tournament with an equal number of English knights. Wyntoun calls him a knight of Mar, and praises the worthy manner in which he and his comrades upheld the honour of their country on the field of chivalry. In 1419 he formed one of the contingent of Scottish knights who with their followers responded to the appeal of Charles, dauphin of France, to Scotland for help agains the English. He took part in the war then going on, and was present at the battle of Beauge, 22 March 1421. During the same year he visited James I in his captivity in London, and afterwards returned to Scotland, but came again into England as far as Durham in 1423, to confey James I into his kingdom. Between 1436 and 1442 he was created by James II a lord of parliament, under the title of Baron Forbes. He died in 1448. He married about 1423 Lady Elizabeth Douglas, only daughter of George, first earl of Angus, and granddaughter of Robert II. [Dictionary of National Biography VII:376]
  
  === !He fought at Beague 1421; visited King ===
  !He fought at Beague 1421; visited King James when he was captive in England; had charter to lands and Barony of Forbes 1423; was made a lord of partiment as Lord Forbes 1 July, 1445. References SEE SEPARATE SCHEDULE FOR FULL NAMES -- Weis-S 256-35; Douglas I pg 589-Section on Forbes; Paul IV pg 47-48; Cokayne V pg 544; Johnson-A pg 66.!

• m. 6 OCT 1423 in Scotland (Present UK), Scotland (Present UK)
• m. 6 OCT 1423 in Scotland

1. Annabella Forbes of Forbes, b. ABT 1423 in Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland     d. DECEASED

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