Francis Bothwell
Francis Bothwell | |
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Occupation(s) | Merchant, Judge and Politician |
Francis Bothwell of
Career
The elder son of
Francis Bothwell was a
In June 1528, Bothwell took possession of a house on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. The house in Byer's Close had been forfeited to the Crown of Scotland because the owners had gone to England without permission, and was granted to Francis in January 1528. The present house on the site is called "Adam Bothwell's House", after his son.[2]
Bothwell was a business partner of Adam Hopper, another Provost[citation needed] and merchant of Edinburgh. In 1529, the year of Hopper's death, they had been exporting fish to England.[3] Bothwell later married Hopper's widow Katherine Bellenden. Francis Bothwell was recorded as being seriously ill in December 1535, but his date of death in unknown.
Family
Bothwell married firstly Janet Richardson, daughter and co-heir of Patrick Richardson of Meldrumsheugh, and thus got lands in the regality of Broughton.
Their children included:
- Janet Bothwell, who married Merchiston, and their son was the mathematician John Napier.
- Provost of Edinburgh[citation needed] during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots.
- Adam Bothwell was Bishop of Orkney, a Lord of Session, and the father of John Bothwell, Lord Holyroodhouse.
It is unclear if Adam Bothwell was a son of Francis Bothwell's first wife Janet Ricardson, or his second wife Katherine Bellenden. Katherine was involved in the supply of cloth to the royal court; in July 1537 "Master Francis Bothuilis wyfe" delivered purple velvet for use at the funeral of the Queen of the Scots, Madeleine of Valois.[4]
References
- ^ Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, Edinburgh (1905), p.153
- ^ Durkan, John, ed., Protocol Book of John Foular, 1528-34, SRS (1985), pp. 8–9, no. 23:Register of the Great Seal, 1513-46, (1883), p. 120 no. 537: Howard, Deborah, Scottish Architecture, 1560-1660, EUP (1995), p. 156
- ^ Letters & Papers Henry VIII, vol.4 (1875), no.5059
- ^ Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, Edinburgh (1905), p. 332