William Borthwick, 2nd Lord Borthwick (died between 6 October 1483 and 7 February 1484) was a Scottish landowner and ambassador to England.[1]
He was a son of William Borthwick, 1st Lord Borthwick. Borthwick served as ambassador to England in 1459, his name was included in a safe-conduct or passport of 13 July as "William lord Borthwik" to travel to Newcastle with numerous other nobles, clerics, and a retinue of 200 attendants.[2] On 11 April 1464 he was, with other senior peers, commissioned by James III of Scotland to negotiate with the ambassadors of Edward IV of England to conclude the treaty of York.[3]
He sat in parliament on 9 October 1466 and 14 October 1467,[4] and in several subsequent parliaments until his death. Lord Borthwick was one of the Lords of the Articles pro baronibus, in the parliament that sat at Edinburgh on 4 October 1479.[5]
In August 1471 he received a safe-conduct with several clerics and other nobles, and a retinue of 400 persons, allowing travel to England as "ambassadors and commissioners of the King of Scots coming to treat with the English commissioners".[6] He was named in another safe-conduct as a Scottish ambassador on 24 August 1478.
His son and heir William Borthwick, appears as defender in a legal case, an action of debt on 4 July 1476. Judgement was given against him. Father and son appeared again together in an action on 16 October 1479, and had a judgement in their favour.[7]
Alexander Nisbet, a writer on heraldic matters, published a 1484 charter referring to this Lord Borthwick and his spouse Margaret Hoppringle.[8] They are said to have married in 1458 leaving issue, their son and heir William Borthwick, 3rd Lord Borthwick.[9]
References edit
- ^ Balfour, James Paul (1904–1914). The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas. p. 2:98. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ Bain, Joseph, Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. 4, 1357–1509, addenda 1221–1435 (Edinburgh, 1888), p. 264 no. 1301
- ^ Bain, Joseph, Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. 4, 1357–1509, addenda 1221–1435 (Edinburgh, 1888), p. 272 no. 1341.
- ^ Anderson (1867) vol. 2, p. 339, where he gives him as the 3rd Lord.
- ^ Bain (1867), vol. 2, p. 339.
- ^ Bain, Joseph, Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. 4, 1357–1509, addenda 1221–1435 (Edinburgh, 1888), p. 283 no. 1395: Foedera, vol. 11, p. 717.
- ^ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1867), p. 339.
- ^ Nisbet, Alexander, A System of Heraldry, vol. 2 (Edinburgh 1722 & facsimile 1984).
- ^ Leslie Pine, The New Extinct Peerage (London, 1972), p. 32.