Sir Alexander Home of that Ilk, 1st Lord Home ( – ) was in 1448 Sheriff Deputy for

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, and was made a

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on 2 August 1473. He is an ancestor of the

Earls of Home Earl of Home ( ) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1605 for Alexander Home wikt:of that ilk, of that Ilk, 6th Lord Home. The Earl of Home holds, among others, the subsidiary titles of Lord Home (created 1473) and Lord Dun ...

Family

Alexander Home's father, Sir Alexander Home

of that Ilk "Of that Ilk", otherwise known as "Chief of that Bluid", is a term used in the Scottish nobility to denote a clan chieftain in some Scottish clans. The term '' of that ilk'' means "of the same ame, and is used to avoid repetition in a person's ti ...

, & feudal baron of Dunglass, was killed at the

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on 17 August 1424, and Alexander Jr. was retoured his heir that year, indicating he was already of age. His mother was Jean, daughter of Sir William Hay of Locherworth,

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. In April 1425 he made an agreement with his uncle David Home of Wedderburn, to halve the profits of the bailiary of

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whichever of them should acquire it by purchase or otherwise, and is therein designed Alexander of Home of that Ilk.

Envoy

Sir Alexander Home had a safe-conduct abroad with William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas on 9 November 1450, and was probably one of the "brilliant retinue" that accompanied the Earl to Rome for the Papal Jubilee. On 23 April 1451 he had another safe-conduct with the Earl. Sir Alexander was one of the envoys sent by King James II, on 27 July 1451, to treat with England, and with his fellow commissioners he signed a truce for three years on 14 August 1451, in the Church of St Nicholas,

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Marriage

Lord Home married twice: (1) Mariotta (or Marion), the daughter and co-heiress of John Lauder (''d.v.p.''1421),(son of Sir Robert de Lawedre of Edrington and The Bass (d. 1425)), by John's spouse Katherine, heiress to her father William de Landells and his wife Jonet. A

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was issued on 11 April 1426 at St Peter's, Rome, for Alexander de Home and Marion Lauder (de Lawedre) to marry, notwithstanding that they are related doubly in the fourth degree of consanguinity. Subsequent to that Dispensation, Robert,

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, issued 'Letters' declaring all their offspring legitimate, signed at

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on 1 April 1428, and witnessed by (the next) Sir Robert Lauder, knight, Lord of Edrington, amongst others. Balfour Paul, Sir James, ''

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'', under ''Home'', vol.4, Edinburgh, 1907: 448–451; and also the Adenda, vol., 9, Edinburgh, 1914: 106–7, where he corrects relationship errors he had made in volume 4 for the 1st Lord Home and his spouses. They had at least seven children: *Alexander, Master of Home (d. 1456, ''v.p.''), married, following a Papal Dispensation, Agnes, daughter of Sir Adam Hepburn of Dunsyre, father of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes, with issue: **

Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home (c.1450s – 5 September 1506) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland and Warden of the Eastern March. Life Lord Home was the son of Alexander Home, Master of Home and Agnes Hepburn, ...

** John Home of Ersiltoun and Whitrigs *John, Prior of Coldingham Priory (d. before 1505) *Nicholas *Sir Patrick, of Fast Castle, & Balwoolsy (d. after 1507), married Isobel née Forman, with issue. *George, of Ayton (b. 1435 - alive February 1490) *Elyne or Helen, (possibly the 1st child) (d. after 1480) who married Sir Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes (d. 1479), with issue. *Jonet or Janet (d.after 1471), who married her cousin Sir Robert Lauder of The Bass (Papal Dispensation to marry dated 22 July 1442). Before July 1467 Sir Alexander Home remarried (2) Margaret, daughter of Alexander, Master of Montgomerie by his spouse Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Adam Hepburn of Hailes. They had further children: *Sir Thomas, of Langshaw,

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*Nicholas (indicating that Nicholas by the first marriage had probably died young) *Elizabeth *David His grandson Alexander, the future 2nd Lord, was a leader of the rebels who defeated King

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at the

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. The 1st Lord Home lived to a very great age, dying, it is said, in 1490. He was succeeded by his grandson

Note

References

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- MSS of the

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, and the

Earl of Home Earl of Home ( ) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1605 for Alexander Home of that Ilk, 6th Lord Home. The Earl of Home holds, among others, the subsidiary titles of Lord Home (created 1473) and Lord Dunglass (1605) in t ...

'', 12th report, London, 1891, p. 122. *''Historical Manuscripts Commission - MSS of Colonel Milne Home'', p. 19. * Balfour Paul, Sir James,

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, ''The Scots' Peerage'', under ''Home'', vol. 4, Edinburgh, 1905, p. 448-451. Sir Robert Douglas and Balfour Paul differ on the 1st Lord's death. Both are wrong. *Townend, Peter, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage'', 105th edition, London, 1970, p. 1362. * Davis, K. Rutherford, ''The Rutherfords in Britain'', Alan Sutton Publishing, Gloucester, England,1987, p. 18-20,

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