8 April 1799) being, in right of his said mother, co-heir (h. to one-third) of the BARONY OF BOTETOURT obtained a confirmation of the same by pat, dat. 4 June 1503 to him and the heirs of his body. He d. 11 Oct. following, since which time this Barony has followed the course of succession of the Dukedom of Beaufort-See "Beaufort," Dukedom of, er. 1682, under the 5th and succeeding Dukes.
BOTETOURT OF LANGPORT.
"i.e. BARON BOTFTOURT OF Langport, co, Somerset ;" see "Falmouth," Earldom of,[1] cr. 17 March 1664; cx. 3 June 1665.
BOTHAL.
i.e., "BARON OGLE OF BOTHAL, co. Northumberland," 3 Nov. 1620, with the Viscountcy of Mansfield, Notts. See "Newcastle" Dukedom of, cr. 1664; cx. 1691.
Barony [S.] I. 1485? to 1488.
BOTHWELL. 1. SIR JOHN RAMSAY, whose paternity is unknown but who possibly was as of John R. of Corstun, co. Fife, by Janet Napier, his wife, being attached to the Court of James 111 [S.] was one of the few of that King's attendants that escaped execution at Lauder, in July 1452, soon after which he was rewarded with the Barony and Lordship of Bothwell[2], which grant was confirmed by Parl. 16 Feb. 1482/3. He sat in Parl. as a Peer, LORD BOTHWELL [S.], before 9th May 1485; was accredited as Ambassador to England 1486, and, again, April 1488, but after the King's death (11th June, 1488), was prosecuted by his successor and forfeited at a Parl. [S.], 8 Oct. 1488, when he took refuge in England, acting as a spy for Henry VII, into whose hands he plotted to deliver the Scotch King. He was, however, rehabilitated under the Great Seal [S.], 13 April 1497, tho' not restored to his Peerage, or (excepting partially) to his estates. Lands however in co. Kincardine were erected 13 May, 1510, into a free Barony, called the Barony of Balmain for him and his heirs. He m. Isabel Cant, widow of Thomas of Dumbarton. He d. 1513, leaving a 's. and h. William, the father of Gilbert Ramsay of Balmain, cr. a Bart. [S.], 3 Sep, 1625.
Earldom [S.] I. 1488.
1. PATRICK (HEPBURN), LORD HALES [S.], was on 17 Oct., 1488, by solemn investiture in Parl. er. EARL OF BOTHWELL [S.]. He was s. and h. of Adam, LORD HALES [S.] by Helen, da. of Alexander (HOME), LORD HOME [S.]; was Knighted before Feb., 1480/1, and suc. his father in the Peerage before 20 Sep., 1484, at which date he was one of the conservators of a truce with England. led the vanguard at the battle of Sauchieburn against James III [S.,] who was there slain, and whose successor, James IV. [S.,] rewarded him with the forfeited Barony of Bothwell, erecting the same into an Earldom, and erecting him Earl thereof as above mentioned. The lordships and offices he received from the grateful King were most numerous. In 1488 he was keeper of the Castle of Edinburgh, Sheriff Principal of that co., Master of the Household, HIGH ADMIRAL. [S.,] &c. In 1489 he was Guardian of the West and Middle Marches. On 6th March,
1491-2, he received, in exchange for the Lordship of Bothwell, the great Lordship of Liddisdale, with the Castle of Hermitage, &c., from the family of Douglas, Earls of Angus [S.], an exchange effected by the King to lessen the influence
- ↑ The descent (without any representation) of Charles Berkeley, the patentee of this Barony, from the Lords Botetourt, is shown in the tabular pedigree given in page 354 note "c."
- ↑ This had fallen into the King's hands in 1473 on the death of Euphemia [Graham], widow of the 5th Earl of Douglas [S.] and 1st wife
