33. Lord (4th) Robert ERSKINE (Alexander , Thomas , Robert , Thomas , Robert , William , John , John de , John , Henry de ) was born in 1458. He died on 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden.
4th Baron, 9th Lord Garioch, de jure 16th Earl (according to Burke's)
On 2 Mar. 1485/6 Robert was mentioned as son and heir apparent of Alexander Erskine of Balhagerdy in a Crown Charter to himself and his wife of the lands of Ellem and others in Co. Berwick and elsewhere.
He had Crown Charters of various lands during his father's lifetime and was given his father's estates about 1508 or before May 1509. He also acquired lands in 1510.
Robert was killed at Flodden 9 Sept. 1513.
Robert married Isabella CAMPBELL in 1485. Isabella was born in 1465.
Daughter of Sir George Campbell of Loudoun.
or Elizabeth?
Robert and Isabella had the following children:
40 M i Robert ERSKINE.
d.s.p. before 1513+ 41 M ii Lord (5th) John ERSKINE was born in 1487 and died in Nov 1555. 42 M iii James ERSKINE.
Married before 7 June 1541 Christine Stirling (d. Sept. 1582, ae. 70),
died between 1592 & 1596.
Hence the Erskines of Balgony43 M iv Alexander ERSKINE.
Parson of Moniabroch or Kilsyth44 M v William ERSKINE. 45 F vi Margaret ERSKINE.
married 14 Dec. 1518 James Haldane of Gleneagles, alive in 153446 F vii Janet ERSKINE.
37. John ERSKINE (John , Alexander , John , Thomas , Robert , William , John , John de , John , Henry de ) died on 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden.
Sir John treated the inhabitants of Montrose in a tyrannical manner and caused the town to apply to the King for redress and a summons was issued against him and four of his sons 4 Oct. 1493.
He had the following children:
+ 47 M i John ERSKINE died on 9 Sep 1513. 48 M ii Thomas ERSKINE of Brechin.
secretary to James V49 F iii Katherine ERSKINE died in 1529.
int. 2 Mar. 1526 Robert Arbuthnott (m.2. Christian Keith, 3. before 13 Apr. 1558 Helen Claphane)
d.s.p. 15 June 1529 Arbuthnott50 F iv Elizabeth ERSKINE.
m. George Falconer of Halkerton (d. 1511)