Sir Andrew KERR Knight of Cessford [6864] 1607
FamilySearch ID: GPYR-BZZ. General Notes: Sir Andrew Kerr of Cessford was a Scottish borderer. He was the son of Sir Robert Kerr of Caverton, Roxburghshire, cupbearer and master of artillery to James IV, by his wife Christina, daughter of James Rutherford of Rutherford. He fought and survived the Battle of Flodden in 1513, and became a Warden of the Marches. Cessford was damaged by the English in 1519, and when the Earl of Surrey besieged the castle in 1523, he reckoned Cessford the third strongest castle in Scotland. Noted events in his life were: 1. He worked as a Baron of Kerr-Cessford. 2. Title Of Nobility: 7th Baron of Ferniehurst,,. 3. Cause of Death: killed in the Battle of Melrose, on 15 July 1526, in Roxburgh, , Roxburghshire, Scotland. 1606 Andrew married Lady Agnes CRICHTON [6865] [MRIN: 5490], daughter of Sir Patrick CRICHTON of Cranston-Riddell [6893] and Katherine TURING [6894], on 20 February 1510 in Sanquhar, , Dumfriesshire, Scotland.1606 (Lady Agnes CRICHTON [6865] was born in 1490 in Sanquhar, , Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1607, christened in , , , Scotland,1607 died on 5 November 1543 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1607 and was buried in 1543 in , , , Scotland 1607.) |