Henderson, Sir James

1450 - 1513  (63 years)

• Name	Henderson, James  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Title	Sir
  Birth	1450	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Appointments / Titles	Between 1494 and 1507	Scotland
  	Lord Advocate
  Appointments / Titles	Between 1507 and 1513	Scotland
  	Lord Justice Clerk
  Appointments / Titles	1511	Fordell, Fife, Scotland
  	1st Lord
  House	Henderson  [4, 6]
  FSID	LH19-X7N  [4, 6]
  Death	9 Sep 1513	Branxton, Northumberland, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  	Cause: Died in the Battle of Flodden Field
  Burial	9 Sep 1513	Branxton, Northumberland, England   [1, 2, 4, 6]
  Person ID	I34736	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	Baillie, Helen,   b. 1452, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland d. DECEASED, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
  Children	1. Henderson, George,   b. 1496, Fordell Castle, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 10 Sep 1547, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 51 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F13745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1450 - Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Appointments / Titles - Lord Advocate - Between 1494 and 1507 - Scotland Appointments / Titles - Lord Justice Clerk - Between 1507 and 1513 - Scotland Appointments / Titles - 1st Lord - 1511 - Fordell, Fife, Scotland Death - Cause: Died in the Battle of Flodden Field - 9 Sep 1513 - Branxton, Northumberland, England Burial - 9 Sep 1513 - Branxton, Northumberland, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Fought with his son and the King of Scotland at Flooded Field redeemed the estates of the Fordel, Fife; acquired the landsJames Henderson, First Baron of Fordell. James Henderson was born circa 1450, the son of Robert Henderson, Burgess of Edinburgh, and Jonet (?). He married Elene or Helen Baty, fourth daughter of John Baty, burgess of Edinburgh. His children were Robert (?) (also killed at Flodden Field), Margaret, Agnes, Isabella, George, James and, possibly, Janet. He was killed on 9 September 1513 during the Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from The University of Paris in 1484 and held the office of Lord Advocate of Scotland between 1494 and 1507. In 1507 he was appointed to the office of Lord Justice Clerk, which he held until his death. In 1504 he acquired lands at Balbeithy. In 1506 he acquired lands at Stratoun. In 1508 he acquired lands at Carrick.1 In 1511 he, together with his spouse Helen Baty, was granted the Barony of Fordell by King James IV of Scotland, dated April 1511. This information is based on the following sources: Charles Mosley, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, Volume 2, p. 1864 William Stephen, History of Inverkeithing and Rosyth (Aberdeen: G & W Fraser, 1921). The Baronage of Scotland, Henderson of Fordell p. 518. Inverkeithing and Rosyth: Holders of the Lands of Inverkeithing Barony, p. 140 Daryl Lundy, The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe, http://thepeerage.com/p43742.htm#i437415, accessed 30 May 2018. Brian Dreadon, "re: Driden Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 19 October 2014. Clan Henderson Society, http://www.clanhendersonsociety.org/history/ Paul, J. B. ed. (1882) “RMS ii 3570” Register of the Great Seal of Scotland: 1424-1513 p. 768; "Fordell" Fife Place Names, retrieved 2017-11-22 (interpreting Latin RMS 3570) – see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordell_Castle#cite_ref-17 The Paisley Tartan Army - Battle of Flodden 1513 – Notable Casualties: http://www.thesonsofscotland.co.uk/thebattleofflodden1513.htm Fordell, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom; First Baron of Fordell 1511 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Henderson-1506 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordell_Castle

  
  

• Sources

  [S327] WORLD: Find-a-Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/ [S788] WORLD: Wikipedia. https://www.wikipedia.org/ [S774] WORLD: WikiTree. https://www.wikitree.com/ [S791] WORLD: Ancestry Family Trees. https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/ [S818] NETHERLANDS: GenealogieOnline Trees Index 1000-Current. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9289/ [S790] WORLD: Family Search, Ancestral File. https://www.familysearch.org/search/genealogies