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William Home 1486–1516 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1486

Birth Location: Home, Berwickshire, Scotland

Death Date: ABT 8 OCT 1516

Death Location: His head was placed on the tolbooth or public prison of Edinburgh, where it remained till 1521, when his kinsman, Home of Wedderburn, had it taken down, and buried with funeral honours in the Greyfriars churchyard.

Father: Alexander, Home

Mother: Nichola Kerr

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In 1486, William Home entered the world in Home, Berwickshire, Scotland, born to Alexander 2Nd Lord Home Home And Nichola Kerr. William Home passed away in 1516 in His head was placed on the tolbooth or public prison of Edinburgh, where it remained till 1521, when his kinsman, Home of Wedderburn, had it taken down, and buried with funeral honours in the Greyfriars churchyard..

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Biography

  • In 1486, William Home entered the world in Home, Berwickshire, Scotland, born to Alexander 2Nd Lord Home Home And Nichola Kerr.
  • William Home passed away in 1516 in His head was placed on the tolbooth or public prison of Edinburgh, where it remained till 1521, when his kinsman, Home of Wedderburn, had it taken down, and buried with funeral honours in the Greyfriars churchyard..

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William Home's Ancestors

Self
William Home
1486–1516
Birth Place: Home, Berwickshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander, 2nd Lord Home Home
1450–1506
Home, Berwickshire, Scotland
Nichola Kerr
1473–1528
Samuelston, Haddington, East Lothian Scotland
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Home's Timeline

2 Records

1486
1486
Birth of William Home in Home, Berwickshire, Scotland
Home, Berwickshire, Scotland
1516
ABT 8 OCT 1516
Age 30
Death of William Home in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1486
    Event Place: Home, Berwickshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: ABT 8 OCT 1516
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: His head was placed on the tolbooth or public prison of Edinburgh, where it remained till 1521, when his kinsman, Home of Wedderburn, had it taken down, and buried with funeral honours in the Greyfriars churchyard.

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