Sir Andrew KERR Knight of Cessford ¹⁶⁸³

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  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, Scottish Borders, Scotland. ¹⁶⁸²

Andrew married Lady Agnes CRICHTON, daughter of Sir Patrick CRICHTON of Cranston-Riddell and Katherine TURING, on 20 February 1510 in Sanquhar, , Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.¹⁶⁸² (Lady Agnes CRICHTON was born in 1490 in Sanquhar, , Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland ¹⁶⁸³, christened in , , , Scotland,¹⁶⁸³ died on 5 November 1543 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, Scotland ¹⁶⁸³ and was buried in 1543 in , , , Scotland ¹⁶⁸³.)