Sir David Home, of Wedderburn

- 1513

• Name	David Home  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	of Wedderburn
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	7 Nov 1474  [10]
  	Wedderburn
  Biographical	1480  [11]
  	was designed as 'of Polwart' on account of his mother's inheritence of half of Polwart
  Acceded	8 Jun 1499  [10]
  	Kimmerghame
  Land Acquisition	12 Feb 1506  [10]
  	a third part of Brighamschelis
  Land Acquisition	1 Dec 1506  [10]
  	Polwarth
  Land Acquisition	23 Dec 1510  [10]
  	Jardinefield
  Name	David Home  [12]
  Died	9 Sep 1513	Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England   [3, 9, 10, 12]
  	Cause: battle
  Person ID	I7875	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	George Home, of Wedderburn,   d. 1497, Castle Wedderburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
  Mother	Co-Heiress Mariota St. Clair,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1470
  Family ID	F2883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel Hoppringle,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Biographical	had 7 sons known as "the spears of Wedderburne"  [2]
  Biographical	had 7 sons, The Seven Spears of Wedderburn, besides another son and three daughters  [10]
  Biographical	had 8 sons, of which 7 were old enough to fight at Flodden  [4]
  	David, afterwards Sir David Home of Wedderburn, married Isabella Hoppringle, and had, it is said, eight sons, of whom seven were old enough to accompany him to the ill-fated field of Flodden, in 1513, where he and his eldest son, George, were slain. Sir Walter Scott in his Lay of the Last Minstrel calls them the Seven Spears of Wedderburn...
  Children	1. George Home,   d. 9 Sep 1513, Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England + 2. Sir David Home, of Wedderburn,   d. Jul 1524 + 3. Alexander Home, of Manderston,   b. 1491, Castle Wedderburn, Berwickshire, Scotland ,   d. May 1565, Scotland  (Age 74 years) + 4. John Home, of Blackadder,   b. 1493,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Robert Home,   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Patrick Home, of Broomhouse,   d. 1553   7. Andrew Home, Rector of Lauder,   d. Yes, date unknown + 8. Bartholomew Home, of Simprin,   d. Yes, date unknown + 9. Margaret Home, of Wedderburn,   d. Yes, date unknown + 10. Isobel Home,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Mariota Home,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F2868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Reference

  If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Sir David Home, of Wedderburn" (accessed March 5, 2021) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I7875&tree=Legends.