Alison Douglas

[1] Robert Blackadder of that Ilk was Douglas's first husband, though she was widowed after Flodden Field (1513).

[1] Hume had two younger brothers named John and Robert who married Douglas's two daughters, the co-heiresses of the Blackadder estate, in 1518.

[1] Despite the royal proclamations put in place to protect them and their lands, landed widows and semi-orphaned daughters, including Douglas and her two daughters, were exploited in the aftermath of Flodden.

[1] For instance, her husband was forfeited in 1517 for his associations with Alexander, Lord Home, though his lands were later restored.

[1] This is evidenced by David Hume of Godscroft describing her as "a woman of extraordinary beauty and adorned with piety, goodness and every virtue which procured her honour and esteem from all".