Francis Bothwell of Edinburgh, Lord of Session, was a Scottish merchant, landowner, judge and politician.
The house in Byer's Close had been forfeited to the Crown of Scotland because the owners had gone to England without permission, and was granted to Francis in January 1528.
[2] Bothwell was a business partner of Adam Hopper, another Provost[citation needed] and merchant of Edinburgh.
Francis Bothwell was recorded as being seriously ill in December 1535, but his date of death in unknown.
Katherine was involved in the supply of cloth to the royal court; in July 1537 "Master Francis Bothuilis wyfe" delivered purple velvet for use at the funeral of the Queen of the Scots, Madeleine of Valois.