Biography of Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd 1485-1557
Paternal Family Tree: Boyd
In 1485 Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd was born to Alexander Boyd 3rd Lord Boyd (age 33).
After 1508 [his father] Alexander Boyd 3rd Lord Boyd (age 56) died.
Around 1517 [his son] Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd was born to Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 32) and [his future wife] Helen Somerville.
Before 1518 Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 33) and Helen Somerville were married.
On 05 May 1534 [his son] Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd (age 17) was appointed Bailie and Chamberlain of Kilmarnock replacing his father Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 49).
Before Dec 1542 Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 57) and Elizabeth Napier were married.
On 16 Mar 1544 the First Battle of Glasgow was fought between an army of Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox (age 27), who supported a marriage between King Edward VI of England and Ireland (age 6) and Mary Queen of Scots (age 1), and an army of James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran (age 28) who opposed it.
Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 59) fought for James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran (age 28) for which was rewarded with the family lands (which he held in tack), as well as the restoration of his family's title of Lord Boyd.
On 06 Sep 1545 [his son] Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd (age 28) had a charter of the Lordship of Kilmarnock on his father's (age 60) resignation, with sasine following 22 September.
Before Feb 1549 Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 64) and Marion Colquhon were married.
In 1553 [his brother-in-law] John Somerville (age 63) died.
In 1557 or 1558 Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd (age 73) died.
Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss and Elizabeth Napier were married.
[his daughter] Margaret Boyd was born to Robert Boyd 4th Lord Boyd and Helen Somerville.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock
GrandFather: Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd
Father: Alexander Boyd 3rd Lord Boyd
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Maxwell 3rd of Calderwood 
GrandMother: Mariota aka Janet Maxwell