Individual Details

Archdeacon Richard "of Ross" Forbes

(Abt 1420 - )

==Biography==
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Richard Forbes was born to Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes and an unnamed Stewart daughter, before his father's marriage.
According to the Exchequer rolls of 1451, Magister Richard Forbes, Canon of Aberdeen, provided furnishings for the king (James II). He was chamberlain of the king’s lands, as well as chamberlain of Mar, and elsewhere is called comptroller, or “Camerarius ultra spey.”

Appointed Chamberlain of the Kingdom in 1455.

He became Archdeacon of Ross between 1455 and 1460.

==Research Notes==*According to The Scots Peerage, this natural son, by an unnamed mother, became '''Archdeacon of Ross'''. His father was married before 1423.

==Sources==

*'''Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom''' : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.> [https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun04pauluoft/page/50 Archdeacon Richard, pg 50]

See Also:
*[[Wikipedia:Archdeacon_of_Ross|Archdeacon of Ross]]*[https://www.clan-forbes.org/post/first-lord-forbes Clan Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes]

Events

Birth	Abt 1420	Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Death		Scotland
Reference No		1035276
Reference No		1057125
Reference No		60

Families

Father

Alexander "1st Lord Forbes" Forbes (1380 - 1448)