SIR ROBERT SIBBALD. 
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deputy-keeper of the great, seal, while the Earl 
of Kiiwiait'd held the offices of Chancellor, after 
which he lived privately upon his own fortune.” 
He died in the year 1660, being 71 years of age, 
and was buried in the Greyfriars churchyard 
at Edinburgh. His son describes him as “a man 
of mild spirit, very civil, and kind to his relatives 
and acquaintances.” His widow survived him 
twelve years, dying at her country house, the 
Kipps, July 10, 1672, aged 66, and was buried 
at Torphichen in the same grave with her father, 
over which is the following inscription : — 
“ Magistro Roberto Bodio a Kipps, jurisconsulto, 
qui ad antiquam sanguinis nobilitatem, insignenr 
pietatis, probitatis et eruditionis claritatem ac- 
cumulavit ; bonis probatus visit, desideratus ad 
caelestum gloriam transiit, 10 Julii, 1645, jEtatis 
septuagesimo primo.” 
“ Sub hoc etiam conditee cippo Margareta 
Bodia ejusdem Roberti filia primogenitu et con- 
junx Magistri Davidis Sibbaldi, fratris germani 
Rankillorii ; in qua prater singularem modestiam 
et constantiam, emicuere pietas, prudentia, et 
quascunque virtus matronam decebat, ab illus- 
trissima Bodiorum genti oriundam. Nata 
Januarii, 1606; denata, 10 Julii, 1672.” She 
appears to have been one of those numerous 
instances on record of a pious mother carefully 
superintending the education of her children. 
