Sir John SETON 1865
- Born: January 1370, Seton, , East Lothian, Scotland 1865
- Died: 17 August 1434, Seton, , East Lothian, Scotland at age 64 1865
- Buried: Tranent, , East Lothian, Scotland
FamilySearch ID: GPL8-MX9
Find A Grave ID: 125976287
General Notes:
Sir John Seton of Seton was the son of Sir William de Seton and Janet Fleming.
He was intended by his father to be wedded to the Heiress of Gordon, but secretly married Janet Dunbar, daughter to the Earl of March, much to his father's displeasure, but which powerful alliance brought more influence into the Seton Household and which in the end, earned Sir John a place at the Royal table. By his wife, Janet, he had one son who predeceased him, and three daughters. Lord Seton was appointed Master of the Household by King James I., and was sent on a mission to France. He is described as a good fighter and a great hater of the English \endash Miles acerrimus et Anglis eimper infectus \endash and was taken prisoner at the battle of Homildon Hill, in 1402. He had several safe conducts to England between 1409 and 1421, and died about 1441, when he was buried in his mother's chantry at Seton Church. His daughters were married as follows:
Christian married Norman Leslie of Rothes, by papal dispensation from the fourth degree of consanguinity, obtained in December, 1415
Janet married Sir Robert Keith, son of the Earl Marischal
Marian married Sir William Baillie of Laminton, in Lanarkshire.
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