CRICHTON, Elizabeth 1 2 3
User ID: M458. Elizabeth married Sir Alexander SETON, THEN GORDON Earl of Huntly, son of Sir Alexander SETON of that Ilk, Lord of Gordon and Elizabeth GORDON heiress of Gordon, about March 1439(1440).1 2 3 (Sir Alexander SETON, THEN GORDON Earl of Huntly was born before 1410, died on 15 July 1470 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1 2 and was buried in 1470 in Elgin Cathedral, Moray, Scotland 1 2.) Marriage Notes: "The Earl next married Elizabeth, daughter of William, Lord Crichton. On 18th March 1439, there is a charter to them and their sons and daughters, and also in the event of a divorce between them to Alexander's heirs whomsoever, of 100 merks out of the lordship of Gordon, reserving the liferent of Alexander, Lord Gordon, upon whose resignation the charter was granted. The Earl died at Huntly upon 15th July 1470, and was buried at Elgin. During his lifetime his kinsman, Richard Forbes, dean of Aberdeen, mortified some lands to the altar of the Virgin Mary for the repose of his soul and that of his Countess Elizabeth. The Countess Elizabeth survived her husband, and in 1471 she pursued Andro Mercer of Mekillour for taking 16 oxen out of the lands of Netherdale. This proves that the Earl could not have married as fourth wife (as supposed) the 'Fair Maid of Moray,' by whom he is said to have had two daughters - one married to James Innes of that Ilk, and the other to Hugh Rose, 8th of Kilravock. It may be noted, however, that in the many documents relating to these ladies they are never represented as illegitimate." |
1 e-books, The Records of Aboyne 1230-1681 edited by Charles XI Marquis of Huntly (1894).
2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).
3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 3 (1906).
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