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LINDSAY, Alexander 2nd Earl of Crawford
(About 1376-Before 1439)
Marjory
(About 1378-After 1429)
AUCHINLECK, James of that Ilk, Sir
(About 1395-After 1444)
LINDSAY, Christian
(About 1394-After 1465)
AUCHINLECK, John of that Ilk
(About 1426-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. MELVILLE, Elizabeth

AUCHINLECK, John of that Ilk 4 5 6 7

  • Born: About 1426
  • Marriage (1): MELVILLE, Elizabeth by 3 July 1445 1 2 3

   Another name for John was AFFLECK, John of that Ilk.1

   User ID: M920.

  General Notes:

"16 April 1488. Royal regrant to John Auchinleck of that Ilk, of the lands of Auchinlek, blench."

from GD128/64/5 6


John married Elizabeth MELVILLE, daughter of Sir Alexander MELVILLE of Glenbervie and Unknown, by 3 July 1445.1 2 3 (Elizabeth MELVILLE was born about 1430.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Elizabeth Melvil, having married John Affleck of that ilk, bore to him James, father of the heiress of Glenbervie, who married Sir William Douglas of Bredwood, second son of Archibald, Earl of Angus, commonly called Bell-the-Cat."

from History of Glenbervie




"Sir John Auchinleck and his brother James married respectively Elizabeth and Giles Melville, co-heiresses of Alexander Melville of Glenbervie. James died without issue, but Sir John's grand-daughter Elizabeth married William Douglas, second son of Archibald, fifth Earl of Angus, and became ancestress of the Douglases of Glenbervie, Earls of Angus."

from Family of Wemyss




"413. Transumpt made by Richard Forbes, dean and official of Aberdeen, at the instance of Sir John Auchinlek of that ilk, knight, in the Cathedral Church of Aberdeen, 26th November 1482, of the following : - Charter by James (the Second) King of Scots, under his great seal, by which he grants and confirms to his faithful John of Auchinlek, eldest son of James of Auchinlek of that ilk, knight, and Elizabeth Malvile, spouse of the said John, the lands of the baronies of Glenbervy and of Barras in the sheriffdom of Kincardin, and the lands of the barony of Camnay in the sheriffdom of Abirdene, which pertained heritably to the said Elizabeth and Giles (Egidia) Malvile, sisters, and which they resigned by their procurators at Edinburgh before the underwritten witnesses, in the King's hands ; to be held to the said John of Auchinlek and Elizabeth his spouse, the longer liver of them and the heirs of their bodies, whom failing the heirs of the said John whomsoever, of the king and his successors, in fee and heritage, for rendering of services due and wont ; reserving also to the king and his successors, wards, reliefs, marriages, and other rights and services due and wont. Witnesses, James, bishop of Dunkeld, chancellor, John of Glasgow, John of Moray, John of Brechin, Michael of Dunblane, and George of Lismore, bishops ; the king's dearest cousins, William of Douglas, David of Cravfurde, Archibald of Mvrreue, Hugh of Ormonde, and Alexander of Huntlie, earls ; his well-beloved cousins, Alexander, Duncan, Patrick, and William, lords of Montgomery, Cambell, Grahame, and Crechtone, knights ; Master William Turnebull, keeper of the privy seal, and Master John of Railestoune, secretary. Edinburgh, 3 July 1445. [Original Transumpt at Glenbervie.]"

from The Douglas Book 1 2 3

Sources


1 e-books, History of Glenbervie by G.B. Kinnear (1895).

2 e-books, Memorials of the Family of Wemyss of Wemyss vol.1 by William Fraser (1888).

3 e-books, The Douglas Book vol. 3 by William Fraser (1885).

4 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 7 (1910).

5 e-books, History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton vol 3 by James Paterson (1866).

6 National Records of Scotland, https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue GD128 Fraser-Mackintosh Collection 1520-1897.

7 National Records of Scotland, https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue GD25 Papers of the Kennedy Family, Earls of Cassillis (Ailsa Muniments) c 1290-1940 GD25/1 Writings [Title deeds and Legal Papers] belonging to the Right Hon Archibald Earl of Cassillis, Lord Kennedy.

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