DUNBAR, Janet co-heiress of Moray ^{1 2 3}

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Janet married James CRICHTON of Frendraught, jure uxoris, 2nd Lord Crichton, son of William CRICHTON of that Ilk, Lord Crichton, Chancellor of Scotland and Agnes, between 1442 and 1446.^{1 2} (James CRICHTON of Frendraught, jure uxoris, 2nd Lord Crichton was born about 1417 and died about August 1454 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland ^{1 2}.)

  Marriage Notes:

At an early age, but not prior to 1442, he married Janet Dunbar, elder daughter of James Dunbar, Earl of Moray, and sister of Elizabeth Dunbar, the wife of Archibald Douglas, second son of James, Earl of Douglas, who although the younger daughter, seems to have carried the earldom and a great share of the estates to her husband, while the elder had as her portion the barony of Frendraught, as well as Brawl and other lands in Caithness, with other property in the south of Scotland.
In her right Sir James Crichton is generally designed Lord of Frendraught, and as early as 26 March 1446, under that designation, and with the consent of Jonet, his wife, he granted to John de Schaw a charter of his lands of Henristoune, in the barony of Renfrew, in excambion for Dryfholme and other lands, in the lordship of Annandale, to which deed one of the witnesses was 'carissimo patre meo Willelmo domino de Crechtoun,' and next year under the same designation he is witness to an instrument following on the resignation by Christian de Grymislaw...."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"Janet, married, between 1442 and 1446, to James, second Lord Crichton...He died
about 1454, and she married, secondly, John Sutherland, who, in a charter of 17 January 1458-59, is designed husband of Janet, Countess of Moray."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ^{1 2}

Janet next married John SUTHERLAND, son of Robert SUTHERLAND and Unknown, by 17 January 1458(1459).^{1 3} (John SUTHERLAND was born about 1420.)

  Marriage Notes:

"It may be noted ... that Janet Dunbar, the eldest co-heiress, who married James Crichton, married as her second husband before 1458 a Jolm Sutherland, who may have been the son of Robert, but they had no issue."

from The Sutherland Book




"Janet, married, between 1442 and 1446, to James, second Lord Crichton .... He died about 1454, and she married, secondly, John Sutherland, who, in a charter of 17 January 1458-59, is designed husband of Janet, Countess of Moray."

from Scots Peerage ^{1 3}