LESLIE, John of Balmain, Master of Rothes ^{1 2}

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John married Janet KEITH, daughter of William KEITH Earl Marischal and Mariota ERSKINE, about 1476.¹ (Janet KEITH was born about 1464.)

  Marriage Notes:

"I. John Leslie styled of Balmain, having got a part of the lands of Balmain as a provision. He married Lady Janet Keith, daughter of William, first Earl Marischal, about 1476. There is an agreement betwixt William, Earl Marischal, Lord Keith, and George, Earl of Rothes, Lord Leslie, whereby the Earl Marischal bound himself to pay the sum of 600 merks, and the Earl of Rothes bound himself to resign the barony of Ballinbreich, to be given in joint infeftment to John, son of Andrew, Master of Rothes, son of the said Earl of Rothes, and to Janet Keith, spouse to the said John, and also to infeft the said John, and Janet his spouse, in four merks of land in the barony of Leslie dated 16th January 1477. There is also an obligation whereby John Leslie, son's son and heir-apparent to George, Earl of Rothes, and Janet Keith his spouse, bound themselves to resign all right which they had in the lands of Pitkevey, and four merks of annual rent in the barony of Leslie, whenever the said Earl of Rothes should let to them in free farm twenty-four merks of land in the barony of Balmain. The obligation is dated 20th May 1478, and has John Leslie's seal appended ; and because Janet Keith had no proper seal of her own, she procured the seal of her dearest father, William, Earl Marischal, which is also appended."

from Family of Leslie ^{1 3}