ERSKINE, Thomas of Haltoun and Brechin, Secretary of State to King James V, Sir ^{2 3 4}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Appointed: Secretary to King James V, by 25 May 1526, Scotland. ⁴

2. Received: charter, October 1527, of old castle of Brechin. ⁴

3. Received: knighthood from King James V, Before 28 July 1533. ⁴

4. Obtained grant: of the office of Constable, 6 November 1541, of Montrose. ⁴

Thomas married Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR, daughter of James SCRIMGEOUR of Dudhope, Constable of Dundee and Isobel(2) GRAY, by 8 March 1525.¹ (Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR was born about 1501.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Since writing the above anent the marriage of Sir Thomas Erskine, Knight of Brechin and Nairn, I have found four references to him and his wife, Elizabeth Scrimgeour, in the Register of the Great Seal, vol. 1513. 1546.

(1) Grant by the King of the lands of Burgall to Thomas Erskine 'de Haltoun' and Elizabeth Scrimgeour, his wife, date Mar. 8., 1525 (No 308.) ...."

from Erskine of Dun article ¹