LINDSAY, William of the Byres, Sir ¹

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  General Notes:

"Sir William Lindsay, youngest son of Sir David, Lord of Crawford, had a charter of the lands and barony of Byres, in East Lothian, on the resignation of his brother, Sir Alexander Lindsay of Glenesk, on 17 January 1365-66. He had charters under the Great Seal of the lands of Borthwykschelys, in the barony of Chamberlayne Newton in Roxburghshire, which had been forfeited by Laurence de Abernethy, of all the lands in the tenement of Drem, Haddingtonshire, which belonged to Johanna de Erth of Walchton, and were resigned by William de Gourlay, her son, to him and his spouse, dated 27 December 1374. He is celebrated by Froissart as one of
the Enfants de Lindsay, and is said to have knighted the son of Saint Bridget of Sweden at the Holy Sepulchre."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ¹

William married Christiana MURE, daughter of Sir William MURE of Abercorn and Unknown.¹ (Christiana MURE was born about 1335.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Sir William Lindsay) married Christiana, daughter of Sir William Mure of Abercorn, with whom he obtained that barony, and had issue
1. Sir William, his heir."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ¹