CRICHTON, Robert 1st Lord Crichton of Sanquhar ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"Robert Crichton of Sanquhar, who was styled 'of Kinnoul' during his father's lifetime. He was twice married before 1457, but first appears in public record in 1463 as a witness to a charter by his father. In 1478 he had a grant of the superiority of the lands of Panbride, co. Forfar, with an annualrent of £3, apprised from Walter Ogilvy of Owres, for a debt of 200 merks. He succeeded his father towards the end of 1478, or in 1479, as he had about that time infeftment from the Crown in his lands of Sanquhar and others, and he was styled of Sanquhar 17 June 1480. He aided in making resistance to Alexander, Duke of Albany, and James, Earl of Douglas, in their invasion of Scotland and attack on Lochmaben on 22 July 1484, a service which was recognised a month later by the ratification to him of the sheriffship of Dumfries and of his barony of Sanquhar. [....]

He appears in the Parliaments of 1481, 1483, and 1487 before the death of James III. and after the accession of James IV. in the Parliament of 1491, where he is styled Lord Crichton, having been made a Lord of Parliament on 29 January 1487-88 by the title of Lord Crichton of Sanquhar."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ¹

Robert married Margaret HAY.¹ (Margaret HAY was born about 1420.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Robert Crichton) married twice, first, Margaret Hay, of what family is not stated"

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ¹

Robert next married Daughter ERSKINE heiress, daughter of Sir John ERSKINE of Kinnoull and Unknown, by 1457.² (Daughter ERSKINE heiress was born about 1433.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Robert Crichton) married twice .... secondly, in or before 1457, Christian Erskine, daughter and heiress of Sir John Erskine of Kinnoull. She had been contracted on 6 July 1445, after her father's death, to James, son and heir of James, first Lord Livingston, but was not married to him. She was then married to a John Crichton, and lastly to Robert Crichton. They had a papal dispensation after their marriage, dated 3 December 1457, narrating that they had married knowing that Margaret Hay, Robert's former wife, had stood to Christian in the fourth and fourth degrees of consanguinity, and that John Crichton, Christian's former husband, had been related to Robert in the third and third degrees per diversas stirpes. Christian Erskine was still alive in 1478, and they had issue, so far as known, one son, Robert"

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"Sir John (Erskine of Kinnoull) died in 1445, leaving a daughter and heiress, who was first contracted to James, son and heir of James, first Lord Livingstone, but not married to him. She was married to John Crichton, of whom nothing is known, and finally became the wife of Robert, first Lord Crichton of Sanquhar."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ^{1 2}