CRICHTON, Thomas Burgess of Berwick ¹

   Other names for Thomas were Thomas of Crichton,² DE CREGHTONE, Thomas,¹ DE CREIHTON, Thomas ¹ and DE KREITTON, Thomas.¹

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  General Notes:

"The Ragman Roll contains the names of Thomas de Creghtone del Counte de Berewyke and Alisaundre de Creightone del Counte de Edneburk."

"Among the witnesses to a grant of the town and lands of Easter Cranston to the Abbey of Kelso by Hugo Riddell dominus de Cranston, undated, but supposed to be circa 1320, are Magister John de Keth, rector ecclesiae de Creithon, and Thomas de Creihton"

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ¹

Thomas married Eda.¹ (Eda was born about 1278.)

  Marriage Notes:

"By charter dated 27 May 1338, William de Kreitton, rector of the Church of Kreitton, and son and heir of the deceased Thomas de Kreitton, burgess of Berwick, for the wellbeing of his own soul, and the souls of his father Thomas, his mother Eda, and his step-mother Isabella, and also of the souls of Thomas Nicholas and Sir John de Kreytton, granted to the Abbey of Newbottle his lands in the holding of New Cranston in Lothian, and this grant was confirmed the same day by Radulph de Cranston dominus de Newcranston, son and heir of the deceased Andrew de Cranston, from whom Thomas de Kreitton, burgess of Berwick, and father of the said William, had originally received the said lands."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ¹

Thomas next married Isabella.¹ (Isabella was born about 1285.)

  Marriage Notes:

"By charter dated 27 May 1338, William de Kreitton, rector of the Church of Kreitton, and son and heir of the deceased Thomas de Kreitton, burgess of Berwick, for the wellbeing of his own soul, and the souls of his father Thomas, his mother Eda, and his step-mother Isabella, and also of the souls of Thomas Nicholas and Sir John de Kreytton, granted to the Abbey of Newbottle his lands in the holding of New Cranston in Lothian, and this grant was confirmed the same day by Radulph de Cranston dominus de Newcranston, son and heir of the deceased Andrew de Cranston, from whom Thomas de Kreitton, burgess of Berwick, and father of the said William, had originally received the said lands."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ¹