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SINCLAIR, Henry 2nd Earl of Orkney, Lord Sinclair
(About 1375-1420)
DOUGLAS, Egidia
(About 1393-After 1438)
SUTHERLAND, Alexander of Dunbeath
(About 1398-)
MACDONALD, Mariota
(About 1402-)
SINCLAIR, William 3rd Earl of Orkney, Earl of Caithness, 2nd Lord Sinclair
(About 1408-1482)
SUTHERLAND, Marjory
(About 1437-)
SINCLAIR, Elizabeth
(About 1455-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. HOUSTON, John of that Ilk, Sir

SINCLAIR, Elizabeth 1

  • Born: About 1455
  • Marriage (1): HOUSTON, John of that Ilk, Sir by 3 March 1471(legal action) 1

   Another name for Elizabeth was SINCLAIR, Elisabeth.2

   User ID: P660.


Elizabeth married Sir John HOUSTON of that Ilk, son of Sir Patrick HOUSTON and Margaret COLQUHOUN, by 3 March 1471(legal action).1 (Sir John HOUSTON of that Ilk was born about 1440.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Sir John de Houston) m. by 3 March 1471, to Elizabeth, daughter of William Sinclair, Earl of Caithness, when they raised an action against Alexander Allardive of Skathway for intromission with their lands of Halcaiss"

from The Red Book of Scotland




"10. Elisabeth (Sinclair), married to the Laird of Houston."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2) 1 2

Sources


1 Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, Vol. 5 Houston of that Ilk.

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 2 (1905).

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