LINDSAY, John ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"Sir Alexander Lindsay of Glenesk had a natural son John, who was a remainder man in the charter of Rossie, and living 19 October 1378."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"The interesting point about these grants (to Donald Strachan) is that they appear to have been made directly by the King, and not by one of the feudal lords. Moreover, when Donald died in 1380, his son and heir (Geoffrey Strachan) was made a ward of John of Lindsay, a relative of the Earl of Crawford. (source needed)"

from Donald Strachan, Baron of Monycabbock




"David Lindsay began his political career on 31 August 1380, in his father's castle of Finavon, where he witnessed a grant his father had made to Alexander Strachan of Carmyllie, and his wife, Christiana daughter of David 'de Anandia', of lands in Alexander's barony of 'Onele', probably Kincardine O'Neill, in Aberdeenshire. [....] Concurrent with this charter, Donald Strachan died, and John Lindsay, either Alexander's illegitimate son or brother, received the ward of Donald's daughter and heiress.[⁸ The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, eds. J. Stuart and others (Edinburgh, 1878-1908)]"

"The grant's other witnesses were David Lindsay himself and John Lindsay, Alexander's brother and possible recipient of the ward of the late Donald Strachan's daughter; David had probably come of age recently, and joined his father's council for this grant.[¹⁴ Aberdeen-Banff Illustrations, ii, 43-4; Fraser, Southesk, ii, 492-3]"

from The Lindsay Earls of Crawford ^{1 2 3}