LINDSAY, Alexander Master of Crawford, the 'Wicked Master' 1 2
- Born: About 1502
- Marriage (1): SINCLAIR, Jean or Janet 1
- Died: Before 5 July 1542
User ID: W128.
General Notes:
"Alexander, Master of Crawford, who did not succeed his father, had sasine of the comitatus on his father's resignation, 2 September 1527, but had already, in the previous year, rendered it necessary for the Earl to have him bound over to keep the peace under a penalty of 1000. On 16 February 1530, at the High Court of Justiciary held at Dundee, he pleaded guilty to many crimes against his father, but continued to have considerable rights of property. Finally he was excluded from succession, and is described as 'umquhile' in letters of Queen Mary, dated 4 October 1543,"
from Scots Peerage (vol 3) 1
Alexander married Jean or Janet SINCLAIR, daughter of Henry SINCLAIR 4th Lord Sinclair and Margaret HEPBURN.1 (Jean or Janet SINCLAIR was born about 1503 and died by 1562 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (Alexander Lindsay) married Janet, daughter of Lord Sinclair, who, after the restoration of her son, was described as Countess of Crawford in family papers 1546-58. She had a pension from the ninth Earl on renouncing lands to assist in her son's restoration."
from Scots Peerage (vol 3)
"Jean, married to Alexander Lindsay, Master of Crawford, and died before 1562."
from Scots Peerage (vol 7) 1 2
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