LESLIE, Norman of Rothes and Fythkill, Sir ¹

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  General Notes:

"David de Leslie, IX. Dominus Ejusdem, and last Dynasta de Leslie in the direct line, died in 1439. On this event, the barony of Leslie, in the regality of the Garioch and shire of Aberdeen, devolved upon his only daughter, Margaret, and the other lands and baronies, Ballinbreich in Fifeshire, Balmain in Forfarshire, and others, which had been entailed in 1390, by David's father Norman, upon Sir George Leslie of Rothes, now fell to Norman de Leslie de Fythkill and Rothes, the son and heir of Sir George Leslie of Rothes. This is established by a brieve of inquest issued by the Chancery to inquire what lands the deceased David de Leslie, knight, Dominus Ejusdem, consanguineus or cousin of Norman de Leslie, the bearer thereof, died vest and seized in ; and whether the said Norman de Leslie of Rothes and Fythkill was nearest and lawful heir of entail to the said David de Leslie deceased, by reason of the deed of entail executed by Norman, the father of the deceased David, in favour of Sir George Leslie of Rothes, father of Norman Leslie of Rothes, the bearer. The brieve is dated at Edinburgh, 2d May 1439.....

George Leslie, son and heir of Norman Leslie of Rothes and Fythkill, caused this brief of inquest and retour of Norman Leslie to be copied in the form of a transumpt, which was done in the Chancery-house, Edinburgh, 22d May 1439, from which it would appear that Norman Leslie died soon after his succession to the barony of Ballinbreich and the other lands and baronies belonging to the original family of Leslie."

from Family of Leslie ¹

Norman married Christian SETON, daughter of Sir John SETON 2nd of that Ilk and Catherine SINCLAIR, September 1416(papal dispensation) married 1415.¹ (Christian SETON was born about 1392.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Norman Leslie of Rothes and Fythkill married, in 1415, Christian Seton, daughter of Sir John Seton of Seton, for which marriage a papal dispensation was obtained in September 1414, from Pope Benedict XIII., permitting the marriage notwithstanding that the parties were within the fourth degree of consanguinity. The dispensation was addressed to the Bishop of St. Andrews, and set forth that it was represented to his Holiness on the part of a nobleman, Norman de Leslie, and a noble woman, Christian de Seton, that they were desirous of being married, but because they stood in the fourth degree of consanguinity, they could not marry unless they obtained a dispensation from his Holiness ; wherefore they prayed that his Holiness would be pleased to grant them a dispensation. The Pope granted the prayer of the petition..."

from Family of Leslie (vol 2) ¹