LINDSAY, William of the Byres, Sir ^{1 2 3}

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William married Christian KEITH, daughter of Sir William DE KEITH Great Marischal of Scotland and Margaret FRASER heiress of Touchfraser, before 27 December 1375.¹ (Christian KEITH was born about 1351 and died before 1402 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"Christian, had dispensation to marry John, son of John Hay of Tullibody, 1 March 1363. Later, before 27 December 1375, she was married to Sir William Lindsay of the Byres."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)

Note:

It is doubtful whether the marriage to John Hay of Tullibody ever took place as he married the daughter of John Logy of that Ilk later in the 1360s. ^{1 4}

William next married Christian DE GOURLAY, daughter of William DE GOURLAY and Daughter MURE, after 22 June 1402.² (Christian DE GOURLAY was born about 1368.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The New Scots Peerage version of the Lindsay genealogy has it that Sir John Lindsay of the Byres was the son of Sir William Lindsay by his wife Christian Keith, and that Sir John's paternal grandmother was Christian Mure the daughter and heir of Sir William Mure; a careful study of the charters on which these assumptions may be said to be based however, leads to the conclusion that Christian Keith died, without issue, before 1402, and in that event, in accordance with the terms of Sir William Mure's charter [confirmed by King Robert II in 1381-82] the property named was to revert to his lawful daughters, unless Sir William Lindsay married again and had lawful issue by his second wife.

As we have already shown, his second wife was Dame Christian, lady of Wauchton, the mother of Sir Patrick and Alexander Hepburn [who are named in charters as brothers of Sir John Lindsay], and there is evidence in the charters of the Earls of Haddington and the 'Registrum Honoris de Morton' to justify the assumption that Patrick Hepburn younger of Hailes, who was slain in 1402, was their father, by his second wife Dame Christian. It is evident, therefore, that their mother must have married Sir William Lindsay as her second husband some time after the battle of Nisbet-Moor in 1402. This is borne out by the fact that Sir John Lindsay was alive in 1482."

from Hepburn Family ²