LYNDSAY, Janet ¹

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Janet married Mr James WISHART 6th of Pitarrow, Justice Clerk and King's Advocate, son of John WISHART 5th of Pitarrow and Janet LINDSAY 'of Edzell'.¹ (Mr James WISHART 6th of Pitarrow, Justice Clerk and King's Advocate was born about 1470 and died before May 1525 ^{1 2}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James Wyschart (21), eldest son of John Wyschart (17) had as his first wife Janet Lyndsay (22). On the 28th October, 1510, a precept was granted by the Abbot of Arbroath, for infefting him and Janet Lyndsay, his spouse, in the lands of Redhall, Balfeith and others, which belonged to his father, John Wyschart (17) of Pittarrow. On the 11th August, 1511, he obtained a charter under the Great Seal of the lands of Carnebege, in the county of Kincardine. By James IV, he was appointed Justice Clerk and King's Advocate in December, 1513, offices which he retained till some time between the years 1520 and 1524." (page 7)

"Of his first marriage were born two sons, John (30) and James (31), and two daughters, Janet (32) and another (34), and of the second marriage a son, George (36), the future martyr." (page 8)

from Wisharts of Pittarrow ¹