![]() VI, and on his appointment to the Court of Session took the judicial title of He was a statesman during the reign of King James David of Edzell re-conveyed the earldom to hisĬousin David, the son of Alexander, who became the 10 th Earl.ĭavid of Edzell's second son by Catherine Campbell was John, founder of theīalcarres line of the family. Namesake, the 8 th Earl who had excluded his own son Alexander (the Of Edzell (who died 1558) succeeded as 9 th Earl on the death of his Scottish system of resignation and re-grant. Times between different branches of the family, is a splendid example of the The descent of the Earldom of Crawford, which has been transferred at various The sixth earl, John, died at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. Title was annulled after the death of James III. He was created Duke of Montrose in 1488 but this Of Scotland, Master of the Royal Household, Lord Chamberlain from 1483-1488,Īnd High Justiciary. Son David rose high in royal favour and was successively Lord High Admiral In 1452 and was defeated at the Battle of Brechin after which he was stripped The fourth earl, Alexander, known as 'The Tiger' rebelled against James II Took part in a joust with Lord Welles on London Bridge on St George’s Day (23 April) in 1390, in the presence of Richard II of England, and won both the day and the admiration Of Lindsay and Barony of Crawford on the death of his cousin James. Sir David Lindsay of Glenesk, born in about 1360, succeeded to the Lordship The arms ofĭirect descendants of this marriage continue to this day to be quartered Lindsay Glenesk in Angus by marriage to the heraldic heiress Maria Abernethy in 1325. To Pope John XXII asserting the independence of Scotland. ![]() ![]() He was one of the barons whose seal was appended to the 1320 letter No arms earlier than these are recorded for the Lindsay family.Īlexander's eldest son Sir David succeeded to the Crawford estates by 1308 as Lord Of Scotland adopted these Arms of Feudal Dependence (McAndrew, 2006).įrom L to R: Arms of Sir David Lindsay of Luffness, 3rd Lord of Crawford, as shown in the later Pinckney seal (1246) and the arms of Sir David Lindsay, 6th Lord of Crawford (1298). Great-grandfather, Sir William, who as steward to the High Steward It is likely that the silver and blue fess chequy design that features in the Lindsay arms, basedĬlosely upon the Stewart arms, originates from the time of Sir Alexander's In the roll associated with the battle of Falkirk in 1298 (McAndrew, 2006). Sir Alexander is listed in the Ragman Roll as "Sire Alexandre de Lindesaye delĬounte de Rokesburk," and the entry is accompanied by the earliest example ofĪ seal bearing a fess chequy for Lindsay. Sir David's son, Sir Alexander, was to become a conspicuous supporter of both Sir William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. This Sir William's grandson, Sir David Lindsay of Barnweil, was High Chamberlain of Scotland (one of the three Great Officers of State) in 1256 and later died in 1270 on the Crusade to Tunisia led by Louis IX of France. His grandson, Sir William Lindsay, was appointed as steward to the High Steward of Scotland in 1204. He first held the land of Crawford but was referred to as Baron of Luffness in Parliament. He sat in the Scots Parliament of 1164 and was afterwards Justiciar of Lothian (the role was that of an administrative and judicial lieutenant to the king). William de Lindsay’s son, William Lindsay, married the daughter of Thor, Sheriff of Edinburghshire, granddaughter of Sveinn, Lord of Crawford, from whom William inherited the barony. Migration of Lindsay ancestors from Normandy via Lindsey in the northern part of Lincolnshire (aft.
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