A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . wwi 1 Douglass Peerage of Scotland, ii. 186. CHRISTELL AND SIR CHRISTOPHER 7i to devotion nor 7. Christ ell {or Alexander) de Set on. Of the first of the three Christells specified by Sir RichardMaitland, it is said that he was mair givenwardliness; and of the second thathe was ane nobill man, and did monygud actis againis the Inglismen,quhenthe Crowne was desolat and in pleybetuix the Bruce and the Balioll. Itis further said of the sec
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . wwi 1 Douglass Peerage of Scotland, ii. 186. CHRISTELL AND SIR CHRISTOPHER 7i to devotion nor 7. Christ ell {or Alexander) de Set on. Of the first of the three Christells specified by Sir RichardMaitland, it is said that he was mair givenwardliness; and of the second thathe was ane nobill man, and did monygud actis againis the Inglismen,quhenthe Crowne was desolat and in pleybetuix the Bruce and the Balioll. Itis further said of the second Christellthat when he was unable to occupyhis dwelling-place in Lothian, he re-mained with his kyn and freyndisin Jedburgh Forest, ay awating histyme contrare the Inglismen. Hemarried Agnes, daughter of Patrick,Earl of March, and died in the timeof William Wallace. A Christopher Seton is said to have been killed at the battle of Dillecarew,on the 12th of June 8. Sir Christopher Seton. The first really historical characterin the family was Sir ChristopherSeton, who occupies a very prominentposition in the chronicles of his is said to have succeeded his fatherin the days of William Wallace (alongwith whom he fought), and to havebeen afterwards made a knight byRobert the Bruce. On account of his mony gude actis done againis theInglismen, he was callit Gud SrChristell.: The three leading in-cidents in his comparatively briefcareer were his marriage to the Kings 1 Carricks Life of Wallace (Constables Miscellany), ii. 206.
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