A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . 7) there is acharter of tailzie or destination of the Earldom of Huntly, whichembraces various lands; after Alexanders decease, to his eldest son,George, by his spouse, Elizabeth Crichton, and the heirs-male of his body,whom failing, to Georges brother, Alexander, An indenture, dated 30th September 1461, between George, Earl of 1 Old Statistical Account of Scotland, xi. 293. Gordons. See Chamberss Popular Rnymes of 2 Records of A
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . 7) there is acharter of tailzie or destination of the Earldom of Huntly, whichembraces various lands; after Alexanders decease, to his eldest son,George, by his spouse, Elizabeth Crichton, and the heirs-male of his body,whom failing, to Georges brother, Alexander, An indenture, dated 30th September 1461, between George, Earl of 1 Old Statistical Account of Scotland, xi. 293. Gordons. See Chamberss Popular Rnymes of 2 Records of Aboyne, 388. Scotland, p. 308. 3 Gay is the well-known epithet of the 4 Richmond and Gordon Writs. CEREMONIAL PRIESTCRAFT 38i Angus, and Alexander, Earl of Huntly, provides that Archibald, son andheir of Angus, shall marry Katharine, daughter of Huntly, or any otherdaughter that the Earl of Angus shall like best to choose, her tocher being2000 In 1464 Huntly had a charter erecting the town of Kingussie, in thelordship of Badenoch, Inverness-shire into a free burgh of barony; andthree years later he obtained a grant of lands in the county of The same year he appears to have had a dispute with the Bishop ofMoray in regard to a small annual revenue due from certain of his lands;and such was then the power of ceremonial priestcraft that we find theCock of the North uncovering his head, bending his knee, before theBishop, humbly and earnestly—both standing and sitting—promising faith-fully to pay the sum in question for the In the later years of his life Huntly found it necessary to strengthenhis position by the exaction of bonds of manrent, to be afterwards referredto, one of which was from his son-in-law, Lord Forbes. According to Sir Robert Douglas and other genealogists, the firstEarl of Huntly was thrice married :— 1st, to Jean, granddaughter and heiress of Sir William de Keith,Great Marischal of Scotland, by whom he had no issue. 2ndly, before 8th
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