A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . ank in the record, which affords no informationregarding the nature of the charge. It may, however, be con-jectured, from the religious tenets of the Seton family, that theaccused were put upon their trial for hearing Madame deBryante returned to France in 1574, with letters of recommendationfrom the Queen to the Archbishop of Glasgow and the Cardinalof Lorraine, in which she is described as la bonne et vertueusedame de Seyton, a


A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . ank in the record, which affords no informationregarding the nature of the charge. It may, however, be con-jectured, from the religious tenets of the Seton family, that theaccused were put upon their trial for hearing Madame deBryante returned to France in 1574, with letters of recommendationfrom the Queen to the Archbishop of Glasgow and the Cardinalof Lorraine, in which she is described as la bonne et vertueusedame de Seyton, ancienne servante de la feue Royne, ma mere,et de moy. Writing from Sheffield, on the 20th of February1575, to the Archbishop, the Queen says: I forgot to tell youthat I wrote to you some time ago, begging you to assist thegood Lady Seyton in her affairs, with my name and interest. . .Remember me to her, and let her be paid agreeably to what youwill perceive to be my intention in the memorandum. Madamede Bryante died about two years afterwards (1576), her secondhusband having predeceased her in 1570. 1 Pitcairns Criminal Trials, vol. i. Part II. p. SHIELD OF ARMS AT LENNOX-LOVE. 130 MARY SETON


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