A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . quhar, Bailie of Aberdeen, on whom the honour of knight-hood was afterwards conferred, and part of the fabric still remains. The following reference to the house of Mounie occurs under thenotice of Daviot (dedicated to St. Colm or Columba) in the Antigtniies ofAberdeen and Banff, printed by the Spalding Club1: Of gentlemenshouses it hath two, viz., Mounie, standing on the very east borders of theparish, situat in a low valley, on the w
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . quhar, Bailie of Aberdeen, on whom the honour of knight-hood was afterwards conferred, and part of the fabric still remains. The following reference to the house of Mounie occurs under thenotice of Daviot (dedicated to St. Colm or Columba) in the Antigtniies ofAberdeen and Banff, printed by the Spalding Club1: Of gentlemenshouses it hath two, viz., Mounie, standing on the very east borders of theparish, situat in a low valley, on the west bank of the Kings burn ; andGlacke, lying in the west side of the parish, situat somewhat higher than Mounie. . The house of Mounie, belonging to Seton of Mounie, is east from the church three-fourths of a mile. Besides a number of family portraits,2 the following interesting heir-looms are in the possession of Major Seton of Mounie :— 1. An embroidered Cap, the handiwork of Queen Mary, given toRobert, first Earl of Winton, when Lord Seton, by King James vi., andprobably presented by the third Earl to Lord Pitmedden, of whom he wasthe 2. An embroidered Glove presented by Charles 11., at his coronationin 1650, to James and Alexander Seton, sons of John Seton of Pitmedden,who was killed at the Brig of Dee in 1639.
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