A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . ON BUTTRESS OF SETON CHURCH. THE SEVEN BARONS 89. DUNBAR CASTLE ARMS. II. THE SEVEN BARONS. >FTER the middle of the fourteenth centurythe documentary and other evidence of thefamily history becomes more abundant andtrustworthy; but even with respect to theperiod embraced in this section, the accountsof the genealogists are occasionally some-what conflicting, and require to be carefullyconsidered and compared. The first difficultythat
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . ON BUTTRESS OF SETON CHURCH. THE SEVEN BARONS 89. DUNBAR CASTLE ARMS. II. THE SEVEN BARONS. >FTER the middle of the fourteenth centurythe documentary and other evidence of thefamily history becomes more abundant andtrustworthy; but even with respect to theperiod embraced in this section, the accountsof the genealogists are occasionally some-what conflicting, and require to be carefullyconsidered and compared. The first difficultythat presents itself is the date at which the family was ennobled ;but there certainly seems to be good ground for holding thatthis was before the close of the fourteenth century. On thewhole, these ancient Barons appear to have filled very creditablepositions during the troublous times in which they lived, and to
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