A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . of 4. Margaret, to whom there is aprecept for confirmation, for all the daysof her life, of a charter of gift by DavidSomervell younger, Lord of Plane(Plean), of four mercates of the lands ofPlane, in the shire of Stirling, dated 22ndMay Sir Ninians matrimonial position ap-pears to be somewhat compromised by the terms of a Summons of Expenses, raised before the Lords of theCouncil, on the 20th of December 1538, by Alexand
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . of 4. Margaret, to whom there is aprecept for confirmation, for all the daysof her life, of a charter of gift by DavidSomervell younger, Lord of Plane(Plean), of four mercates of the lands ofPlane, in the shire of Stirling, dated 22ndMay Sir Ninians matrimonial position ap-pears to be somewhat compromised by the terms of a Summons of Expenses, raised before the Lords of theCouncil, on the 20th of December 1538, by Alexander Napier ofMerchiston, against Ninian Seton of Tulibody, Knight, Dame JonetChesholm, sometime his pretended spouse, Jonet Napier, sister german to thesaid Alexander Napier, Andrew Bruce of Powfoulis her spouse, JamesTouris of Innerleith, Knight, now spouse to the said Dame Jonet Chesholm,William, Bishop of Dunblane, for their interest, and Isobel Hopper, relictof Archibald Douglas, some time of Kilspindy. The case was continuedfor a month, but I am unable to indicate the result of the action. Sir Ninian Seton was succeeded about 1567 by his eldest son,. 4. Sir Walter Seton of Touch, etc., who, as son and heir apparent of Sir Ninian Seton of Touch, is witnessto a charter, dated 29th September 1534, by James Lord Lyle to JohnLord Erskine, of the third part of the salmon fishing in the Thesame year he is similarly designed in a charter in his favour, by KingJames v., of the lands of Touch-fraser and Tullibody, resigned by his fatherSir Ninian and Jonet Chisholm his On the 6th of June 1545 there is a precept for charter of conjunctfee to Walter Seton of Tullibody and Elizabeth Erskine his wife, and theirlawful heirs, of the fifty shilling land in the barony of Tullibody and shire ofClackmannan, which belonged to the said Walter heritably, and were 1 Acts and Decreets, vol. xxxviii. fol. 40. 2 Ibid. vol. xlvi. fol. 18. 3 Register of Privy Seal, vol. ix. fol. 104. 4
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