A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . II. Lathrisk E have already seen that John, third son of SirGilbert Seton, the third Laird of Parbroath, mar-ried Jonet, daughter and heiress of Lathrisk ofthat ilk, in the county of Fife, and was ancestorof the Setons of Lathrisk and Balbirnie, and per-haps also of the wild Setons of Clatto West of King-Kettle, says Sir Robert Sibbald,is Lathrisk, an old house with gardens and en-closures, the seat of Mr. Patrick Seton, a cadet
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . II. Lathrisk E have already seen that John, third son of SirGilbert Seton, the third Laird of Parbroath, mar-ried Jonet, daughter and heiress of Lathrisk ofthat ilk, in the county of Fife, and was ancestorof the Setons of Lathrisk and Balbirnie, and per-haps also of the wild Setons of Clatto West of King-Kettle, says Sir Robert Sibbald,is Lathrisk, an old house with gardens and en-closures, the seat of Mr. Patrick Seton, a cadet ofthe Earls of Winton: a predecessor of his got theselands by marrying the heiress, of the same name with the Fromnumerous entries in the public records, as well as other sources, I haveendeavoured to compile a pedigree of the Lathrisk branch, which is knownto have been connected by marriage with the families of Bethune ofBalfour, Spens of Lathallan, Echlin of Pitaddro, and Moncrieff of line of descent which I have ventured to indicate may, of course, becorrected and enlarged by means of further 1 See Appendix of Miscellanies. History of Fife and Kinross, p. 385. SETON OF BALBIRNIE 315 With regard to the branch of Balbirnie, the annexed pedigree seemsto be suggested by the entries in the records :— John Seton of Lathrisk. 1513-32. John Seton of Balbirnie. David Seton. 1565. Alexander Seton David Seton. James Seton. of Balbirnie=EuzABETH Vallange. 1595. John Seton of Pittedie. The following is a summary of the principal entries in the publicregisters relative to the Setons of Lathrisk :— On the 10th of August 1511, there is a precept for charter to JohnSetoun of Lauthreisk of the lands of Fairlielands and Riggis, in thebarony of Lathrisk and sheriffdom of Fife, which the King unites with thelands and barony of Wester A curious entry occurs in the Register, under date 26th January1513-14. Mr. Henry Ouhyte, forespeaker for Thomas
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