Genealogy of the house and surname of Setoun

AND SURNAME OF SETOUN. 37
tell thairof, spulzeit the kirk, took away the belis, organis, and all wther
tursable thingis, and pat them in thair schipis, and burnt the tymmer
work within the kirk, in the moneth of Maij the zeir of God 1544
yeiris.
OF LORD GEORGE, ye 5. Cap. 21.
George, the fyft of that name, succeidit to George the fourt, his fa-
ther, and was lang nurishit in France ; and mareitt Isabell, dochter to
Sir Williame of Sancher, knight, that tyme capitane of Edinburgh cas-
tell, and aue of the senatouris of our Souerane Ladies colledge of justice.
The caus of this mariage was be reasoun that my Lord Duke of Chat-
tereault, Earle of Arrane, Lord Hamiltoun, gouernour of this realme,
and his brother Johne, archbischop of Sanctandrois, was thesaurar, and
sumthing schairp to the said Lord George, and maid him impediment
in bruiking of certane few landis in Kirklistoun, that the said Lord
George his father gat in few at Dauid Beaton cardinall his handis.
For the quhilk caus he thought goode to allya himself with sum of my
Lord Duike his freinds and surname ; and becaus the said Sir Williame
was grittest, maist substantious, and honest of that surname, nixt my
Lord Duke his self, haueand docht#?is at age to marie, he thought it
goode to marie his dochter, thairthrow to haue the mair fauour and main-
tenance of my lord and his brother the archbischop of Sanctandrois, and
for reasonable tocher and gratitudes geuin and done to the said Lord
George ; and becaus my Lord Duke alledgit his mariage to fall in the
king his hands and his, be ressoun of his office, as the indenture of mari-
age mair fullilie proportis, in the quhilk my said Lord Duke and the
said archbischop are contracteris. In this Lord George tyme, the grit tour
of Setoun and the Jamnay hous thairof was appreallit and mendit be Sir
Williame Hamiltoun, father in law to the said Lord George, better nor euer