Old family; or, The Setons of Scotland and America

1450] JOHN, MASTER OF SETON. 55
time. The chivalrous spirit and martial achievements of this
family, in which illustrious ancestry, princely possessions, and
historic renown have so long been united, are too well known
to require even a passing mention :
" And Douglasses were heroes every age."
By this marriage Lord Seton had a son called John, of whom
hereafter, and a daughter Christian, who married Hugh Doug-
las of Corehead. He had also an illegitimate son, who was
slain at Flodden, leaving a son called John, who was father
to Thomas, who became a priest. This lord kept a great
house, and was given to entertaining. He restored and em-
bellished the parish church of Seton. " After he had lived a
long and honorable life," says Maitland, he died in the Con-
vent of the Black Friars (Dominicans) at Edinburgh, and
was buried in the choir of their church. He left them, by
will, twenty marks to be paid annually out of his estate of
Hartsyde, in Berwickshire.
XIX. John, Master of Seton. He died during the life-
time of his father, and was buried in the parish church of
Seton. He married Christian, daughter of the first Lord
Lindsay of the Byres, by whom he had three sons and a
daughter, who married the second Lord Lyle. The eldest
son, George, succeeded his grandfather; the next son was
John, who had a son killed by robbers in Annandale while
returning, with too small an escort, from a military expedi-
tion into England ; the youngest son was Alexander, who
had, besides a son called John, Baillie of Tranent, who mar-
ried and had issue, a daughter named Christian, who was
wedded to Preston of Whitehill.
XX. George, Fourth Lord Seton. He succeeded his
grandfather, and exemplified in his person the hereditary love
of learning in his family. Maitland says: "He was much
given to Letters, and was cunning in divers sciences, as in