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FAMILY OF OLIVESTOB
XXI. Olivestob and St. Germains
(i) Olivestob.
HE HON. SIR THOMAS SETON, fourth son
of Robert, first Earl of Winton, ' was provyded
by his father to the lands of Holliestob, now,
vulgo, Olivestobe.' * The original name of this
estate is commonly believed to have been Holy
Stob (or Stop), the place where the Host stopped
when it was being carried in procession from
Preston to the Cistercian Abbey of Newbattle. 2
Olivestob House, which since the latter part
of the eighteenth century has been known as
Bankton, is an old mansion, surrounded by some fine trees, within a short
distance of the site of the battle of Prestonpans (1745) ; and in the adjoin-
ing grounds there is a monument to the gallant Colonel Gardiner, who
was the owner of Olivestob at the time of his death on the battle-field
aforesaid. At one time the interior of the house was richly panelled in
oak, but all the woodwork was unfortunately destroyed by a fire which
occurred in the beginning of the present century.
Sir Thomas Seton married ' Dame Agnes Drummond, daughter to
1 Lord Kingston's Continuation of the History
of the House of Seyloun, p. 73.
2 Statistical Account of Scotland, quoted in
Anderson's House of Hamilton.