History of the family of Seton during eight centuries > Volume 2

'ANTIQUITIES OF ABERDEEN,* ETC. 751
Knight, among whose debtors were the Earl of Winton, Viscount King-
ston, and King Charles 11. — Vol. lxx.
The Register of Acts and Decreets, and the Parochial Registers of
Tranent, Pencaitland, Kennoway, Kettle, and Markinch, contain numerous
entries relative to Setons, many of whom cannot be identified, and which
are here omitted for want of space.
The following references to unassigned Scottish Setons are derived
from the Antiquities of Aberdeen and B miff, printed for the Spalding Club,
and various other sources : — ■
1226. Alexander de Seton, witness, along with Roger de Ouincey, to
a charter of Kinloss by King Alexander 11. — Antiquities of Aberdeen, etc.,
ii. 235.
1345. ' Frater Alexander de Seton dominus ejusdem miles custos
elemosinarie domus Sancti Johannis Jerosolomitani de Torfechyn infra
regnum Scotise,' mentioned in a charter of William de Melgdrume. — Ibid.
i. 3i8-
1471. An 'actioune and caus of summondis' by Alexander Setoune
against Alexander Forbes of Petslego ' for the wrangwiss vptakin and
withhaldin of a yeiris male of the landis of Kilmondess.' — Ibid. i. 471, note.
1509. Alexander Setoune, Vicar of Bothelmy. — Ibid. iii. 224.
1528. David Seton, Vicar of Creich. — Ibid. iii. 333.
1548-9, 10th February. John Seytoun, Vicar of Creich, a witness to
a charter. — Register of St. Andrews Kirk-Session (Scottish History
Society), p. 172.
1 549. Alexander Setone, Chancellor of Aberdeen, witness to an asse-
datio. — Antiquities of Aberdeen, i. 351.
c. 1560. When the Knight-Templars were deprived of their patri-
monial interest through the instrumentality of their Grand-Master, Sir
James Sandilands, they drew off in a body, with David Seton, Grand Prior
of Scotland (nephew of Lord Seton ?), at their head. This transaction is
alluded to in a curious satirical poem of that period, entitled Haly Kirk
and her Theeves, which is evidently the production of a staunch Catholic,
who does not spare Sandilands for his breach of trust : —
' Fye upon the traitor then,
Quhas has brocht us to sic pass,
Greedie als the knave Judas !
Fye upon the churle quhat solde
Haly erthe for heavie golde ;
Bot the tempel felt na loss,
Quhan David Setoune bare the crosse.'
David Seton died abroad in 158 1, and is said to have been buried in the
church of the Scotch Convent at Ratisbon. — Historical Notice of the Order
of the Temple, 1843.