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972 CLAIM TO THE
1 8. Lines addressed to 'Lady Seyton,' Wife of Robert, Eighth
Lord Seton and First Earl of Winton.
OF MY LADY SEYTON.
M. M. 1
O happy star, at evening and at morne,
Vhais bright aspect my maistres first out [fand !]
O happy credle ! and O happy hand
Vhich rockit hir the hour that sho was b[orne !]
O happy pape, ze rather nectar hor[ne,]
First gaiv hir suck, in siluer suedling band !
O happy wombe consavit had beforne
So brave a beutie, honour of our land !
happy bounds, vher dayly zit scho duells,
Vhich Inde and Egypts happynes excells !
O happy bed vharin sho sail be laid !
O happy babe in belly sho sail breid !
Bot happyer he that hes that hap indeid,
To mak both wyfe and mother of that [maid.]
19. Claim of Lieutenant-Colonel James Seton, of the Family of
Barns, to the Earldom of Dunfermline. 2
[Referred to at p. 633.]
'To the Kings most excellent Majesty, the Humble Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel James
Seton, late of your Majesty's Thirty-second Regiment of Foot,
' Afost Humbly Sheweth, —
'That in the year 1597 King James the Sixth of Scotland was graciously pleased, by
Letters Patent, to create Alexander Seton (a younger son of George, Lord Seton) Lord Fyvie,
to him and the heirs-male of his body, whom failing, to his heirs-male whatsoever.
'That, in 1605, the same King created this Alexander, Lord Fyvie (then Great Chancellor
of Scotland) Earl of Dunfermline, Lord Fyvie and Urquhart. Also to him and the heirs-male
of his body, whom failing, to his heirs-male whatsoever.
' That Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline, having resigned these Honours and Dignities into
his said Majesty's hands, King James was again graciously pleased (by Charter under the
Great Seal passing on a Royal signature, dated at Royston the 6th day of April 161 1), to
re-grant the same unto the said " Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline, and to the heirs-male of
his body lawfully procreated or to be procreated, whom failing, to Sir William Seton,
Killesmuir, Knight, and the heirs-male of his body lawfully procreated or to be procreated ;
whom failing, to the said Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline, his heirs-male whatsoever, carrying
the name and arms of Seton."
'That by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland passed in the year 1690, James, Earl of
Dunfermline, grandson of the before named Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline, was attainted
of high treason, and having escaped to foreign parts, died in a few years without issue.
' That now, by the extinction of all the male descendants of the body of Alexander, first
Earl of Dunfermline, and of the body of the before-mentioned Sir William Seton of Killesmuir,
Knight, the Honours and Dignities aforesaid have by virtue of the last Remainder or Limita-
1 Lady Margaret Montgomerie, afterwards Countess {ne'e Seton) of Burgate, Hampshire.
of Winton. From the Poems of Alexander Mont- Note by R. K. (Robert Kingston, who married
gomerie (Scottish Text Society), edited by James Catherine Wakefield, daughter of Eglinton Seton): —
Cranstoun, LL.D., 1887, p. 113. See also pp. 214 'This is a correct Copy of the Petition of Col. Seton,
and 216 for other poems on the same lady. Governor of St. Vincent, from the original.'
3 From copy in the possession of Mrs. Coventry
1 8. Lines addressed to 'Lady Seyton,' Wife of Robert, Eighth
Lord Seton and First Earl of Winton.
OF MY LADY SEYTON.
M. M. 1
O happy star, at evening and at morne,
Vhais bright aspect my maistres first out [fand !]
O happy credle ! and O happy hand
Vhich rockit hir the hour that sho was b[orne !]
O happy pape, ze rather nectar hor[ne,]
First gaiv hir suck, in siluer suedling band !
O happy wombe consavit had beforne
So brave a beutie, honour of our land !
happy bounds, vher dayly zit scho duells,
Vhich Inde and Egypts happynes excells !
O happy bed vharin sho sail be laid !
O happy babe in belly sho sail breid !
Bot happyer he that hes that hap indeid,
To mak both wyfe and mother of that [maid.]
19. Claim of Lieutenant-Colonel James Seton, of the Family of
Barns, to the Earldom of Dunfermline. 2
[Referred to at p. 633.]
'To the Kings most excellent Majesty, the Humble Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel James
Seton, late of your Majesty's Thirty-second Regiment of Foot,
' Afost Humbly Sheweth, —
'That in the year 1597 King James the Sixth of Scotland was graciously pleased, by
Letters Patent, to create Alexander Seton (a younger son of George, Lord Seton) Lord Fyvie,
to him and the heirs-male of his body, whom failing, to his heirs-male whatsoever.
'That, in 1605, the same King created this Alexander, Lord Fyvie (then Great Chancellor
of Scotland) Earl of Dunfermline, Lord Fyvie and Urquhart. Also to him and the heirs-male
of his body, whom failing, to his heirs-male whatsoever.
' That Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline, having resigned these Honours and Dignities into
his said Majesty's hands, King James was again graciously pleased (by Charter under the
Great Seal passing on a Royal signature, dated at Royston the 6th day of April 161 1), to
re-grant the same unto the said " Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline, and to the heirs-male of
his body lawfully procreated or to be procreated, whom failing, to Sir William Seton,
Killesmuir, Knight, and the heirs-male of his body lawfully procreated or to be procreated ;
whom failing, to the said Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline, his heirs-male whatsoever, carrying
the name and arms of Seton."
'That by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland passed in the year 1690, James, Earl of
Dunfermline, grandson of the before named Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline, was attainted
of high treason, and having escaped to foreign parts, died in a few years without issue.
' That now, by the extinction of all the male descendants of the body of Alexander, first
Earl of Dunfermline, and of the body of the before-mentioned Sir William Seton of Killesmuir,
Knight, the Honours and Dignities aforesaid have by virtue of the last Remainder or Limita-
1 Lady Margaret Montgomerie, afterwards Countess {ne'e Seton) of Burgate, Hampshire.
of Winton. From the Poems of Alexander Mont- Note by R. K. (Robert Kingston, who married
gomerie (Scottish Text Society), edited by James Catherine Wakefield, daughter of Eglinton Seton): —
Cranstoun, LL.D., 1887, p. 113. See also pp. 214 'This is a correct Copy of the Petition of Col. Seton,
and 216 for other poems on the same lady. Governor of St. Vincent, from the original.'
3 From copy in the possession of Mrs. Coventry
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Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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