George Seton IV, 6th Lord Seton (born: c. 1508; died 1549) was a Lord of the

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. He was the son of Janet Hepburn, daughter of

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. His father, the 5th Lord Seton was killed at the

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and George's mother survived her husband by 45 years till 1558, managing the family's interests. When George came of age Janet joined the Convent of St

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in Edinburgh. After her son's death in 1549, she arranged the marriage of two of her granddaughters. George Seton was appointed an Extraordinary Lord of Session on 5 March 1542. Like many Scottish nobles he gave his assent to the marriage proposed between

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and Prince Edward of England in 1543. In that year, Seton was given custody of Cardinal Beaton who opposed the English marriage, but Seton allowed the Cardinal to escape. He died in 1549, and was first buried at

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was in the occupied zone during the war of the

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and the church were damaged by the English army that burnt Edinburgh in May 1544. Sir

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, who had worked for the family in their legal affairs, began his ''History of the House of Seytoun'' at the request of the 6th Lord Seton, the fourth George of that name, but finished the work in the lifetime of his son

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Elizabeth Hay

George first married Elizabeth Hay, daughter of John Hay, 3rd Lord Hay of Yester. They had seven children; *

, married Isobel Hamilton, daughter of William Hamilton of Sanquhar. * John Seton, who married Isobel Balfour, heiress of Carrauldstoun or Carriston in

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. * Janet, died aged 2. * Marion Seton, lady in waiting to Mary of Guise, married firstly John Graham, Earl of Menteith in 1548, with a dowry from Mary of Guise, by whom she had five children, and secondly John Gordon, Earl of Sutherland, the couple were poisoned at Helmsdale Castle by Isobel Sinclair, and died at

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on 23 June 1567. * Margaret Seton, married; firstly, Sir

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, without issue; secondly David Hamilton of Ladyflat. * Beatrix Seton, married George Ogilvy of Banff, heir of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Dunlugus. Ancestors of

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. * Heleanor Seton, married Hugh, Master of Somerville.

Marie Pieris

George married secondly

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, a French lady-in-waiting of

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after

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in February 1539. She was the daughter of René Pierres, seigneur du Plessis Baudouin and Antoinette d'Hommes. The French Pierres family claimed to have descended from the Percy family of

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. A grant from

to Marie in 1565 was addressed to "Dame Marie Pier, Lady Seytoun and Brieane." The couple were given a

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of the lands of

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and East Niddry on 27 June 1548. Marie's father wrote to Mary of Guise from Le Plessis Badouin in

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. An undated letter survives from Marie to Mary of Guise, written from

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, warning her that Lord Seton had heard of a plot by

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to seize the infant

. Payments to "dame Marie Pierre, Lady Seyttoun" occur in the accounts of Mary, Queen of Scots. George and Marie had children Robert, James, and

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, a companion of Mary, Queen of Scots. On 29 August 1570, Marie and her son Robert were arrested for giving letters for Mary, Queen of Scots, to a messenger, John Moon. They were put on trial in

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, on the charge that their letters denied the authority of

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and his representatives. They were released on their promise they would not write to Queen Mary again. During the Marian Civil War Marie Pieris stayed in

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during the "lang siege" and helped make an inventory of the jewels of Mary, Queen of Scots remaining in the castle.''A Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents in Scotland'' (Bannatyne Club, 1833), pp. 185-6:

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, E35/9/4.

References

Marguerite Wood Marguerite Wood (30 August 1887 – 19 August 1954) was a Scottish historian and archivist who specialised in Scottish history. She served as Keeper of the Burgh Records of Edinburgh and was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member ...

ed., ''Balcarres Papers: Foreign Correspondence with Marie de Lorraine'', vol. 1, SHS (1923) * Maitland, Richard
''The History of the House of Seytoun to 1559 by Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington continued by Alexnder Viscount Kingston'', Maitland Club (1829)
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