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SIR JOHN

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 704 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR JOHN  of Seton (d. c . 1441) was taken prisoner at Homildon Hill in 1402 . He was hostage in England for the
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earl of Douglas in 1405, and again in 1423 for James I . He married Lady Janet Dunbar, daughter of the loth earl of March . His son
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Sir William was killed at Verneuil, fighting on the French side, leaving as heir GEORGE (d . 1478), 1st Lord Seton, who was created a lord of parliament in 1448 as Lord Seton . By his first
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marriage with Margaret, daughter of John Stewart, earl of Buchan, he had a son John, who died during his
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father's lifetime . He was succeeded by his grandson GEORGE, 2nd Lord Seton (d . 15o8), who was a scholar of St Andrews and Paris, and in
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common report a necromancer . He was captured by the Flemings, and on his release fitted out and maintained a
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ship for the purpose of harassing Flemish travellers . His son GEORGE, 3rd Lord Seton, was killed at Flodden in 1513 . He redeemed estates which his father had sacrificed to support his enterprises against the Flemings .

By his marriage with Janet, daughter of

Patrick Dunbar, 1st earl of Bothwell, he
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left a son GEORGE, 4th Lord Seton (d . 1549), who allowed Cardinal Beaton to escape from custody in 1543, and received considerable grants of
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land in the sequel . The castle and church of Seton were burnt by Hertford in revenge for the
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part he had taken against the
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English in r 544 .

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