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Title: A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries. [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] Year: 1896 (1890s) Authors: Seton, George, 1822-1908 Subjects: Publisher: Edinburgh : T. & A. Constable Contributing Library: National Library of Scotland Digitizing Sponsor: National Library of Scotland

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Text Appearing Before Image: 9.Moray. SHERIFFSHIP OF INVERNESS 393 In January 1509 Huntly was appointed hereditary Sheriff of Invernessand custodier of the castle; and the same year he was one of the guarantorsof a treaty of peace with the English, and a Privy Councillor to James iv.As Sheriff of Inverness he appears to have been involved in the disputeabout the succession to the Earldom of Sutherland ; but whatever stepshe took to secure the Sutherland possessions and title to his sister-in-lawElizabeth, he merely upheld the just rights of the heir of line as againstthe pretensions of the heir-male.1 On the 24th of July 1509 there is a renunciation of certain lands by Alexander Erie of Huntlie Lord of Baidyenocht, Jane Countes ofHuntlie, and Jhone Lord Gordon their son and apperand air, one of thewitnesses being Sir Alexander Seitoun of Tulybody.2 Huntlys first wife, Lady Jean Stewart, died at Strathbogie (HuntlyCastle) on the 27th of October 151c),3 and the following year he marriedElizabeth Gray, Lady Glammis.

Text Appearing After Image: After a short period of peace, various causes led to a renewal of trouble 1 Records of Aboyne, 420. 2 Antiquities of Aberdeen and Banff, SpaldingClub, ii. 265. 3 Chronicle of Fortingall, printed in the Bookof Garth and Fortingall. Lady Jean Stewarts contemplated marriage is referred to in Lettersof Reversion, dated 20th October 1474, by theEarl of Athole to George Earl of Huntly, andAlexander, his son and heir,; printed at p. 16 ofthe Records of Aboyne. 3D 394 DEATH OF THE THIRD EARL with England, and in accordance with his superstitious character theScottish monarch, in August 1513, made a pilgrimage to the shrine of St.Duthac at Tain—the demigod of Ross—with the view of propitiatingthe northern saint. In response to a formal call for the muster of hisarmy, a large force assembled from various parts of the kingdom, and theSovereign resolved upon the invasion of England. On the fatal field ofFlodden, the northern clans and the borderers, under the Earls of Huntlyand Home, formed t

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