Individual Details

David Lindsay

(Abt 1299 - Abt 13 Oct 1357)

[[Category:Clan Lindsay]]
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== Biography ==

Son David, Unknown daughter, child, Sir Alexander Ramsay.
Scottish Ambassador to England 1349, 1351. Custodian of Edinburgh and Berwick Castles.
From the Scots Peerage: Scots Peerage, 3:10-11 https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft#page/10/mode/2up:Sir David de Lindsay, Lord of Crawford, Lord of the Byres, and of a number of fiefs granted to him by King Robert, including 'le Cotis' held by his father under Sir Henry de Pinceney, first appears in history as a prisoner of King Edward in Devizes Castle, 1307-1314. He was witness to a royal charter 12 July 1318, and was one of the barons who sealed the letter to Pope John XXII in Parliament, 6 April 1320 asserting the independence of Scotland. He was a guarantor of the truce with England, 1323, Custodian of Berwick 1329, Constable of Edinburgh Castle 1346, and an ambassador to England 1349 and 1351.
:He confirmed the charter to Newbattle of Sir Gerard de Lindsay in September 1327. He founded a mass at Lindores for his wife before 19 November 1355, she being then buried there. He married Maria Aberneth, widow of Andrew de Leschelyn (Leslie) and daughter (co-heir with her sister Margaret, Countess of Angus) of Sir Alexander de Abernethy, the dispensation for which marriage was granted on 28 November 1324, on the narrative that she and her previous husband were both related in the fourth degree to David de LIndsay of the diocese of Glasgow. Sir David granted an annuity of 20 shillings for the maintenance of Alicia de Lindsay, a nun at North Berwick. Sir David had a pension from Dundee traceable for many generations in the Exchequer Rolls. He died before 18 October 1357, leaving issue:
:1. David, killed at the Battle of Neville's Cross.
:2. Sir James, his heir.:3. Sir Alexander (father of the first Earl), who inherited his mother's property.:4. Sir William, ancestor of the Lords Lindsay of the Byres. (See title Lindsay.)
:5. -, a daughter, who was mother to Sir Alexander de Ramsay.

== Sources ==

* http://www.thepeerage.com/p2116.htm#i21152
* http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p122.htm#i3645

    Events

    BirthAbt 1299Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    BirthAbt 1299
    Marriage1325Mary Abernethy
    DeathAbt 13 Oct 1357Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    DeathAbt 13 Oct 1357
    Reference No1012021
    Reference No1033342
    Reference No60

    Families

    SpouseMary Abernethy (1285 - 1355)
    ChildSir William Lindsay Knight (1325 - 1393)
    ChildSir James Lindsay (1327 - 1358)
    ChildSir Alexander Lindsay (1329 - 1381)
    FatherSir Alexander Lindsay (1267 - 1314)
    MotherAlice "Alianore" Stewart (1268 - )