Individual Details
Sir William "1st Laird of Sanquhar" Crichton
(1304 - 1393)
== Biography ==
}[[ Crichton-20|Sir John Crichton]] of Crichton, who had a charter of the barony of Crichton from King Robert in. (1390-1406) and had issue by Christian his wife a son and successor, Sir William Crichton of Crichton, the celebrated statesman, who was constituted Chancellor of Scotland in 1437, made Governor of Edinburgh Castle, and created Lord Crichton in 1445. From him derived the Viscounts Frendraught, of whom Lewis the fifth Viscount followed the fortunes of King James vii., accompanied him to France, and was attainted in July 1690. The National Library Of Scotlandhttps://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9551/95510320.23.pdf''THE GENEALOGY OF THE EARLS OF ERNE''
=== Name ===
: Name: William /Crichton/
== Research Notes ==
: Information from merged Biography.*William de CRICHTON, Birth: ABT 1314 in Crichton Castle, Pathhead, East Lothian, Scotland. Death: ABT 1393 in Crichton Castle, Pathhead, East Lothian, Scotland
*Note: Sir William de Crichton; was granted lands of West Burnstoun, Pennycuik (confirmed by charter 29 March 1373). [Burke's Peerage]
*Father: John de CRICHTON , Sir b: ABT 1288 in Crichton Castle, Pathhead, East Lothian, Scotland
Marriage 1
*Margaret BRUNSTON b: ABT 1325 in Gilbertown, Brunston, Edinburgh, Scotland
Children
*John CRICHTON , Sir b: ABT 1340 in Crichton Castle, Pathhead, East Lothian, Scotland
== Sources ==
* http://fabpedigree.com/s092/f331571.htm
* ''A history of the family of Cairnes or Cairns and its connections'' [https://archive.org/stream/historyoffamilyo00lond#page/16/mode/2up/search/Stephen Cairnes Family]
*http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I53631
*http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p120.htm#i3588
*Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Page: 990
: Source S258
: Type: Web Site
: Author: FamilySearch.org - http://www.familysearch.org
: Date: 3-28-2008
: Source S2295565934
: Repository: [[#R2295565933]]
: Title: Ancestry Family Tree
: Repository R2295565933
: Name: Ancestry.com
: Source: [[#S2295565934]]
:: Page: Ancestry Family Trees::: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23901104&pid=2008097271
== Acknowledgements ==This person was created through the import of McQuery Family Tree.ged on 20 May 2011.
WikiTree profile Crichton-93 created through the import of Main Tree_2011-07-30_2011-08-30.ged on Aug 30, 2011 by [[Hopgood-12 | Sharryn Hopgood]].
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Events
| Birth | 1304 | Crichton Castle, Pathhead, East Lothian, Scotland | |||
| Death | 1393 | Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | Margaret Brunston | ||||
| Reference No | 1693318 | ||||
| Reference No | 1719598 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Brunston (1325 - 1410) |
| Child | Sir John Crichton (1350 - 1423) |
| Child | Sir Stephen Crichton (1332 - 1427) |
| Child | Humphrey Crichton (1334 - ) |
| Father | John Crichton (1278 - 1357) |