James Lindsay of Crawford (died 1358)

Sir James (de) Lindsay of Crawford (died 1358) was a Scottish feudal lord and politician.^[1][2]

Arms of Lindsay, blazoned: Gules, a fess chequy argent and azure

Life

Sir James de Lindsay was Lord of Crawford and Kirkmichael.^{[lower-alpha 1]} He had been a hostage for King David II in 1351, and appears first in Parliament in 1357.^{[lower-alpha 2]} He was appointed an ambassador to England as Dominus de Crawford in 1357,^{[lower-alpha 3]} but died before 11 November 1358.^[1]

Marriage

He married Egidia, daughter of Walter, Steward of Scotland, and half-sister of Robert II of Scotland. A papal dispensation for this marriage was granted at Avignon on 3 Ides of April 1346,^{[lower-alpha 4]} which describes the spouse as within the third and fourth degree on the father's side, and in the fourth degree on the mother's. A strong inference thus arises that Sir James's grandmother, wife of Sir Alexander, was daughter to the Steward. Lady Egidia de Lindsay, as she was always afterwards styled, was married secondly,^{[lower-alpha 5]} after October 1357, to Sir Hugh of Eglinton,^{[lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7]} and thirdly (contract October 1378), to Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith.^{[lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 9][1]}

Issue

Sir James and Egidia had issue:

1. Sir James, only son and heir.
2. Isabel,^{[lower-alpha 10]} married before 13 July 1369, to Sir John de Maxwell,^{[lower-alpha 11]} who survived her.
3. Elizabeth, married to Sir Henry de Prestoun.^{[lower-alpha 12][1]}

Notes

1. Rot. Scot. i. 744.
2. Acta Parl. Scot. i. 156.
3. Rymer's Fœdera, 1816, iii. 1, 370; Exch. Rolls, i. 613, 558.
4. Papal Letters, iii. 225; Andrew Stuart's Hist. of the Stewarts.
5. Reg. Mag. Sig., folio vol., 91; Haddo House Charters; Fifth Rep. Hist. MSS. Com., 612.
6. See title Eglinton.
7. Fraser's Memorials of the Montgomeries, i. 17.
8. See title Morton.
9. Exch. Rolls, iii. 666; Reg. Hon. de Morton, ii. 139–140; Haigh Hall Charters.
10. Reg. Mag. Sig., folio vol. p. 19.
11. Robertson's Index, 115–14.
12. Fraser's Maxwells of Pollok, i. 13.

References

1. Paul 1906, p. 11.
2. Cameron 2004.

Sources

• Cameron, Sonja (2004). "Lindsay family of Barnweill, Crawford, and Gleneskunlocked (per. c. 1250–c. 1400)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54260. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Attribution:

• Paul, James Balfour (1906). The Scots Peerage. Vol. 3. Edinburgh: David Douglas. p. 11. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.