Sir James de Lindsay, Knight, Lord of of Crawford, Kirkmichael, Wigton and Symontoun; Chief of Lindsay, Knight Banneret

- 1397

• Name	James de Lindsay  [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	Knight, Lord of of Crawford, Kirkmichael, Wigton and Symontoun; Chief of Lindsay, Knight Banneret
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	member of parliament, signed Act of Settlement for Robert III, safe conducts for Richard II,Ambassador to England, usticiar north of Forth, Sheriff of Lanark  [1]
  	He sat in Parliament 1371 and was one of those who sealed the Act of Settlement of the Crown on Robert III. He had many safe - conducts from King Richard II, 1374-1395, being styled Lord de Lindesay in the safe-conduct of 15 December 1381, and in 1394 was an ambassador with Sir David and others to England. He and his cousin Sir David of Glenesk obtained mutual charters of entail. Sir James was Justiciar north of the Forth in 1373, also Sheriff of Lanark.
  _UID	7074FD1548434BCD80676E229274EF818629
  Death	1397	Scotland
  Person ID	I72678	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Sir James Lindsay, Lord of Byres and Crawford (Castle) and Kirkmichael,   b. Abt 1325   d. 11 Nov 1358 (Age ~ 33 years)
  Mother	Lady Egidia Stewart   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F24963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Keith   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	He married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Keith, Marshal of Scotland (by Margaret Fraser) who is mentioned by Wyntoun10 as defending Fyvie Castle when besieged by her nephew in 1395. She survived her husband,11 Sir James, died 1397, leaving issue two daughters
  Children	1. Margaret Lindsay,   b. Abt 1390   d. 1411 (Age ~ 21 years)   2. Eufemia Lindsay   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F25000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 1397 - Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S982] Sir James Balfour Paul Lord Lyon King of Arms, editor, Book: The Scots Peerage, Vol. 3, (https://archive.org/: 1906), 12. accessed 31 Oct 2024. (Reliability: 3).