Sir William Lindsay of the Byres, Kt.

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William Lindsay of the Byres, Kt.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death: July 01, 1393 (57-66)
The Byres, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir David Lindsay of Crawford and Mary Abernethy
Husband of Christiana Mure
Father of Sir William Lindsay, II, Lord of Byres; Alexander Lindsay; David Lindsay and Margaret Lindsay
Brother of David Lindsay; John Lindsay; Alexander Lindsay of Glenesk; Sir James de Lindsay of Crawford; Beatrix Lindsay and 2 others
Half brother of Sir George Leslie, 1st Baron of Balquhain; Walter Leslie, Seventh Earl of Ross; Sir Andrew de Leslie, 7th Dominus Ejusdem; James Leslie and N.N. Leslie (Lessl)

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About Sir William Lindsay of the Byres, Kt.

Sir William de Lindsay of the Byres was the son of Sir David de Lindsay of Crawford and Maria Abernethy.1 He married Christiana Mure, daughter of Sir William Mure.2 He died circa 1 July 1393.2

Marriage: 1350 - Abercorn, Linlithgow, Scotland; Marriage: 1350

 Abercorn, Linlithgow, Scotland
    On 17 January 1365/66 he was granted by charter the Byres, Haddingtonshire.2

Child of Sir William de Lindsay of the Byres and Christiana Mure

Sir William Lindsay of the Byres+ d. 14141

Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 511. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2342. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

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Sir William Lindsay of the Byres, Kt.'s Timeline

1331
1331
Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
1352
July 1, 1352
Byres, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
1393
July 1, 1393
Age 62
The Byres, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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