Background
Lindasy inherited his mother"s lands in Angus, and also aquted some of the baronies alloted to his aunt Marget Aberhethy, Countess of Angus.
Lindasy inherited his mother"s lands in Angus, and also aquted some of the baronies alloted to his aunt Marget Aberhethy, Countess of Angus.
Active in jousting and as a crusader he was in favour with the Scottish kings David II and Robert World War II Lindsay"s father had been Constable of Edinburgh Castle and Berwick and active during the Wars of Independence. Lindsay was knighted before 1368, He was party to a truce with England as "Chevalier et Baron" in 1369. He had many safe-conducts from the English kings Edward III and Richard II, and on December 1381, he obtained a passport to travel through England on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
He died on Crete some time before March 1382.
David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford. Sir Alexander Lindsay of Baltrody.
He fought in a tournament with Ralph de Nevill 1391, a warrant to this effect being granted by King Richard II 20 June 1391. He had a pension from Crail, the entries in the Exchequer Rolls proving that he died between 1397 and 1398.
He probably died childless. unnamed daughter, who married David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn
Sir William Lindsay of Rossie, known as one of those responsible for the death of David, Duke of Rothesay.
He was tutor to David, younger son of the Earl of Crawford in 1407, executor to the Earl, had charter of lands in Ballenbreich from Earl Alexander in 1423. He died between 1435 and 1437. Sir Walter Lindsay of Kinneff who was killed at the battle of Verneuil (1424).
Katherine his widow marred Walter Dempster.
Sir Walter had a son also Walter
Euphemia Lindsay who was engaged to David Duke of Rothesay, but the marriage did not take place. Lindsay also had an illegitimate son Jon who was living in 1378.
He also had a son James, Rector of Saint Brioc, Canon and Treasurer of Aberdeen.