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Janet Crichton (bef. 1471 - aft. 1515)

Janet Crichton
Born before in Cranstoun, Midlothian, Scotlandmap
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Died after after age 43 in Scotlandmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Janet Crichton was the daughter of Sir Patrick Crichton. [1][2][3] and Katherine Turing.[4]

She married John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton, son of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton and Joan Stewart, before 1493.[1][2][3][5][6] They had issue:

  1. James,[1] 3rd Earl of Morton,[2][6] d. Dec 1548
  2. Elizabeth[1][2], d. 2 May 1527
  3. Richard,[1][2][7]
  4. Agnes,[1][2][7] b. c 1505

Janet died after 1515.[5]

Research Notes

  • Her son James is estimated to have been born before 10 Jul 1484 placing her marriage before 25 Oct 1483 and her birth before 25 Oct 1471.
  • From earlier profile to be checked and incorperated in narrative above.

Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 592. p. 579-580.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Richardson, Douglas, "Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families", Salt Lake City: the author, 2013 Vol. I, p. 659
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909, Vol. VI, Archive.org, p. 358
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: William Pollard & Co, 1932, Ed. 2 Vol VIII, FamilySearch, p. 95
  4. McNeill, George Powell, "Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum - Exchequer Rolls of Scotland", Edinburgh: H. M. General Register House, 1887, Vol. X, Archive.org, p. 630, p. 661
  5. 5.0 5.1 Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 231.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Mosley, Charles, 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 2786.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, Volume 2, page 2787




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Crichton-216 and Crichton-742 appear to represent the same person because: same person
posted by Chris Douglas B.S.
daughter of Patrick Crichton of Cranston-Riddel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Douglas,_2nd_Earl_of_Morton

posted by Darrell Parker

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