Janet Gray (bef. 1465 - 1550)

Born before 29 May 1465 in Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander (Blair) Blair Vth of Balthayock — married about 1499 in Scotland

Wife of Thomas (Fraser) Fraser Second Lord Lovat — married before 1509 in Scotland

Descendants

Died 1550 after age 84 in Scotland [uncertain]

Biography

Janet was the daughter of Patrick Grey and Annabella Forbes.^[1][2][3]

She married, firstly, Sir Alexander Blair, 5th of Balthayock, son of Thomas Blair, 4th of Balthayock after 1502.^[2][3][4] They had issue:

1. Thomas Blair, 6th of Balthayoch d. c 1568 was a child of Janet Gray and Sir Alexander Blair, 5th of Balthayock

She married, secondly, Thomas Fraser, 2nd Lord (Fraser of) Lovat, son of Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord (Fraser of) Lovat and Violet Lyon, before 1509. ^[2][3][4] They had issue:

1. Robert Fraser
2. Andrew Fraser
3. Thomas Fraser

She married, thirdly, David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford, son of Walter Lindsay and unknown daughter Erskine, before 1 Dec 1534. ^[1][4]

At Edinburgh on 3 Sep 1535 a Warrant under the signet decreed that proceedings be taken on letters raised at the instance of James, Lord Ogilvy, against Janet Gray, Lady Lovet, and David Lindsay of Edzell, her spouse although they had also raised letters against Lord Ogilvy for molesting their tenants gathering peat from the moor of Montreathmont to the lands of Halton of Kinnell. ^[5]

On 1 July 1545 David, Earl of Crawford and Jean Gray, his spouse, discharged James, Lord Ogilvy, of the rent of the lands of Memus bank. ^[6]

Janet's last will was dated 5 Feb 1549/50.^[1] She was dead before12 Nov 1550.^[3]

Research Notes

• As her father died 1 Sep 1464, Janet's conception must have been on or before that date and her birth before 29 May 1465.

• RBS is a bit confusing in stating that Janet was the daughter of Andrew, 3rd Lord Gray as there was no such person. She was, according to Scots Peerage and the Complete Peerage, sister of Andrew, Second Lord Gray.^[4]

• Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane. Cited by Darryl Lundy. The Peerage. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10803.htm#i108026. Last Edited 4 Feb 2016. Accessed Jan 24, 2017

• 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 1642. Cited by Darryl Lundy. The Peerage. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10803.htm#i108026. Last Edited 4 Feb 2016. Accessed Jan 24, 2017

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, London: St. Catherine Press, 1913, Ed. 2 Vol III, Archive.org, p. 515
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 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, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, p. 275
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} 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. 186
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Scotland, private, 2022, Ed. 3, Vol. I, p. 833
5. ↑ National Records of Scotland GD16/41/9 see [1]
6. ↑ National Records of Scotland GD16/29/16 see [2]

See also:

• Anderson, John, and Lord Simon Fraser Lovat, "Historical Account of the Family of Frisel Or Fraser, Particularly Fraser of Lovat", page 77 (Edinburgh: William Blackwood, MDCCCXXV