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SIR JOHN

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 704 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:JOHN of See also:Seton (d. c. 1441) was taken prisoner at Homildon See also:Hill in 1402. He was See also:hostage in See also:England for the See also:earl of See also:Douglas in 1405, and again in 1423 for See also:James I. He married See also:Lady See also:Janet See also:Dunbar, daughter of the loth earl of See also:March. His son Sir See also:William was killed at See also:Verneuil, fighting on the See also:French See also:side, leaving as See also:heir See also:GEORGE (d. 1478), 1st See also:Lord Seton, who was created a lord of See also:parliament in 1448 as Lord Seton. By his first See also:marriage with See also:Margaret, daughter of John See also:Stewart, earl of See also:Buchan, he had a son John, who died during his See also:father's lifetime. He was succeeded by his See also:grandson GEORGE, 2nd Lord Seton (d. 15o8), who was a See also:scholar of St See also:Andrews and See also:Paris, and in See also:common See also:report a necromancer. He was captured by the Flemings, and on his See also:release fitted out and maintained a See also:ship for the purpose of harassing Flemish travellers. His son GEORGE, 3rd Lord Seton, was killed at See also:Flodden in 1513. He redeemed estates which his father had sacrificed to support his enterprises against the Flemings.

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Patrick Dunbar, 1st earl of See also:Bothwell, he See also:left a son GEORGE, 4th Lord Seton (d. 1549), who allowed See also:Cardinal See also:Beaton to See also:escape from custody in 1543, and received considerable grants of See also:land in the sequel. The See also:castle and See also:church of Seton were burnt by See also:Hertford in revenge for the See also:part he had taken against the See also:English in r 544.

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