Sir James (de) Lindsay of Crawford (died 1358) was a Scottish feudal lord and politician.[1][2]
Life
Sir James de Lindsay was Lord of
Crawford and
Kirkmichael.[a] He had been a hostage for
King David II in 1351, and appears first in
Parliament in 1357.[b] He was appointed an ambassador to England as Dominus de Crawford in 1357,[c] but died before 11 November 1358.[1]
Marriage
He married Egidia, daughter of
Walter, Steward of Scotland, and half-sister of
Robert II of Scotland. A
papal dispensation for this marriage was granted at
Avignon on 3 Ides of April 1346,[d] which describes the spouse as within the third and fourth degree on the father's side, and in the fourth degree on the mother's. A strong inference thus arises that Sir James's grandmother, wife of Sir
Alexander, was daughter to the Steward. Lady Egidia de Lindsay, as she was always afterwards styled, was married secondly,[e] after October 1357, to Sir Hugh of Eglinton,[f][g] and thirdly (contract October 1378), to Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith.[h][i][1]
Paul, James Balfour (1906). The Scots Peerage.
Vol. 3. Edinburgh: David Douglas. p. 11. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.