Agnes Crichton

AGNES CRICHTON

Agnes Crichton is the daughter of Sir John Crichton of Strathurd. The Scots Peerage, Volume IV, p. 101

First Marriage

Agnes Crichton married William Ruthven of Ballindean. On 11 June 1537 she and her husband had a charter for the lands of Blackferkill. The Scots Peerage, Volume IV, p. 101

Children

1. Janet Ruthven
2. Sir William Ruthven of Ballindean, Kt.
3. Lady Christian Ruthven
4. Margaret Ruthven
5. Hon. Elizabeth Ruthven

Second Marriage

After the death of her first husband in June 1566, Agnes Crichton married for a second time to Mr. Andrew Abercromby. The Scots Peerage, Volume IV, p. 101

Evidence from the Protocol Book of Sir Robert Rollock

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27 June 1551: Agreement between John Crichton of Strathurd and William Ruthven of Ballindean concerning the "sustentatioun" of his sister Agnes Crichton, wife of William Ruthven of Ballindean, and her four daughters: "hir four barnis lassis." The Protocol Book of Sir Robert Rollock, protocol number 88 on pp. 26-7

                   2

12 August 1551: Additional agreement between John Crichton of Strathurd and William Ruthven of Ballindean concerning the provision to be made for Agnes Crichton, wife of William Ruthven of Ballindean. The Protocol Book of Sir Robert Rollock, protocol number 103 on p. 31

Genealogy

Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1907), iv, 597 pp. For Ruthven, Earl of Forth, see pp. 101-06. For Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie, see pp. 254-68