John Lyon, 2nd of Cossins

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John Lyon

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Probably Cossans near Kirriemuir, Forfarshire (Present Angus), Scotland, (Present UK)
Death: 1585 (71-73)
Immediate Family:

Son of David Lyon of Baky and Cossins and Elizabeth Lindsey
Husband of Marjorie Ogilvy
Father of John Lyon; George Lyon of Wester Ogill and James Lyons

Occupation: of Esse and Cossins
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About John Lyon, 2nd of Cossins

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on John Lyon, 2nd of Cossins:

http://thepeerage.com/p1254.htm#i12534

John Lyon, 2nd of Cossins

  • M, #12534
  • Last Edited=27 Jan 2011
  • Consanguinity Index=1.14%

John Lyon, 2nd of Cossins married Margery Ogilvy, daughter of James Ogilvy, 3rd Lord Ogilvy of Airlie and Margaret Lindsay.[1]

He was the son of David Lyon of Baky and Cossins and Lady Elizabeth Lindsay. He was also known as David Lyon of Cossins.[2]

Child of John Lyon, 2nd of Cossins and Margery Ogilvy

  • 1. John Lyon+[1]

Citations

  • 1. [S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 44. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
  • 2. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 116. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.

By an ordinance of king James IV .and his lords ,passed at Twesilhauch in Northumberland ,24 august 1513 ,sixteen days before the battle of Floddenfield ,and incorporated with the acts of the parliaments of Scotland,"it is statut and ordanit be the king is hiene swithtaviss of al his lord is being tharfor the tyme in his ost in this forme aseftirfollo is that is to say gifony man be is slane or hurt to deid in the kingis army and ost beIng l is menorde is in his army enduringt etyme of his ost,his aier is sailhaueh is wardre leife and mariage of the king freed is pens and with his aige quhatzeild[age] thateuer he be of,and ordanis the king is letterez to be direct her apone to the effect foir said necessar as efferis."x In virtue of this act John Lyoun,son and heir of David,was infeft by the crown in the lands and barony of Kynblathmont, 5 november 1513;2 and "on 19 June 1514 in the lands and barony of Forgandevynny in the county of Perth .3Crown grant, 18 may 1529,by king JamesV. to John Lyoun, son and heir of thedeceased David Lyoun,of Kinblathmont, of the lands of Kintirie, in the barony of Ethibetoun, regality of Kerymure ,and sheriffdom of Forfar, formerly held by John from Archibald,earl of Angus,who had been forfeited.

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John Lyon, 2nd of Cossins's Timeline

1512
1512
Probably Cossans near Kirriemuir, Forfarshire (Present Angus), Scotland, (Present UK)
1553
1553
1585
1585
Age 73
1597
1597
Moss of Barmuckity, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
????
Wester Ogilvy, Scotland, United Kingdom