Lady Isobel Hamilton

DAME ISOBEL HAMILTON Lady Seton

Isobelle Hammiltoun (1550) Isobelle Hammyltoun (1552) Domine Isobelle Hammiltoune (1554) (1554) Isobelle Hammiltoune (1554) Dame Isobel Hammiltoun (1596) dame Isobel Hamiltoun, lady Seytoun, conjunct fiar of barony of West Nyddrie, called Wyncheburgh (1603)

Isobel Hamilton was the daughter of Sir William Hamilton of Sorn and Sanquhar and Jean Campbell. A contract for the marriage of Isabel Hamilton and George Seton 5th, Lord Seton was signed on 2 August 1550. She survived him, died 13 November 1604 aged about seventy-five years, and was buried at Seton Church. The Scots Peerage VIII: 588

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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7 April 1550: Charter by which George, Lord Seton, confirms that he has given certain lands in liferent to Isobelle Hammiltoun, daughter of William Hammiltoun of Sanquhar. His charter was confirmed under the Great Seal of Scotland on 8 August 1550. RMS 1546-80: charter number 497

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23 May 1552: Charter under the Great Seal of Scotland which confirms possession of the lands and barony of West-Nudry to George, Lord Seton, and his wife Isobelle Hammyltoun. This land was to be held by them in conjunt fee and liferent. RMS 1546-80: charter number 697

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6 August 1554: Charter issued under the Great Seal of Scotland, made in favour of George Seton, son and apparent heir of George, Lord Seton, which confirms possession of the lands and barony of West-Nudry to George Seton, junior. George; Lord Seton, had previously resigned the barony in favour of his son, and reserved his own liferent and that of his wife, Lady Isobelle Hammiltoune. RMS 1546-80: charter number 951

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6 August 1554: Charter issued under the Great Seal of Scotland, made in favour of George Seton, son and apparent heir of George, Lord Seton, which confirms possession of the lands and barony of Seton and Winton to George Seton, junior. George; Lord Seton, had previously resigned the barony in favour of his son, and reserved his own liferent and that of his wife, Lady Isobelle Hammiltoune. RMS 1546-80: charter number 952

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12 August 1589: Charter by which Robert, Lord Seton, confirms that he has given the lands and barony of Seton and Winton in liferent to his wife Margaret Montgomery (following from a contract of marriage dated 1 August 1589). George Lord Seton reserved the liferent interest of his mother, Lady Issobelle Hammyltoun: "Salvo vitali redditu Domine Issobelle Hammyltoun matri dicti Roberti dom. S." RMS 1580-93: charter number 1720

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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2 March 1596: Extract contract by which John Hammiltoun of Drumry renounces the twenty pound lands thereof in favour of John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and assigns a tack of the teinds by Dame Isobel Hammiltoun, Lady Seytoun, and William Seytoun, her son. Registered B of C and S on same date. (With discharge by said John, dated 30 May 1596). National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Earls of Glasgow (Crawford Priory), reference GD20/1/656

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15 January 1603: Disposition by dame Isobel Hamiltoun, lady Seytoun, conjunct fiar of barony of West Nyddrie, called Wyncheburgh, to Sir Walter Dundas of that ilk, kt., of nonentry maills of castle of Dundas, and lands of Plewlandfeild, in said barony, sheriffdom of Linlythqw, since death of George Dundas of that ilk. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Dundas Family of Dundas, West Lothian, reference GD75/11

Printed Evidence

1. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1546-1580. Edited by John Maitland Thomson, MA,, Advocate. (H,M, General Register House, Edinburgh, 1886), 1160 pp. including indices
2. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1580-1593. Edited by John Maitland Thomson, MA,, Advocate. (H,M, General Register House, Edinburgh, 1888), 1154 pp. including indices

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage VIII: 588

Biographical Summary for Isobel Hamilton from Darryl Lundy's Peerage

• Isabel Hamilton1
• http://thepeerage.com/p11023.htm#i110228
• F, #110228, b. circa 1529, d. 13 November 1604
• Last Edited=6 Jun 2020

Isabel Hamilton was born circa 1529.2 She was the daughter of William Hamilton of Sanquhar and Jean Campbell.1,3 A contract for the marriage of Isabel Hamilton and George Seton, 5th Lord Seton was signed on 2 August 1550.4,5 She died on 13 November 1604.2 From 2 August 1550, her married name became Seton.

Children of Isabel Hamilton and George Seton, 5th Lord Seton

1. George Seton, Master of Seton5 d. Mar 1562
2. Sir William Seton+5 d. Jul 1635
3. Margaret Seton+1 b. bt 1551 - 1558, d. b 10 Feb 1615/16
4. Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton+5 b. 1552, d. 22 Mar 1603
5. Sir John Seton of Barns5 b. b 1555, d. b 11 Jun 1594
6. Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline+5 b. 1555, d. 16 Jun 1622

Biograhical Summary for her Husband

George Seton V, 7th Lord Seton (1531–1586), was a Lord of the Parliament of Scotland, Master of the Household of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Provost of Edinburgh. He was the eldest son of George Seton, 6th Lord Seton, and Elizabeth Hay, a daughter of John Hay, 3rd Lord Hay of Yester. His childhood and schooling were in France.

He married Isobel Hamilton (died 1604), daughter of Sir William Hamilton of Sanquhar, Captain of Edinburgh Castle in August 1550.[39] The wedding was celebrated with a feast at Edinburgh Castle.[40] According to Richard Maitland, Hamilton of Sanquhar organised some of the rebuilding of Seton Palace, which had been damaged by the English army that burnt Edinburgh in May 1544.[41]

The children of Lord Seton and Isobel Hamilton included;

1. George, Master of Seton, (died 1562)
2. Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton
3. Sir John Seton of Barnes, attendant to the Earl of Leicester in 1575,[42] Master Carver to Philip II of Spain and Master of Horse to James VI.
4. Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Lord Urquhart, Lord Fyvie, and Prior of Pluscarden
5. William Seton of Kylesmure, who married Janet Dunbar
6. Margaret Seton, who married Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley, on 1 August 1574 at Niddry Castle with "great triumphs."[43]

According to a Spanish diplomatic report, in 1592 Anne of Denmark told several ladies at court, including Isobel Hamilton, Lady Seton, that she was a Catholic and prayed with a rosary.[44] In December 1596 Lady Seton was said to be a great favourite of Anne of Denmark.[45]

Origins

Biographical Summary for her father

Sir William Hamilton of Sanquhar (c. 1510–1570) was pursemaster for James V and the Captain of Edinburgh Castle during the Regency of Regent Arran. William Hamilton was the son of William Hamilton, also of Sanquhar, and Katherine Kennedy, a daughter of David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis.

Hamilton married Jean Campbell. His children included:

1. Isobel Hamilton (died 1604), who married George Seton, 7th Lord Seton in 1550. Hamilton paid £2,000 for the ward and marriage right of the young Lord Seton.[7] The wedding was celebrated with a feast at Edinburgh Castle on 12 August 1550 paid for by Regent Arran.[8] Richard Maitland wrote that Hamilton helped Lord Seton rebuild Seton Palace, which had been damaged by the English army that burnt Edinburgh in May 1544.[9]
2. William Hamilton of Glenmoor. In December 1551 Regent Arran gave him the substantial sum of £53 Scots for clothes.[10]

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hamilton_of_Sanquhar
  • 7. James Balfour Paul, Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland: 1546-1551, vol. 9, (Edinburgh, 1911), pp. 433-4.
  • 8. Michael Pearce, A French Furniture Maker and the 'Courtly Style' in Sixteenth-Century Scotland', Regional Furniture, p. 131 citing National Records of Scotland E32/10, fol. 154v.
  • 9. Richard Maitland & Viscount Kingston, History of the House of Seytoun (Glasgow, 1829), pp. 37, 39, 42-45.

1. http://thepeerage.com/p11023.htm#i110228 cites
   1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume X, page 291. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
   2. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XI, page 636.
   3. [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 II, page 463. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.
   4. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XI, page 635.
   5. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1285. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
2. https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe... shows as daughter of Sir William Hamilton, of Mackneirstom (later of Sorn & Sanquhar), d. Aft 1534 Mother Katherine Kennedy, d. Aft 1534. Cites
   1. [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Hamilton06: "Heraldry of the Hamiltons" by G. Harvey Johns t on. Published by W&AK Johnston Ltd, Edinburgh, 1909; "Th e H ouse of Hamilton" by Lt. Col. George Hamilton, Edinburg h 19 33; BP1934 (Hamilton of Preston) (Reliability: 3).
   2. [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Kennedy01: The Scots Peerage (Cassillis), Burkes Peerage 1 9 34 (Ailsa). (Reliability: 3).
   3. [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Hamilton06 (Reliability: 3).
   4. [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Seton03 (Reliability: 3).
3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamilton-972 cites
   1. 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, 1911, Vol. VIII, Archive.org, p. 588 < Archive.Org >
   2. Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: William Pollard & Co, 1949, Ed. 2 Vol XI, FamilySearch, p. 636 < FamilySearch >
   3. http://www.thepeerage.com/p11023.htm#i110228
   4. Transcript from a wall at the Seton Collegiate Church ~ PDF in the Lothians region of Scotland, which outlines some details of the life of Isabel and her spouse George as well as some family details. < link >
   5. Cracroft's Peerage Website - Seton, Lord (S, c. 1451 - forfeited 1716)[3] < link >
   6. Dictionary of National Biography - The Dictionary of National Biography (or DNB) is a biographical reference for deceased persons notable in British history. Henderson, T.F. , "SETON, George, fifth Lord Seton", Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 51, pp. 68-70 < Archive.Org >
   7. Rootsweb - The Hepburn Family | Author: Ross Hepburn | Date: 18 MAY 2008.[4]
   8. Edinburgh Amusement Volumes 19-20 | pp. 396 - 397 < GoogleBooks >
4. Seton Collegiate Church From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Seton Collegiate Church, known locally as Seton Chapel, is a collegiate church south of Port Seton, East Lothian, Scotland. It is adjacent to Seton House. The church is designated as a scheduled monument.