James Crichton of Ruthven

JAMES CRICHTON OF RUTHVEN

Provost of Edinburgh

On 29 April 1452 James Crichton of Ruthven received a grant for his life of the King's lands of Rothvene called Rothvendavid, in the lordship of Brechin. In this charter thereof he is designed as ' frater Georgii de Crechtoun de Carnis.' This grant must have been afterwards extended to his heirs, who possessed the estate for many generations. He was Provost of Edinburgh from 1478 to 1483, and sat in Parliament on various occasions. He married Agnes Hepburn, in favour of whom, as well as of himself, he received, on 18 July 1480, a charter of the lands of Blakhouse, in the lordship and barony of Crawfordjohn, which he had purchased from his cousin David, Earl of Crawford. The Scots Peerage II: 323-4

Death

A date and place of death has not been identified for James Crichton of Ruthven but he may have died before 21 November 1498, when Adam Crichton Appears to have been in possession of the lands of Ruthven. Bamff Charters: pp. 37-8

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

21 November 1498: Charter by John, Earl of Crawford, to Adam Crechtoun of Ruthwenis, knight, for his good service, of his lands of the third part of Drumflognee, with pertinents, in the barony of the Crage of Glenylay, in the sheriffdom of Forfar, holding from the grantor and his heirs as the lord or lords superior of the lands of Drumflogne, paying to the superior 1d. Scots at Whitsunday in name of blench if asked. Dated at Finevin, 21st November 1498 ; witnesses, Andrew Arrot, Master Henry Lindesay, Sir Robert Smal, chaplain, James Crechtoun, and William Burgh. [Signed] " John, Erl of Crawfurd." (Grantor's seal appended.) Bamff Charters: pp. 37-8

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage II: 323-5
2. Stirnet: Crichton 04