Lady Anna Falconer

LADY ANNA LINDSAY

Lady Anna Lindsay, here treated, is the only daughter of John, Lord Lindsay of the Byres, and his wife Lady Anna Oliphant. She was served heir to her deceased father on 17 April 1610. Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum etc. II She married Alexander Falconer, Lord Halkertoun (Contract dated 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 16, 17 and 26 April 1619), but they, being unable to agree, mutually resolved to separate, he allowing her one thousand merks yearly. The Scots Peerage V: 401

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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(461) 17 April 1610. DOMINA ANNA LINDSAY, haeres Joannis Domini Lindsay, patris. iv. 306. Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum etc. II

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16 July 1612: Extract decree of reduction at the instance of Robert, Lord Lindsay, brother of deceased John, Lord Lindsay, Anna Lindsay, only daughter of said deceased, and her tutors and Sir Thomas Hammiltoun of Byres, kt, formerly Lord Advocate, against David, Earl of Craufurd, in respect of a decree arbitral and other writs concerning reversion of the barony or tenandry of Auchtermunsie, lands of Cairnie and other lands of the earldom of Crawfurd. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Earls of Glasgow (Crawford Priory), reference GD20/1/737

Genealogy

1. Stirnet: Lindsay 04
2. Stirnet: Falconer 01