Marie Pieris

George Seton (d 1549) mar. (2) circa Feb 1538/9 Marie Pierres, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Mary of Lorraine (mar. (2) before 6 Oct 1554 Pierre de Clovis, Seigneur de Bryante; d. circa 1576), daughter of ..... Pierres. of Le Plessis Baudoin. children by second wife

• 1. Hon. Robert Seton of Mylis (d. after 22 Feb 1562/3)
• 2. Hon. James Seton of Milton (d. before 29 Jan 1562/3)
• 3. Hon. Marie Seton (b. c. 1541; d. after 6 Apr 1615), a Maid-of-honour to Queen Mary I and later a nun at Rheims

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From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Marie Pyerres:

http://thepeerage.com/p2185.htm#i21842

Mary Pyerres [1]

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Mary Pyerres was born at France. (Ben M. Angel notes: her father is unknown, but was a Seigneur du Plessis-Baudouin, probably born around 1480 or so... a possible candidate would be Rene Pierres, who married on April 10, 1504, to Antoinette d'Hommes, daughter of Mathurin d'Hommes and Jeanne de Montbron, but there is apparently no record of this particular parentage.

She married George Seton, 4th Lord Seton, son of George Seton, 3rd Lord Seton and Lady Janet Hepburn, circa February 1538/39.[1]

She was also known as Mary Pierre.[1]

From circa February 1538/39, her married name became Seton.[1]

Child of Mary Pyerres and George Seton, 4th Lord Seton

• 1. Mary Seton [1]

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Referenced in "The Challenge to the Crown: Volume I: The Struggle for Influence in the ..." by Robert Stedall < GoogleBooks >

Mary's household was supervised by her French chamberlain, Servais de Conde. Her nine ladies-in-waiting took precedence. These included the "four Maries", promoted from their positions in France as maids-of-honor. Two others were Mary Seton's and Mary Bethune's mothers, the former Marie Pyerres and Joanne de la Reyneville, who had been ladies-in-waiting to Mary's (Queens of Scots) mother. Marie Pyerres was now Madame de Briante, having returned to France to remarry Pierre de Clovis, Seigneur de Briante, in 1554 following Seton's death in 1549. Briante also held a position in the household.

(She returned to France widowed for a second time in 1574 to take her brother to court over payment of her jointure. Mary asked Archbishop Bethune to do all he could to help her. She died in France in 1576.)

French-born woman of Rank, and Lady in Waiting to Marie de Guise, Queen Consort of King James V of Scotland, something unusual in the Scots society at the time. The Marie, by which she is often referred, could cause some confusion as it may well be from the French for a noble servant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Seton,_6th_Lord_Seton

Marie Pieris

George Seton married secondly Marie Pieris, a French lady-in-waiting of Mary of Guise after handfasting at Falkland Palace in February 1539.[9] She was the daughter of René Pierres, seigneur du Plessis Baudouin and Antoinette d'Hommes. The French Pierres family claimed to have descended from the Percy family of Northumberland.[10] A grant from Mary, Queen of Scots to Marie in 1565 was addressed to "Dame Marie Pier, Lady Seytoun and Brieane."[11] The couple were given a charter of the lands of Winchburgh and East Niddry on 27 June 1548. Marie's father wrote to Mary of Guise from Le Plessis Badouin in France. An undated letter survives from Marie to Mary of Guise, written from Niddry Castle, warning her that Lord Seton had heard of a plot by Regent Arran to seize the infant Mary, Queen of Scots.[12]

Payments to "dame Marie Pierre, Lady Seyttoun" occur in the accounts of Mary, Queen of Scots.[13]

George and Marie had children Robert, James, and Mary Seton, a companion of Mary, Queen of Scots.[14]

On 29 August 1570, Marie and her son Robert were arrested for giving letters for Mary, Queen of Scots, to a messenger, John Moon. They were put on trial in Tolbooth at Edinburgh, on the charge that their letters denied the authority of James VI of Scotland and his representatives. They were released on their promise they would not write to Queen Mary again. During the Marian Civil War Marie Pieris stayed in Edinburgh Castle during the "lang siege" and helped make an inventory of the jewels of Mary, Queen of Scots remaining in the castle.[15]

Citations

• http://thepeerage.com/p2185.htm#i21842 cites
• 1. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1285. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• [9] On 29 August 1570, Marie and her son Robert were arrested for giving letters for Mary, Queen of Scots, to a messenger, John Moon. They were put on trial in Tolbooth at Edinburgh, on the charge that their letters denied the authority of James VI of Scotland and his representatives. They were released on their promise they would not write to Queen Mary again.[10]