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 414 CRAWFORD. IX. 1542. David (Lindsay), Earl op Crawford [S.], fre- quently called " The interpolated Earl," and in family papers, "frank tenemmtar" of the Earldom, cousiu( A ) of the last Earl, and (the issue of "the wicked Master" being legally excluded) heir male. His right to the lands was good under the entail of 1474, while that to the Earldom was confirmed by the Royal charter of 10 Oct. J.641 abovementioned. He was s. and h. of Walter Lindsay (slain at Flodden, 1512), by (— ) da. of (— ) Erskine, of Dun, which Walter was only s. and h. ap. of Sir David L, s. and hi. of Walter L., both of Edv.ell, the last named Walter being br. of the 4th and s. of the 3rd Earl.(") To him the late Earl had, in addition to the Lindsay estates (entailed in 1474) devised the Auchtormonzic estates inherited from the said late Earl's grandmother, Margaret Dunbar, in token of his " cordial love." This Earl, however, was not unmindful of these favours : he adopted the orphan boy of the late "Master," and, very generously (to the detriment of his own issue and more immediate race), reinstated him, 2 May 1546, with consent of the Crown, putting him "in fee of the Earldom as Master of Crawford." He sat in Pari. 1542-43 ; was a Member of the Privy Council, 1546. He spent the greater part of his revenue in freeing the estates from the incumbrances placed thereon by the later Earls. He m. firstly, Joneta, widow of Thomas (Phaser), Loud Lovat [S.] (who d. 21 Oct. 1542), said to have been relict of Alexander Black, da. of Andrew (Gray), 3rd Loud Gray [S.], by his 2nd wife Elizabeth, da. of John (Stewart), Eaul of Athole [S.] By her, whose will is dat. 5 Feb. 1549, he had no issue. He m. secondly, in 1549, Catherine, widow of James Ouilvie, Master of Ogilvie, da. of Sir John Campbell, of Lorn (yr. s. of Archibald, 2nd Earl ok Auuyi.l [S.]), by Muriel, da. and h. of John Calder. He d. Sep. 155S, at Invermark Castle, co. Forfar, and was bur. at Kdzell. By his 2nd wife he left a numerous U8ue.( b ) His widow d. 1 Oct. 157S, at Brechin Castle, in Angus. His will dat. 20 Sep. 1558, and the elaborate will of Ins widow are among the family MSS. X. 155S. 10. David (Lindsay), Karl of Crawford [S,], 1st s. and h. of Alexander Lindsay, ''the wicked Master," who was s. ■and U. ap. of David, the 3th Earl, was served h. to his grandfather 23 May 1554, and sue. to the Earldom (to which, but for his father's disqualilieation, he would have been entitled) by virtue of the deed of 1546, on the death of the lift Earl. With great want of gratitude he obtained a new charter of the Earldom, 8 July 1559, limiting it to the heirs general of his body, thus preferring his own female issue to the issue male of the last Karl. This, however, was annulled by Queen Mary, who, on 22 March 1561/5, restored the right of succession to the line of Edzoll, as in the deeds of 1546 and 1474. (<=) On 29 .Inly 1565, he was Cupbearer to the Queen at her marriage, and was one of the faithful few who rallied around her at the battle of Langsyde in 1568, but submitted to the ruling party in 1570. Member of the Privy Council, taking his seat 29 Oct. 1565. He m., with great pomp, at Finhaven (contract 10 April 1546), Margaret BETHl'jiE (whose dowry was 4,000 marks), and who was da. (illegit. or otherwise) of the celebrated David Bethune, Cardinal Archbishop of St. Andrew's, by it is said " a sister of Lord Ogilvie " [S.] He d. at Finhaven, or at Cairnie, shortly before 1 Nov. 1574, and was bur. at Dundee. XL 1574. 11. David (Lindsay), Earl of Crawford [S.], a. and h., was, though "ane prinech) man, a sad spendthrift." He was P.C. from 28 Oct, 1575, was involved in a fray, 17 March 1577/8, in which the Chancellor [S.] John (Lyo.n), 8th Lord Glamis [S.] (a family always hostile to that ( a ) His relationship to the late Earl is best seen in the tabular pedigree, p. 410 note " d." ( b ) Of these (1) Sir David L., s. and h., was ancestor of the Lindsays of Edze.ll, who, on the death of George, Lord Spynie [S.] in 1671, became head of the House of Crawford, wliile (2) John L. of Baloarres was ancestor of the Earls of Balcarres [S.], who, in 1744, became head of Crawford, and to whom, in 1818, the Earldom of Crawford was allowed. See tabular pedigree, p. 410, note " d." ( c ) The entail of 1564 was renewed in 1589, and continued in force till 1642, when it was superseded, on the resignation of the 16th Earl, in favour of John, Lord Lindsay of Byres [S.] and the heirs male of his body, whereby the line of Byres " were interpolated between the [Lords Spynie] descendants of the wicked Muster and the line of Edzell," whose succession to the Earldom was "thus unjustly post- poned for two centuries," i.e. 1042 to (1808, or, rather, till its acknowledgment) 1848.