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 424 CRICHTON. II. 1454. 2. James (Orichtok), Lokb Crichton, [S.], only s. and h., who had been Knighted in 1430, by James I [S.] at the baptism of his sou. He m. Janet, 1st da. and coheir of James (Dunbar), Earl of Moray, [S.], and, with her, acquired the Lordship of Frendraugut.C) Under the designation of "Sir James Crichton of Frendraught," he was in 1440, made Great Chamberlain [S.], retaining that office till 1453. He d. shortly after his Father, in 1454 or 1455. He is said (in a contemporary chronicle, generally very accurate) to have been '• belted EAKL OF MORAY " [S.] in 1452, and is so called in the Exch. accounts [S.], both in his lifetime, July 1454, and, after his death, in 1456, but he appears never to have been in the actual possession of that Earldom, or, if so, not improbably resigned it to the Crown. His wife, however (the heir of line thereof), in 1454, appears to have assumed her Father's Earldom being styled "Jancta, Comitissa JUoraviic,(°) Homina. Frendraught ct Crichton." She m. before 17 Jan. 1458/9, John Sutherland, living at that date. She was alive in 1493, when she resigned the Bnrony of Frendraught to her grandson Sir James Crichton. III. 1455 '? 3. William (Ckichton), Lord Cmchton [S.], s. and to h He sat in Pari, on 14 Oct. 1467. He m. Marion, da. of James 1484. (Livingston), 1st Lord Livingston [S.] by Marion, his wife. Joining in the rebellion of the Duke of Albany against James lit [S.], he was "for/cited" by Pari. 24 Feb. 1483/4.(0 IV. 1642. 1. James Crichton of Frendraught, s. and h. ap. of James C.(s) of the same, was v.p., in consideration of his Father being the heir male of the Lord Chancellor Crichton, or. 29 Aug. 1642 VISCOUNT OF FRENDRAUGHT and LORD CRICHTON to him, his heirs male and successors. See " Frendraught " Viscountcy [S], a: 1642 ; forfeited, 1690. with the title taken from the surname, not from the lands, it is an almost certain assumption that the person referred to was a Lord of Parliament. Jaiues I TS.J created very few Lords of Parliament, tho' his successor, James II [S.] created a good many ; such creations appearing to be one of the novelties brought out of England by the former, in 1424. Before that date, none Euch existed, save, perhaps Sir William Graham of Kincardine (' Willclnus, Doniinus Le Graham ') this dignity having, apparently, been conferred on him by the Regent Albany (under the exceptional powers exercised by that Regent) and subsequently confirmed or renewed by James I [S.]." Ex inform. Q. Burnett, Lyon, who adds, as to this Barony of Crichton, "There are undoubtedly instances in the records where, apparently, per incuriam, the 1st Lord Crichton is designed ' Dominus WUlclmut do Crechtoun,' all of them about the year of his death, 1454 : his son is designed as a Lord of Parliament, after his death in 1454 or 1455." ( J ) This Lady's Mother is generally said to have been Alexander (Gordon), Earl of Huntly [S.], but there is good reason to doubt it. See "Exch. Rolls" [S.] vi, Preface, p. exxxvi. (°) Archibald Douglas who m. Mary, her younger sister was (thro' the influence of the Douglas family) recognised as Earl of Moray in 1449. He was slain at Arkinholm in Alay 1452. In 1452 Sir James Crichton is said to have been "belted Earl of Moray " as in the text, " If the standing investiture of that Earldom was still that of 1371-2, his wife was, de jure, Countess of Moray, tho' supplanted by her younger sister, but there may have been an intervening resignation and regrant, not now on record, in favour of heirs male. Crichton is supposed to have made a compul- sory resignation of the Earldom into the King's hands." Ex inform. G.Burnett, Lyon. O By Margaret, 2nd da. of King James II [S.] he had an illegit. da., whose kistory is a strange one. See " Exch. Holla " [S.], viii, Preface, p. lxiii. (s) This James Crichton was only s. and h. of James C., s. and h. of Sir James C. , s. of William C, s. of Sir James C, who was s. and h. of William, Lord Crichton [S.], the forfeited Lord, who was the grandson of the Lord Chancellor [S.J as mentioned in the text.