General Notes

Name Suffix:<NSFX> Baron Seton
Adam succeeded his father Bertram, and is described by Maitland as "ane
maister clerk"; i.e., a well-read man. In that age, when war and the
chase occupied almost all the time of nobles, it was an exception, and
reckoned a great accomplishment for one of them to be a scholar; and when
this happened, the family chronicles always   mention it as something to
be proud of. We know thatKing Henry I of England was surnamed
"Beauclerk" for this reason. A charter is extant of Roger de Quincy, Earl
of Winchester, "Adamo de Seton," in 1246, anent the marriage of the
heiress of Alan de Fausyde--de maritagio baeredis Alani de Faside--which
is quoted by Sir Robert Sibbald in his History of Fife.Adam de Setoune
married Margaret   Gifford, daughter of Hugh de Gifford, LordYester, a
neighboring baron, sprung from an ancient and famous Anglo-Normanfamily
whose title and estate now belong to the Marquess of Tweeddale, his
descendant, through the marriage of Sir Thomas Hay of Locherwort with
Johanna, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Hugh Gifford of Yester. The
original "Goblin Hall," described in Marmion, is still a part of this
old, ivy-cladcastle, now in ruins and but a few miles from Seton. Adam
died in the reignof King Alexander III (1249-1292), but the year is not
known.
Sources: "TheHistory of the House of Seytoun to the Year MDLIX", Sir
Richard Maitland of Lethington, Knight, with the Continuation, by
Alexander Viscount Kingston, toMDCLXXXVII. Printed at Glasgow,
MDCCCXXIX.
"A History of the Family of Seton during Eight Centuries" George Seton,
Advocate, M.A. Oxon., etc. Two vols. Edinburgh, 1896
"An Old Family" Monsignor Seton, Call Number: R929.2S495