Sir John de Seton (d 4 August 1306) was a knight who took part in the

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, as a supporter of

Robert de Brus Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: ''Raibeart an Bruis''), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329. One of the most renowned warriors of his generation, Robert eventuall ...

. He held lands in England and Scotland. Seton was a son of Sir John de Seton of Skelton, Cumberland and Erminia Lascelles. His brothers were

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and Humphrey de Seton. This branch of the Seton family had long served the Bruces in Yorkshire, Cumberland and Scotland. John performed fealty to King

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at Berwick on 28 August 1296. Seton was present on 10 February 1306 when Sir John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch was stabbed by Robert de Brus in Greyfriars Church, Dumfries.Stevenson, T. G., ''The Scottish Journal of Topography, Antiquities, Traditions, Etc,'', 1848
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A letter of excommunication was issued naming the Robert de Brus, Earl of Carrick and three other knights, Sir Alexander Lindsay, Sir Christopher Seton and his brother, John as John Comyn's murderers. He was captured by English forces after the fall of Tibbers Castle in 1306. John was hanged and drawn at

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on 4 August 1306. He was executed on the basis that he was a witness to the murder of John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch by Robert de Brus, Earl of Carrick at Dumfries and holding Tibbers Castle against Edward I. His lands in Cumnock, Ayrshire were given to Roger, son of Finlay, in a charter from Robert de Brus, where it mentions a brother and a son.Transaction: Gift of John of Seton's land in Cumnock to Roger son of Finlay (AYR)
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*Barrow, G.W.S, Robert Bruce; University of California Press, 1965. {{DEFAULTSORT:Seton, John de 1306 deaths Scottish people of the Wars of Scottish Independence Executed Scottish people People executed under the Plantagenets Scottish knights 14th-century executions by England