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Janet Hepburn

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: May 10, 1558 (68-77)
St. Catherine of Siena Convent, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell and Janet Douglas, Countess of Bothwell
Wife of George Seton III, 5th Lord Seton
Mother of Marion Seton, Countess of Eglinton; George Seton IV, 6th Lord Seton; Christian Seton; Alexander Seton; Archibald Seton (died young) and 1 other
Half sister of Margaret Hepburn; Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell; Patrick Hepburn of Boltoun, Master of Hailes; William Hepburn of Rollandston; John Hepburn, Bishop of Brechin and 1 other

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About Janet Hepburn

Lady Janet Hepburn1

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Last Edited=25 Apr 2008

    Lady Janet Hepburn was the daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell and Lady Janet Douglas.1 She married George Seton, 3rd Lord Seton, son of George Seton, 2nd Lord Seton and Lady Margaret Campbell, before 25 January 1506/7.1

From before 25 January 1506/7, her married name became Seton.
Children of Lady Janet Hepburn and George Seton, 3rd Lord Seton

George Seton, 4th Lord Seton+ d. 17 Jul 15492

Mariot Seton+ 3

Margaret Seton 2

Citations

[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 572. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 1285.

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 222. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Seton,_5th_Lord_Seton) says:

Before January 1507, George Seton married Lady Janet Hepburn, daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell. They had one surviving son, who later succeeded as 6th Lord Seton, and a daughter, Mariota (or Marion), who married, firstly Thomas, Master of Borthwick, secondly in 1530 she married Hugh Montgomerie, 2nd Earl of Eglinton, and thirdly, Alexander Graham of Wallacetown.

After Flodden, Lady Seton lived as a widow for another forty-five years. A pious lady, she continued to make gifts to Seton Church, and had new extensions built. When her son, the young Lord Seton, came of age, she retired to the Convent of Saint Catherine of Siena, at Edinburgh. This convent, founded 1517 by a bull of Pope Leo X, also benefited from Lady Seton's donations. She died there in 1558 and was buried next to her husband at Seton.



Lady Janet Hepburn (born between 1481 and 1490; died after 10 May 1558) was the daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell and Lady Janet Douglas.

She married George Seton, 3rd Lord Seton, son of George Seton, 2nd Lord Seton and Lady Margaret Campbell, before 25 January 1506/7. Her husband died at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. She later lived at the at Convent of St. Catherine of Sienna, Edinburgh, where she died. after 10 May 1558.

Lady Jane (Janet) Hepburn was the daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, and Janet Douglas.

Her husband, George Seton, died at the Battle of Flodden Field. Lady Seton lived as a widow for another forty-five years. A pious lady, she continued to make gifts to Seton Church, and had new extensions built.

When her son, the young Lord Seton, came of age, she retired to the Convent of Saint Catherine of Siena, at Edinburgh. This convent, founded 1517 by a bull of Pope Leo X, also benefited from Lady Seton's donations. She died there in 1558 and then was buried next to her husband at Seton.

Children of Lady Janet Hepburn and George Seton, 3rd Lord Seton

George - died infant George Seton 4th Lord Seton died 17th July 1549 Archibald - died young Marion (Mariot) Seton

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Janet Hepburn's Timeline

1485
1485
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1495
1495
Scotland
1508
1508
Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1513
1513
Cunninghame, Ayrshire, Scotland
1558
May 10, 1558
Age 73
St. Catherine of Siena Convent, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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Seton Collegiate Church, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom