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Sir John de Crawford II

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Sir John de Crawford II

Birth
Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Death
1248 (aged 80–81)
Crawfordjohn, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Burial
Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland GPS-Latitude: 55.5984611, Longitude: -2.7169306
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Sir JOHN CRAWFORD, second son of the said sir Reginald, who having acquired a part of the lordship and barony of Craw¨Oford, from sir John the proprietor, gave it the name of Crawford-john; by which title he was afterwards designed, though it was not the greatest part of his estate, but because most of the lordship of Crawford went to the Douglas's and the Lindsays, by their marriage with sir John's daughters, as observed under the title lord Crawford, page 152 of this work.

Sir John got a safe conduct and protection from king Henry III. to go into England, anno 1255,* and is then designed Johannes de Crawford, miles, &c.

He left issue a son,

Sir Reginald,¡ªand a daughter, Margaret, to whom he gave the half of his lands of Crawford-john.
Sir JOHN CRAWFORD, second son of the said sir Reginald, who having acquired a part of the lordship and barony of Craw¨Oford, from sir John the proprietor, gave it the name of Crawford-john; by which title he was afterwards designed, though it was not the greatest part of his estate, but because most of the lordship of Crawford went to the Douglas's and the Lindsays, by their marriage with sir John's daughters, as observed under the title lord Crawford, page 152 of this work.

Sir John got a safe conduct and protection from king Henry III. to go into England, anno 1255,* and is then designed Johannes de Crawford, miles, &c.

He left issue a son,

Sir Reginald,¡ªand a daughter, Margaret, to whom he gave the half of his lands of Crawford-john.


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