Clan Lindsay
Scottish family clan
Clan Lindsay is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands.
History
Origins of the clan
The lindsays were prominent in both England and Scotland from the late 11th century. The surname derives from the region of Lindsey in England (the name of which comes from the Old English for "island of Lincoln"), from where the family originated.
In Domesday Book, Baldric de Lindsey of Hemingby is recorded as holding a number of estates in Lindsey in 1086. Baldric's sons, Sir Walter and William de Lindsay accompanied David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, to claim his throne. William's son, William de Lindsay, sat in the Parliament of 1164 and was later a justiciar. William Lindsay held the lands of Crawford and Luffness. The chief's premier title was later Earl of Crawford. His son, Sir William Lindsay, who sat in Parliament as Baron of Luffness in East Lothian, married Alice de Limesi, and from their younger son Sir William Lindsay, dapifer to the High Steward of Scotland, descends the Earl of Crawford.
Sir William Lindsay's elder son was Sir David Lindsay who married a member of the royal family named Margerie.
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