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David Seton of Parbroath (died 1601) was a Scottish courtier and administrator. He was the son of Gilbert Seton of Parbroath and Helen Leslie, a daughter of the Earl of Rothes. Gilbert Seton was killed during the battle of Pinkie in 1547, making him successor to his grandfather Andrew Seton of Parbroath (died 1563). His home was Parbroath Castle in Creich, Fife. His surname was sometimes written "Seyton" or Seytoun". In 1594 the Parliament of Scotland recognised that he was "superexpended" in his comptrollery account by £8,297 Scots. He died in 1601.

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dbo:abstract David Seton of Parbroath (died 1601) was a Scottish courtier and administrator. He was the son of Gilbert Seton of Parbroath and Helen Leslie, a daughter of the Earl of Rothes. Gilbert Seton was killed during the battle of Pinkie in 1547, making him successor to his grandfather Andrew Seton of Parbroath (died 1563). His home was Parbroath Castle in Creich, Fife. His surname was sometimes written "Seyton" or Seytoun". In March 1588 he was made keeper of the East and West Lomond Hills of Fife, hills near Falkland Palace. He was Comptroller of Scotland, in charge of a branch of royal finance and expenses of the household from November 1588 to 1597. On 25 May 1590 he was made Chamberlain of Dunfermline for Anne of Denmark, an office which passed to William Schaw. The position of comptroller left him with debts. The Chancellor, John Maitland passed the remaining Danish dowry money given to James VI to Seton. He invested it with several Scottish "burghs" or towns at 10% interest. James VI withdrew the money by 1594, much of it to finance the masque at the baptism of Prince Henry. In May 1590 Seton drew up a rental of the income and expenditure of the lands of Dunfermline Abbey for the benefit of two Danish ambassadors, Steen Bille and Niels Krag, who came to Scotland to assess Anna of Denmark's marriage settlement. Outgoings include the wages of several kirk ministers and of John Gibb, keeper of Dunfermline Palace and others. On 6 May 1593 the Duke of Lennox and 15 friends including Seton subscribed to a frivolous legal document swearing to abstain from wearing gold and silver trimmings on their clothes for a year, and defaulters were to pay for a banquet for all of them at John Killoch's house in Edinburgh. This "passement bond" was in part inspired by cheap counterfeit gold and silver thread used in "passements great or small, plain or à jour, bissets, lilykins, cordons, and fringes" which quickly discoloured. The signatories included; Lord Home, the Earl of Mar, Lord Spynie, the Master of Glamis, Sir Thomas Erskine, Walter Stewart of Blantyre, William Keith of Delny, and Sir George Home. In 1593 he was involved in a boundary dispute at Torwood forest with John Drummond of Slipperfield, father of the poet William Drummond of Hawthornden. The Torwood belonged the lands of the Chapel Royal and had a boundary with Forrester's Mansion, or Torwood Castle. Alexander Forrester of Garden assembled a company of armed men to intimidate commissioners intemding to walk the boundary. In 1594 the Parliament of Scotland recognised that he was "superexpended" in his comptrollery account by £8,297 Scots. He died in 1601. (en)
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rdfs:comment David Seton of Parbroath (died 1601) was a Scottish courtier and administrator. He was the son of Gilbert Seton of Parbroath and Helen Leslie, a daughter of the Earl of Rothes. Gilbert Seton was killed during the battle of Pinkie in 1547, making him successor to his grandfather Andrew Seton of Parbroath (died 1563). His home was Parbroath Castle in Creich, Fife. His surname was sometimes written "Seyton" or Seytoun". In 1594 the Parliament of Scotland recognised that he was "superexpended" in his comptrollery account by £8,297 Scots. He died in 1601. (en)
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