William Crichton

• Preferred Name: William Crichton
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 1183
  
• Birth: 1140 in Crichton Castle, Pathhead, East Lothian, Scotland
  
• FSID: GJ1P-Z1X
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord of Crichton
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  
  William De Crichton, Lord of Crichton
  Birth circa 1140 Crichton Castle, Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland Died 1180 in Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland Immediate Family: Son of Sir Thurstan de Crichton Father of Thurstanus de Crichton / Creichtoun Occupation:K2XH-4J9
  
  === Person note ===
  Charters, granted by the Kings of Scotland to the family of Crichton.
  Extracted by Patrick Crichton 1816: upon record at the Register House, Edinburgh.
  
  1300 Freeholder: Charter of Confirmation to William Crichton of Crichton of the lands of Bradwood. King Robert the 2nd.
  
  Towards the year 1300 the Crichtons became numerous & wealthy and in the reigns of James 2nd 4th 5th they possessed as may be seen in the foregoing charters not only wealth but great power and consideration.
  
  Information from handwritten Journal written by Patrick Crichton as a letter to his sons, outlining the History of the Crichton Family in Scotland and their Land Acquisitions from Scottish Royalty in possession of I. Wesley Milne, St. George Utah. Transcribed copy.

1. Thurston Crichton, b. ABT 1160 in Scotland     d. ABT 1212