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2 unusual facts about Mary Seton


Mary Seton

In March 1569 the Earl of Shrewsbury noted that Queen Mary would sit and sew in his wife Bess of Hardwick's chamber at Tutbury Castle accompanied by Mary Seton and Lady Livingston.

When Queen Mary was moved to Sheffield Castle in September 1571, Mary Seton stayed in attendance, but her servant John Dumfries was excluded and kept in the town.



see also

Mary Watts

Mary Fraser Tytler, married name Mary Seton Watts, (1849–1938), English architect, artist and social reformer