[5] Sir Christopher Seton (died 1306) secured the family's fortunes by marrying a sister of Robert the Bruce.

[4] In 1568, when the queen was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle it was Seton, with two hundred lancers, who aided her escape.

[4] After the queen was defeated at the Battle of Langside in 1568, Seton retired to Flanders where he tried to enlist in foreign service.

Two years later he returned to Scotland and was one of the judges on the trial of the Earl of Morton who was accused of complicity in the murder of Darnley.

[4] He was succeeded by his second son, Robert, who James VI of Scotland created Earl of Winton in 1600.

[4] Some members of the family moved to France, where they belonged to the Scottish Guard of the King.

Mazarin then proposes to him to be in charge of the French printmaking system, which was till then a free trade (1660).