Marion Ogilvy

Her association with David Beaton, then abbot of Arbroath, may have begun around 1525, when she wound up her late mother's affairs at Airlie.

At this time clergymen who pursued secular careers as royal administrators and diplomats were able to postpone their ordination by seeking permission from the Pope.

[5] In her biography Cardinal of Scotland, Sanderson discusses the issue at greater length and points out that all their eight children were born before he was fully ordained, which presumably occurred at the time his consecration as Bishop of Mirepoix in 1538.

[6] Ogilvy built up considerable property, held from the abbey, and frequently appeared in court to defend her rights.

[9] Some of the children received royal letters of legitimation in March 1531, and the sons were required Papal dispensations to compensate for their 'defect of birth' before starting careers in the church.

Marion's will mentions the value of her sheep, cattle, and crops at her farms at the Mains of Melgund, and at Chapelton and Brinton of Ethie north of Arbroath.

Her servants included the cook Robert Smith, Alexander Symson, Thomas Lyne foreman of Melgund, Isobel Greg and Katherine Bell.