Lady Jane (Janet) Hepburn was the daughter of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, and Janet Douglas. Her husband, George Seton, died at the Battle of Flodden Field. Lady Seton lived as a widow for another forty-five years. A pious lady, she continued to make gifts to Seton Church, and had new extensions built. When her son, the young Lord Seton, came of age, she retired to the Convent of Saint Catherine of Siena, at Edinburgh. This convent, founded 1517 by a bull of Pope Leo X, also benefited from Lady Seton's donations. She died there in 1558 and then was buried next to her husband at Seton.
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