Friar.--(Hist. p. 94.) It is not improbable he may have been the same
person whose name appears as a Determinant in St. Salvator's College in
1554. In that year another John Douglas had the same rank in St. Mary's
College, where he became a Licentiate in 1555. It is, I think, quite
certain that John Douglas, who was Chaplain to the Earl of Argyle in
1558, and who may have assumed the name of Grant to escape apprehension,
should not be confounded with the Provost of St. Mary's College, as
Keith and other writers have done. The latter was born about the year
1494, and was descended from the Douglasses of Pettendreich. He studied
at St. Andrews at the same time with John Wynrame, and was a Determinant
in St. Leonard's College in 1515, and a Licentiate in 1517. Whether he
was the person who entered the Carmelite Order, may be left to
conjecture; but on 1st October 1547, he was elected Provost of St.
Mary's College. In 1551, "Magister Joannes Douglas Prepositus Novi
Collegii Mariani," was elected Rector of the University; and being
annually elected to this office for the unprecedented period of
twenty-three successive years, (1572-3, being called "Vigesimus tertius
Rectoratus Johannis Douglas,) and being a constant resident in St.
Andrews, it is obvious he could not have been the obscure person who was
protected by the Earl of Argyle.
[721] "How the Bishop's conscience (says Dr. M'Crie) stood affected as
to these points, we know not; but it is certain that his practice was
very far from being immaculate."--(Wilkins, Concilia, vol. iv. p. 209;
Life of Knox, vol. i. p. 320.)
[722] Archibald fourth Earl of Argyle, in 1525, was designed son and
heir-apparent of Colin Earl of Argyle. He succeeded to the title before
1533. In 1543, he was opposed to the proposed alliance of Edward the
Sixth and Mary Queen of Scots; and distinguished himself at the battle
of Pinkie, in 1547, and at the siege of Haddington, in the following
year. The precise time of his death is not ascertained; and his
Testament is not known to be preserved. But he died towards the close of
1558, as on the 21st August that year he granted a charter to his son
Archibald, then Lord Lorne; on the 2d December following, in the
confirmation of the same charter, it is expressed that he was then
deceased.
[723] Knox in thus alluding to the conduct of Archibald fifth Earl of
Argyle, evidently points at his continued adherence to Queen Mary, at
the time when the above passage was written.
[724] In MS. G, and Vautr. edit., this date is introduced into the text,
as 10th of May 1568. If this was not a clerical mistake, it might be
held to indicate that the intermediate MS., from which Vautrollier's
edition, as well as the Glasgow MS. was taken, had been transcribed in
that year.
[725] On the margin of the MS. is written, apparently in Knox's own
hand, and then deleted, "Here tak in the Beggars Summonds warning the
Freres." In Vautr. edit., in MS. G, and in all the other copies, it is
introduced in this place, where it stands wholly unconnected. The paper
referred to occurs at the end of the original MS., (fol. 388,) as a
single leaf, entitled "The Blind, Crooked, &c., to the Flockis of all
Friars within this realme," &c. It will be seen that the Author had
finally resolved upon inserting it near the beginning of Book Second.
[726] See note 768, and Appendix, No. XIV. for some notices of this
Provincial Council, in 1558-9.
[727] Knox himself fixes the date of his arrival in Scotland to the 2d
of May 1559: see page 318.
[728] In the MS. it was originally "The Threepenny Faith." Spottiswood
and other writers, (see Keith, vol. i. pp. 5, 149,) have erroneously
imagined that this refers to the CATECHISME, "set furth, in his
Provincial Counsale," by Archbishop Hamilton; which has this colophon,
"Prentit at Sanct Androus, be the command and expensis of the maist
reuerend father in God, Iohne Archbischop of Sanct Androus, and Primat
of ye hail Kirk of Scotland, the xxix. day of August, the zeir of our
Lord M.D. lii." 4to, 220 leaves. But besides the difference of six years
in the date, and the absurdity of supposing that a volume of that size
could have been sold for such a price, the Catechism was never intended
for the laity, but was specially enjoyned to be used by "all and sindry
Personis, Vicars and Curattis," both for their own edification, and for
reading a portion of it to "thair awin parochianaris,"--"quhen thair
cummis na precheour to thame to schaw thame the word of God."--Of the
Twopenny Faith, published in 1559, no copy is known to be preserved.
[729] It is said that Hepburn, Bishop of Moray, imagining that the last
of the enactments which Knox has specified had a special reference to
his licentious conduct, justified himself, not by an appeal to the Canon
Law, but to example set by Archbishop Hamilton, who presided in the
Council.
[730] At page 262, notice is taken of the appointment of Monsieur de
Ruby, in 1554, as Keeper of the Great Seal; and he is there said to have
been Comptroller in 1557. For this we have the authority of Lindsay of
Pitscottie, who says, "Soone thairefter, she (the Queen Regent) changed
her Officeris of State, and maid ane Maister Ruby Comptroller, quho used
sick rigour in his office, that incontinent he was
deposed."--(Chronicles, sub anno 1557.) But it must be added, that
Pitscottie is very inaccurate in many of his statements; as Vielmort,
according both to Knox and Lesley, held the office of Comptroller; and
the latter expressly says, that Ruby "kepit the Great Seill during the
hoill time of the Queen Regent's government," (Hist. p. 252;) that is,
from 1554 till 1560. And in 1558, in an Act of Parliament, he is styled
"M^c Ynes de Rubbay _Garde des Seaulx_ dicelle Dame," apparently meaning
Queen Mary.--(Acta Parl. Scot. vol. ii. p. 513.) According to another
authority, he held the Great Seal until 1564, when he was succeeded by
David Rizzio.--(Scott's Staggering State, App. p. 175. See Tytler's
Hist. vol. vi. p. 60.)
[731] Bartholomew Villemore, it is said, had been named Comptroller by
Queen Mary, in March 1560-1, but he was never admitted.--(Scott's
Staggering State, App. p. 144.) But Bishop Lesley mentions his
appointment as Comptroller by the Queen Regent in the year
1554.--(History, p. 250.)
[732] Lord James Stewart, the eldest of the natural sons of James the
Fifth, is noticed at page 71, as having been educated under George
Buchanan, and as Commendator of the Monasteries of Kelso and Melrose:
see also page 249, note 5. But the date of his death is there
erroneously stated. Instead of 1548, it happened in August or September
1558. The Queen Dowager nominated her uncle, Charles Cardinal of
Lorraine, and brother of Francis Duke of Guyse, to be his successor, "be
vertue of the Acte of Naturalization," (Lesley's History, p. 267;) but
the Cardinal never obtained possession of these lucrative benefices. The
Commendatorship of Melrose was afterwards conferred on James Douglas, a
cadet of the Morton family.
[733] Parliament did not meet till the 29th of November 1558.
[734] The Duke of Chattelherault gave in, at the Parliament held at
Edinburgh on the 14th December 1557, a protestation "tuiching the
marriage of our Souerane Lady;" and another protest, on the 29th
November 1558, "tuiching the Crowne Matrimoniale."--(Acta Parl. Scot.
vol. ii. p. 605, 507.)
[735] In MS. G, "except the Duke for his interest."
[736] In MS. G, "professed;" and in the second next line, "profess;" but
the words are corrected to "possessed," and "possess," in edit. 1732.
[737] In Vautr. edit. and MS. G, "Harlawe."
[738] These early and zealous friends of the Reformation, who undertook
the office of Exhorters, were all laymen, with perhaps the exception of
Robert Hamilton, who afterwards became minister of St. Andrews. Robert
Lockhart is mentioned by Knox in October 1559, as endeavouring to make
an agreement between the Queen Regent, and the Congregation, without
success.
[739] In MS. G, "Meffen."
[740] Paul Methven, after the Reformation, was appointed minister of
Jedburgh; but to the scandal of his brethren in the ministry, and
according to the account of "this horrible fact," related by Knox in his
Fourth Book, he was found guilty of adultery, and deposed and
excommunicated, June 1563.
[741] Respecting Willock, see notes 633, 672.
[742] "Sacrate authoritie," here, and in other places, may mean the
_constituted_ rather than "sacred authority," as in MS. G, and Vautr.
edit.
[743] Sir James Sandilands of Calder, the ancestor of the Torphichen
family. His pedigree is fully detailed in Douglas and Wood's Peerage of
Scotland, vol. ii. pp. 590-595. He was born about the year 1480; and had
a charter of lands to himself and Margaret Forrester, only daughter of
Archibald Forrester of Corstorphine, 23d August 1510. In the Peerage,
Sir James is said to have "died after 1553." This date may have misled
Mr. Tytler, in stating that it was the Preceptor of the Knights of St.
John, commonly called Lord St. John, who made this appearance in
Parliament.--(History, vol. vi. pp. 79, 90.) But Dr. M'Crie has in like
manner confounded the father with his second son.--(Life of Knox, vol.
i. p. 176.) Sir James probably survived till the beginning of 1560. On
the 12th July 1559, his eldest son and successor was styled "John
Sandilands of Calder, younger," which proves that his father was still
alive. James Sandilands, his second son, became Lord St. John, and, as
stated in note 641, he obtained the temporal lordship of Lord
Torphichen, in 1563; but leaving no issue, the title, on his death,
devolved on his grand-nephew, James Sandilands of Calder, 29th November
1596.
[744] This permission to read the Scriptures "in our common tongue,"
refers to the Act of Parliament 15th March 1542-3: see page 100.
[745] In Vautr. edit. "in severitie of prayer;" MS. G has "in fervent
and oft prayers."
[746] MS. G has "stabilitie;" Vautr. edit. "abilitie."
[747] In MS. G, "lavacrie."
[748] The Council of Constance, in 1415, whilst acknowledging that
"Christ instituted the venerable Sacrament of the Eucharist, after the
Supper, and administered it to his Disciples under the forms of bread
and wine;" nevertheless decreed that the laity should not be allowed to
partake of the cup. This prohibition by the Romish Church, was the
occasion of great discontent in some of the foreign Churches, more
especially in Bohemia and Switzerland, from the time of John Huss to
that of Luther.--As both George Wishart and Knox had previously
dispensed the Sacrament, according to the original institution, this may
have led to this demand for such a privilege to the Protestants in
Scotland, in 1558.
[749] It is not unlikely that this last demand, and the increasing
strength of the Reformers, may have led the Catholic Prelates and Clergy
to enact some of the Canons in their last Provincial Council, for
reforming the lives of their own body.
[750] In MS. G, "a longe purs."
[751] Vautr. edit. omits the important words, "sayis the Chronicle," and
reads, "40,000 powndes gathered by the Laird of Earles haule."--In the
anonymous "Historie of the Estate of Scotland," the sum to be paid, it
is said, "was within 15,000 lib."--(Wodrow Miscellany, vol. i. p. 56.)
[752] This Chronicle is not known to be extant; but Robert Lindsay of
Pitscottie, in his Chronicles of Scotland compiled about 1575,
enumerates, as one of his authors, "SIR WILLIAM BRUCE OF EARLESHALL,
Knight, who hath written very justly all the deeds since Floudoun
Field."--In Douglas's Baronage, pp. 510-513, there is a genealogy of
this family, from which we learn that Sir William was the heir of his
father, Sir Alexander Bruce of Earlshall, who had the honour of
knighthood conferred on him by James the Fourth. Sir William succeeded
his father in 1504, and is said to have been knighted by the same
Monarch. This is apparently a mistake; but his name appears as _Miles_,
in a charter dated 1539. In May 1563, Sir William Bruce became surety
for Maxwell of Teling, (Criminal Trials, vol. i. p. *427;) but how long
after this he may have survived, is uncertain.
[753] Pitscottie, Calderwood, Spottiswood, and other writers, have given
an account of the fate of this aged priest, who suffered martyrdom at
St. Andrews, in the eighty-second year of his age. But Foxe's account of
his trial and sentence is the earliest and most minute, and will be
inserted as No. XIV. of the Appendix to the present volume. Myln himself
expressed a hope, which was realized, that he would be the last person
in this country thus to suffer for the cause of truth.
[754] Although this _cairn_ was not allowed to remain, there has lately
been erected, within sight of the Castle of St. Andrews, a granite
obelisk, to commemorate the names of the more eminent Scotish Martyrs.
It bears the following inscription:--
"IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS PATRICK HAMILTON, HENRY FORREST, GEORGE
WISHART, WALTER MILL, WHO, IN SUPPORT OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH, SUFFERED
BY FIRE AT ST. ANDREWS, BETWEEN THE YEARS MDXXVIII AND MDLVIII.
_The righteous shall be held in everlasting remembrance._
[755] In Vautr. edit. "Officiall."
[756] See note 760.
[757] In Vautr. edit. "becommeth."
[758] In Vautr. edit. "officers."
[759] See page 294.
[760] No notice of this Protest occurs in the Acts and Proceedings of
the Parliament held at Edinburgh on the 29th November 1558, when, from
the reference to the Crown Matrimonial, at page 312, it must have been
presented. Knox indeed says it was refused; but the proceedings of that
Parliament, which also sat on the 5th December, seem not to have been
fully recorded, or at least preserved.
[761] The treaty of peace referred to was concluded at Cateau-Cambrésis,
between France, England, and Spain, on the 2d April 1559. The evident
design of the Courts of France and Spain at this time was to endeavour
the extirpation of heresy, or the Protestant Faith in England, as well
as in other countries.
[762] In MS. G, "in hir hairt."
[763] It has already been noticed that the preachers summoned were Paul
Methven, John Christison, William Harlaw, and John Willock. As they did
not appear on the day finally fixed, they and their cautioners were
denounced as rebels, on the 10th of May 1559. See the sentence, in
M'Crie's Life of Knox, vol. i. p. 447.
[764] In the outer margin, (fol. III,) Knox had written some words which
have been scored through, and are partly cut away by the binder. As well
as I can decipher the words, the sentence may be thus read:--"Luik
quhether it be best to tak in heir the Beggars Warning, or in the place
befoir appoynted." See note 2, page 290; also pages 320, 321.
[765] Patrick Lord Ruthven held the Provostship of Perth for many
successive years: see note 787.
[766] Mr. James Halyburton is usually styled Tuter of Pitcur. At the
siege of Brochty, in 1547-8, he was left in command of certain companies
of horse.--(Lesley's Hist. p. 203.) He filled the office of Provost of
Dundee for a considerable period, as will afterwards be noticed. His
name, as Provost, occurs in Parliamentary proceedings, 1554 and
1563.--(Acta Parl. Scot. vol. ii. pp. 536, 603.)
[767] In MS. G, "Meffen."
[768] At page 291, Knox says that the meeting of Provincial Council in
1558-9, continued till the day of his arrival; whilst according to
Bishop Lesley, this Provincial Council, held at Edinburgh in 1559,
"endit apoun the x daye of Apryle. Efter the quhilk, the Quene Regent
immediatelie caused summounde John Knox, John Willox, John Douglas, and
Paule Meffane, to compeir before the Justice in Striveling the x day of
Maij, onder the pane of rebellioun."--(Hist, p. 271.) To reconcile this
with the date of Knox's arrival in Scotland, Dr. M'Crie has remarked,
that "though the Acts were concluded on the 10th April, it was not
agreed to close the Council on that day."
[769] Sir John Maxwell, second son of Robert fourth Lord Maxwell, being
presumptive heir of his brother, was called Master of Maxwell, in
charters granted to him and his wife Agnes, eldest daughter and
co-heiress of William fourth Lord Herreis of Terregles, 1st February
1549-50. His elder brother Robert was served heir of his father, 1st
August 1550, and married Lady Beatrix Douglas, second daughter of James
Earl of Morton; but he died 14th September 1552; and his posthumous son
John became sixth Lord Maxwell. But Sir John Maxwell of Terregles still
retained his designation as Master, and was actively employed in public
affairs. In December 1552, and again in 1557, he was one of the
Commissioners for a treaty of peace with England; and was Warden of the
West Marches.--(Lesley's Hist. p. 258.) From the above statement by
Knox, it appears he had been committed to ward by order of the Queen
Regent. Bishop Lesley thus makes mention of his having escaped from the
Castle of Edinburgh. Although the date 1558, appears in the printed copy
as supplied by the Editor, the events recorded from page 273 to page
277, belong to 1559:--"About this tyme, the Master of Maxwell, quho was
keped presoner in the Castell of Edinburgh, departed furth of the same
be ane corde our the wall thairof, quhair thair was certane horsis in
redines with frendis of his owne, quho receaved and convoyide him in his
owne countrey; and sone thaireftir he joyned him selfe with the Lordis
of the Congregatione."--(Hist. p. 276.)
[770] [In note 725, it is stated that Knox had changed his intention of
inserting "The Beggars Summonds," at the end of Book First; and purposed
introducing it into this place, with a sentence which was written on the
top margin of the MS. The Glasgow Manuscript, fol. 83, b, in reference
to this alteration, has this marginal note: "Thair is in this place, in
the uther copie, inserted the Summoundis against the Freris, quhilk is
in the end of the First Buke." Unfortunately the binder has cut away two
lines at the top of the page, and the deficiency cannot be supplied from
any other copy. In order, however, not to interrupt the narrative in the
text, the Summonds is here inserted in a different type.]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Zealous Brether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
upon the gaittis and ports of all the Freiris places within this realme,
in the moneth of Januar 1558, preceding that Whitsunday that they
delodged, which is this, etc. _And so tak in heir the Beggars Warning._
"THE BLYND, CRUKED, BEDRELLES, WEDOWIS, ORPHELINGIS, AND ALL UTHER
PURE, SA VISEIT BE THE HAND OF GOD, AS MAY NOT WORKE,
TO THE FLOCKES OF ALL FREIRES WITHIN THIS REALME, WE WISHE
RESTITUTIOUN OF WRANGES BYPAST, AND REFORMATIOUN IN TYME CUMING,
FOR SALUATIOUN.
"Ye yourselfes ar not ignorant, and thocht ye wald be, it is now,
thankes to God, knawen to the haill warlde, be his infallible worde,
that the benignitie or almes of all Christian pepill perteynis to us
allanerly; quhilk ye, being hale of bodye, stark, sturdye, and abill to
wyrk, quhat under pretence of povertie, (and nevirtheles possessing
maist easelie all abundance,) quhat throw cloiket and huided
simplicitie, thoght your proudnes is knawen, and quhat be feynzeit
holines, quhilk now is declared superstitioun and idolatrie, hes thir
many yeirs, exprese against Godis word, and the practeis of his holie
Apostles, to our great torment, (allace!) maist falslie stowen fra us.
And als ye have, be your fals doctryne and wresting of Godis worde,
(lerned of your father Sathan,) induced the hale people, hie and law, in
sure hoip and beleif, that to cloith, feid, and nurreis yow, is the
onlie maist acceptable almouss allowit before God; and to gif ane penny,
or ane peice of bread anis in the oulk, is aneuch for us. Evin swa ye
have perswaded thame to bigge to yow great Hospitalis, and manteyne yow
thairin be thair purs, quhilk onlie perteinis now to us be all law, as
biggit and dottat to the pure, of whois number ye are not, nor can be
repute, nether be the law of God, nor yit be na uther law proceiding of
nature, reasoun, or civile policie. Quhairfore seing our number is sa
greate, sa indigent, and sa heavilie oppressit be your false meanis,
that nane takes care of oure miserie; and that it is better for us to
provyde thir our impotent members, quhilk God hes gevin us, to oppone to
yow in plaine contraversie, than to see yow heirefter (as ye have done
afoir) steill fra us our lodgeings, and our selfis, in the meintyme, to
perreis and die for want of the same. We have thocht gude thairfoir, or
we enter with yow in conflict, to warne yow, in the name of the grit
God, be this publick wryting, aflixt on your yettis quhair ye now dwell,
that ye remove furthe of our said Hospitalis, betuix this and the Feist
of Whitsunday next, sua that we the onelie lawfull proprietaris thairof
may enter thairto, and efterward injoye thai commodities of the Kyrk,
quhilke ye have heirunto wranguslie halden fra us. Certifying yow, gif
ye failye, we will at the said terme, in haile number, (with the helpe
of God, and assistance of his sanctis in eirthe, of quhais reddie
supporte we dout not,) enter and tak possessioun of our said patrimony,
and eject yow utterlie furthe of the same.
"_Lat him thairfor that befoir hes stollen, steill na mair; but rather
lat him wyrk wyth his handes, that he may be helpefull to the pure._
"FRA THE HAILL CITIES, TOWNIS, AND VILLAGES OF SCOTLAND, THE FYRST DAY
OF JANUARE 1558."
[771] The Monastery of the Observantine order of Franciscan or Grey
Friars of Perth, is said to have been founded in the year 1460, by the
Lord Oliphant.--(App. to Keith's Bishops, p. 452.) This was Sir Lawrence
Oliphant of Aberdalgy, created Lord Oliphant, before 1458. According to
Dempster, the founder was Hieronymus Lyndesay, Doctor of Laws, and
brother to the Earl of Crawfurd.--(See. also Hay's Scotia Sacra, MS. p.
553.) It was situated near the walls, on the south side of the City of
Perth; and after the destruction of the building, the ground was
converted into a public burial place.
[772] The Monastery of the Dominican or Black Friars of Perth, was
situated near the walls, on the north side of the town, and was founded
by Alexander the Second, in the year 1231. In this building the Scotish
Monarchs usually resided when at Perth; and meetings of Parliament were
sometimes held within the Church, as well as several of the Provincial
Councils. It was here where James the First met with his tragical fate,
20th February 1437-8.
[773] Adam Forman, last Prior of the Charter-House, along with the rest
of his brethren, retired to Errol, of which Church they were patrons,
carrying with them, no doubt, as much of the treasures they possessed as
they were able to appropriate. He afterwards granted a feu to his
relation, John Forman, of some lands belonging to the Monastery. In
1572, George Hay of Nethirlyff was created Commendator, and the lands
erected into a lordship; but eventually, in 1598, he resigned his title,
and the name of Lord and Prior of the Charter-House of Perth became
extinct.
[774] In MS. G, "the Blak and Gray Freiris;" Vautr. edit. has "theeves."
[775] Bishop Lesley, in describing the ruthless manner in which "the
multitude of the people and craftismen" proceeded in demolishing the
altars, images, &c., in the parish Kirk of Perth, says, they then
"passed strait way to the Abbay of the Charter House, and pullit the
hoill place downe, alsweill the Kirk thairof as uther housses, places,
and all the coastlie bigginnis quhilkis was maid be King James the
First, fundatour thairof, quhilk _was the farest Abbay and best biggit
of any within the realme of Scotlande_; and cuttit downe the hoill
growing trees and all uther policies."--(History, p. 272.) The
destruction seems to have been very complete. But the Prior and his
brethren were allowed to retire in safety: see note 773.
[776] The Charter-House, or, as it was called, "Monasterium Vallis
Virtutis," at Perth, was a splendid edifice, founded and richly endowed
by King James the First, in the year 1429. It was the only religious
establishment of any extent in Scotland of the Order of Carthusians, or
White Friars. Holinshed says it "was not as yet throughly finished" at
the time of that Monarch's barbarous murder, in 1437-8; but he was
buried there with great solemnity. James the Second, in the General
Council held at Perth, 12th May 1450, granted a charter of several lands
in Perthshire to the Prior and Convent of the Carthusian Monastery of
the _Valley of Virtue_, near Perth.--(Reg. Magni Sigilli: Acta Parl.
Scot. vol. ii. p. 65.) A century later, in November 1541, Margaret, the
mother of James the Fifth, having died at Methven, in the vicinity of
Perth, was also "buried in the Charterhouse Church of Saint Johns Towne,
by [beside] the tombe of King James the First. The King himself and many
Nobles of the Realme were present at the funeralles, which were kept in
most solemne and pompous maner."--(Holinshed's Chronicles, Scotland, p.
445; Chronicle of Perth, p. 2. Edinb. 1830.)
[777] James Duke of Chattelherault.
[778] Gawin Hamilton, the fourth son of James Hamilton of Raploch, was
born about the year 1515, and educated at St. Andrews. His name occurs
as a Determinant of St. Leonard's College in 1534, and a Licentiate in
1536. His connexions early secured for him promotion in the Church; and
in 1549, he sat as Dean of the Metropolitan Church of Glasgow, and as
Vicar-General during the vacancy in that See. As already mentioned,
(page 274,) Hamilton, in the year 1550, exchanged the Deanery of Glasgow
for the Abbacy of Kilwinning. In 1552-3, he was sent in embassy to the
King of France.--(Treas. Accounts.) In Anderson's House of Hamilton, p.
364; Keith's Catal. of Bishops, p. 408; and in Brunton and Haig's
Senators, p. 101, his subsequent history is somewhat fully detailed.
[779] Matthew Hamilton of Mylburne has already been noticed, at page
207, as the son of John Hamilton of Mylburne, who had been sent to
France in 1547. He was succeeded by his brother Robert, who had a
charter under the Great Seal, "Roberto Hamilton, fratri quondam Mathei
Hamilton de Milburne, terrarum de Livingstone, in vic. de Linlithgow,"
dated 6th June 1569.
[780] Vautr. edit. omits six words, and reads, "two chiefe enemies to
the Duke."
[781] Monsieur D'Oysel, who had been resident Ambassador in Scotland
from the King of France, in 1547, till his return in 1551, (see page
203,) was again sent in that capacity in 1554.--(Lesley's Hist. pp. 203,
250.) He continued from that time, as formerly, to be one of the Queen
Dowager's principal counsellors in all her affairs. In 1555, he is
called "Lord Dosell, Lieutenant of the King of France," (Crim. Trials,
vol. i. p. *375;) and under this title he will be noticed in a
subsequent page. But here I may add, that Doysel must have returned to
France when the French troops left Scotland, in 1560, as, in the
following year, he was a third time about to proceed to this country,
"to haif remanit in the Castle of Dunbar and fort of Inchekeith, to the
cuming of the Quenes Hienes, (Queen Mary, from France,) and than to haif
randerit these strenthis at hir command. Notwithstanding, (Bishop Lesley
continues,) whosone he come to London, the Queen of Ingland wald not
suffer him to pas farder, but causit him returne agane in France, for
that she affermit that he and Monsieur Rubie was the principall
aucthoris of all the trubles quhilkis was in Scotland, betuix the Quene
Regent and the Nobilitie thairof, and that it was to be fearit he wald
do the lyke in tyme cuming, gif he war permittit to pas in thair
cuntrey."--(History, p. 298.)
[782] In MS. G, "Kirkmen."
[783] In MS. G, "particularitie."
[784] Craigie, a parish of that name in Ayrshire.
[785] In the MS. "decryed."
[786] In MS. G, "a piece of ground."
[787] Patrick Lord Ruthven held the Provostship of Perth during the year
1554, (his father, William Lord Ruthven, having been Provost in 1552 and
1553,) and he was annually re-elected, without intermission, until the
year of his death, 1566.
[788] Vautr. edit. has "comfort them;" and MS. G, "comfort his."
[789] Patrick Master of Lindesay, afterwards sixth Lord Lindesay of
Byres; Walter Lundy of Lundy; and Sir Andrew Murray of Balvaird.
[790] For, "understood."
[791] In MS. G, "Balwaird;" in Vautr. edit. "Balwarde."--Sir Andrew
Murray of Balvaird succeeded his father, Sir David Murray, who died in
December 1550.
[792] In MS. G, "flattering hir Grace, ar servandis of," &c., "or else
inflame."
[793] Robert third Lord Semple, who succeeded his father in 1548.
[794] Robert Forman, at this time, was Lyon-King at Arms.
[795] Sunday the 27th May. Keith (p. 199) takes notice, that if the
proclamation was "done on a Sunday, it must have been on the 28th." In
his other reference to the days of the week, during May and June 1559,
Knox has fallen into a similar discrepancy.
[796] These Ayrshire gentlemen were Matthew Campbell, Sheriff of Ayr;
John Wallace of Craigie; George Campbell of Cesnock; Hugh Wallace of
Carnell; John Lockhart of Barr; and James Chalmer of Gadgirth.
[797] The water of Goodie flows from the lake of Monteath in Strathern,
and falls into the Forth, about nine miles above Stirling. The Teith is
a beautiful stream connected with some of the Perthshire lakes, (Lochs
Katrine, Achray, &c.,) and loses its name, at its junction with the
Forth, thirteen miles from Callander.
[798] In MS. G, "was of good compt, fyve and twentie hundreth men," &c.
[799] Auchterarder, a village, in the parish of that name, in
Perthshire, about fourteen miles from Perth, on the road to Stirling.
[800] John Erskine of Dun.
[801] John Ogilvy of Inverquharity, in the parish of Kirriemuir,
Forfarshire.
[802] He is afterwards mentioned as one of the sons of Sir William Scott
of Balwearie.
[803] In Vautr. edit. "nocht" is omitted.
[804] In the MS. "dimisshed."
[805] See note 2, p. 325.
[806] In the MS. "swaid the argument."
[807] In Vautr. edit. "and that, that hole powers."
[808] In the MS. "number."
[809] Or Terinzean: in Vautr. edit. "Teringland."--At page 340, he is
called young Sheriff of Ayr. He succeeded his father, Sir Hugh Campbell
of Loudoun, in 1561.
[810] This was no doubt Patrick Murray of Tibbermuir, in Perthshire, who
became cautioner for William Harlaw, and was amerciated for his
non-appearance to underly the law, &c., on the 10th May 1559.
[811] In Vautr. edit. "dizardes;" in MS. G, "dycearis," that is, players
at cards and dice.
[812] The Queen Regent, upon the tumults in Perth, and the destruction
of the religious houses there, in May 1559, may have intended to
supersede Patrick Lord Ruthven, as Provost of Perth; but it does not
appear that either Thomas Charteris, or his son John Charteris of
Kinfauns, ever held the office during the reign of Queen Mary.
[813] Sir William Murray of Tullibardin, ancestor of the Atholl family.
He died in 1562.
[814] James Halyburton, as formerly noticed, was Provost of Dundee.
[815] Vautr. edit. reads, "in Anguish."
[816] In MS. G, "the fourt."
[817] In MS. G, "mynding the Sonday, quhilk was the thrid, to preiche in
Sanct Androis." Sunday was the 4th of June.
[818] Vautr. edit. makes this "colledges."
[819] Robert Colville of Cleish was a natural son of Sir James Colville
of Easter Wemyss. He had a charter of the barony of Cleish, 15th July
1537. He was forfeited by Parliament, 10th December 1540; but his
forfeiture was rescinded, 12th December 1543. He was killed at the siege
of Leith, 7th May 1560, and was succeeded by his son Robert Colville,
the ancestor of the Lord Colvilles of Ochiltree.
[820] In MS. G, "quhen God of his mercie offereth."
[821] In MS. G, "At these wordis, quhilk he spak;" in Vautr. edit. "At
these wordes, the Lordes."
[822] In MS. G, and Vautr. edit. "that was then."
[823] MS. G, has "the comonalty of the town;" but the edit. 1732 omits
the words, "of the town."
[824] The Earl of Argyle, and Lord James Stewart.
[825] In MS. G, "curriors were send before, and lugeingis war assignit."
In Vautr. edit. "Lodgings were assigned, and furriers were," &c.
[826] The persons here named, were John Cockburn of Ormiston, John
Sandilands of Calder, William Lauder of Halton, Robert Logan of
Restalrig, and George Brown of Colstoun.
[827] To the west of the town of Cupar; but now all under tillage or
planting.
[828] In MS. G, "yit we to have standin in saiftie."
[829] MS. G omits "with the ordinance."
[830] Patrick Hepburn of Wauchton.
[831] The MSS. and printed copies give the name of this place variously,
as Gartabank, Gartabanks, Garlebank, Garlie Bank, &c.--This place, of
which no other mention occurs in Scotish History, may be called a
hill-farm, situated about a mile to the south of Cupar of Fife, and the
highest ground in the parish. "The hostile camps, (says the author of
the Stat. Account of that parish, in 1796,) were only separated by the
river Eden.... The principal men in both armies repaired to the highest
eminence of the Garlie Bank, a spot known by the name of the _Howlet_,
or _Owl Hill_, and which commanded a full view of the whole plain,
wherein the troops were now drawn up in order of battle, and there
adjusted and signed that truce," &c. (vol. xvii. p. 161.)
[832] This memorandum, "The uther subscriptioun," &c., evidently shows
that Knox's amanuensis must have had the original paper before him;
although it is possible he has failed in giving a minutely accurate
fac-simile. In Vautr. edit. the above words are retained; but instead of
any fac-simile, the name is printed "_Meneits_." MSS. A, E, and W,
follow Vautrollier's edit. in copying this unmeaning name, "Meneits;"
MS. I, makes it "Menetis." In MS. L2, only the first half of the paper
is transcribed. In MS. G, a different reading appears, the names being
given, without any explanation,
"JAMES DUCKE.
L.L. ENNEN J."
The above Assurance, which is only known to have been preserved by Knox,
has been often reprinted. Calderwood, for instance, (Hist. vol. i. p.
463,) includes it, and evidently upon conjecture he gives the signatures
as
"JAMES DUKE.
L. LIEUTENANT ETC."
I have tried the sagacity of many skilful persons of the present day, to
decipher the fac-simile; and I think the only plausible interpretation
is, that since it must necessarily have been D'Oysel's signature, it may
be the initials of his name, joined with his title as _Locum tenens_, or
Lieutenant of Henry the Second, King of France, For this explanation I
am indebted to John Riddell, Esq., Advocate; accompanied with notices of
a contract, dated Edinburgh, March 1556, between George Lord Seyton and
some of his connexions, which begins, "We MARIE be the Grace of God
Quene Dowerar, and Regent of Scotland, being riplie and at lenth advisit
wyth our deir cousingis and counsalaris LORD HENRY CLEWTYNE, LORD VILE
PAREISE, DOYSEL and Sanct Augnen, LIEUTENANT GENERAL to the Kingis
Majestie of France, in thir partis of Scotland; Monsieur Ruber, Keipar
of the Grete Seill of Scotlande," &c. Further, in Anselme's "Histoire
Genealogique," &c., vol. iv. p. 334, among the Peers of France, in the
account of Gaspard de Schomberg, we find that his wife was "Jeanne
Chasteigneir," whom he married 15th July 1573. She survived till the 83d
year of her age, in 1622, and is described as D'Oysel's widow: "Veuve d'
HENRY CLUTIN, SEIGNEUR DE VILLEPARISIS, D'OYSEL et de S. Aignan au
Maine, VICE ROY EN ESCOCE; depuis Ambassadeur pour le Roy Charles IX. a
Rome, et fille de Jean Chasteignier III. du nom, Seigneur de le
Rocheposay," &c.
[833] In MS. G, the words "what shuld be done," are omitted.
[834] In MS. G, "contentment."
[835] William (Graham) 5th Earl of Menteith, succeeded his father, John,
4th Earl, who was killed in a scuffle with the tutor of Appin, in
October 1547. He married, while under age, the daughter of Sir James
Douglas of Drumlanrig, relict of Edward Lord Crichton of Sanquhar. He
survived till 1587.
[836] Sir Colin Campbell of Glenurchy: see note 659.
[837] John Charteris of Kinfauns, near Perth: see notes 787, 812.
[838] Sir John Bannatyne, or Bellenden, eldest son of Thomas Bellenden
of Auchinoul, whom he succeeded as Lord Justice Clerk, 25th June 1547.
At this time he was employed by the Queen Regent to negotiate between
her and the Lords of the Congregation; whom he afterwards joined.
[839] In MS. G., "assistance."
[840] In Vautr. edit. "four" omitted.
[841] Patrick Hepburn, whom Knox introduces in an earlier part of his
History, as Prior of St. Andrews (see page 41,) was advanced to the See
of Moray in 1535; and at the same time he held the Abbacy of Scone in
perpetual _Commendam_. In all his assedations or leases of lands, as
Keith makes mention, the Bishop of Moray, until his death, 20th June
1573, employed his additional title of "Monasterii de Scone
Commendatarius perpetuus." Various charters, showing his alienation of
the Church lands, will be seen in the "Registrum Episcopatus
Moraviensis," printed for the Bannatyne Club, bu the Duke of Sutherland.
Edinb. 1837, 4to.
[842] MS. G, has, "in the Abbay of Scone." This Monastery of
Canon-Regulars of St. Augustine, situated about a mile above Perth, was
founded by King Alexander the First, in the year 1114. It was long used
as a Royal residence; and the famous Stone, or Chair of Coronation,
having been brought to Scone at a remote period, it continued for
several centuries to be the place where our Kings were accustomed to be
crowned.
[843] In MS. G, "lay in the said Abbay, quhilk was within."
[844] MS. G, omits "Sir" before the name of Adam Brown. This title
indicates his having been in priest's orders.
[845] In MS. G, "The brute heirof."
[846] In the MS. "alarmezand."
[847] Knox in this place not only disclaims any share in the destruction
of the Abbey; but he expressly states he exerted himself for its
preservation. According to "The Chronicle of Perth," the burning of
Scone, took place "on Tuysday efter Midsomer day, the 27th of Junij 1660
zeiris;" and the same authority says, "the Reformation of the Charter
House and Freiris beside Perth," was on the 10th of May 1660, (pp. 2, 3.
Edinb. 1831, 4to.)
[848] In MS. G, "messingers." Vautr. edit. has "message."
[849] In MS. G, "in armour." Vautr. edit. has "in armes."
[850] In Vautr. edit. "of our religion."
[851] "Estates" omitted in the orig. MS., and supplied from Vautr. edit.
It is "Statis" in MS. G.
[852] Vautr. edit. reads, "have violently intermitted withtaken, and yet
withholdes the irones of our counsell house:" see subsequent note.
[853] In MS. G, "numbers of Lions (alias called Hardheids) prented;"
that is, a particular kind of coin struck. Some explanation will be
given in a subsequent note of the coins here mentioned, which were in
ordinary circulation.
[854] Irons, or instruments made use of in coining money.
[855] John Wishart of Pittaro, and William Cunningham of Cunninghamhead,
in the parish of Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Respecting the latter, it may be
mentioned, that he sat in the Parliament, August 1560; and that his name
occurs in the proceedings of the General Assembly, June 1565, and August
1570.--(Booke of the Universall Kirk, vol. i. pp. 38, 60, 200.)
[856] In the MS. "bonds."
[857] In MS. G, "dutifull;" in Vautr. edit. "dutiefull."
[858] Sir John Bellenden of Anchinoul, Justice-Clerk: see note 838.
[859] In MS. G, "the Kirk." Vautr. edit. has "the Church there."
[860] In MS. G, "it was thought expedient and necessarie." Vautr. edit.
is the same as the text, but omits "to thame," before the word
"pertaining."
[861] A reference to the History of France will explain Knox's allusion
to the treacherous conduct of Henry the Second, in the arrestment and
execution of two of his councillors who had avowed their attachment to
the Protestant faith. The death of the French King, which followed
almost immediately after, was occasioned in a tournament held in honour
of the marriage of his daughter with the King of Spain. In jousting with
the Count de Montgomery, a splinter of his lance inflicted a deep wound
over the King's left eye, and after lingering for twelve days, he
expired on the 10th July 1559. His son the Dauphin, and husband of Mary
Queen of Scots, was only sixteen years of age when he succeeded to the
throne, under the name of Francis the Second.
[862] Mr. Robert Richardson, according to one of the most accurate of
our Antiquarian Genealogists, "was descended of a stock of ancient and
opulent burgesses of Edinburgh, where they had long remained in
reputation and respect;" and he being "a person of great wealth and
credit, was upon the fame of his integrity preferred to the Treasurer's
place by the Queen Regent, on the death of the Earl of Cussilis, anno
1558, and made also General of the Mint. When Mr.Richardson came first
to the office, he designs himself _Burgense de Edinburgh_; but soon
after that, having got the Commendatory of St. Mary Isle, which was a
cell of Holyroodhouse Abbay, from that he henceforth took his
title."--(Crawfurd's Officers of State, p. 383.)
Richardson's name occurs as one of the Auditors of the Treasurer's
Accounts, 1551, 1552; and as connected with the Mint, in 1554-5. As
Clerk of the Treasury, he rendered the Accounts of the late Gilbert Earl
of Cassillis on the 24th March 1558-9, that Nobleman having died in
France, on the 14th November 1558, (Register of Conf. Testaments, Feb.
24, 1575,) and not on the 28th of that month, as stated at page 263.
Richardson continued to officiate in the room of the High Treasurer,
until his own appointment to the office 5th March 1560-1. He also held
more than one lucrative ecclesiastical situation. On the 10th February
1555-6, a charter under the Great Seal, of the lands of Nether Gogar, in
the county of Edinburgh, was granted to Mr. Robert Richardson, _Vicar of
Exfurde_. On the last of March 1558-9, he obtained a gift of the Priory
of St. Mary's Isle of Trail, near Kirkcudbright (Reg. Secr. Sig.): this
dignity entitled him to sit as a Lord and member of Parliament. At a
later date, (in 1567,) we find him styled Archdeacon of Teviotdale. He
died in 1571: and William Lord Ruthven, on the 24th June 1571, was
appointed High Treasurer, the office being vacant by the death of the
Commendator of St. Mary's Isle. Sir John Scott says, that Richardson had
"conquest a great estate." This is very evident, from the various
charters he had of lands in the counties of Edinburgh and East Lothian;
and his estates were apportioned to his two sons, Sir James Richardson
of Smeaton, and Sir Robert Richardson of Pencaitland, Baronet: see
Crawfurd, _ut supra_, and Scott's Staggering State, p. 27.
[863] A _bawbee_, the vulgar name for a halfpenny. In the reign of Queen
Mary, it was equivalent to three pennies Scotish money, but was
afterwards raised to six pennies. The particular coins so designated,
were billon or copper, and are described in Lindsay's "Coinage of
Scotland," p. 183. Cork, 1844, 4to.
[864] Robert Logan of Restalrig, in the vicinity of Edinburgh, and
parish of South Leith. This ancient family possessed considerable
influence, from their connexion with Leith, of which they held the
superiority; as will be more fully detailed in a subsequent note.
[865] In MS. G, "and yit, notwithstanding."
[866] This name is probably a corruption of Craig-end gate. The Calton
Hill was then known as the North Craigs, and the street called the Low
Calton, the road leading from Edinburgh to Leith, was also known by that
name; although the Easter Road would better suit the localities, as
elsewhere described.--(Wodrow Miscellany, vol. i. pp. 65-67.)
[867] Better known as Sir Alexander Erskine of Gogar, fourth son of John
fourth Lord Erskine. He was born about the year 1521; and was Captain of
the Castle of Edinburgh, under his brother Lord Erskine, Earl of Mar,
who became Regent of Scotland. After the Regent's death, in 1572, he had
the charge of Stirling Castle, and the custody of James the Sixth. In
1578, he was Constable of Edinburgh Castle; and died sometime between
1588 and 1594. His eldest surviving son was created Earl of Kelly, in
1619.
[868] In Vautr. edit. "passed."
[869] Lord James Stewart, as already noticed, was son of James the
Fifth, by Lady Margaret Erskine, daughter of John fourth Lord Erskine:
see page 249, note 5. He was thus sister's son of the Governor of the
Castle of Edinburgh, who maintained at this time a strict neutrality
between the Queen Regent's party and the Reformers. "There is something
very gallant, (says Sir Walter Scott,) in the conduct of this Nobleman,
who, during such a period, was determined to refuse admittance either to
French or English, the two powerful allies of the contending
factions."--(Sadler's Papers, vol. i. p. 712.)
[870] MS. G reads, "the uther Nobillmen that war with us."
[871] He was no doubt the same person who appears at page 251, as the
Earl Marischal's "counsaillour," in 1556; but it may be doubted whether
it was not his son who was killed at the seige of Leith, in May 1560.
General Drummond, afterwards Lord Strathallan, in his "Genealogie of the
House of Drummond," refers to the former passage in Knox, as an incident
in the life of Henry Drummond of Riccarton, the second son of Sir John
Drummond of Innerpeffrey. Having married Janet Creichton, who was
heiress of the property of Riccarton, (in the parish of Linlithgow,) he
became the founder of the family of Drummond of Riccarton. Lord
Strathallan says, "He was a valiant gentleman, and of good breeding, and
served the French King Henrie the Second, as Capitane of his
Archer-Guard," (p. 152. Edinb. 1831, 4to.) In the Appendix to that
volume, the Editor says, "This 'Counsaillour' was certainly no great
clerk, as among the Balcarras Letters and Papers in the Advocates
Library, is an original receipt, in French, for 500 crowns, (Cinq cens
cscuz,) which is thus signed, 'Hary Dr[=o]mond, wy^t my hand at the pen,
led be my Lord Marschallis servand, Maister Jhone Elder.' It has no
date, but was probably about the year 1560." (Ib. p. 291.)--On the 18th
July 1555, the Treasurer paid 8s. to a boy "passand to Dumblane to
Hairie Drummond with ane clois writting of the Quenis Grace, with
deligence."
[872] Bishop Lesley has given the articles of this pacification in a
different form from Knox: see Keith's History, (vol. i. p. 220,) whose
remarks, however, apply to the Latin History, _De Rebus Gestis_, &c., p.
552. Romæ, 1578, 4to. In the corresponding passage of his English
History, Lesley has given the erroneous date 23d July; and says the
Appointment took place "be mediatione and labouris of the Erle of
Huntlie, quha travelled ernistlie for stanching of bluidshed that
day."--(Hist. p. 276.)
[873] In MS. G, "and in ane uther forme disposed, as efter followis."
[874] The office of the Mint, of which Richardson was then General. See
subsequent note.
[875] In MS. G, "hir Palace."
[876] In Vautr. edit. "garrisons."
[877] The Quarrel or Quarry Holes, afterwards called the "Upper
Quarries," towards the east declivity of the Calton Hill, at the head of
the Easter Road to Leith, opposite Maryfield.
[878] In MS. G, "and haill Protestantis."
[879] In MS. G, "murmuirs." Vautr. edit. also has "murmures."
[880] Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne of England 17th November 1558.
At the beginning of Book Third, Knox has entered more into detail
respecting the application which was made by the Protestants of Scotland
for aid at this time.
[881] James third Earl of Arran was the eldest son of the Duke of
Chatetherault. About the year 1554, he went to France, and obtained the
command of the Scotish Guard, at the Court of Henry the Second. In 1559,
he fell into so much disgrace, on account of his expressing himself to
the Duke of Guise in favour of the Reformed doctrines, that, as stated
in the next note, his life was in danger. Having made his escape from
Paris, he came to Geneva, and returning by the north of Germany to
England, he was received with much distinction by Queen Elizabeth. He
arrived in Scotland, on the 7th September 1559, (Sadler's State Papers,
vol. i. p. 435,) and openly joined the Reformers.
[882] Lord David Hamilton was the third son of the Duke of
Chatelherault. He had a charter of lands in Fife, granted to him 31st
August 1547. He was in France, along with his eldest brother the Earl of
Arran, in 1559, as mentioned in the previous note. Secretary Cecil, in a
letter dated 28th July 1559, as quoted by Mr. Tytler, says, "What may
the Duke's Grace there (in France) look for, when his eldest son was so
persecuted, as, to save his life, he was forced to flee France and go to
Geneva, not without great difficulty; his second brother, the Lord
David, now cruelly imprisoned by Monsieur Chevigny, one chosen out to
show cruelty to your nation; divers Scots of the Earl's (Arran's) family
put to torture; and, finally, all the Duchy of Chastelherault seised to
the Crown."--(Hist. vol. vi. p. 124.)
[883] In Vautr. edit. "the other cast in vile prison."
[884] The Sieur de Béthencourt arrived from France about the end of July
1559. A letter of recommendation from Mary Queen of Scots, addressed to
the Duke of Chatelherault, dated at Paris (16th) July, is contained in
Prince A. Labanoff's collection of "Lettres de Marie Stuart," vol. i. p.
67. He was sent to this country, in the view to ascertain and use all
means that were necessary, for restoring matters to the good estate in
which they had previously been. After thanking the Duke for his good
offices rendered to the Queen Regent her mother, in circumstances of
great difficulty, her words are,--"S'estant pour ceste cause delibéré y
mectre la main et chercher tous moïens pour réduire les choses au bon
estat ou elles estoient, il a advisé dépescher par dela le Sieur de
Béthencourt, présent porteur, par lequel j'ay bien voullu vous faire
entendre le contentement quo j'ay du service quo vous vous este essayé
m'y faire, et prier, mon Cousin, emploïer tous moïens pour faire
rabiller les faultes doulcement et oster l'occasion de faire par autre
voye sentir aux mauvais combien ils ont offencé le Roy, mondit Seigneur,
et moy: estant asseurée que jamais vous ne sçaurez faire chose qui me
soit plus agréable."--(Lettres, &c., vol. i. p. 68.)--Among various
payments by the Treasurer, after the Queen Regent's death, (in June
1560,) to her attendants and other persons, we find, "Item, to Monsieur
Buttonecourt and his wife, lxxx lib."
[885] In MS. G, "plesour;" in Vautr. edit. "displeasure."
[886] In MS. G, "duetifullie," Vautr. edit. has "dewly amendid."
[887] In this marginal note, Vautr. edit. has "Brages inough."
[888] In MS. G, "that yow and all they that hes done, and dois as ye do,
sall."
[889] These words may be rendered, "You will feel the point of it for
ever." The letter referred to is not contained in Prince A. Labanoff's
collection of Queen Mary's Letters; but an English copy of it is
preserved in Spotiswood's History, p. 130, and will be inserted in the
Appendix to the present volume.
[890] In MS. G, "be certaine effectis."
[891] In MS. G, "dewtiefull;" Vautr. edit. "duteifull obedience."
[892] In MS. G, "towards us your."
[893] "Mot" is omitted both in MS. G. and Vautr. edit.
[894] The inhabitants or Congregation of Edinburgh, met in the Tolbooth
or Council House, on the 7th July 1559, and publickly elected Knox as
their Minister.--(Historie of the Estate of Scotland, in Wodrow
Miscellany, p. 63.) "With this choice, (Dr. M'Crie remarks,) which was
approved by his brethren, Knox judged it his duty to comply, and
immediately began his labours in the City." He was soon afterwards
obliged to leave Edinburgh, but John Willock, who became his colleague,
supplied his place, and in the month of August dispensed the Sacrament
in St. Giles's Church.--(ib. p. 67.)
[895] In MS. G. and Vautr. edit. "began."
[896] The Tolbooth or Council House must not be confounded with the Old
Tollbooth or Jail, which was described in 1561 as ruinous, and ordered
to be demolished. It was, however, repaired, and has been immortalized
as "The Heart of Mid-Lothian." In Chambers's "Reekiana," a number of
curious and interesting notices are collected regarding this building,
which was situated at the west-end of St. Giles's Church, and encroached
so much on that part of the High Street, called the Luckenbooths, as to
leave only a kind of lane to the north, of 14 feet wide. Further to the
south, and connected with the south-west corner of St. Giles's Church,
with a covered passage to the Parliament Square, there was a large mass
of buildings, which included what was known as the New Tolbooth or
Council House, the Goldsmith's Hall, &c. All these were pulled down when
the Signet Library was built, and the ornamented exterior of the
Parliament House, (begun in 1632, and completed in 1640,) was so
unfortunately sacrificed. The Old Tolbooth or Jail was demolished in
1817; and the changes which took place in and around the Parliament
Square at that time, completely altered the singularly picturesque
character of the Old Town of Edinburgh.
[897] Here, and in other places, Vautr. edit. has "Church."
[898] In Vautr. edit. the word "Kirk" or "Church" is omitted.
[899] The Abbey of Cambuskenneth was founded by King David the First, in
the year 1147. This House, of the order of Canon-Regulars of St.
Augustine, although connected with Stirling, is in the parish of Logie,
and shire of Clackmannan. It was situated on the north side of the river
Forth, about one mile N.E. from the town of Stirling. During the wars
with England, it was often plundered, but in 1569, it was nearly all
demolished; and there now remains little besides a square tower of fine
proportions, to indicate its site.--See Sir J.G. Dalyell's "Brief
Analysis of the Chartularies of the Abbey of Cambuskenneth, Chapel Royal
of Stirling," &c. Edinb. 1828. 8vo.
[900] In Vautr. edit. "Lyndors."--The Abbey of Lindores, in the parish
of Newburgh, Fife, was, like most of our monastic buildings, finely
situated, overlooking the fertile shores of the Tay. It was founded by
David Earl of Huntingdon, brother to King William the Lion, upon his
return from the Holy Land, about the year 1178. It was erected into a
temporal lordship by King James the Sixth, 20th December 1600, in favour
of Sir Patrick Lesley of Pitcairly, son of Andrew fifth Earl of Rothes,
who had held the Abbacy _in Commendam_, since 1581.--John Abbot of
Lindores who is here mentioned, must have been a person of some
importance; yet his name has not been discovered, although he sat in
Parliament in 1542 and subsequent years, and he appears in the Sederunt
of the Lords of Session, in November 1544. Some further particulars
respecting him will be given in a subsequent note.
[901] MS. G, "sould not be."
[902] In MS. G, and Vautr. edit., "procurement was the preiching
stooll."
[903] Alexander Whitelaw of New Grange, had been a pensioner in England
so early as the time of Edward the Sixth, for which the Earl of Huntly
caused him to be forfeited, 5th July 1549. See before, Note 538. At a
later period, he became an active and confidential agent of Knox and the
Reformed party; and his name frequently occurs in their correspondence
in Sir Ralph Sadler's State Papers. Knox speaks of Whitelaw as a man who
had often hazarded himself, and all he had, for the cause of God.
Throgmorton calls him "a very honest, sober, and godly man, and the most
truly affectionate to England of any Scotsman." Accordingly, he gave him
a letter of recommendation to Elizabeth's Council, and, as he was very
religious, he counsels them to let him see _as little sin in England_ as
possible.--(Note by Sir Walter Scott, in Sadler's Papers, vol. i. pp.
468, 537.) In the Account of the Collector of the Thirds of Benefices,
1561, two bolls of wheat are deducted--or "defalkit for the teindis of
the Newgrange of Aberbrothock, be reasone the same was nocht lauborit
the zeir compted, be occasion of the pley dependand thairupon, betuix
Alexander Quhytlaw and William Stewart." Three bolls of bear, and eight
bolls of meal, were deducted for the same cause.
[904] William Knox, a younger brother of the Reformer, was then a
merchant. In September 1552, the English Council, out of respect to his
brother, granted a patent "to William Knox, a merchant, giving him
liberty, for a limited time, to trade to any port of England, in a
vessel of one hundred tons burden."--(Strype's Memorials, vol. ii. p.
299.) And Knox himself, in a letter written in 1553, says, "My brother,
William Knox, is presentlie with me. What ye wold haif frome Scotland,
let me know this Monunday at nycht; for hie must depart on
Tyisday."--(M'Crie's Life of Knox, vol. i. pp. 90, 91.) He afterwards
became a preacher, and was for many years minister of Cockpen in
Mid-Lothian.--(MS. Books of Assignation of Stipends; Wodrow Miscellany,
vol. i. pp. 369, 408.)
[905] In MS. G, "in four pieces."
[906] In the MS. "wald nott weir."
[907] In MS. G, this marginal note, and that on the next page, are taken
into the text.
[908] In the MS. the date is left blank, "the &c. day." Vautr. edit. and
MS. G, read, "the 28th day of August."
[909] In MS. G, "we can skairslie beleve."
[910] In MS. G, "was maid against, or without our advyse." In Vautr.
edit. "was made by."
[911] In MS. G, "in na cais."
[912] Monsieur de la Brosse, and the Bishop of Amiens, arrived in
Scotland on the 24th September 1559. Sir Ralph Sadler, on the 27th,
says, "the Bishop arrived in Leith three days previously, with three
vessels, and 800 men." On the 29th he writes, "La Brosse, and the Bishop
of Amyens, are arrived at Leyth, with so gret company, besyds ther
housholde men, as far as we can lerne. And the Bishop, as they say,
cometh to curse, and also to dispute with the Protestants, and to
reconcile them, if it wolbe," &c.--(Sadler's Letters, vol. i. p. 470.)
"Jacques de la Brosse, knycht," had been one of the French ambassadors,
who were present at the Parliament, 11th December 1543, for treating of
a renewal of the amity between the two kingdoms.--(Acta Parl. Scot. vol.
ii. p. 432.) When again sent to this country, in September 1559, on the
accession of Francis the Second to the throne of France, Bishop Lesley
calls him "Monsieur de La Broche."--(History, p. 278.) The Bishop of
Amiens was Nicholas de Pellevé, who was afterwards Archbishop of Sens,
and elected Cardinal. He came in the character of Legate _a latere_ from
the Pope, and was accompanied by three Doctors of the Sorbonne, whom
Spotiswood calls Dr. Furmer, Dr. Brochet, and Dr. Ferretier.--(Hist. p.
133.)
[913] In Vautr. edit. "Ammiance."
[914] In MS. G, "The arryval of 1000 Franchemen and ma." Vautr. edit.
corresponds with the text.
[915] This marginal note is taken into the text in MS. G.
[916] In MS. G, this marginal note ends, "witness how this was kept;"
but Vautr. edit. is the same with the text. The Letters here referred to
as having been sent to France, are not contained in any printed
collection.
[917] In the orig. MS. and in Vautr. edit. "proclamation."
[918] In MS. G, "inriche."
[919] In MS. G, "our liberties," and "our laws."
[920] In MS. G, "as obedient."
[921] In MS. G, "And seing ye have presently." Vautr. edit. has, "And
seeing you have presently."
[922] A genealogical account of the ancient family of the Scots of
Balweary, in Fife, is inserted in Douglas's Baronage, pp. 302-306. From
this we learn, that there were five persons of the same name, in regular
succession, at the end of the 15th, and during the 16th century. Sir
William Scott, who was taken prisoner at Floddon, was nominated the
first of the Lords of Session on the Temporal side, at the institution
of the College of Justice in May 1532; but he died very soon after; as
Thomas Scott of Petgormo, his second son, was appointed his successor,
19th November that year. This Thomas Scott was Justice-Clerk, whose
death, in 1539, Knox has recorded: see page 69. Another Thomas Scott of
Petgormo, probably a younger son of his brother Sir William, had a
charter of the lands of Petgormo, confirmed 22d March 1551. I have some
old deeds, between the years of 1570 and 1574, in some of which he is
styled of Abbotshall, in others, of Petgormo.
[923] See note 197.
[924] In the MS. "laid;" Vautr. edit. has "laied money;" MS. G, "layit
mony." In September 1554, the Treasurer delivered to an English miner,
"aucht unce of siluer, to mak ane assay of siluer and _layit_ mony." In
1587, it is called "allayed" (alloyed) money.
[925] During the minority of Queen Mary, great quantities of base money
had been struck, or brought from France and Flanders, and obtaining
circulation, had the effect of raising the prices of provisions and
other necessaries in this country. Many enactments were made in regard
to the currency at this time, apparently without much effect; at length,
in the year 1574, all such money was called in by public proclamation,
to prevent the further circulation of false, counterfeit, and clipped
money. The particular kinds here named, were _Hard-heads_, or Lions, a
small coin with the royal cypher crowned, on one side, and a Lion
_rampant_ on the other. The _Non Sunts_, so called in Acts of
Parliament, had the arms of Francis and Mary, mostly bearing the date
1559. This name was given them from the legend, on the obverse, IAM.
NON. SVNT. DVO. SED. VNA. CARO. The comparative value of these coins is
determined by an Act of Parliament, December 1567, by which "all Non
Sunts were proclamit to 6d., Bawbies to 3d., Plakis to 2d., and
Hard-heidis to half-penyis; and the penneis to stand as thai ar."--(Acta
Parl. Scot. vol. ii. p. 43; Lindsay's Coinage of Scotland, p. 239.)
[926] See page 372.
[927] In MS. G, "thair clippit and rongit sollis." Vautr. edit. has
"clippit and rounged souses." That is, clipped or _ronged sols_ or
_sous_, (a kind of small French money well known,) worn away, or reduced
in size by a file: the _sou_ being equivalent to 10 _centimes_, and 10
_sous_ to a _franc_.
[928] In MS. G, "derthning of all victuillis;" Vautr. edit. has
"vivaris."
[929] In MS. G, "and how are they cum?"
[930] In MS. G, "townes;" in Vautr. edit. "roomes."
[931] In the other copies "garrisouns."
[932] In MS. G, "see to it;" in Vautr. edit. as above.
[933] In MS. G, "realme;" in Vautr. edit. "roomes."
[934] In MS. G, "further."
[935] "Quhen thy neighbours house is on fire, take tent to thy
awn."--("Scottish Proverbs: Gathered together by David Fergusson,
sometime Minister at Dunfermline," &c. Edinburgh, 1641, 4to.)
[936] In MS. G, "Guysianis;" in Vautr. edit. "Guisians."
[937] In MS. G, "gevin to Princes."
[938] In MS. G, "Becaus this accusatioun is layd against;" Vautr. edit.
has, "Because this occasion is layd against."
[939] This marginal note occurs both in MS. G, and in Vautr. edit.; but
MS. G, makes it, "Let sick as this day live, witness if God hes wrocht
since the writting of this."--The precise time when this note was
written is doubtful, as several leaves of the original MS., (folios 137
to 158,) corresponding with pages 381 to 432 of the present edition,
seem to have been rewritten, after 1566, but before Knox's death, in
1572, and in all probability in the hand of his Secretary, Richard
Bannatyne. In this portion of the MS. the colour of the ink, &c.,
resembles the latter part of Book Fourth; but it exhibits a peculiar
orthography, and is transcribed with much less accuracy than usual.
[940] In MS. G, "haldis;" in Vautr. edit. "had."
[941] In the MS. "subjit."
[942] In MS. G, this marginal note reads, "The hame cuming of the Erie
of Arran out of France."
[943] In the MS. "discryve;" Vautr. edit. and MS. G, have "discover."
[944] In Vautr. edit. "the xxix day."
[945] Robert Carnegy of Kynnaird, in Fife, was the son of John Carnegy,
who was killed at Floddon. On the 4th July 1547, he was nominated a Lord
of Session.--(Senators of the College of Justice, p. 90.) He was sent to
England in 1548, to treat for the ransom of the Earl of Huntley, Lord
Chancellor, who had been taken prisoner at the Battle of Pinkie. In 1549
and 1550, Carnegy filled the office of "Clerk of our Soueraine Ladyis
Thesaurar," for which he had a yearly pension of £26, 13s.
4d.--(Treasurer's Accounts.) In February 1551-2, the Treasurer paid "to
Robert Carnegy, for his expensis passand to France and England, in our
Soueraine Ladyis and my Lord Governouris service, quhen he remanit the
space of xv weekis, in iiij^c crounis of the sone, v^c lib." (£500.)--He
was frequently employed in public negotiations; and had the honour of
knighthood conferred on him for his services.
[946] Mr. David Borthwick of Lochill, Advocate, will be afterwards
noticed. In 1578, he became Lord Advocate, and one of the Judges in the
Court of Session.
[947] In MS. G, "cut-throattis."
[948] The charge of the royal family became a kind of hereditary
employment for the Erskines of Mar. John, fourth Lord Erskine, had the
keeping of James the Fifth in his youth; and was appointed Governor of
Stirling Castle. In May 1525, he had a charter constituting him and his
heirs Captain and Constable of the Castle of Stirling. He was likewise
one of two noblemen to whom the charge of Queen Mary, in her infancy,
was entrusted. He was afterwards made Keeper of Edinburgh Castle, and
died in 1552. He was succeeded by his third son, John fifth Lord
Erskine, (as already noticed at page 213,) both in his title and
heritable offices. When the Duke of Chatelherault resigned the Regency
to the Queen Dowager, the Castle of Edinburgh was put in the hands of
Lord Erskine. In 1559, as Governor of this important fortress, he
maintained a strict neutrality between the two contending parties, as
Knox mentions at the beginning of Book Third of his History. And James
the Sixth, while yet an infant, was entrusted to his care.
[949] In MS. G, "within it."
[950] In Vautr. edit. "your eyis of."
[951] In Vautr. edit. "the 29 day."
[952] In the other MSS. "men."
[953] Sir John Bellenden of Auchinoul, who, for thirty years,
from 1547, was Justice-Clerk, appears to have been twice married. The
above reference is to his first wife; and from a charter dated 12th May
1559, we learn that her name was Barbara Kennedy. She was thus the
daughter of Sir Hugh Kennedy of Girvan-mains, by Lady Janet Stewart,
eldest daughter of John second Earl of Atholl, who was killed at Floddon
in 1513. This lady was four times married: first, to Alexander Master of
Sutherland, who died in 1529; then, in 1532, to Sir Hugh Kennedy; next,
in 1545, to Henry Lord Methven, who was killed at Pinkie in 1547. Her
fourth husband was Patrick Lord Ruthven; and in a charter, granted in
the prospect of this marriage in 1557, she is styled Lady Methven. She
was Lord Ruthven's second wife, and probably survived him. Sir John
Bellenden's second wife, according to a charter, 20th July 1574, was
Janet Seyton. She survived him, as we learn from his Confirmed
Testament: he having died on the 6th October 1576.--(Register of Conf.
Test., &c., vol. vi. 19th August 1578.)
[954] He was the son of John Spens of Condie, in the county of
Perth, and was born about the year 1520. He was educated at St. Andrews,
and became a Determinant, in St. Salvator's College, in 1543. In 1549,
he was one of nine Advocates selected by the Court of Session, to
procure before them in all actions. He was joined with Henry Lauder as
Advocate to our Soueraine Lady, in 1558, and had the salary of £40; and
on Lauder's death in 1560, he became his successor, and at the same time
was raised to the Bench. He joined the Reformers, and is frequently
noticed in the proceedings of the General Assembly.
[955] In MS. G, "that the Quenis Grace favour."
[956] In Vautr edit. "craftie flatterer:" in MS. G, this
marginal note is omitted.
[957] In MS. G, and Vautr. edit. "poore."
[958] In MS. G, the name is written in full, "James Stewart;"
in Vautr. edit. it is contracted as above, "J. St."
[959] This word, omitted in the MS., is supplied from Vautr. edit.
[960] In the orig. MS. "as."
[961] In Vautr. edit. and MS. G, "than the pretended."
[962] In MS. G, "mony uther thingis."
[963] In MS. G, "and the Quein Regent in this cais." Vautr. edit. has,
"in this cause."
[964] Vautr. edit. has here in the margin, "Nota."
[965] This feeling of jealousy between the Towns of Edinburgh and Leith,
originating in narrow-minded policy, was of an old standing. The harbour
and mills of Lieth, then known as Inverleith, were granted by Robert the
First, in the year 1329, to the community of Edinburgh; and in 1398,
they acquired other rights and privileges by purchase from Logan of
Restalrig, who possessed the banks of the river. During the 15th and
following century, the Magistrates of Edinburgh passed some Acts of a
very oppressive and illiberal kind, against the inhabitants of Leith. In
1547, during the English invasion, the town and harbour were completely
destroyed; but the Queen Regent, in favour of the inhabitants, purchased
anew the superiority in 1555, from Robert Logan of Restalrig, for £3000
Scotish money; it was strongly fortified in 1559; and was taken
possession of by the French auxiliary troops, on behalf of the Queen
Regent, who proposed to have erected the Town into a Royal Burgh. Her
death, in June 1560, defeated this project; and the citizens of
Edinburgh afterwards obtained the superiority from Mary Queen of Scots,
for the sum of 10,000 marks.
[966] In the MS. "had" is omitted; in MS. G, it is "hes or had;" in
Vautr. edit. "hath or had."
[967] The Logans of Restalrig were an ancient family of great influence,
from their possessions at Leith and Restalrig. The factious person to
whom Knox alludes was Robert Logan, who was arrested by order of the
Magistrates of Edinburgh, and committed to prison, 9th September 1560.
[968] In MS. G, "lawfull heirs and borne counsallers." Vautr. edit.
omits "heirs," or "heidis," and reads, "the lawfull and borne
counsellers."
[969] In Vautr. edit. on the margin, "Nota."
[970] Not inserted in MS. G.
[971] See note 538.
[972] In the orig. MS. it is, apparently, "neir us:" MS. G. has "micht
most noy us;" Vautr. edit. reads, "might most annoy us."
[973] In MS. G, "The caus of the taking of Brochtie Craig."
[974] In MS. G. and Vautr. edit. "dutifull."
[975] In MS. G, "forced with the Frenchmen, and reullit with be the
counsaill of France;" Vautr. edit. has, "forced with the strength, and
ruled by the counsell of France."
[976] This alludes to the emphatic phrase in the absolution sent from
Rome, to Cardinal Beaton's murderers, _remittimus irremissibile_; but
which was rejected by the parties who were concerned as not being the
"sufficient assured absolution," which had been promised should be
obtained for them: see page 203.
[977] George fifth Lord Seaton, was elected Provost of Edinburgh at
Michaelmas 1558, by command of the Queen Regent; and he conducted the
affairs of the City in such an arbitrary manner, that in April 1559 he
committed one of the Bailies and the Town-Clerk to prison. On another
occasion he threatened all the Bailies with a similar imprisonment, if,
during his absence, they failed in securing certain persons whom he
named.--(Maitland's Hist. of Edinburgh, p. 15.)
[978] In MS. G, "The Lord Seytounis unworthie regiment:" and it omits
the three following marginal notes.
[979] In MS. G, "to steir;" Vautr. edit., as above, has, "to saile a
schippe."
[980] In the orig. MS. "baith we and sche."
[981] In MS. G, "debtfull;" in Vautr. edit. "dutifull."
[982] In Vautr. edit. "forged."
[983] Mr. Robert Lockhart has already been mentioned by Knox,
(page 300,) among the laymen who undertook the office of exhorters. He
appears to have been gained over to her views by the Queen Regent; and
the Treasurer's Accounts exhibit the following payments made to him by
her special command. On the 16th January 1559-60, "be the Quenis Grace
precept to Master Robert Lockhart, xxx lib." "Item, the xxiij day of
Februar, be the Quenis Grace precept to Maister Robert Lockhart, xl
lib."
[984] In MS. G, "unto Hir Grace the Quein Regent, may be understude."
[985] Supplied from MS. G.
[986] In MS. G, these words are thus transposed,--"I culd not be
proven enemie, bot rather an unfayned freind to your Grace." Vautr.
edit. follows the text, except "proved" for "proven."
[987] In the year 1558, at Geneva: see note 3, page 252.
[988] In MS. G, "your Graces hairt." Vautr. edit. has, "your
hearte."
[989] Robert Lockhart, see page 434.
[990] Supplied from MS. G.
[991] In MS. G, "of this cuntrey." Vautr. edit. has, "realme."
[992] Vautr. edit. omits this marginal note; but it occurs in MS. G.
[993] In MS. G, "seikes or sutes ony pre-eminence, eyther to." Vautr.
edit. makes it, "sues nor seekes anie pre-heminence."
[994] "Maister Robert Foirman," in 1551, was Ross Herald; and in that
capacity, on the 7th May 1552, he was "direct fra the Counsale, with
certain Articulis to be schawand to the King of France; and frathin to
the Empriour," the Treasurer on that day having paid "to hym, to be his
expenses in his jornay, £400."--On the death of the celebrated poet, Sir
David Lyndesay of the Mount, Forman, in 1558, became his successor as
Lyon King-at-Arms.
[995] Keith has copied from Knox the "Credeit" or Commission from the
Queen Regent; but in the Appendix to his History he says, "I make little
doubt he (Knox) has curtailed the same, and formed it so as to serve his
own purpose: And had this Credit been contained in as few words as this
author relates it, the Regent might have easily inserted the whole of it
in her letter, without any unbecoming prolixity. I do, therefore,
recommend to my readers not to satisfy themselves with this account of
the Credit, but to look into _that_ which Archbishop Spottiswood
narrates; which, as it is much more distinct in answering to each part
of complaint from the Congregationers, so it has all the air of
ingenuity, and seems fully to answer the character of that wise and
worthy Princess." He then proceeds to quote from Spottiswood's MS. some
remarks, differing from the corresponding passage in the printed
History; but these are too long to be here quoted: see Keith, Hist. vol.
i. pp. 232, 400-492.
[996] In MS. G, "of the Kirk of Edinburgh, being commanded." Vautr.
edit. is the same as the text.
[997] In MS. G, "was thair protest." Vautr. edit. has, "process."
[998] In MS. G, "in sygne of manifest oppresioun." Vautr. edit., as in
the text, omits the words "sygne of."
[999] In MS. G, "commonaltie."
[1000] In MS. G, "and to performance of thir hir wicked nterprises."
Vautr. edit. reads, "to performe these her wicked interprises."
[1001] The stranger referred to, was Monsieur de Ruby, who has already
been noticed: see pages 262, 292. Secretary Cecil, in a letter to Sir
Ralph Sadler, from London, 25th November 1559, says, "At this present
Monsieur Ruby is here, and hath spoken with the Quenes Majestye this
daye. His errand, I thynke, be to goe into Fraunce, and, by the waye
here, to expostulate upon certain greeffs in that Quenes name. He
telleth many tales, and wold very fayne have the Queenes Majestye beleve
that he sayth truth." Some of these "tales" are specified--such as, that
the Scotts report they have had £6000 in ayde from England, &c. It is
afterwards added, "Ruby departeth to-morrow."--(Sadler's State Papers,
vol. i. p. 630.)
[1002] This marginal note, in MS. G, reads, "Hir dauchter followis the
same, for to Davie was the Greitt Seill gevin."--In the List of Officers
of State, appended to Scott's Staggering State, (see note, page 293,)
Riccio is said to have succeeded Mons. de Ruby; but the public records
furnish no evidence to show that David Riccio ever was intrusted with
the Great Seal. His highest promotion was Private Secretary to the
Queen and Darnley; as will more particularly be noticed in the next
volume, towards the conclusion of the History.
[1003] The words enclosed within brackets, occur both in MS. G. and
Vautr. edit.; but neither copy has any signatures. Keith, in his
remarks on this Act of Deposition of the Queen Regent, says, "And for
this reason, (the few persons present at framing it,) perhaps, they
thought fit not to sign the Act man by man, but to wrap it up after
this general manner, viz., _By us the Nobility_," &c.--(Hist. vol. i. p.
237.) This evidently is a mistake, as the Act itself concludes with the
express statement, "subscrivit _with our handis_," &c.--In the MS. of
1566, a blank space of half a page at the end of the above Act, has been
left for the purpose of inserting the signatures, we may suppose, in a
kind of fac-simile.
Keith previously mentions, that the Councillors who signed the Letter to
the Queen, on the 23d October, were twenty-nine in number, viz., The
Duke of Chatelherault; _Earls_, Arran, Eglinton, Argyll, Rothes, Morton,
Glencairn, Marischal, Sutherland; _Lords_, Erskine, Ruthven, Home,
Athens (Alexander Gordon, afterwards Bishop of Galloway,) the Prior of
St. Andrews (Lord James Stewart,) Livingston, Master of Maxwell, Boyd,
Ochiltree; _Barons_, Tullibardine, Glenorchy, Lindsay, Dun, Lauriston,
Cunningham, Calder, Pittarrow; _Provosts_ of Edinburgh, St. Andrews,
Dundee. But see the note to the Letter itself, in the following page
451.
[1004] In MS. G, "your doingis." Vautr. edit. has, "proceedings."
[1005] In MS. G, "for our Regent." Vautr. edit. has, "anie."
[1006] The town of Leith.
[1007] In MS. G, "placed." Vautr. edit. has, "planted."
[1008] In MS. G, "accustomed."
[1009] In Vautr. edit. "the 24 day;" and this date is followed in all
the copies, excepting MS. G.
[1010] In the British Museum (MSS. Cotton. Calig., B. x., f. 42.) there
is a contemporary transcript of this Letter, which contains the
signatures, or rather the names of the persons who signed it, as
follows:
"Your Grace's humble Serviteurs,
THE COUNCIL, having the authority unto the next Parliament, erected
by common election of the Earls, Lords, and Barons, convened at
Edinburgh, of the Protestant faction.
(_Earls._)
My Lord Duke's Grace and Earl of Arran.
The E. of Argile.
The E. of Glencairn.
(_Lords._)
James of St. Andrews.
The Lord Ruthven.
The Master of Maxwell.
(_Barons._)
Tullibardine.
The Laird of Dun.
The Laird of Pittarrow.
The Provost of Aberdeen, for the Burrows."
[1011] In MS. G, "the ane and the other." Vautr. edit. has, "either the
one or the other." Some other trivial differences in this Summonds occur
in MS. G.
[1012] In the MS. of 1566, "scalles."
[1013] In MS. G, "at that."
[1014] In May 1555, we find him styled, "Maister James Balfoure,
Officiall of Sanctandrois, within the Archedenerie of
Lowthiane."--(Criminal Trials, vol. i. p. 378.)
[1015] In MS. G, "quhilk we thocht."
[1016] Sir William Murray of Tullibardine.
[1017] John Hart was connected with the Mint in some subordinate
capacity. His name does not occur among the Officers of the Mint, in the
Treasurer's Accounts, at this time; but it occurs in a proclamation,
dated 5th March 1574, respecting the false and adulterated coins (placks
and hard-heads) which were ordered to be brought to the
Mint.--(Lindsay's Coinage of Scotland, pp. 184, 239.)
[1018] The Cunyie House, or Scotish Mint, was near the foot of Gray's
Close, entering from the Cowgate, and formed a kind of small court or
square. But these buildings bear the date of having been erected in
1574. The Mint had previously been moved from one place to another,
such as Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood House, Dalkeith, &c. Thus we find in
the Treasurer's Accounts, February 1562-3, is the following
payment:--"Item, allowit to the Comptar, be payment maid be Johne
Achesoun, Maister Cwnzeour, to Maister William M'Dowgale, Maister of
Werk, for expensis maid be him vpon the bigging of the Cwnze-house,
within the Castell of Edinburgh, and beting of the Cwnze-house within
the Palace of Halierudhouse, fra the xi day of Februar 1559 zeris, to
the 21 of April 1560, &c., £460, 4s. 1d."
[1019] In the view of affording aid to the Lords of the Congregation, a
commission was granted to the Earl of Northumberland, Sir Ralph Sadler,
and Sir James Crofts. The ostensible object was the settlement of some
Border disputes, which were arranged on the 22d September; but by
remaining at Berwick, they were able, with greater facility and secrecy,
to hold communication with the Protestant party in Scotland, without
apparently infringing the Treaty of Peace which had previously been
concluded. Sadler's private instructions to this effect are dated 8th
August 1559, and he was empowered to treat with any persons he thought
advisable, and to distribute, with all due discretion and secrecy, money
to the extent of £3000.--(Sadler's State Papers, vol. i. pp. xxix. 391.)
The arrival of the French troops in aid of the Queen Regent, led to a
more direct and ostensible assistance on the part of England, in sending
auxiliary forces to support the Scotish Reformers.
[1020] In MS. G, "beset;" in Vautr. edit. "foreset."
[1021] John Cockburn of Ormistoun has already been noticed, in the notes
to pages 142, 215, 237, &c. In October 1559, he received at Berwick,
from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Crofts, £1000 sterling, in French
crowns, for the present relief of the Lords of the Congregation; and
also 200 crowns (or £63, 6s. 8d.) which was given to him for his own
use. But the Earl of Bothwell, and some of the French troops, being
informed of this booty, waylaid him near Dunpendar-law, in East
Lothian, on the last of October, and robbed him of this treasure,
wounding him severely.--(Wodrow Miscellany, vol. i. p. 70.) On the 5th
November, Sadler and Crofts wrote to Secretary Cecil, with the
information of the "mishap" which "hath chaunced to the saide Ormestoun,
to our no little grief and displeasure."--(State Papers, vol. i. pp.
528, 538, 542, 600.) Cockburn is introduced among the "Scotish
Worthies," in a work written in verse, by Alexander Garden of Aberdeen,
before the year 1620, but which seems never to have been printed, and
the MS. unfortunately cannot now be traced. Garden calls him "ane
honourable and religious gentleman, very dilligent and zealous in the work
of Reformation:"
"For perrels, promises, expense nor pains,
From thy firm faith no not a grain weight gains."