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James Stewart, 1st Lord Doune

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several times, costing 6 shillings and 4 pence. He then went to Dover to get a boat for France. On his return to England in January 1562, Elizabeth gave him a letter for Mary Queen of Scots, in which she apologised for not sending her portrait because the artist was unwell. Mary, Queen of Scots
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appeared to forgiven for any involvement in the murder of Lord Darnley in February 1584, Doune protested and said to James VI, "God forbid that the King shall so little regard his father's murder." James VI answered that Doune had forgiven his father's murder.
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It was said that his widow, Margaret Campbell, Lady Doune, died in April 1592, from grief at not being allowed to bury her son, the murdered Earl of Moray, in Edinburgh. She left a note requesting the king take action against his murderers.
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on 10 January 1563. There was a masque involving courtiers and musicians dressed in white taffeta as shepherds. However, both Mary, Queen of Scots and her half brother
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was determined to come back to Scotland. She told him to make it known she would not take offers from Scottish lords for their loyalty. He brought Mary's letters to
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and confirmed that Mary was returning to Scotland. He returned to Scotland 4 days after Mary's arrival with her safe-conduct document from Elizabeth.
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thought James VI had employed Lord Doune to hasten his departure from Scotland. Lord Doune was trying to get the Jesuit
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took part. Two day after the party came to Leith, where a water pageant culminated with a theatrical assault on a Papal
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on 15 May 1565, Stewart was one of 15 men who were made knights. He was created Lord Doune on 24 November 1581.
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that she would send Elizabeth a ring with a diamond made like a heart by the envoy who brought the portrait.
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His sister Elizabeth married Robert Crichton of Cluny. In 1568 Mary Queen of Scots wrote to St Colme from
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Amy Blakeway, "James VI and James Douglas, Earl of Morton", Miles Kerr-Peterson & Steven J. Reid,
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In June 1581 James VI rewarded Sir James Stewart of Doune for his expenses keeping the former
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In January 1581 his eldest son James Stewart married Elizabeth Stewart, the elder daughter of
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A Knight of Malta at the Court of Elizabeth I: The Correspondence of Michel de Seure
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asking him to write more often, in cipher, and send Crichton to her. His brother
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to London in six days. While he was in London he took ferry boats over the
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to his mother Lady Innermeath, counselling patience and offering support.
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and help him recover his former possessions in Scotland for his benefit.
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in Suffolk on 16 August, where he gave her excuses for not ratifying the
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and his followers, in a quarrel over the office of Steward of Menteith.
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Michael Pearce, 'Maskerye Claythis for James VI and Anna of Denmark',
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In November 1561 he was sent to France, and travelled down the
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The children of James Stewart and Margaret Campbell included:
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a prisoner, with the unpaid rents and duties of the lands of
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wrote to him from Paris, asking him to take care of his son
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Stewart was Constable of Doune Castle, and Commendator of
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Henry or Harry Stewart, later Lord St Colm, and Tutor of
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Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1585-1592
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Brewer, 2022), pp. 110-111. 582:, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 679 no. 687. 606:Memorials of the family of Wemyss of Wemyss 495:, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1963), p. 246 no. 754. 382:, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), p. 161 no. 181. 253:, and a townhouse in Stirling belonging to 44:John Lindsay, 3rd Lord Lindsay of the Byres 520:, vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1982), p. 53 no. 323. 340:Elizabeth Stewart, later Countess of Arran 169:married Helen Acheson, whose family owned 557:, vol. 7 (Edinburgh, 1913), p. 27 no. 26. 530:Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1581-1583 505:Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1574-1581 407:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), pp. 545, 547. 466:(Edinburgh, 1863), pp. lxxxii, 136, 138. 374:, 'Queen Mary's Catholic Interlude', in 90: 319:Margaret Stewart, who was betrothed to 281:Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray 634: 532:, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1910), pp. 405-5. 493:Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland 419:(London, 1877), p. 636: David Potter, 226:so he could go to France. In May 1583 148:Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll 22:(1529-1590) was a Scottish landowner. 667:Peers of Scotland created by James VI 518:Register of the Privy Seal: 1581-1584 593:James VI and Noble Power in Scotland 608:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1888), p. 191. 570:, vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1881), p. 229. 507:, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 611. 394:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), p. 543. 214:In April 1583 the English diplomat 42:, and Margaret Lindsay daughter of 13: 14: 683: 447:Medieval English Theatre 43, 2021 380:Calendar of State Papers Scotland 111:, the queen's half-brother, that 40:Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avondale 479:, vol. 2 (London, 1873), p. 468. 464:Inventaires de la Royne Descosse 423:(Cambridge, 2014), pp. 105, 107. 294:James Stewart, 3rd Earl of Moray 277:James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray 245:In 1587 he seized the houses of 156:James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray 611: 598: 585: 573: 560: 547: 535: 523: 510: 498: 482: 314:John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss 105:Scottish Reformation Parliament 80:was made Lord of Ardmanoch and 580:Calendar State Papers Scotland 555:Calendar State Papers Scotland 469: 460:Calendar State Papers Scotland 452: 439: 434:Calendar State Papers Scotland 426: 410: 405:Calendar State Papers Scotland 397: 392:Calendar State Papers Scotland 385: 365: 353: 321:John Stewart, Master of Orkney 1: 542:HMC 6th Report: Earl of Moray 417:HMC 6th Report: Earl of Moray 360:HMC 6th Report: Earl of Moray 346: 20:James Stewart, 1st Lord Doune 332:Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat 228:Esmé Stewart, Duke of Lennox 139:mentioned to the ambassador 7: 657:16th-century Scottish peers 477:Life of Mary Queen of Scots 336:Hugh Fraser, 5th Lord Lovat 302:John Stewart, (d. 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Index

Beith
Doune Castle
Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avondale
John Lindsay, 3rd Lord Lindsay of the Byres
Lord Innermeath
Dunblane
Duntreath
Mary of Guise
Stirling Castle
Inchcolm Abbey
Lord Darnley
Earl of Ross
Stirling Castle

Castle Campbell
Scottish Reformation Parliament
Lord James
Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen Elizabeth
Heveningham
Treaty of Edinburgh
Great North Road
Thames
Thomas Randolph
Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll
Castle Campbell
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
Bolton Castle
Archibald Stewart
Acheson's Haven

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