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John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1585–1654)

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denied the queen's request to take Henry away. His father arrived on 12 May and sent him to London with messages for the king. According to the Earl of Mar, King James forgave his family for this, thinking that his "young son and honest poor friends have done nothing but served him faithfully".
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A detailed bill for Lord Erskine's clothes from an English tailor survives from May 1611. In 1612 Erskine unsuccessfully advocated for a knighthood to be given to the laird of
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The Earl of Erroll wrote to Lord Erskine on 14 October 1613 to congratulate him on the birth of a son, and requesting his wife return to him, as he was ill himself.
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in 1603, King James went to England. Anne of Denmark came to Stirling on 10 May to claim her son. The Earl of Mar was absent. John Erskine and his step-mother
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also helped to keep the castle, fearing the depredations that a garrison of "stranger" soldiers would make on his lands.
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Until his father's death in 1634, he was known as John, Lord Erskine, or the "Master of Mar".
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and Anne Drummond (1555-1587), daughter of Lord David Drummond (d. 1571) and
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Letters and State Papers during the Reign of James the Sixth
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In 1638 he wrote to king about the poor state of repair of
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John Erskine went to Venice in May 1605 and the ambassador
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In 1610 he married Christian Hay (d. 1668), a daughter of
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in August 1645 with her sister-in-law Lilias Napier.
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for the earl and his son Lord Erskine. The laird of
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John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1558–1634)
Lilias Ruthven
Prince Henry
James VI and I
Anne of Denmark
Stirling Castle
Union of the Crowns
Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar
Henry Wotton
Doge
Marino Grimani
John Ramsay, Viscount Haddington
Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex
The Hue and Cry After Cupid
Prince of Wales
Findlater
Antonio Foscarini
Stirling Castle
Anne of Denmark
Edinburgh Castle
Charles I
Stirling Castle
Earl of Traquair
Farquharson
Invercauld
Kildrummy Castle
Glenkindie
Alloa Tower
Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll
Elizabeth Douglas

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