252:"he wryt to me, desirenge me to wryt to your Lordship that ye shuld wryt no moir to hem, for your letters doithe hem very muche harme, and he was no thenge the wisar of your intelligens. It is indeid of treuthe that the Kinge is in greit anger at you and altogither be Williame Keithe and James Hetson's informatioune, and thinks ye have done hem wronge... His Majesty taks the daithe of his mother very hevely, and hes, for that cause, retirit hemself to Dalkethe for the space of 10 days in quyet".
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in 1586. The Master of Gray and Logan corresponded with
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315:. Logan offered Gowrie and his brother the use of Fast Castle to settle their plot. He recommended for "the matter" to be settled soon at the King's buck hunting. In the letter, Robert said the matter in hand was like a strange tale of a gentleman of
304:. In 1608, after Logan's death, Sprot confessed to having seen letters from Gowrie to Logan at Fast Castle and Gunnisgreen. Sprot understood from Logan's servant that if the king was successfully abducted, Logan would be rewarded with the gift of
108:. Her son, Robert Logan of Restalrig (d. 1606), married Elizabeth Makgill, daughter of David Makgill of Cranston-Riddell; then Jonet Ker; and finally Marion Ker. Robert's first wife, Elizabeth Makgill, after their divorce married Sir
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Archibald Douglas, a Scotsman resident in London but not an accredited ambassador, might be able to intervene to save his mother from execution after the revelation of the
162:, and others of the name had been Provost of Leith. In 1430, an ancestor, also called Sir Robert Logan (d. 1439), and his wife Dame Katherine founded the monastery of St Anthony which was near
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who was present at Sprot's hanging thought the tale "a meer invention of the man's own brain." Spottiswoode did not think that it was likely that Gowrie would have plotted with Logan.
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and James Hudson's information, and thinks you have done him wrong.... His
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