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[588] Robert, fourth Lord Boyd, had a pension from England, and was concerned in most of the public affairs between 1560, and the Raid of Ruthven in 1582. He was appointed an Extraordinary Lord of Session, 24th October 1573. Although removed in 1578, he was subsequently restored, and died 3d January 1590, in the 72d year of his age.

(Brunton & Haig's Senators of the College of Justice, p. 155.)

[589] Alexander Campbell, Dean of Murray, was the third son of Colin, third Earl of Argyle. In the edit. 1621, the name Dean of Murray has been separated from Alexander Campbell, as if two distinct persons.

Alexander Dunbar, Sub-Chantor of Murray, was appointed a Lord of Session, 16th August 1560, as he appears in the Books of Sederunt, on the 26th June 1566, under the designation of Dean of Murray, we may presume that Campbell was then dead.

[590] William Colville, Commendator of Culross: see note in the Appendix to the present volume.

[591] Alexander Gordon, t.i.tular Archbishop of Athens, was second son of John, Master of Huntly, by Jane, natural daughter of King James the Fourth. He was Bishop of the Isles, in 1553, and Abbot of Inchaffray and Icolmkill; and was translated to the See of Galloway, after the death of Andrew Durie, in September 1558. He joined the Reformers, and still enjoyed his t.i.tles; but he was not allowed to exercise his functions as a bishop, nor was his pet.i.tion acceded to, to be appointed visitor of the churches within his diocese of Galloway. He died 11th November 1575. (Register of Confirmed Testaments.)

[592] Thomas Kennedy, o Bargany, (in the parish of Dailly, Ayrs.h.i.+re,) the son of Sir Thomas Kennedy. In 1540, he is styled ”Apparent of Bargany;” and died in June 1564. (Register of Confirmed Testaments, 26th April 1580.)

[593] Andrew, (frequently by mistake called Sir Andrew) Ker of Faldonsyde, in Selkirks.h.i.+re. He was concerned in Riccio's murder, and was at the battle of Langsyde in 1568. He had from Parliament a ratification of the third part of the lands and barony of Bolton in 1581. He married, for his second wife, Margaret Stewart, daughter of Lord Ochiltree, and widow of John Knox. He died about the year 1598.

[594] Thomas Scott of Hayning, in Selkirks.h.i.+re. A Charter of Confirmation, ”quondam Thomae Scott de Hanyng,” of the lands of Eleistoun, in the s.h.i.+re of Roxburgh, dated 23d March 1575-6, shows that he was dead in 1576.

[595] John Lockhart of Bar, in the parish of Galston, Ayrs.h.i.+re. He died before 10th May 1575, when his son John Lockhart of Bar was served his heir. (Retours, Ayr, No. 13.)

[596] In the edit. 1621, this name is omitted. George Corrie of Kelwood was served heir of his father, Thomas Corrie of Kelwood, ”qui obiit sub Majestatis vexillo in bello de Fausyde,” 25th October 1547.

(Retours, Ayr, No. 2.) He was alive in December 1580. (Pitcairn's Crim. Trials, vol. i. p. 89.)

[597] John Schaw of Haly, near Largs, in Ayrs.h.i.+re.

[598] Andrew Hamilton of Lethame, in Lanarks.h.i.+re. He was Captain of the Castle of Dumbarton in 1546. He went to France on a mission in 1550, and had a charter under the Great Seal of the lands of Drumcross, in the county of Linlithgow in 1552. He was at the Raid of Stirling in 1571, and died before 1585. (Anderson's House of Hamilton, pp. 320, 469.)

[599] Alexander Earl of Glencairn: see vol. i. p. 72. He died in the year 1574. (Register of Confirmed Testaments.)

[600] Andrew, second Lord Stewart, of Ochiltree or Uchiltree, in Ayrs.h.i.+re. He succeeded to the t.i.tle in 1548, and survived till near the close of the 16th century.

[601] Edward Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, ancestor of the Earls of Dumfries (now represented by the Marquis of Bute.) He died 23d May 1569, and was succeeded by ”his son and air, Robert, now Lord Creichton,” who was then a minor. (Register of Confirmed Testaments, 8th March 1573-4.)

[602] Sir James Sandilands, Lord St. John, and afterwards Lord Torphichen: see vol. i. p. 301, vol. ii. p. 125.

[603] William fifth Lord Hay of Yester, was served heir of his father in 1559. He died in August 1576.

[604] Sir James Douglas of Drumlanrig, ancestor of the Marquesses of Queensberry, was Knighted by the Governor of Scotland in 1553, and appointed Warden of the West Marches. He died in 1578.

[605] William Cunningham of Cunninghamhead, in Ayrs.h.i.+re. He died in January 1575-6. (Register of Confirmed Testaments, 17th April 1577.)

[606] In edit. 1621, ”James Maxwell.” As John sixth Lord Maxwell was a minor at his father's death in 1552, and was not served heir till May 1569, it was no doubt Sir John Maxwell of Terreglis, (who became Lord Herries in 1567,) whose signature was attached to the Book of Discipline.

[607] George Fenton of Fenton was probably succeeded by ”John Fenton of that Ilk,” to whom the three daughters of Patrick Quhitlaw of Quhitlaw were served heirs-portioners of their grand-uncle (_abavus_), 30th March 1586. (Retours, Haddington, Nos. 399, 400, 401.)--In MS.

1566, the name is made ”George Seton.” As Lord Seaton was the head of the family, there could be no Seaton of that Ilk; and George fifth Lord Seaton never joined the Reformers.

[608] Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar, in Kirkcudbrights.h.i.+re, the ancestor of the Earls of Kenmure. In 1555, he was appointed Justiciary of the Lords.h.i.+p of Galloway. He survived till the year 1604. (Douglas and Wood's Peerage, vol. ii. p. 25.)

According to Knox, (see page 129,) who is followed by Calderwood, Petrie, Spotiswood, and other writers, in addition to the above Subscribers to the Book of Discipline, there were,