History of the life and death of John, Earl of Gowrie

50 FAMILY STATEMENTS.
the Earl had been previously married to Margaret
Stewart, a daughter of the Baron of Traquair. By
this lady the Earl of Angus had, indeed, a daugh-
ter, Lady Jean Douglas, who was afterwards mar-
ried to Patrick Lord Ruthven.
King Henry VIII. of England opposed his sis-
ter's desire ; but she persevered in using means to
procure the divorce. She had placed her affection
on Henry Stewart, second son of Andrew Lord
Evandale and Ochiltree. She solicited favours in
behalf of this young man, and succeeded in ob-
taining for him the offices of Gentleman of the
Bedchamber to the King her son, of General of the
Artillery, and of Director of the Chancery*. Al-
most from the time that she had separated herself
from the Earl of Angus, she seems to have consi-
dered this Henry Stewart as her husband; but
their voluntary and illegal connection was more
openly acknowledged in 1524, after the Consisto-
rial Court of St. Andrew's had passed a sentence,
dissolving her former marriage with the Earl of
Angus. It was not, however, till the year 1528
that the Pope's bull arrived, confirming the sen-
* Duncan Stewart's History of the Stewarts, p. 121.