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HIS POLITICAL LIFE. 127
memoir, immediately after its adjoummeut, a great part of the nobility
transferred their allegiance from King James the Third to his son, Prince
James, insisting on reform in the administration, or the abdication of the
king in favour of the young prince. History is silent as to the part taken by
the Master of Angus ; but it is not improbable that, although his father
remained at Court, he took an active part on the side of Prince James in the
hostilities which ensued, and which culminated in the battle of Sauchieburn
and the tragic assassination of the Kin".
The Master of Angus does not appear to have accompanied his father,
the Earl, to England, although his name was included in the bond made by
the Earl with King Henry the Seventh, in the end of the year 1489. He
was present and took part in the deliberations of the Parliament held at
Edinburgh in February 1489-90, 1 apparently while his father was yet absent
in England. On the Earl's return, and the discovery of his treasonable
dealings with King Henry, the Master would be also the victim of the royal
resentment, and as fiar of the lordship of Liddesdale, would be obliged to
consent to its exchange first for Kilmarnock, and then for Bothwell. 2
Beyond being involved in some litigation, 3 the Master of Angus is
scarcely mentioned in record, even during the period when his father was
Chancellor of Scotland. In 1492 he resigned Drumalbane, Uddington and
Lekeliok in Douglasdale, when they were granted to Cuthbert, Lord Kilmaurs,
on his marriage with Lady Marion Douglas, eldest sister of the Master ; 4 and
in 1496 he acted as one of the arbiters in the dispute between his father and
John, Earl of Crawford, respecting the barony of Crawford Lindsay. 5 It was
during the chancellorship of the Earl of Angus that King James the Fourth
1 Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, vol. 3 Acta Dominornni Concilii, pp. 130, 191,
ii. p. 216. 221, 316.
4 Registrum Magni Sigilli, vol. ii. No. 2102.
" Vol. iii. of this work, pp. 127-135. 5 Vol. iii. of this work, pp. 155-157.
memoir, immediately after its adjoummeut, a great part of the nobility
transferred their allegiance from King James the Third to his son, Prince
James, insisting on reform in the administration, or the abdication of the
king in favour of the young prince. History is silent as to the part taken by
the Master of Angus ; but it is not improbable that, although his father
remained at Court, he took an active part on the side of Prince James in the
hostilities which ensued, and which culminated in the battle of Sauchieburn
and the tragic assassination of the Kin".
The Master of Angus does not appear to have accompanied his father,
the Earl, to England, although his name was included in the bond made by
the Earl with King Henry the Seventh, in the end of the year 1489. He
was present and took part in the deliberations of the Parliament held at
Edinburgh in February 1489-90, 1 apparently while his father was yet absent
in England. On the Earl's return, and the discovery of his treasonable
dealings with King Henry, the Master would be also the victim of the royal
resentment, and as fiar of the lordship of Liddesdale, would be obliged to
consent to its exchange first for Kilmarnock, and then for Bothwell. 2
Beyond being involved in some litigation, 3 the Master of Angus is
scarcely mentioned in record, even during the period when his father was
Chancellor of Scotland. In 1492 he resigned Drumalbane, Uddington and
Lekeliok in Douglasdale, when they were granted to Cuthbert, Lord Kilmaurs,
on his marriage with Lady Marion Douglas, eldest sister of the Master ; 4 and
in 1496 he acted as one of the arbiters in the dispute between his father and
John, Earl of Crawford, respecting the barony of Crawford Lindsay. 5 It was
during the chancellorship of the Earl of Angus that King James the Fourth
1 Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, vol. 3 Acta Dominornni Concilii, pp. 130, 191,
ii. p. 216. 221, 316.
4 Registrum Magni Sigilli, vol. ii. No. 2102.
" Vol. iii. of this work, pp. 127-135. 5 Vol. iii. of this work, pp. 155-157.
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| Description | By William Fraser. Edinburgh : Printed by T. and A. Constable, at the Edinburgh University Press, 1885. With plates, including portraits, facsimiles and genealogical tables. 4 volumes: I. Douglas memoirs.--II. Angus memoirs.--III. Charters.--IV. Correspondence. Based on the Douglas and Angus muniments in the possession of the Earl of Home. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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