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THE KING'S PLOTS AGAINST GOWBIE'S FACTION. 345
Angus. Lennox strongly advised the king against the party of Gowrie,
including Angus, and to these advices James readily gave ear, as he hoped
by the Duke's aid to regain authority of the kind be loved. In attendance
also at the Convention of Estates in April were Argyll and Montrose, both
attached to the party of Lennox, and with them the king no doubt concerted
his plans. Tbese meanwhile were kept secret, as although some counselled
the immediate destruction of the Gowrie faction, James did not wish to lose
the favour of Elizabeth, to whom he now despatched an ambassador, Colonel
William Stewart, captain of his guard. 1 The principal objects of this envoy
were to request money, and inquire about the king's right of succession to
the English throne, and the progress of events in Scotland depended a good
deal on the reply received from Elizabeth.
Hence, on the one hand, the king's objection to call a Parliament which,
under the influence of Gowrie and Angus, might proscribe their opponents
and frustrate his plans, and, on the other, his consent to its meeting at
a date when his own friends might be in power. So secret were the royal
purposes kept, however, that no suspicion, or only the vaguest, seems to have
been excited, while divisions among the reforming lords weakened their
power. In the middle of May the king declared his intention to " tak a
progresse " from Edinburgh. To this Gowrie and others objected, but James
carried his point, and set out on the 20th of May towards Linlithgow, on his
way to Falkland. Angus accompanied the king, with Mar and Bothwell, of
the same faction. 2 Argyll and Montrose, however, were also in the royal
train, though no importance seems to have been attached to the fact.
The king was at Falkland when his envoy, Colonel Stewart, arrived from
England. Following upon this came a letter from France announcing, to the
king's great grief, the death of Lennox. The king's plans were probably
somewhat delayed by this, but they must also have been encouraged by the
1 Thorpe's Calendar, vol. i. p. 440. 2 Caldersvood, vol. iii. p. 713 ; vol. viii. p. 240.
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Angus. Lennox strongly advised the king against the party of Gowrie,
including Angus, and to these advices James readily gave ear, as he hoped
by the Duke's aid to regain authority of the kind be loved. In attendance
also at the Convention of Estates in April were Argyll and Montrose, both
attached to the party of Lennox, and with them the king no doubt concerted
his plans. Tbese meanwhile were kept secret, as although some counselled
the immediate destruction of the Gowrie faction, James did not wish to lose
the favour of Elizabeth, to whom he now despatched an ambassador, Colonel
William Stewart, captain of his guard. 1 The principal objects of this envoy
were to request money, and inquire about the king's right of succession to
the English throne, and the progress of events in Scotland depended a good
deal on the reply received from Elizabeth.
Hence, on the one hand, the king's objection to call a Parliament which,
under the influence of Gowrie and Angus, might proscribe their opponents
and frustrate his plans, and, on the other, his consent to its meeting at
a date when his own friends might be in power. So secret were the royal
purposes kept, however, that no suspicion, or only the vaguest, seems to have
been excited, while divisions among the reforming lords weakened their
power. In the middle of May the king declared his intention to " tak a
progresse " from Edinburgh. To this Gowrie and others objected, but James
carried his point, and set out on the 20th of May towards Linlithgow, on his
way to Falkland. Angus accompanied the king, with Mar and Bothwell, of
the same faction. 2 Argyll and Montrose, however, were also in the royal
train, though no importance seems to have been attached to the fact.
The king was at Falkland when his envoy, Colonel Stewart, arrived from
England. Following upon this came a letter from France announcing, to the
king's great grief, the death of Lennox. The king's plans were probably
somewhat delayed by this, but they must also have been encouraged by the
1 Thorpe's Calendar, vol. i. p. 440. 2 Caldersvood, vol. iii. p. 713 ; vol. viii. p. 240.
VOL. II. 2 X
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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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