Genealogy of the most noble and ancient House of Drummond

No. II. APPENDIX. 271
Page 74, line 17. — Mr. William Drummond was served heir of his father, Sir John
Drummond of Hathorndene, knight, Aug. 24. l6ll. (Retours; Edin r . No. 1455.
Linlithgow, No. 304. Peebles, No. 214. Stirling, No. 370.)
Page 75, line 15. — William Drummond of Halthorndean, was served heir of his
father Mr. William Drummond of Haltherndean. — Dec r . 29. 1652. (lb. Inq. Gen.
No. 3726.)
Page 74. 1. 25. — Mylne's MS., written at a later period, says " sex daughters ;" and
in line 26, after the words Mary [and Jacobina] Drummonds, supplies this additional
information regarding the Hawthomden family. " His eldest son, William, is now
abroad, a pretty gentleman. I sie those letters of recommendation under the present
Earle of Perth's hand, the first from Stirling Castle, the 8th of March 1689, direct to
Monsieur Innes, principal! du College des Ecoseis a Paris, is thus :
" May it please your the bearer Mr. William Drummond, laird of Hauthornden
is my cousine ; his predecessor was a brother to that Queen of Scotland who was
mother to one of our most famous Kings, James the First. He is a loyall honest young
man and loves me. These are to recommend to yow to befriend him, &c.
" Ane other letter of the same date, to " Madame Madame la Countesse de Crollis,
Rue St. Honore proche le Pallais Royalle a Paris." [This was Lady Anne Gordon,
daughter to the Marquis of Huntly, and wife of the Count de Crolli.] " Madam, the
bearer of this letter, Mr. Drummond of Hauthornden, whose grandfather was famous
for his witt, and fidelitie to his prince, being (rather than live in Holland) resolved to
spend some time where monarchie and good principalis are more in fashion than in a
commone wealth, would gladly be under the protection of some great men, being of a
religion that is not much favoured where yow are. He is my cousine, and the family
he is of, since they were a familly, (that is to say, near 300 years, for the first of this
house was brother to that Queen who was mother to King James [the] First) hes been
royall, so I hope yow will procure him such a pass from the Bishop of Meaux as may
be usefull to him, and give him your advice what to doe, and how to live, for his father
does not allow him too much to live upon. In all this I hope ye will be so good as to
oblidge me, and nothing the less that I writ from this place, where I have now lyen
these 11 weiks. I am,
Your most obedient servant and brother,
Perth."
" As also another letter to Monsieur Monsieur Herbbe Renaudet to the same purpose.