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88 THE HISTORY OF THE AFFAIRS [1543.
King of England gives in pension 100 merks sterling to
George Stirling, deputy-governor of the castle of Dunbar-
ton under the Earl of Lennox. On the 6th of July the Earl
of Lennox is naturalized a subject of England. This, it is
probable, has been done upon the consummation of his mar-
riage. On the loth of July King Henry gives a pension
during life, and payable at two terms in the year ; to the Earl
of Glencairn, L.250 sterling, and to his son, Alexander Lord
Kilmaurs, 1 L.125 sterling, also during life, and payable twice
a-year.
Scottish fallen, in later times ? Or if either of the two have stood fixed ? —
[Bishop Keith's query is now of little importance as it respects the com-
parative value of English and Scottish money. It is generally under-
stood that in the sixteenth century twenty shillings Scots was, considering
the circumstances, habits, and condition of the people of Scotland, about
equivalent to the same sum sterling at the present day. — E.]
1 [Tbis pensioned minion of Henry VIII. succeeded his father in 1547
as fifth Earl of Glencairn. He was known by the soubriquet of the Good
Earl, which he probably acquired from the followers of his friend John
Knox for dilapidating the abbey church of Holyrood at Edinburgh in
1567, demolishing the altar, tearing down the pictorial representations,
and defacing the ornaments. A specimen of his literary powers is pre-
served in a satirical effusion, entitled the Hermit of AUareit, indicating
Loretto near Musselburgh, the practices of the said " Hermit," a worthy
named Doughtie, having very properly excited the indignation of his
" pious" Lordship. He died in 1574. — E.]