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SIR THOMAS HOPE
105
1630]
causit your nephew Thomas Maxwell1 draw out ane extract of
the hail indentour quhilk he dois send to your lordschip with
this pacquet—that if thair be any cullor to be fund in it for
strenthening of your lordschipis rycht it may be made vse of.
The Laird of Balvard2 lies past his infeftment vpoun my
Lord Stormonthis resignatioun quhilk I wald not hinder becaus
of your lordschipis command at parting, and becaus I expect
your Lordschipis signator of the Lowmondis long befoir it.
But James Kynninmonth will send to your lordschip the nott
of that whilk is conteynit in the signator quhilk may preiudge
your lordschip: And efter consideratioun thair off your lord¬
schip will acquaint me of your resolutioun quhat to do, quhilk
I sail follow to my power.
The Erll of Monteth3 is to come vp within 8 dayis at
furthest, and quhen he is thair, if ye ply cannely the bussines
aganis your party Sir Archibald,4 it may be ye find both freind-
schip and success beyond your expectatioun, quhilk I recomend
to your lordschip now as the gretest bussines ye haif ado heir.
And so with my humble salutatioun to your lordschip and
your nobill lady, I rest, your lordschipis humbel and bund
seruitor. S. Thomas Hope.
Edinburgh, 29 December 1630.
To the rycht nobill Erll, my Lord, the Erll of Annandaill.
1 Probably a son of the earl’s sister, Jean Murray, who was married to John
Maxwell of Kirkhouse. James, another of her sons, was, in 1646, created Earl
of Dirleton, a title which became extinct at his death without male issue.
Douglas’s Peerage.
2 Andrew Murray, minister of Abdie, see p. 97, and note.
3 William Graham, seventh Earl of Menteith, served heir to David, Earl of
Strathem, ‘ abavus attavi’ in August 1630, but owing to his own imprudent
conduct, he was deprived of his titles and offices in 1633, and was confined for
some time to his house in the Isle of Menteith. Charles I., however, conferred
the title of Earl of Airth and Menteith upon him. He was made an Extraor¬
dinary Lord of Session in 1628, being at that time President of the Privy Council
and Justice-General.—Brunton and Haig’s Senators, p. 278.
4 Sir Archibald Acheson, see note, p. 93.
105
1630]
causit your nephew Thomas Maxwell1 draw out ane extract of
the hail indentour quhilk he dois send to your lordschip with
this pacquet—that if thair be any cullor to be fund in it for
strenthening of your lordschipis rycht it may be made vse of.
The Laird of Balvard2 lies past his infeftment vpoun my
Lord Stormonthis resignatioun quhilk I wald not hinder becaus
of your lordschipis command at parting, and becaus I expect
your Lordschipis signator of the Lowmondis long befoir it.
But James Kynninmonth will send to your lordschip the nott
of that whilk is conteynit in the signator quhilk may preiudge
your lordschip: And efter consideratioun thair off your lord¬
schip will acquaint me of your resolutioun quhat to do, quhilk
I sail follow to my power.
The Erll of Monteth3 is to come vp within 8 dayis at
furthest, and quhen he is thair, if ye ply cannely the bussines
aganis your party Sir Archibald,4 it may be ye find both freind-
schip and success beyond your expectatioun, quhilk I recomend
to your lordschip now as the gretest bussines ye haif ado heir.
And so with my humble salutatioun to your lordschip and
your nobill lady, I rest, your lordschipis humbel and bund
seruitor. S. Thomas Hope.
Edinburgh, 29 December 1630.
To the rycht nobill Erll, my Lord, the Erll of Annandaill.
1 Probably a son of the earl’s sister, Jean Murray, who was married to John
Maxwell of Kirkhouse. James, another of her sons, was, in 1646, created Earl
of Dirleton, a title which became extinct at his death without male issue.
Douglas’s Peerage.
2 Andrew Murray, minister of Abdie, see p. 97, and note.
3 William Graham, seventh Earl of Menteith, served heir to David, Earl of
Strathem, ‘ abavus attavi’ in August 1630, but owing to his own imprudent
conduct, he was deprived of his titles and offices in 1633, and was confined for
some time to his house in the Isle of Menteith. Charles I., however, conferred
the title of Earl of Airth and Menteith upon him. He was made an Extraor¬
dinary Lord of Session in 1628, being at that time President of the Privy Council
and Justice-General.—Brunton and Haig’s Senators, p. 278.
4 Sir Archibald Acheson, see note, p. 93.
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| Description | Contents:The library of James VI. In the hand of Peter Young, his tutor, 1573-1583 / G.F. Warner -- Documents illustrating Catholic policy in the reign of James VI., 1596-1598 / Thomas Graves Law -- Twenty-four letters of Sir Thomas Hope, ... 1627-1646 / Robert Paul -- Civil war papers, 1643-1650 / H.F. Morland Simpson -- Thirty-four letters written to James Sharp, ... 1660-1677 / John Dowden -- The diary of George Turnbull, minister of Alloa and Tyninghame, 1657-1704 / Robert Paul -- The Masterton papers, 1660-1719 / V.A. Noël Paton -- Accompt of expenses in Edinburgh by Alexander Rose of Kilravock, 1715 / A.H. Millar -- Papers about the Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 / Henry Paton -- General index -- Index to the library of James VI. |
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