Series 5 > Campbell Letters 1559-1583

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CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
nor myn that the Clangregor suld put our countrayis to {that poynt
considering} thai ar so smale ane nomer. Bot gif it be to burne {and hary
puyr} folkis1 and that sic uppresioun wald nocht haif bene lattin with
thaim in {your Lordshipis} forbearis tyme nor myn. And I feyr that utheris
of the nobilete of Scotland persavis the ungodlie trayst that is amangis
your Lordshipis freyndis that puttis your Lordship and me into sic ane
baite2 consedering the Clangregor wes woynt to be bot servantis under
your Lordship and me. And quhar your Lordship wretis that your Lordship
hes continewit the answer of the Clangregor quhill the Lard of
Auchinbrekis3 and uther freyndis be convenit to mak answer to thame. I
wait your Lordship will nocht send answer to thaim bot according to
your Lordshipis honor and myn and thairefter will send sum gentill men
to me with sic derectionis as your Lordship and freyndis thinkis gude.As
to that thai salbe werray weilcum and sail find me resonabiley according
to your Lordshipis counsall and freyndis. I haif send sum credens with the
young Lard of Inverlevir4 into ane memoriall quhilk and it be your
Lordshipis plesure I will byd thairatt. Reffarand the rest to your Lordshipis
gude mynd and advertisement and sua the Lord blis your Lordship. From
Ilanran the viii day of October 1560.
4 John MacDougall of Dunolhe to Glenorchy GDI 12/39/2/4
28 January 1561, Dunollie Castle (Lorn)
To my best belovit eyme5 Collin Campbell of Glenourquhay
Rycht wyrschipfull Sir and trest eyme efter mest hartle commendation.
It sail be advertis yow that I am alss sik as ony wther man may be and
tinkis nocht to schepe parrall of my lyf.6 And ye ar the man that did me
the mest kyndnes that a man mycht do till ane wther and in tyme of my
greit neid ye war the man that helpit me mest wnder God7 the quhilk I
remembir weill in my hart. Suppowis for luif of yow and part of wantines
I yit infill a part by the gett of the quhilk I besik yow forgevenes.8 Now
becaws the caws requiris I pray yow mest effectushe to remembir nocht
Probably a reference to MacGregor raids on Glenlyon’s lands of Kilmorich in Strathtay:
MacGregor, ‘MacGregors’, 300-1.
Bother.
Dougal Campbell, 4th of Auchinbreck*.
John Campbell, 2nd of Inverliver.
An uncle or close male relative.
Not to escape without peril of my life.
This is a reference to the warding of Dunollie in 1557 by the 4th earl of Argyll when
Grey Cohn stood surety for him: GDI 12/1/102; 104; 26 Aug. 1559 (2); AT, v, 77;
BBT, 201.
MacDougall* is asking forgiveness for not having fulfilled all his obligations towards
Grey Cohn.