Series 5 > Campbell Letters 1559-1583

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CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
Makgregoris molest ws na fardar in this mater as thay will nocht incur
our indignatioun. And God preserve yow. Of Ardkynglas the penult day
ofjunii 1562.
[PS] No wther can we stand content that ye or ony uther defend the
Makgregoris aganis our saidis frendis.
8 John Stewart, 4th earl of Atholl to Argyll GDI 12/39/2/9
22 November 1562, Balvenie Castle
To my Lord Erll off Argyll
My Lord efter maist hertly commendatioune. I half resawit your
Lordshipis wryting bering ye half spokin sindry tymis onto me anentes
Partik ...1 sones and his broders gair2 and yat I had done na thing thayir
anents. I cane nocht remember that ewer your Lordship spak ony thing to
me touching thair gair. Quhilk gif your Lordship had done oder towart
thair gair or yit thame selfis it haid nocht bene your Lordshipis duetie
consideryng the promesis that is betuix us of befoir.3 And quhair your
Lordship wrytis that ye think I do unkyndly towards your Lordship gif
that I handill thai fai... as thai haif deservit at my hands. And that I mane
accept your Lordshipis kyndnes in the samin maner I sail mak your Lordship
na cause for to allege ony onkyndnes one me. Bot sail keip all pointis that
is betuix us in that sort that your Lordship nor na uther mane sail haif na
repproche to input to me God willing. Beleifing that your Lordship will
do inlyk maner. And sa will commit your Lordship to the protectioune of
God. Frome Balwany the xxii of November 1562 be your Lordshipis gud
frend.
9 Donald Campbell of Larg to Duncan Campbell of Glenlyon
GDI 12/39/2/12
12 February 1563, Kilmartin4
To the honorable and his lovit erne Duncan Campbell of Glenlyoun deliver
this
Honorable Sir and erne eftir my maist hartlie recommendatiouns.This
present salbe to advertis yow that I hef sene and considderit your dowble
writtingis to lenth. And as for ane confirmacion of the Lard of Glenurquhais
Ellipsis due to damage to MS.
Possessions. A reference to Patrick Robertson and his brothers who had been harrassed:
Argyll’s letter, 11 May 1562 (5).
It is not clear which agreement is referred to here but there was a long history of
tension between the earls of Atholl and Argyll and there were periodic reconciliations,
bonds and agreements.
Mid-Argyll.