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CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
efterwartis gif he gettis skaiyth. And as to that trwly I ... thet... salbe ...air
... nor fail in me. And keip my writyngis for gif it is onywi... done I sal lay
the wyit to ane wtheris charge befoir guid witnesses. And swyrly I writ
nay thyng onto yow hot that quhilk is maist trew presently hot eftyrwarttis
purposs may altyr and change as God pleises. And quhair ye writ my last
writyng1 to be onressonabil I beleiff weil the same bot gif ye knew the
altrcatioun thair wes or it cam to ... I ... writyn to yow and the Lard ye
wald considir the same the ... schortlie. I thynk ye mister nocht to dowt in
nay thyng I hef writyn ... of faythfullness thairoff befoir God witnes.
Reffarand al uther to ... ye ... protectioun of God. Writyn of Grantullye
this Sonday...Youris.
63 Lord Ruthven to Lady Glenorchy GDI 12/39/5/9
5 November 1565, Ruthven Castle2
To his syster the Lady Glenwrquhay
Syster efter maist hardy commendatiouns. This salbe to certifye yow I
wes yeisterday on Dunkeld and fra that raed to Cluny3 with my Lord
Athoill quhom with I spak at lentht and findis his Lordship of gud mynd
towart your hwsband. And my Lord Athoill promest to me to haif the
Lard of Innermarky4 this day at me with ane byll to the Lard of Tullybarn
to stay hym that he exicut na lettres apoun the Lard in hope of agreans.5
And this Monenday at x ouris6 Thomas Scott hes schawn me that
Andersoun7 hes gottyne the lettres to charge the Lard and is riddyne this
sam day to cherge the Lard.Thairfor it is my consaill that yow do as I send
yow word with Thome MacGregor as forder the berar will schaw yow
quhom to ye sail gyf credyt. And Crist preserve yow. Wrettyn at Ruthwen
the v day of Nowember instant.Yowr broder at power.
[PS] Efter the wreting of this byll the Lord of Innermarke wes passand
to Edinburghe to the Lard of Tulybarne fra my Lord of Athoyll to stay the
letters and gyf the letters wes execut to stay the horning quhill ffeindis
meyt. And hes desyryt the Lard of Tulybarne to cum owyr to that effect
that dres of all thingis may be had as the berar will schew yow at my mynd
at lentht.
Probably 60-1.
Huntingtower, Perth.
Probably Clunie Castle belonging to the bishop of Dunkeld, on the Loch of Clunie,
about 10 miles east of Dunkeld.
Robert Innes of Invermarky, who was Atholl’s* kinsman.
For the summons of Grey Cohn, see Ruthven’s* previous letter (55).
The day of writing, 5 Nov.
John Anderson, a royal messenger.
CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
efterwartis gif he gettis skaiyth. And as to that trwly I ... thet... salbe ...air
... nor fail in me. And keip my writyngis for gif it is onywi... done I sal lay
the wyit to ane wtheris charge befoir guid witnesses. And swyrly I writ
nay thyng onto yow hot that quhilk is maist trew presently hot eftyrwarttis
purposs may altyr and change as God pleises. And quhair ye writ my last
writyng1 to be onressonabil I beleiff weil the same bot gif ye knew the
altrcatioun thair wes or it cam to ... I ... writyn to yow and the Lard ye
wald considir the same the ... schortlie. I thynk ye mister nocht to dowt in
nay thyng I hef writyn ... of faythfullness thairoff befoir God witnes.
Reffarand al uther to ... ye ... protectioun of God. Writyn of Grantullye
this Sonday...Youris.
63 Lord Ruthven to Lady Glenorchy GDI 12/39/5/9
5 November 1565, Ruthven Castle2
To his syster the Lady Glenwrquhay
Syster efter maist hardy commendatiouns. This salbe to certifye yow I
wes yeisterday on Dunkeld and fra that raed to Cluny3 with my Lord
Athoill quhom with I spak at lentht and findis his Lordship of gud mynd
towart your hwsband. And my Lord Athoill promest to me to haif the
Lard of Innermarky4 this day at me with ane byll to the Lard of Tullybarn
to stay hym that he exicut na lettres apoun the Lard in hope of agreans.5
And this Monenday at x ouris6 Thomas Scott hes schawn me that
Andersoun7 hes gottyne the lettres to charge the Lard and is riddyne this
sam day to cherge the Lard.Thairfor it is my consaill that yow do as I send
yow word with Thome MacGregor as forder the berar will schaw yow
quhom to ye sail gyf credyt. And Crist preserve yow. Wrettyn at Ruthwen
the v day of Nowember instant.Yowr broder at power.
[PS] Efter the wreting of this byll the Lord of Innermarke wes passand
to Edinburghe to the Lard of Tulybarne fra my Lord of Athoyll to stay the
letters and gyf the letters wes execut to stay the horning quhill ffeindis
meyt. And hes desyryt the Lard of Tulybarne to cum owyr to that effect
that dres of all thingis may be had as the berar will schew yow at my mynd
at lentht.
Probably 60-1.
Huntingtower, Perth.
Probably Clunie Castle belonging to the bishop of Dunkeld, on the Loch of Clunie,
about 10 miles east of Dunkeld.
Robert Innes of Invermarky, who was Atholl’s* kinsman.
For the summons of Grey Cohn, see Ruthven’s* previous letter (55).
The day of writing, 5 Nov.
John Anderson, a royal messenger.
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