Series 5 > Campbell Letters 1559-1583

CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
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64 Glenorchy to Queen Mary and King Henry (draft)
GDI 12/39/15/3
c. 6 November 1565,1 Balloch Castle
[No address]
It will pleisYour Maiesties that I am chargit to compere before Your
Maiesties and Secrete Cunsale within sex dayis efter the charge or ellis
pas to the home. And albeit I am willing to cum at Your Maiesties command
nocht onelie on my feit bot on my kneis gif it war possible I am swa vexit
with disseis of my persoun at this present. And als the sobir rowmis quhilkis
ar left me onwaistit and brint be Your Maiesties rebellis thir four yeris
bigane being under the lik dangear as yit that I may nocht gudly leif it
without it be alluterlie wrekit. BesekandYour Maiesties to accept this my
excuiss and creidheyd this berar my spous2 quhom I haif send to knaw
Your Maiesties will towart me and quhat I may or can salbe accomplesit
at the command ofYour Maiesties missive as gif my self mycht be present.
And this efter my maist hwmill commendatiouns of my service committis
Your Maiestie to the eternall God.Wretin at Balloch the
my Lord3 ...
65 Gossip (John Campbell of Garrick)4 to Glenorchy
GD112/39/5/16
c. 11-16 November 1565s
[No address]
Gossape eftir hardy commendatioun. I hayf resawit your lettir and I am
glayd that yow is sa weill myndit and qwhar ye say that ye ar chargit ye
duid will that send Kait to say the fwrd afoir yow.6 And qwhat answir ye
get send me word and do as your wysdwm shawece yow thairefter for ye
knaw my mynd. And quhan ye heir ane brwt that my Lord of Argyll swld
Grey Colin had been summoned to appear before the council at the end of Oct.
1565 when he was still in Killin. He returned to Balloch to write this letter of
apology, but was in Strathfillan on 7 Nov. 1565, GDI 12/1/161. The council had
issued a proclamation forbidding supplies from Glenorchy going to Argyll, 3 Nov.
1565: RPC, i, 188-9.
Katherine went to Court to plead Grey Cohn’s case and to mobilise their friends:
Introduction, 52.
This is at the bottom right hand corner of the page and has been torn through.
For identification: Introduction, 19.
The letter refers to the earl of Argyll coming to Dunoon next Saturday so was written
in the week preceding Saturday, 17 Nov., because Argyll was then in Dunoon and
wrote to Adam Loftus, archbishop ofArmagh on 18 Nov. 1565,Public Record Office,
SP63/15, fo. 172. There is also a reference to the return ofYoung MacLean from
Ireland which was after 17 Oct. 1565, GDI 12/39/5/3.
Carrick* commented that Grey Cohn did well to send his wife to plead his case.
Katherine probably went to Court sometime after 6 Nov.: 64 and Introduction, 52.