Series 5 > Campbell Letters 1559-1583

CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
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yow shordy I will not troubl yow with longar lettre hot committis yow to
God. At the Calender the xviii ofFAprill.Youris alwayis to command.
87 WilHam Douglas of Lochleven to Glenorchy GDI 12/39/2/24
Tuesday [20 August 1566],1 Loch Leven
To the rycht honorable the Lard of Glenurquhay
Eftir hardie commendatioun. Plais yow resawe ane wretting fra my
Lord of Argill within this quhilk was the fardast I culd optaine for the
present. His Lordship wilbe narly content conforme to the last communing
that was betuix yow and me on the gryn of the Belloch bot this man be
kepit secret betuix us. His Lordship hes aponttit to send for the man to
spik with him quherin to that ye wald ahad his Lordship wretting. His
Lordship hes declarit to me that ye wilbe at the hunttin with the Quene
His Majeste and than ye [sic] will comune fordar with yow ther anentis.
Quhar for becaws the bill hes refferit all to me I wald wit giff that I mycht
myt with yow in ony place nar Sanct Joniston or giff thet ye mycht cum
to Rewen or ther about. And I suld myt yow eftir yowr advertisement
and that afor the hunttin and giff that ther may nocht be oportunate that
we may myt afor that.21 sail send ane serwand of myne to the huntting to
remembre his Lordship to spik yow ther anentis. For it was his Lordshipis
desyre that I suld sa do quharfor giff that he brekis nocht the perpos to
yow he man begin it conforme to this wretting. Quhilk perpos I promisit
that thay suld na body knaw therof bot ye and I and his Lordship for I
fynd him of that mynd as my oponyen was of him quhilk may do mekle
guid and am nocht begylit of him as yeit. Mak my harde commendatiouns
to yowr bedfallow with the rest of yowr gud companny.And sawe for this
present commytis yow to the protection of God thisTuysday at Lochlewen
be yowr awine.
Encloses the note from Argyll to Grey Colin, 19 Aug. 1566 which was written from
Lochleven, GDI 12/39/6/15, and cf.William Douglas of Lochleven’s* quick note to
Atholl, 20 Aug. 1566, GDI 12/39/2/19.
The careful and convoluted attempts to set up a meeting with Grey Colin in Perth or
at Ruthven Castle before the royal hunt suggest that the business was pressing as well
as needing to be kept secret, but it is not known what it concerned.