Series 5 > Campbell Letters 1559-1583

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CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
From Edinburgh thisTyisday the first of lunii 1567 be youris veray luffing
and guid fireind.
90 Glenorchy to Argyll (draft) GDI 12/39/12/17
11 November 1567,1 Balloch Casde
[No address]
My Lord eftir hartle commendatiouns of service. Pleis your Lordship
to wit that thir tua puir beraris ar servandis of myne and duellis in
Glentrewining and is far fra nychtbouris to suppolie thaime gif thai
mestirit.2 And now thai informett me that Johne Campbell of Loychnaell
hes summond thame befoir your Lordship to ane serreff court quhilk
your Lordship haldis in Inverraray for the ressett offjames the Glen sone3
quhilk thai deny all utirlie.Thairfor prayis your Lordship to considder the
rowin that thir puir men duellis in till and far fra help off nychtbouris and
albeit that James the Glen had commett to thame and teyne meitt of
thame \as he did nocht/ considdering the place that thai duell in.Your
Lordshipis cousing4 hes down mair manefest fals to me in the resseit of
the Clangregor and off my propir geir that wes eitten in his hous and als
rasavit be his tenenttis to ane grett quantite quhilk quhan God plasses and
your Lordship I thynk to seik justice.5 And as for thir tua puir men to
your Lordship to heir thair selfis furst and do thame justice as your Lordship
quancience thynkis guid. I tak God to wimess that I luff nayne that obpresses
the puir. Haifand na forder occasioun at this present bot God presarwe
your Lordship. Frome Balloch the xi of November. Be your Lordshipis
kinnisman at power.
[PS] Attour I pray your Lordship to be sa gud as to contenuw thir tua
puir men upon takis the quhilk your Lordship might do. And quhan ewir
your Lordship makis yow for to punneis ressettaris with the awice of me
and your Lordshipis frendis and dissyris ane quyatness to be in your
Lordshipis rowmis I assur your Lordship your Lordship ma haif tua
thowsand crounis and newir to offend to your God and that all honest
men ma be satesfeit to and I sail wait my trawell quhat ewir your Lordship
1 Argyll held a justice court at Ardchatten on 30 Nov. 1567, GD112/1/169, so probably
the Inveraray court was held before that. The content of this letter does not seem to
fit with those of November 1568 and John Campbell ofLochnell was killed at Langside
13 May 1568, though succeeded by his son, also named John.
2 Probably misthrive or do badly.
3 James of the Glen, possibly a MacGregor, was mentioned in Dougal MacDougall’s
letter, 29 June 1570, GDI 12/39/7/25, when it was clear that Grey Colin had helped
him and might be acting as cautioner for him.
4 Meaning Lochnell.
5 Grey Colin was rehearsing his counter-charge that the Campbells ofLochnell reset
the MacGregors and at their own table had eaten beef stolen fiom him!