Series 5 > Campbell Letters 1559-1583

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CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
yow to the protectione of the eternall. Fra Stirling Castell this Setturday
the xxviii of Aprile 1571. Be your aynt at power.
190 Same to same GD112/39/13/6
14 June 1571, Stirling Castle
To the rycht honorabill and my special erne the Lard ..1 Glennorchar
Erne efter my werie herthe commendatiounes.This is till adverteis yow
I wnderstand that my Lord Regentis Grace hes writtin to yow to assist
and to hald hard with the Kingis Officer in the wptaking of William
Ruddochis escheit grantit be his Grace to my brother Alexander and to
possess him in thai rowmes quhilk appertenis to him and his wiff heretablie.2
And thairfoir I mon pray yow to stand ane gud freind and father till him
as ye do till ws all. For albeit he had bot half rycht I doupt nocht bot ye
wald schaw your gude will to mak him the haill. Thairis few newis heir
bot the Kingis Majestic is rycht blyth (praise to God) all wther thingis I
will refer to my Lord my husbandis writting. Praying yow to haif me
rycht hartlie recommendit to your bedfallow and remember that according
to your promeis ye gar hir cum heir. I haif na wther mater to truble yow
for the present. Committis yow to the protectioun of the eternall. Fra
Stirling Castell this xiiii ofjuni 1571.Your ant to hir powar.
191 Ewin MacGregor to Glenorchy GDI 12/39/14/1
c. 19 July 15713
To our mest speyshall the Lard of Gleno...4
Rycht honourable efter meist houmeill commendasiouns and service. I
have rasivit your Mastershipis vretingis fra the berar and quhayr your
Master seyis at ye have send for my frendis to Ballocht the quhilk I am
veill contenit thayr of and I sell be on Freydaye at tevin in the Braye of
Boquidder and I sell send ane servand of my aveyin5 to your Mastership
to Ballocht vyth my haill meynd anent the men ofRathot.6 And I veil uss
1 Ellipsis represents damage to MS.
2 For the Reidheugh-Murray feud: Introduction.
3 After Ewin MacGregor* had settled with Grey Cohn, Oct. to Dec. 1570, and before
the final settlement was reached with Atholl*, 24 July—4 Aug. 1571.The meeting of
MacGregor’s friends at Balloch was the occasion for the signature of the agreement
on 24 July, GDI 12/1/197.The letter was written before the previous Friday, 20 July.
The scribe was probably John MacCorcadill* (181).
4 Ellipsis represents damage to MS.
5 Own.
6 The problem of Rannoch, both the lands and men, was part of the setdement between
Grey Colin and the MacGregors which also involved Atholl and James Menzies of
Weem*.When he arrived in Balquhidder on Friday evening Ewin was going to send
a servant to Grey Cohn to discuss the matter.