Series 5 > Campbell Letters 1559-1583

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CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
the Inbassadour of Ingland commes to Perth convoyit out of Stirueling
be the Abbot Dunferling my Lord Rathven being in Sanct Jonstoun and
als thai lukit for me quhilk I keipit tryst. Bot as to entering to commouning
thair wes nocht sic ane thing be ressoun my Lord of Hunthe com nocht
fordwardis. Master James Balfour wes in Perth to have bene ane Commonar
with fyftie hors of gentillmen with pistoletis and lang culveringis bot sen
the mater tuke ne effect he tariit bot ane nycht. I haif schawin to the Laird
of Glenlioun my appenioun sa far as I can persaif the cours that the
Kingis fact is abill to rin.Thai ar weill myndit to aggreance as I persaif
quhether it be under collour or nocht I knaw nocht bot I assure your
Lordship thair hale confideince is in the Quene of Ingland under God
and gif it cummis nocht to concord that the Quene of Inglandis substance
sail beir it furth and pereventur the Queinis fact thinkis als mekill.1 Havand
na forder occasioun at this present bot credence to your Lordshipis cousing
the Laird of Glenlioun to quham I have schawin my mynd.
197 Nicholas Campbell of Dalwany2 to Glenorchy
GDI 12/39/14/18
28 August [mid-1570s],3 Dalvanie4
To rycht honorable laird the Lard off Glenowrquhay this be deliverit
Rycht honorable Sir efter hwmble commendatioun of service.
Forsamekill as I hawe ressavit your Mastershipis writing writin in John
MacCarleris my servandis faveiris praying me to gyffhym the thing that
he aucht ofdewete and to lat his wyff intromit with his cornis. I sail lat hir
intromet with his cornis and the rathair at your Mastershipis raquyst.
Thair is na thing that he aucht and suld hawe of raisoun bot he sail hawe
and mare bayth becauss I am in ane maner addetit throcht my wp brining
in his faderis howss.5 And als becaus he is in your Mastershipis service for
that swrnaym ar kyndlie servandis to ws Campbelhs. And ewin as I hawe
bein and is willing to be kynd and faverable on to hym sa lang as I liwe
and to help hym with sik sowppor6 as I may in all tymis cuming. Ewin sa
I wald wis hym to knaw his dewete towards me7 and to mark me the
A shrewd analysis of the positions of the political groupings in Scodand at the end of
1572 and their reliance upon English support.
Nicholas Campbell was the illegitimate son of Donald Campbell, abbot of Coupar
Angus: Appendix C. He was made dean ofLismore in 1564 and acquired the lands of
Dalwany [Dalvanie], 23 Mar. 1564: RSS, v, 1650.
The final number of the year has been left blank, though it probably falls in the
middle of the decade.
In Glen Isla, Angus.
A reference to being fostered with the MacCarleys.
Probably support.
This suggests a certain tension about whether MacCarley should be serving Grey
Cohn or Dalwany.