Series 3 > Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm

APPENDIX V
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(Brady, op. cit., p. 190). He appears frequently from c. 1558
onwards as Commendator of Inchcolm (e.g. Charters, lxix., lxx. ;
HMC. Rep. iv., App. p. 500 ; RMS., iv. 1828, 2487, etc.). The
Scots Peerage, art. ‘ Stewart, Lord Doune,’ gives the following
particulars concerning him. He was retoured heir to his father on
8 July 1560 and joined the Lords of the Congregation in the same
year. (According to Lesley, the Abbot of Inchcolm was sent by
Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, in 1561, to obtain a safe-conduct
in case, by adverse weather on her voyage to Scotland, she was
forced to land in England (Historic of Scotland, p. 298)). On 6 March
1563/64, he received a charter of the Castle of Doune and was
knighted by Darnley, 15 May 1565. On 19 March 1565/66, Stewart
was one of those indicted for the murder of Riocio ; and, on
24 March 1568, was ordered to deliver up Doune Castle. He
was appointed a Privy Councillor in 1571. On 24 Nov. 1581, by a
charter confirmed in Parliament on 29 Nov., he was created Lord
Doune. (In 1581, the infestments by him of the late Archibald,
Earl of Argyle, of Inchcolm and by Argyle of the Earl of Moray
were ratified in Parliament (APS., iii. p. 276)). Stewart married, on
11 Jan. 1563/64, Margaret Campbell, eldest daughter of Archibald,
Earl of Argyle. His death took place on 20 July 1590.
Henry Stewart, second son of James, Lord Doune, had a grant
of the Commendatorship of Inchcolm confirmed by Parliament in
1581, while he was still under age (see APS., iii. 276). On 7 March
1611, he had a grant of the monastery of St. Colm’s Inch and its
lands in Fife, Edinburgh, etc., and was created a Lord of Parlia¬
ment with the title of Lord St. Colme. He died, 12 July 1612
(Scots Peerage, vii. art. ‘ Stewart, Lord St. Colme ’). He was
succeeded by his son, James, on whose death the title passed to
the Earl of Moray.
APPENDIX V
Royal Letters (Abstracts) relating to Inchcolm
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James V. to Pope Clement VII; Stirling Castle, 17 April 15.
The abbacy of Inchcolm, order of St. Augustine and diocese of
Dunkeld, is vacant by the death of John Elwand ; and because
the canons of this house lead a most exemplary life (vitam quatn