. The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom . e was David, Earl ofOarrick, eldest son ofKing Robert iii., whowas created Duke ofRothesay, in the Isle ofBute, 28 April 1398, theday on which his uncleRobert, Earl of Fife, wasmade Duke of was the first in-troduction of the ducaldignity into ceremony took placeat Scone, in the chapel ofthe monastery, and therecipients of the honourwere decorated and vested mantellis et pileis furratissolempniter
. The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom . e was David, Earl ofOarrick, eldest son ofKing Robert iii., whowas created Duke ofRothesay, in the Isle ofBute, 28 April 1398, theday on which his uncleRobert, Earl of Fife, wasmade Duke of was the first in-troduction of the ducaldignity into ceremony took placeat Scone, in the chapel ofthe monastery, and therecipients of the honourwere decorated and vested mantellis et pileis furratissolempniter, et aliis insigniis solis Ducibus competentibus,et tradi consuetis intra missarum solempnia. No charterconferring the title is known to have existed; so thelimitation of the honour can only be inferred. Wyntoun,who was born about 1350, and was therefore a contem-porary, says that the Duke of Rothesay was . . Til half yat tityl ay And eftyr hym, as yet wes done, All tym ye Kingis eldeste sone, And his aire, suld be alway Be titill Duke cald of Rothesay. ^ After the death of David, Duke of Rothesay, on 26 March1402,^ King Robert iii. is said to have granted a charter,. * Chart, Morav. ^ Wyntouns Cronykil, Bk. ix. cap. xix. ^ cf. vol. i. 18. 312 STEWART, DUKE OP ROTHESAY 313 10 December 1404,^ to his next surviving son, James, after-wards King James i., of the lands of the stewartry ofScotland, including the island of Bute. There is no mentionof the title of Duke of Rothesay, nor is there any recordof James having enjoyed that title in the short periodwhich elapsed between the granting of the charter andhis accession to the throne. His eldest son, however,afterwards James ii., was during his fathers lifetime fre-quently styled Duke of Rothesay,^ but it is worthy of notethat in no known instance is his son and heir James styled by that title when heir-apparent.^ Nineyears after his accession to the throne, on 27 Nov-ember 1469, an Act of Parliament not now to be found int
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