A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . my mynde to the •—to say how sore hisheart was because of his daughters behaviour to him. Hewished Lennox to get leave to bring her to Carlisle, thatI may se hir or I die. This brought a letter from theCountess of Lennox, charging her father with gret un-naturalnes towards her, reproaching him with unfaithful-ness to his pledges in regard to the English marriage, butappointing to meet him at Carlisle soon after Easter. Sir George Douglas died in 1552, his last publicappearance havi
A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . my mynde to the •—to say how sore hisheart was because of his daughters behaviour to him. Hewished Lennox to get leave to bring her to Carlisle, thatI may se hir or I die. This brought a letter from theCountess of Lennox, charging her father with gret un-naturalnes towards her, reproaching him with unfaithful-ness to his pledges in regard to the English marriage, butappointing to meet him at Carlisle soon after Easter. Sir George Douglas died in 1552, his last publicappearance having been at the Privy Council in March of^ ^^ ^^. that year. By his wife, Elizabeth Douglas, with Death of Sir -^ o > George whom he mherited the estates of Pittendreich, Douglastii.]. etc.,3 he left two sons—(i) David [Iv.], who suc-ceeded as 7th Earl of Angus; and (2) James[xxxvi.], who became 4th Earl of Morton and Regent of Fraser, iv. 171. = Ihid., 172. The origin of Douglas of Pittendreich is obscure. The first of the familyrecorded is James Douglas, Kings Chamberlain in Moray in 1466. Possibly. RESIGNATION OF ARRAN 125 Scotland. David having been well provided for, by his uncles disposition of the Angus estates in his favour, to the exclusion of the Countess of Lennox, Sir George left Pittendreich to James, who ^,,„____,^ afterwards bestowed it upon j^ one of his illegitimate off- /0.;- \ spring, Archibald Douglas. /!.? Upon the execution of / Regent Morton in 1581 : Archibald was forfeited and , banished, and with him •> _ ended the line of Douglas of Pittendreich. The Hamilton-Douglasfeud had slumbered forten years, during whichAngus appears to have of riticndrcich (1490-1552). acted fairly in concert with the Regent. But in 1554 Arran resigned theregency, unwillingly enough, in favour of the Queen-dowager, Mary of Guise, with whom Angus soon Arran resigns ^ ,, . ^ ,. /- ? ^ t-j- i!^ i ^ the regency, fell mto disgrace. Commg to Edmburgh to 12th Apru atte
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