. The "Red and white" book of ClM A l()KrRAl|- AT IlEAN Casile, Men(;ie,ston, Akith Station, (See page 187). In tlie time of (^ueen Mary, the Men/,ies ofIitfodels were among her staunchest friends. InI 746 Violet Menzies, daughter of Menzies of Pitfodels,a descendant of the Menzies, Provosts of Aberdeen,married John Leslie 2nd of Wardes, to whom shehad twelve sons, these they named after the twelveA])ostles. (The Leslies \ol. 34 Scots His. ,i7)- The Mary Queen of Scots Drawing Room atCastle Menzies, is one of the most impressive roomsin the Castle ; its walls
. The "Red and white" book of ClM A l()KrRAl|- AT IlEAN Casile, Men(;ie,ston, Akith Station, (See page 187). In tlie time of (^ueen Mary, the Men/,ies ofIitfodels were among her staunchest friends. InI 746 Violet Menzies, daughter of Menzies of Pitfodels,a descendant of the Menzies, Provosts of Aberdeen,married John Leslie 2nd of Wardes, to whom shehad twelve sons, these they named after the twelveA])ostles. (The Leslies \ol. 34 Scots His. ,i7)- The Mary Queen of Scots Drawing Room atCastle Menzies, is one of the most impressive roomsin the Castle ; its walls are pannelled with polished Ashand covered with tapestry of an earlier period. The(^ueen Mary Cabinet in the corner is an example offine old Scottish Wood Carving. The ceiling beinga lovely piece of Scottish plaster work, the floralinterlacing work being of somewhat late (?elticcharacter, the centre piece being very graceful andbeautiful, it suspends a richly modelled room is kept much as it was when Queen Marylived QUKEN >[aUV ^ROOM AT CasTLE MENZIES, SHOWING THE KAMOis (^iKi-,N Mary Cahinet in j-he Corner. ,S4l> 1555-1559.] THE RENOUNCER OF THE MASS. 185 these reports. One of those examined was Sir Alexander Menzies, who beingfrom the court of France was hkely to know the intentions of the French, andfrom whom the EngUsh expected to get information. We give the entry from theEnglish State papers, which reads :— The examination or statements of two Scotchmen, James Eraser andAlexander Menzies, concerning their knowledge of certain reports as to the King ofFrances intention to make war against England—dated 1555. It is not recordedthat they gave any information, being allowed to return home. In the year 1557, on the death of his father. Chief Sir Robert the Menziesof that Ilk, Sir Alexander Menzies of Rannoch came into possession of thewhole of his fathers estates, and from that date he dropped his title of Rannoch for that of the c
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