. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . ar that, shortly after his arrival there, duringthe winter of 1583-84 set sail to Flanders, his wife sharinghis exile. In the Acts of the Privy Council there are numerousreferences to Dunfermline, for transactions at or letterswritten from it, and particularly to Abbot or SecretaryPitcairn, and his successor Patrick, second Master of Gray:they figured greatly in the eventful periods of their office,I578-i587, respecting both civil and ecclesiastical affairs,including a league between the two kingdoms. Pitcairnsletters a
. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . ar that, shortly after his arrival there, duringthe winter of 1583-84 set sail to Flanders, his wife sharinghis exile. In the Acts of the Privy Council there are numerousreferences to Dunfermline, for transactions at or letterswritten from it, and particularly to Abbot or SecretaryPitcairn, and his successor Patrick, second Master of Gray:they figured greatly in the eventful periods of their office,I578-i587, respecting both civil and ecclesiastical affairs,including a league between the two kingdoms. Pitcairnsletters are sometimes dated from Holyrood, as in April 1and Sept. 2, 1580; and from Court, Dec. 29, 1582. TheAbbot is generally styled simply Dunfirmline, as is alsoLord Seton at times. On the 12th of September 1584 Lord Robert Pitcairnreturned to Scotland from abroad, and obtained leave tostay at According to Spottiswoode, he wasill in Flanders. No doubt the ingratitude of the King for 1 From the Domestic State Papers, Queen Elizabeths reign. 2 Calderwood, iii. LORD ROBERT PITCAIRN. 121 whom he had done so much, his imprisonment in Loch-leven, the attainder of his lifelong friends Mar, Glammis,&c, who had their estates forfeited, as his were (by theinfamous Arran, who divided the lands with his con-federates), had completely broken Pitcairn in health andspirits; and it was only a wreck of his former self—ill,worn out, weighed down with many trials—that landed onthe shores of Scotland, where he was to die so soon. Hewas accompanied by his wife; and it must have been aconsolation to him in his hours of sadness and the bitter-ness of disappointed hopes to know that his relations, atany rate, were faithful to him. He stayed at Limekilns. Shortly after his arrival he became worse, and, to benear his medical attendant, he was allowed to remove tohis official residence, Pitcairns House, in the Maygate,Dunfermline, which was close to the Abbey. As the plague was raging in
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