. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. ccessfully opposed the levying of a tax oftwo pennies on every hearth in the kingdom,which had been proposed in parliament for thepurpose of defraying the expense of demolishingJedburgh castle. Even in his time, says SirWalter Scott, it would seem that the extent ofwritings used for the transference of property, hadbecome a subject of complaint. Mhen upon thissubject, Albany used often to praise the simpli-city and beauty of an ancient charter bj KingAthelstan, a Saxon mo
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. ccessfully opposed the levying of a tax oftwo pennies on every hearth in the kingdom,which had been proposed in parliament for thepurpose of defraying the expense of demolishingJedburgh castle. Even in his time, says SirWalter Scott, it would seem that the extent ofwritings used for the transference of property, hadbecome a subject of complaint. Mhen upon thissubject, Albany used often to praise the simpli-city and beauty of an ancient charter bj KingAthelstan, a Saxon monarch. It had been grantedto the ancient Northumbrian family called Rod-dam of Roddam, and had fallen into the hands ofthe Scots on some of theii- plundering duke of Albany, it is quite certain, was oneof the most popular and most able governors thatthe kingdom ever possessed. He enjoyed to a highdegree the confidence of both king and nobles,while the people placed the utmost reliance onthe justice and firmness of his government. Thefollowing is an impression of his seal, taken fromthe Diplomata Scotim:. Robert duke of Albany was twice married: firstto Margaret, countess of IMeuteith ; and secondlyto Muriella, eldest daughter of Sir William Keith,great marischal of Scotland, and had issue by bothmarriages.—Dotiglas Peerage, vol. i.—Pmkerton\History of Scotland, vol. i. p. 85. ALBANY, Murdoch, second duke of, son ofthe preceding, succeeded him both as duke andregent. At first he bore the title of earl of had a grant from Robert III. in tlie thirdj-ear of his reign, of a hundred merks sterling an-nually from the customs of Aberdeen. He wasJusticiary of Scotland benorth the Forth, anddesigned of Kinclevyne wlien taken prisoner atthe battle of Homeldon in 1402. Heury him in fidl parliament on 20th Octo-ber, and he was allowed to be at large on hisparole of honour. By a letter from his father toHenry the Fourth, dated Falkland, June 2, 1405,he
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