. History of the religious house of Pluscardyn . qB^ three wives whom Alexander married. By her he had six daughters, of whomthe fourth, Lady Margaret, born 1599, married Colix, first Lord Seaforth. fAny particulars which may be interesting in connection with the sale of our Priory we shall reserve for next , it only remains to add thathonours continued to flow in on our 1604 he was made Lord High Chancellorfor Scotland, and in 1606 he was createdFirst Earl of Dunfermline. He died atthe age of sixty-seven in 1622, within hismansion of Pinkie, which he had himselfbuilt.
. History of the religious house of Pluscardyn . qB^ three wives whom Alexander married. By her he had six daughters, of whomthe fourth, Lady Margaret, born 1599, married Colix, first Lord Seaforth. fAny particulars which may be interesting in connection with the sale of our Priory we shall reserve for next , it only remains to add thathonours continued to flow in on our 1604 he was made Lord High Chancellorfor Scotland, and in 1606 he was createdFirst Earl of Dunfermline. He died atthe age of sixty-seven in 1622, within hismansion of Pinkie, which he had himselfbuilt. SpotswoodJ says of him that heexercised his place with great moderation,and to the contentment of all honest men ;hs was ever inclining to the Roman faith,as being educated at Rome in his youngeryears, but was observant of good order,t hated lying and dissimulation, and above all things studied to. OS ASOF PLUSCAKDMf. Duff House Charter lioom. f Douglas Peerage. % History, p. 543. THE COMMEND ATORS. 137 maintain peace and quietness. Calderwoods estimate of him is somewhatsimilar. * Arthur Johnston thus panegyrizes our Commendator :—Sub Jove liquit , spreta Themis aurea coeloNunc tecum in terris, Haye I tribunal habel. t Attached to the Charter of 1586 there is found, though much damaged,Alexanders Seal. We are here able to give a much more perfect repre-sentation of it. The description of this Seal, given by Mr Laing in his Scottish Seals, may be valuable :— Three niches: in the centre one afigure of St Andrew, holding the Cross before him with his right hand, and inhis left a book. In the dexter niche a figure of the Virgin and Infant Jesus,and in the sinister a figure of St Margaret, with a book in her right hand, anda sceptre in her left. In the lower part of the Seal is a shield, bearing withina double treasure, flowered and counter-flowered, three crescents, the a
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