A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . ied before his father,and the succession was never altered. On 8th April 1591 Angus wrote from Glenbervie tothe Earl of Morton [Ivii.], informing him that he hadreceived the Kings summons to attend in Edinburgh forthe trial of sic personis as hes ettellit ^ mischewous ^ Two thousand pounds was the sum obtained, for repa)Tnent of which theTown Council repeatedly sued the loth and nth earls; but the proceedings?were always stopped by the King, who acknowledged the debt, but did notdi
A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . ied before his father,and the succession was never altered. On 8th April 1591 Angus wrote from Glenbervie tothe Earl of Morton [Ivii.], informing him that he hadreceived the Kings summons to attend in Edinburgh forthe trial of sic personis as hes ettellit ^ mischewous ^ Two thousand pounds was the sum obtained, for repa)Tnent of which theTown Council repeatedly sued the loth and nth earls; but the proceedings?were always stopped by the King, who acknowledged the debt, but did notdischarge it until 1612. - Keg. Privy Council, iv. 425. ^ Etlled, attempted. DEATH OF 9TH EARL OF ANGUS 153 pratekceis aganis his Majesties awin estait and persoune,Death of ^^ ^^° agaiiis myne and youris lordshipis vvm-Angus, ist quhill 1 last predicessoure that died of guid mem-Juiy 1591. ^ Jjq(. j(. j^gg plesit God to visit me with ane extreme fyfher,- . . thairfoir your lordship mane ^ takburden vvpon your lordship at this tyme for me becaus ofmy present diseass. The pending trial was that of the. Fig- 33A.—Si^ of William Douglas of Glenbervie, gth Earl of Angus. wich Barbara Napier, accused of having caused thedeath of the 8th Earl of Angus, and the letter to Mortonfinishes with a postscript, in which the writer begs his weray speciall guid lord and cousinge to assist this caus,sua that we resaue nor deserwe na sclandder of God northe warld. * Angus never recovered from the fyfher,but died at Glenbervie on ist July, and was there buried Late. - Fever. Must. ?• Fraser, iv. 1S7. 154 THE HOUSE OF DOUGLAS under a sarcophagus, whereon is inscribed the genealogyof the lairds of Glenber\-ie carried back to the mythicalfounder of the house of Douglas in the year 730. By his wife, Egidia Graham of Morphie, Angus left anumerous family:— (i) William, who succeeded as loth Earl of Angus [Ix.]. (2) Archibald, parson of Glenbervie, died in 1584, (3) George, also a clergjm
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