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Mn.StV 53)2.0^ SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY FIFTH SERIES VOLUME 10 Clan Campbell Letters Portrait of Colin Campbell of Glenorchy from the Black Book ofTaymouth Campbell Letters 1559-1583 edited by Jane E. A. Dawson ★ ★ EDINBURGH Printed for the Scottish History Society by LOTHIAN PRINT, EDINBURGH 1997 © Scottish History Society 1997 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data: A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0-906245-19-2 Printed in Great Britain 2001.y-i ■J CONTENTS Acknowledgements vi Abbreviations vii List of Campbell Letters, 1559-83 ix INTRODUCTION 1 CAMPBELL LETTERS, 1559-83 62 Maps Argyll and Perthshire 244 Breadalbane 245 APPENDICES A. List of letters in the Breadalbane collection, 1548-83 246 B. Biographical index of correspondents 262 C. Kin ties 274 D. Chronology 282 INDEX 284 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I have to thank the Keeper of the Records of Scotland for permission to reproduce in this volume letters from the Breadalbane Collection and the Duke of Argyll and Lord Moray for granting me access to their papers. The staff at the National Archives of Scotland, especially Dr Hazel Horn, have given me every assistance. Alastair Campbell ofAirds has generously shared his vast knowledge and enthusiasm for Campbell history with me, as well as facilitating my consultation of the Argyll MSS. I am grateful to Dr Martin MacGregor who allowed me to read and cite from his thesis on the MacGregors. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the British Academy and the Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews for their financial support for the research behind this volume. Its final stages were completed during a fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust, to whom I offer my thanks. Without the expertise as well as the patience and good humour of, Nancy Bailey, Linda Dunbar and Anne Johnston, this volume would have taken even longer to produce. Ian Johnston kindly transformed my rough sketches into beautiful maps. My colleagues in the Department of Ecclesiastical History at Edinburgh, and previously in the Department of Modern History at St Andrews, have provided much encouragement and practical help. From inception to completion, this volume has passed through the hands of five Scottish History Society editors and I am grateful to them all, especially John Finlay and Julian Goodare who have steered the volume through its final stages. I am particularly grateful for the support and encouragement over many years of Professors Geoffrey Barrow, Donald Meek and John Morrill. Other friends, too numerous to mention individually, have assisted me in a wide variety of ways. My mother and my husband have helped most of all. JANE E. A. DAWSON Edinburgh 1997 ABBREVIATIONS AT Argyll Transcripts, made by Niall Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll. BBT The Black Book ofTaymouth, ed. C. Innes (Edinburgh, 1855). Calderwood, History David Calderwood, History of the Kirk of Scotland, ed.T.Thomson, 8 vols. (Wod row Society, 1842-9). Clan Campbell The Clan Campbell, eds. D. Campbell & H. Paton, 8 vols. (Edinburgh, 1913-22). CSP Scot. Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots, 1547-1603, eds. J. Bain et ai, 13 vols. (Edinburgh, 1898- 1969). Fasti Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, ed. H. Scott, 8 vols. (Edinburgh, 1915-50). GD Gifts and Deposits series, NAS. HMC Reports of the Historical Manuscripts Commission. MacGregor, ‘MacGregors’ M. MacGregor, ‘A Political History of the MacGregors before 157 T (University of Edinburgh Ph.D. thesis, 1989). Knox, History John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland, ed. W.C. Dickinson, 2 vols. (London, 1949). NAS National Archives of Scotland. viii RMS Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, eds. J. Thomson et al, 11 vols. (Edinburgh, 1882-1914). RPC Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, eds. J. Burton et al., 1st ser., 14 vols. (Edinburgh, 1877-98). RSS Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum, Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland, eds. M. Livingstone et al., 8 vols. (Edinburgh, 1908-82). Scots Peerage The Scots Peerage, ed. J.B. Paul, 8 vols. (Edinburgh, 1904-14). TA Accounts of the (Lord High) Treasurer of Scotland, eds. T. Dickson et al., 13 vols. (Edinburgh 1877-1978). CAMPBELL LETTERS, 1559-1583 Date Correspondents (full details in Appendix B) 1 10 June 1559 Argyll (5th) & Lord James Stewart to Menteith, Ruthven (3rd),Tullibardine (10th) & Grey Colin 2 26 Aug. 1559 Argyll & Lord James Stewart to Grey Colin 3 8 Oct. 1560 Grey Colin to Argyll 4 28 Jan. 1561 MacDougall of Dunollie (Nth) to Grey Colin 5 11 May 1562 Argyll to Grey Colin 6 27 June 1562 Argyll to Grey Colin 7 29 June 1562 Argyll to Grey Colin 8 22 Nov. 1562 Atholl (4th) to Argyll 9 12 Feb. 1563 Larg to Glenlyon 10 c. May 1563 Neil Malcolm to Grey Colin 11 1 Oct. 1563 Argyll to Grey Colin 12 4 Oct. 1563 Grey Colin to Argyll 13 11 Oct. 1563 Argyll to Grey Colin 14 13 Oct. 1563 Skipnish to Grey Colin 15 13 Jan. 1564 MacGill to Grey Colin 16 13 Jan. 1564 Morton (4th) to Grey Colin 17 19 Feb. 1564 Argyll to Grey Colin 18 2 Mar. 1564 Glenlyon to Grey Colin 19 31 Mar. 1564 Atholl to Grey Colin 20 6 June 1564 MacDonald of Dunivaig to Grey Colin 21 c. 3 Aug. 1564 Grey Colin toWeem 22 11 Sept. 1564 Lady Dunivaig to Grey Colin 23 8 Oct. 1564 Argyll to Grey Colin 24 bef. 25 Nov. 1564 Gregor MacGregor to Katherine 25 c. 25 Nov. 1564 Gregor MacGregor to Grey Colin 26 2 Dec. 1564 Gregor MacGregor to Grey Colin 27 25 Jan. 1565 Ardkinglas to Grey Colin 28 29 Jan. 1565 Argyll to Katherine 29 29 Jan. 1565 Ardkinglas to Grey Colin X CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS 30 1 Feb. 1565 Argyll to Grey Colin 31 1 Feb. 1565 Argyll to Katherine 32 25 Feb. 1565 Auchinbreck to Grey Colin 33 5 Mar. 1565 Alistair MacGregor to Grey Colin 34 8 Mar. 1565 Maitland to Grey Colin 35 14 Mar. 1565 Auchinbreck to Grey Colin 36 16 Mar. 1565 Grey Colin to Argyll 37 19 Mar. 1565 Argyll to Katherine 38 21 Mar. 1565 Ruthven to Grey Colin 39 5 Apr. 1565 Argyll to Grey Colin 40 24 May 1565 John Wood to Katherine 41 5 July 1565 Argyll to Grey Colin 42 6 July 1565 Ardkinglas to Grey Colin 43 9 July 1565 Grey Colin to Argyll 44 10 Aug. 1565 Argyll to Katherine 45 24 Aug. 1565 Moray to Grey Colin 46 24 Aug. 1565 Duke & Moray to Grey Colin 47 28 Aug. 1565 Argyll to Grey Colin 48 30 Aug. 1565 Grey Colin to Argyll 49 1 Sept. 1565 Argyll to Grey Colin 50 12 Sept. 1565 Duke, Moray, Glencairn & Rothes to Grey Cohn 51 15 Sept. 1565 Argyll to Grey Colin 52 c. 26 Sept. 1565 MacDonald of Keppoch to Grey Colin 53 30 Oct. 1565 Grandtully to Grey Colin 54 31 Oct. 1565 Grandtully to Grey Cohn 55 31 Oct. 1565 Ruthven to Katherine 56 31 Oct. 1565 Ruthven to Grey Colin 57 1 Nov. 1565 Grandtully to Grey Cohn 58 1 Nov. 1565 Grey Cohn to Grandtully 59 c. 1 Nov. 1565 Athoh to Grandtully 60 c. 2 Nov 1565 Grandtully to Katherine 61 3 Nov. 1565 Grandtully to Katherine 62 4 Nov. 1565 Grandtully to Katherine 63 5 Nov 1565 Ruthven to Katherine 64 c. 6 Nov. 1565 Grey Cohn to Queen Mary CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS 65 c. 11-16 Nov. 1565 Gossip to Grey Colin 66 25 Nov. 1565 Grandtully to Grey Colin 67 c. 26 Nov. 1565 Grey Colin to Grandtully 68 c. 30 Nov. 1565 Gossip to Grey Colin 69 c. 2-10 Dec. 1565 Gossip to Grey Colin 70 c. 7-10 Dec. 1565 Gossip to Grey Colin 71 11 Dec. 1565 Gossip to Grey Colin 72 12-24 Dec. 1565 Gossip to Grey Colin 73 17 Dec. 1565 Carswell to Grey Colin 74 23 Dec. 1565 Ruthven to Katherine 75 25 Dec. 1565 Gossip to Grey Colin 76 26 Dec. 1565 Morton to Katherine 77 27 Dec. 1565 Maidand to Katherine 78 c.Jan. 1566 Cameron of Lochiel to Grey Colin 79 13 Feb. 1566 Grey Colin to Gossip 80 13 Mar. 1566 Atholl to Grey CoHn 81 c. 13 Mar. 1566 Grandtully to Grey Colin 82 14 Mar. 1566 Grandtully to Grey Colin 83 14 Mar. 1566 Grey Colin to Grandtully 84 15 Mar. 1566 Atholl to Grey Colin 85 9 Apr. 1566 Maidand to Katherine 86 18 Apr. 1566 Maitland to Katherine 87 20 Aug. 1566 Douglas of Lochleven to Grey Cohn 88 2-4 Feb. 1567 Maidand to Katherine 89 ljune1567 Grandtully to Grey Cohn 90 11 Nov. 1567 Grey Colin to Argyll 91 5 Mar. 1569 Inverawe to Grey Cohn 92 aft. 2 Aug. 1569 Patrick MacGregor to Katherine 93 5 May 1570 Argyh to Grey Cohn 94 30 May 1570 Argyll to Katherine 95 30 May 1570 Atholl to Grey Cohn 96 7 June 1570 Grey Colin to Argyll 97 8 June 1570 Argyll to Grey Colin 98 10 June 1570 Grandtully to Grey Cohn 99 10 June 1570 Maitland to Argyll 100 10 June 1570 Atholl to Grey Cohn 101 10 June 1570 Athoh to ArgyU xii CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS 102 13 June 1570 Tullibardine (11th) to Glenlyon 103 14 June 1570 Argyll to Maitland 104 17 June 1570 Maidand to Katherine 105 17 June 1570 Atholl to Grandtully 106 19 June 1570 Lawers to Grey Colin 107 21 June 1570 Grandtully to Grey Colin 108 27 June 1570 MacDougall of Dunollie (15th) to Grey Cohn 109 27 June 1570 Stewart of Appin to Grey Cohn 110 28 June 1570 Atholl to Grey Cohn 111 2 July 1570 Countess Argyll to Atholl 112 8 July 1570 Atholl to Grey Cohn 113 10 July 1570 Murray of Tibbermuir to Katherine 114 10 July 1570 MacDonald of Keppoch to Atholl 115 13 July 1570 Grandtully to Grey Cohn 116 14 July 1570 Countess of Mar to Grey Cohn 117 16 July 1570 Grandtully to Grey Cohn 118 23 July 1570 Grey Cohn to Argyll 119 24 July 1570 ArgyU to Katherine 120 26 July 1570 Carswell to Katherine 121 27 July 1570 Duntrune to Grey Cohn 122 27 July 1570 Duntrune to Black Duncan 123 28 July 1570 Grandtully to Grey Cohn 124 31 July 1570 Atholl to Grey Cohn 125 1 Aug.