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HISTORICAL E NOTICEFAMILTH F F KINO YO S G JAMEE TH S FIRS SCOTLANDF TO , CHIEFLY FROM INFORMATION COMMUNI- CATED BY JOHN RIDDELL, ESQ., ADVOCATE. BY DAVID LAING, ESQ., F.S.A. SCOT. n attemptinI o cleat gp som u r e obscure points connected wite th h alliance Hepburnsth f o e , Earl f Both-wello s e Bubjecon , f inquiro t y relatee filiatioth o t d f Janno e Douglas, wif f Patricko e , first Earf o l Bothwell, as the daughter of James, first Earl of Morton. I took occa- . Misc. v., App. to Preface, p. 70, note. 88 PROCEEDINGS 0V T1IK SOCIETY OP

sio submio t n t this matte Joho t r n Eiddell, Esq., advocate Felloa , f wo this Society, and allowed to be our great authority in all matters of peer- age-la genealogyd wan t i afford d muce an m ;s h pleasur expressinn ei g my obligations for the kindness which I have experienced, when applying from time to time for a solution of like difficulties. Mr Eiddell, in his reply, acknowledged he could not solve the question at issue by legal o entet d rle upos evidencewa n e thh et discussiobu ; a collatera f no l subjec t lesno s f interesto t namee th ,marriage d san daughtere th f so f so our first King James. I should have greatly preferred had he himself put the notes he sent me into the form of a regular communication to Societye th t whilbu ;decline e eh d e doingav h e ful , m elg so poweo t r make what use of them I might think proper for this purpose. Mr Eiddell says mentioe , "Th illustrisf no domine Johanne, mothee th r of Johanne and Elizabeth (the wife and daughters respectively of James, first Ear f Morton)o l s MLIa , B XEKCIE excellentissirni ac metuendissimi principis Jacobi P'rimi lone memorie quondam Regis Scotorum illustrissimi, ' Eegistru e inth m Honori Mortone d s . 238-9)' (volpp . ii valuable.s i , , an dI thin k might have elicited fro editoe mth pointedra notice, instead of a bare one in the Preface. It is not often that the comparative seniority of a daughter, even in the oase of our first families, is so speci- fied ; and it here serves in part to fix the seniority, and correct a glaring e accounterroth n i r s hitherto give f Jameo n First'e th s s daughters. e PrincesTh s Johanna, Jean r Janeto , s hencwa , e clearl e wiff yth o e James, first Earl of Morton, instead of being, according to Wood's Douglas (Peerage ,. 50)p vol . i ,. married first Jameso t , third Earf o l Angus, without issue; secondly, in 1447, to George, second Earl of Huntly e firsTh t . alliance, indeed t wouli , e difficulb d proveo t t d an , e secon th mosa s i dt palpable fable t beini , g legally fixe authentiy db c deeds I have seen, both in the Gordon charter-chest and in Guichenon's elaborate Histor f Savoyyo , that this Ear f Huntlo l s marrieywa o dt quite a different daughter, the Princess Annabella, clearly a younger one, after being sough declined an t Coune matca th s da f y Savoy o b th , who howeve moneyf o paid m expenser rsu an d, he gava r ehe s backe Sh . seem havo st e been curiously bartered about r Woodfo ; t contenteno , d with the above error, with as much reason further marries Annabella, to the prejudice and indignation of Johanna had she known it, to the ANTIQUARIE9 8 P SCOTLANDO S .

identical James, Ear f Mortono l , husban e latterth whomy f b o d, e h , issued ha adds e ! (sesh , e ut supra, . 51.) p referencn [I " thio et s charge, observey ma I , that eve n contemporari n y statementse , th suc s a h " Chronicl f Jameo e e Second,th s " preserve Asloan'n i d s Manuscript, . GenealogMS a an n i d ye yea dateth r n i d1484 , quote Pinkertoy b d n (History ,. 142) p vol . i ., various discrepancies oqcur d thereforan , e w e nee lese db s surprised thainaccuraciee th t r AbercrombD f so y (Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation, 1711), of George Crawford (History Stewartse oth f , f Dunca1710)o d an ,n Stewart (Eoyal Famil f Scotyo - land, &c., 1739), should have been repeated in the Peerages of Sir Robert Douglas and Mr Wood, as well as in later works.] JAME FIRSTE STH , KIN SCOTLANDF GO , befor s returhi e n from England to his native country, from a captivity of eighteen years, married Jane, daughte Johf ro n Beaufort, Ear Johf f Somerseto lo Gauntf n no so e ,th , Duk f Beauforteo ,f Edwarfourto n so hd III., Kin f Englandgo . This wa Februarn i s e timy th 1424 et wheA e .King th nmose th , t accom- plishe monarchsr ou f do barbarousl s wa , y murdere t Perth21se da th tn o , February 1436-7, in the forty-fourth year of his age, his family consisted of a son and six daughters. The eldest son, Alexander, having died young, James succeedeo e wh ,throne th bors o t d Octobe n wa n,i r 1430. The widowed Queen, Jane Beaufort, survived till the 15th of July 1449, having marrier seconhe r dfo d husband n 1439i , r JameSi , s Stewart, usually called the Black Knight of Lome, by whom she had three sons, John, Earl of Athole, who died in 1512; James, Earl of Buchan (1469-1500) ; and Andrew, Bishop of Murray (1482-1501). KING JAMES THE SECONDs accessioe timhi th e f throne o et th a , o t n , was in the seventh year of his age. In 1449 a treaty of marriage was concluded Maryd betwixan ,m daughtehi t Arnoldf ro , Duk Gueldresf eo , .and niece of Philip, . The youthful princess in the same yeas conductewa r s o Scotlant d e wa LorVerea l o th e dy d wh , b d chose r thifo ns purpose because e historiath s a , n Matthie Couce d u y powerfus stateswa e marinh ,n i l weld ean l acquainted wit e passagth h e by sea, besides being e Kinallieth f Scotland o go t n dhavin so s ghi , married the sister of the said King. The King, it is well known, was killed by the bursting of a cannon at the siege of Eoxburgh Castle on f Auguso d 3 te 1460th s QueenHi .e founde th , f Trinito r y College, 90 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF

Edinburgh, died on the 16th of November 1463. Their descecdants do t requir enumeratede no b o et . daughtere Th Kinf so mentionee b g Jamew e th no Firse y n dsth i tma probable orde seniorityf ro . . MAKGAKET1 e eldesth , t daughter s contractewa , n marriagi d e with 'Louis, Dauphi Francef no 1430n i , , afterwards known I Louis na . sXI viee th completinf wo marriagee gth Frenco tw , h envoys having arrived Scotlandn i yeae th r n i ,143 e Princes6th sens o Francet swa t , wita h fleet consisting of three large ships1 and six barges, under the command of William St Olair, Earl of Orkney, Lord Admiral of Scotland, accom- panied wit largha e retinu f personeo f distinctioo s ladied nan f rankso . They sailed from Dumbarton d havinan , g lande t Eochelleda , then pro- ceede Tourso dt , wher celebrated marriage e b eth o t Monus s "n eLe wa I . - mens de la Mbnarchie Frangoise," by Montfaucon, vol. iii. plate 38, and in Johnes's " Illustration Monstrelet'o st s Chronicles," vol plat, , v. . e23 arrivae Dauphinese th th f o l s is represented fro illumination ma "thn ni e Colbert MS." of Monstrelet. Some years ago I examined that MS., but owin somo gt e wrong referenc eI faile observo dt illuminatione eth t bu ; in the interesting collection of prints and drawings illustrating the history of , knowEecueie th s Gaignieresna e d l "e Biblioth n ,i vol . - vi . theque Imperiale," it is there copied in fac-simile with this title, " Entree de Madame la Dauphine Marguerite Stuart, femme de Louis, Dauphin de France, depui Louiy s leEo s XI., a Juin e n 1436. Suivie d e Madam Eocha plusieure l d e et d e s autres Dames: les Sgrs Maille d . e G-amache d t e e estan pieta d priren haquenea ts deus ede x cote 1'entreza e de la Ville, et la couduisirent j'usqu'au Chasteau, on estant descendue, VendosmeMe d r n Comtu t e . e d'Escosse lui donneren a mainl a t l t e , menerent en.haut." Pinkerton, in reference to the portrait engraved in Montfaucon, says, " The likeness may be verified by the plate next given fro same mth e MS. whicd ,an h present genuinsa e portrai Charlef to s VII." At this time the Dauphin being twelve and the Princess eleven year boto e pontificas f th ageh d o s y withib an , e l ag nlaw dispensaa , - tion was granted by Philip, Archbishop of Turonne or Tours as Diocesan, on the 13th of June, and the marriage took place on the 6th of July

1 Forduni Scotichronicon, vol. li.485. p . ANTIQUARIES OP SCOTLAND. 91

1436. This alliance proved unfortunate, partly from the malignant characte r husbanhe f o r d (whose characte wels i r l delineate "Quenn di - n Durward")ti r deathe n Augusi hd d year an ;22 ,tr 1445he n i , without issue s hastenewa , y somb d e slanderous reports. Monstrelet, or the author of the third book of his Chronicles, briefly notices her death, and that of her mother the Queen Dowager; she (the Dauphiness) dying at Chalons, in Champaigne, to the great sorrow of all who knew her, for she was a beautiful and good lady (et fut grand dommage de la mort, car elle estoit belle et bonne dame).1 In the same chapter he adds, " About the same time two daughters of the King of Scotland arrived in France, expecting to find their sister the Dauphiness alive, for she had desired them to come to her, that she might marry them. On their landing in Flanders they first learned of the death of the Queen of Scotland their mother (15th July 1445) theialsd w oan ,ho r sistee th r Dauphines deceased ha s t Chalonsda whicr fo , h they were exceedingly distressed (dont elles furent moult desolees). But the French monarch (Charles VII.) received them with parental affectio orderee h n; d them to be waited on by the servants of the late Dauphiness, and to have the same establishment, at his expense, until other arrangements should be made, or they should be married.2 He even proposed to obtain a dispen- satio marryinr nfo e eldesgth Dauphine thef o tth mo t . Princese Th s Margare t onlno lettersf ypatroness a o n wa t bu me , f so was herself proficien Frencn i t hs mentione i - poetry t de i e d th an ;n di positions concerning the cause of death, that she would sit up all night writing rondeaux and ballads.3 The story of the Dauphiness and Frence th , h poet wels i , l known passinn O . g throug gallere hth y of the palace, and finding him asleep, she stooped down and kissed him; observing to her ladies in attendance, who had made some remark on e improprietth e proceedingth f t y kiso mane no t sth d bu , di , thae sh t e moutth h whic uttered ha h mano s d y fine things. This kiss, says Menage, who recites the incident, will immortalize her. In the Fairfax MS. of Fordun's " Scotichronicon," with the continua- tion usually but most erroneously attributed to Bishop Elphingston, there

1 Chroniques, &c., tom , ePari2 iii . .p s 1572, folio; Johnes's translation, vol. iii. p. 389 .390. p d . an z 3 Ib . .p 3 Du Olos, Hist Louie , vold , .sXL iii. 2 9 PROCEEDING SOCIETE TH F F SO Y O

is preserved part of a poem in Scottish verse, from a French epitaph placed upo tombr nhe , entitled Lamentatio Domini Dalphini Franciceo pr morte Uxoris suce, dictce Margaretce, and translated, it is said, at the com- r brothemanhe f do r King Jame e Seconds th transcribee Th . r however says, as this complaint "was but a fained thing," he had copied only a portio indeed itf sufficientls no an i ; t di y proli dulld xan . This portion of the Fairfax MS., preserved in the Bodleian Library, was printed for the Maitland Club, edited by the Eev. Joseph Stevenson, under the title of DeatLife d " ean Th Kinf ho g Jame Firse s th Scotland.f to " 1837. 4to. The. same continuator, who appears to have been one of the household Dauphinesse oth f havo t d e accompanie,an voyage th n i France o et r dhe , expresse lamentationn ow s fatse hi sucf th e o r amiabln hsfo a accomd ean - plished Princess r ageflowee he th of t . f heu n d fo i rcu , " Se , proh dolor! quo oporteae dm t scribere quod dolenter refer ejue od s mort . Na . m. e ego, qui scribo hsec, vidi earn omni die vivam, cum Eege Franciaa et Kegina ludentem, et per novem annos (1436-1445) sic continuantem." addse H , that withi shore nth t cours f eigho e n i see td r dayha nhe e sh health, and then dead and embalmed, and her leaden coffin placed in a tomb at the corner of the high altar of the Cathedral Church of Chfilons, Kine untilth s ga , said t shouli , removee db placed an d d along wite hth kings and queens of France in the Abbey-of St Denis. Paradin, in 1561, states, thar bodhe t y remaine greae th n tdi churc f Chalonho s untie th l reign of Louis XI.," when it was brought to the 'Abbey of St de Thouar Poitoun si , wher t lies.ei 1 2. ISABELLA was the second daughter.—In the year 1441, an embassy arrived from Bretagne or Brittany to propose a marriage between Francis, Count de Montford, son and heir of John, Duke of Bretagne, and-Isabella, Kinge sistee arrangementth Th o rt . s were finally concluded; Toland of Anjou, the Count's first wife, having died in 1440, and their only son d predeceaseha e returth d f thin hero nO s. embassy s relatea , y b d Argentre, in his " History of Brittany," and by later writers, the Duke askin e opinio e genvoyth e lady th th f f o n, o s the y answered, thae th t young Princes d beautyha s , n eleganhealtha d an ,t e personon d an , likely enoug havo t h e children t thaspoke bu sh ,t e little, apparently

I Alliances Genealogiques des Boi t Princese Gaulee sd . 111.,p ; Lions, 1561, folio. ANTIQUARIE3 9 SCOTLANDF SO .

from great simplicity Duke Th .e replied friends,y "M , retur Scotlano nt d and bring her hither: she is just such a person as I wish for my son. Knowledg r cleverneseo s doe womaa s n more hurt than goo dupo; y nm soul, I shall have no other. By the body of St Nicholas, I esteem a woman wise enough when she can make a distinction between her hus- band's shirt and his doublet." The Princess Isabella, accompanied with a numbe lordf o rladied san f Scotlandso , landeChasteae th t a d u d'Aurai, 30te o nth Octobef ho r 1442 afted marriage ,an th r e ceremon whole yth e Court proceeded to Eennes, where they were received with great state, the festivities lasting for eight days. Her husband, upon the death of his father who uttered the preceding ungallant speech, had succeeded in the month of August to the duchy, by the style of Francis I. She appear havo st e bee persona f gooo n d sens discretiond ean . Upoe nth r sistedeathe f rho Margaret, Dauphines Francef so 1445n i , wrote sh , ea French song, whic s beeha h n printed fro a mbeautifull y illuminated Prayer-book, or volume of Hours, " Livre de Prieres d'lsabeau d'Es- cosse," preserve e Imperiath n i d l Librar t Parisa y . This volume also contains her own portrait in miniature and that of her husband. Bot copie"h Eecueildare the din e G-aignieres," vol. likewis vi.and , etwo others fro mpaintea d glass n windo r e Ladto chape th ou e yf wD n i o l Secours aux Cordeliers de Nantes. In Lobineau's " Histoire de Bretagne" (tome i. p. 619) is an engraving of her portrait, which Pinkerton has copied in his " Iconographia Scotica." In 1450, the Duchess Isabella was left a widow, with two daughters, who, failing her brother James the Second and his issue, were the nearest heirs to the throne of Scotland. Overtures were made for a second marriage with the Prince of Navarre, but the scheme was abandoned in consequence of the disapproval of Charles VII. of France. Margaret, the eldest of the two daughters, married her cousin Francis, second of the name, Duke of Bretagne, but died without issu 1469n ei . Marie e seconth , d daughter, married John, Viscount de Eohan. From him, as Mr Eiddell in his MS. notes says, " many high and princely families are descended, some of whom quarter royae th l arm f Scotland.so Eiddelr M " l also referencey ,b Anselme'o st s great work,1 " Histoire Genealogique et Chronologique de la Maison

1 , 1726-33, 9 vol. folio. 4 9 PROCEEDING SOCIETE TH F F SO YO

Eoyal e France,d e Doo t d m "an Hyacinthe Morice's, " Memoires pour servir de preuves a 1'Histoire de Bretagne,"1 points out that Thomas Spens, Bishop of Galloway and Keeper of the Privy Seal, and Thomas de Cranston de eodem, were sen specias a t l ambassador 1452n si ascertaio ,t claime nth s and e rightDuchesth f o s s Isabellr daughtershe d deede aan e Th sar . long and interesting, and there is likewise the King's formal letter on the subject, date h Januar4t d y 1452 letteA . r addresseCharleo t r he sy db VII. is here printed, at p. 99. The Duchess Isabella survived three Duke Brittanf so succession yi r husbandhe o nadvance t n die d a t an ,da d age, in the year 1494. . JOHANN3 ascertainer JANETw Ao no Mortoe e terms a th th , f y so b d n Charter, wathire sth d daughter e yeath r n 1445I . s alreada , y stated, she and her sister Eleonora were in France; and that they remained there for two years appears from a MS. now in the British Museum, en- titled " Compte des Despense Jeanne sd t Alienoree , soeur Marguerite sd e d'Escosse, premiere femme de Louis XI., Anno 1447, 20 leaves large 4to. This title must have been subsequently added, as the Dauphin's succession to the throne of France was not till 1460. This Jeanne or Johanna having returned to Scotland, was afterwards married to James Douglas of Dalkeith, created Ear f Mortoo l Kiny nb g Jame Seconde sth , 14th March 1457-8. royaA l charte grantes wa r o Jamest d , Ear f Mortono l d Johannan , a e landKinge sisteth th f Eastef f o so o r, Wested an r r Balbartane, 13th May 1459. Their issue were .John, second Earl of Morton, and two daughters—Margaret, married to Sir Patrick Hepburn of Hailes, created Ear f Boto l h wel n 1480-1i l d Janetan ; o Thomast , , Lord Erskine. The Lady Johanna must have died before the year 1490, the date of the marriage-contract of a daughter of the Earl of Huntly. . ELEONOR4 r ALIENOAe o considere b y Kma havo t d e bee fourte nth h daughter . Sh. e probably remaine n Franci d e after sistehe r r Johanna, as already stated returned ha , o Scotlant d n 1447i d n thaI . t year Eleonora of Scotland accompanied the Queen of France in a pilgrimage to St Michel. In the following year she was contracted in marriage with jSigismund, Archduk f Austriao e , anceremone dth y probably took place in 1449. Charles the Seventh of France, who evinced a lively interest in

1 Paris, 1742-56, 5 vol. folio. ANTIQUARIE5 9 SCOTLANDF SO .

the fate of these young ladies, addressed a letter to the Archduke Sigis- mund expressin s satisfactiohi g e proposeth t a n d alliance copA f . yo this letter is given in the Appendix (infra, p'. 98). This lady, like her two eldest sisters, inherited their father's love of literature. Her husband not being remarkable for learning, and ignorant Frence oth f h language t fon bu ,f romance do workd an sf fictiono s e th , name of the Archduchess is connected with the popular work entitled Histore GaliciaKing'f "e Th o th n f yo sSo , named Pontusbeaue th d - an , tiful Sydonia; which history by the high-born lady, Lady Heleonora, born Queen from Scotland, Archduchess of Austria, was from the French tongue into Dutch (German) transferred." buc s loblichd ("Da h vn e Histor den mvo i edelen Kunig ausn - sSu sGa licia genant Pontus r schene, de auc n hnvo Sydonia kunigen auss Pritania. Welche histori gar lustig vnd gar kurtzweylig tzu heren ist.—Woliche hystori die durchleuchtig und hochgeborne fraw fraw Heleonora geborne kuniginne auss Schottenlande Ertzhertzogin zu Osterreich loblich von Frantzosiger zungen in Teutsch getranssferieret und gemacht hat, &c.") e FrencTh h original passed through several editions between (about) e Germa. copth 148 1550.f d MS yo 0 an n A 'translation , preserven di e librarth f Gothayo , bear e datth s e t i 1465seem t bu s; als o havt o e obtained an extensive circulation in a printed form. The earliest edition described by Hain, printed at Augsburg in 1485, I have not seen; but books of this class are now of the greatest rarity, and even in the Imperial Librar t Viennya a (that most extensiv precioud ean s collection of books printed durin e fifteentgth h century) ,e edition wherth l al f eso such a work might have naturally been expected to be preserved, upon inquir yearw fe sya ago I ,coul d discover onl latee yth r edition 153f so 9 and 1548. At the sale of Dr Kloss's library, I was fortunate enough to procure an edition printed at Augsburg 1491, folio, unknown to Eain, whs describeha o a dsubsequen t edition, also printe t Augsbura d n i g 1498. There are subsequent impressions at Strasburg of the dates 1509,

4to, and 1539, folio ; Frankfort, 1548, folio; and at Hamburgh, in Sassi- chcn sprache, 1601 1687d an ,s likewis i , t 8vo.I a e included amond gol 1 See Brunei's Manuel du Libraire, last edition, vol. iii. p. 812. 2 Hain, Repertorium Bibliographicnin, vol. iv. p. 145-6; Ebert's Allgemeines Bib- liographiscb.es Lexikon ; Weber' 2 50 ,. volp s . Metricaii . l Romances, vol1 . 36 iii . p . 96 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF

German prose romances Biisching'n i , Hagen'd an s s "Buch der Liebe," Berlin, 1809, 8vo. &c . The Archduchess Eleonora having died without issue during her hus- band's life hade h , s secon1480n ,i hi r fo d, wife, Catherine, daughtef o r Alber f Saxonyo t Coxe'n I . s " Histor House th f yAustria,f o e o s i e "h called the poorest prince of his time, and it is added, that he left only a numerous illegitimate offspring. 5. MAEY, I suppose, was the fifth daughter. Mr Eiddell is of opinion e sixt th youngesr s o h wa thae sh tt daughter t havinbu ; g been married several years befor sister ehe r Annabella warrantee b y ma e dreckonn ,w i - ing her as senior. On the marriage of King James the Second with Mary of G-ueldres, in June 1449, she was escorted on her voyage to Scot- land alreads a , y statedLore th Vere dd y r Campvereb , o e ,s i whos n so e expressly named as brother-in-law to the King. This was Wolfred van Borselen, afterwards Lor Campvere dd Zealann ei Eard f Buchadan o l n in Scotland Olives a , or ,r "d Marcha el e calls him, " Seigneu Veree d r n u , mout puissant et notable chevalier Zelaiidois." The Princess Mary having died without issue before 1468, her husband's connexion with this country ceased, and e Earldo.th f Buchat continumo no familye d th ndi n - ei al , thoug conferreds title'wae hth wa t t i droppe e t timn no si , th bu et ; a d 1469, on James Stewart, the King's uncle, as already mentioned at p. 89. In regard to her husband, Mr Eiddell says, " "Wolfred married as a second wife, Charlott f Bourboneo , daughte f Louiso r , Coun f Bourbono t - Montpensier, third so Johf no n I,, Duk Bourbon.f eo thif O s1 marriage there was an only daughter and heiress, Anna van Borselen, who, under name th Annef eo , Princes Campveref so greatls ,i y celebrate Erasmuy db s for her beauty, generosity, and other fine accomplishments. She must likewise have been a learned lady, for some of his Latin epistles are ad- dressed to her. In conformity with this partly, Anselme, in his noted French genealogical work (vol. 314)p . i . , states that Charlott Boure ed - bon, youngest daughter of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Clermont, was afterwards married by contract, 17th June 1468, to Wol- 1 " Actually roya e heath f ldo hous Bourbonf eo , afterwards King Francf so t bu e; here thererron a soms n ei ri e degree Charlottr ,t fo daughte no s e wa Dukf ro e John, but of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Clermont, as Anselme truly transmits. Louis, however illustrioue cadeta th s f o ,wa s hous f Bourbon.eo " ANTIQUARIE7 9 SCOTLANDF SO .

fre Borselene d , Seigneu a Verl Hollande n e d r , Cornt Grandpre ed n ee et de Boucan en Escosse," Marshal of France ; and that he die 148n daughters di o lefd 7tw an t , the eldes f whoo t e explicitlmh y styles " Anne de Borselle dame de la Vere (same as Campvere) fille aine Wolfarede Borsellede t , Seigneu Verela de r, Comt Grandprede e Champagnn e Boucae d t ee Escossen ne , Marecha France,e d l " Knighf o t the Golden Fleece, and of Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier (Ibid. vol. . 255ip . , 1315 ; whic) h Anne wels statee i h d ls knowna ,san , marrien di 1478, 1st, Philip of Burgundy, Lord of Bemer in Flanders de la Vere, Chamberlai f Maximilianno , Kin ge Bomansoth f , Knigh Goldee th f to n Fleece afterwardsd an ; , 2dly, Louis, Viscomt Montforde ed e facth tt bu ; of this Anne de Borselle, the issue only of Wolfart de Borselle, Count of Buchan lasts , hi ari y wifdb e Charlott Bourbone ed , having succeedem dhi in his Netherland estates, further confirms the fact of his having no surviv- ing issue at least, or representatives, by his first one. the Princess of Scotland." 6. ANNABELL apparentls Awa e sixt yyoungesth d han t daughtere Sh . was contracted in marriage with Louis of Savoy, then eight years of age, at Stirling, on the 14th December 1444. In the letter of Charles VII. of France in 1448, the Comte of Savoy and the Duke of Bretagne are name s alreada d y marriee s sisterth hi r f f betrothedo o (o sd o tw o t ) daughter-in-law yeae th r n 145I .5 the young Princes conductes swa d into Savoy for the accomplishment of the marriage; but from some unexplained reaso e Frencnth h king interfered prevented an , d thi- al s liance taking place o settlT . e this matter, Thomas, Bisho f Galo p - loway, and the Chancellor of Savoy were appointed commissioners, and they consente e dissolutioth o e marriagedt th e f presenco nth n i , f o e Charles VII., on the 3d of March 1455—Louis, Duke of Savoy, agreeing to pay 25,000 crowns of gold for the dommages et mterets de I'epouse, and for the expense of her conduct back to Scotland.1 This arrange- mens approve wa y Jamet b f e Secondo ds th sletter hi y b s, patent, here subjoined (infra, e 1456. 100)y p Sh Ma ., f dateo h t Pertd7t a e hth became Marcn i , h 1459-60 e seconth , d wif f Georgeo e , second Earf o l Huntly; and by her he had four sons and six daughters. But notwith- 1 Guichenon, Histoire Geneal. de la Koyale Maison de Savoie, tome ii. p. 3, edit. Turin 1778, folio. G VOL. III. PAR . TI 8 9 PROCEEDING SOCIETE TH F F SO YO

standing this alliance l fatil er pursue,he d beinhere sh , g legally divorced from her husband by a sentence pronounced in the year 1471; which proceeded upon the ground of consanguinity with his first wife, Elizabeth, Countes f Murrayladieo so tw se th bein, g withi e thir fourtd th n dan h degrees. The documents proving this were examined by Mr Eiddell man e Gordoth y n yeari no Charter-chessag t Gordoa t n Castle h d e an ;l gav detaileea d accoun "s f the o Tractshi t mn i , Lega Historical,d an l " 1835, pp. 81, &c. They have since been described or printed among the "Gordon Papers" in the Miscellany of the Spalding Club,2 edited by John Stuart, Esq., secretary.

APPENDIX.

No. 1. EPISTOLA CAROLI FKANC. EEGIS SIGISMUNDO Duct AUSTKLE : Gratum se lialere testatur Matrimonium cum filia Eegis Scotorum, 1448. Ex MS. D. d'Herouval. CABOIUS . Illustr&c , i Principi Sigismundo Duci Austria? carissimo filio, ac dilectissimo Cohsanguineo nostro salutem, zelique filialis dilectionem. Illustris Princeps, filique carissime, direetos jamdiu ad nostrum pre- sentiam caros ac nobis dilectos Ludovicum Beuse Militem, Prseceptorem Comitatu e Tyreul,d s t Havez3e e Pachel Consiliario Ambaxiatorec a s s vestros advenisse benigne, litterasqu ipsor epe s vestr partx ie e nobis pre- sentatas, leeto animo suscepimus, eosque ad plenum super credentia earundem tractatum matrimonii inter vos, carissime' Fili, ac illustrem sororem consanguineamque nostram AMENDE filiam serenissimorum quondam Eegis, necnon sororem Eegis pfassentis Scotorum, nostrorum carissimorum fratrum, tangente, placidis auribus audivimus. Qua in re postquamplures, praasent materian i dilationes, turn quia consensus dicti carissimi ffatris nostri Scotorum Eegis erat necessarius d cujua , s pras- sentiam quosdam nobis fidos destinavimus, (proui qu t nobis nuntiaverunt) 1 Charte Georgeo rt , Lord Gordon Alexanderf o n so , , Ear f Huntlylo Annad ,an - Bell s spouseahi , sister-germa marke 0 e landKingth th 20 f Oboynef f f o ssno o o , , 10th March 1459-60 (Reg. Mag. gig. lib . 91). vNo .. Vol. iv. pp. xxviii.-xxxi., 128-131. Vulgo, Tirol. 2 3 ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND. 99

rem gratam acceptamque habuit: turn etia mcarissimid i s consanguineis nostris Britannia t Sabaudiae a s Ducibus, quibus sorores ejusdem caris- simee nostrae Alienor junctaa sunt, notificavimus: quod laudaverunt, et huic operi ob ferventem animum quern ad vestram personam gerimus, ejus successus tanquam pro filio proprio prospers optantes, tantam ad- hiberi diligentiam feoimus, quod sponsali r verbpe afuture ad o intes rvo et prasfatum quam carissimam Consanguineam nostram, sub certis con- ditionibus et modificationibus contracta fuere. Vemm quia intra quatuor mensium spatium vestram ratihabitionem, secundum ea quse agitata sunt, ad consummationem hujus matrimonii mittere tenemini, vestris Ambaxia- toribus utilius visum fuit impreesentiarum praefatum Haveze Pachel ves- tra personad ma m fore transmittendum r querpe , n latius super omnibus poteritis informari, quam multo longior scriptura contineret. Datum in Monte-aureo prope Laverdini. (Veterum aliquot Scriptorum, qni in Gallic Bibliothecis, maxime Bene- dictorum latuerant, Spicilegium. Tomus Septimus—prodeunt—opert ae studio Domni Lucas Dacherii, p. 252, Parisiis, 1666, 4to.)

No. 2. LETTKB DE LA DUCHESSE YSABEAU ATI BOY DE FBANCE, 1453. Mon tres-redoubte Seigneur—Je me recommans a vostre bonne grace i tres-humblementans t e t e pluqu ts puist vouE s. plaise scavoirn mo , tres-redoubte Seigneur, que j'ai receu vos lettres qu'il vous a pleu m'escrire) e Maistrqu e c ey o G-u t e y Vernart Arcbidiacr e Toursd e , vostre Con- bonna l r vousquoe e d pa D e t e ye .visitatio d t seilledi a nrm' honorable qui de par vous m'a este faicte de tout mon cueur tres-humblement vous remercie. Mon tres-redoubte Seigneur, je me merveille des rappors que on vous doit avoir fai moye d t , ains vostre iqu t Conseille edi dita r m' rca : veritablement ce sont choses controuve'es. Je vous certiffie que puis le trespa e Monseigneurd s i Diequ ua , pardoint, beau-frer Bretaigne d e e m'a si honorablement et favorablement traictee en tout mon estat et autre affairess sme j'ae qu y, caus m'ee ed n loue vousa r Monseigneua , r mon frere le Hoy d'Escosse, et a tous mes autres Seigneurs, parens et amis, ne jamais m'a este faict chose dont je me doye douloir, quelque c 2 100 PUOCEEDING SSOCIETE 01TH ' F YO

rapport qu'on vous ait faict au contraire. A quoy je vous supply tres- humblement qu'il vous plaise n'ajouster t foyquanE . t Ton m'eust fait chose que bien a point je le vous eusse fait scavoir. Mais Dieu mercy, vraya l t e e amour qui continuellemen a estt t es t e beat di entrun emo frere de Bretaigne et moy, je n'ay eu cause de ce faire, vous suppliant,

mon tres-redoubte Seigneur, que quant votre vplaisir sera de expedier 1'Evesqu Galoye ed , qu'il vous plais vostre ed e grace escrir t certiffieee s ce r choses a mon dit Seigneur et frere d'Escoce, et 1'avertir de soy acquitter mariagen mo e quon d e , t dyvery u do i l smo m'est tenu, don n'ee j t u jamais rien : car vostre rescription m'y sera tres-honorable et proufitable. t vouE s plaise tousjours m'avoi bonns t tenire vo n er e grac t souvenanceee . Et me mandez et commandez tousjours' vos bons plaisirs pour les ac- compli tres-redoubtn obeiry t re Mo . e Seigneur Diey pr ue j ,qu'i l vous doint tres-bonne vie et longue. Escript a Bennes ce 14 jour d'Avril. (Et au las la souscript'ion esf) Vostre tres-humble et obeissante niessce la Duchesse de Bretaigne, (et ainsi signe) YSABEAU.

a superscription(L n tres-redoubtmo esf)A e Seigneur Monseigneua l r Eoy. Chamb. des Comptes de Paris. (Morice, Memoires pour servir de Preuves a 1'Histoire de Bretagne, tome ii., col. 1629.)

No. 3.

LETTBES DE JACQUES Eoi D'ESCOSSE, par lesquelles il consent d la Resolution des Promesses du Mariage d'Anne-Belle sa Soeur, et de Louis de Savoie, Oomte Geneve,e d 1456. (Tiresa Chambrel e d s Comptesde de Savoie.) JACOBUS Dei Gratia Eex Scotorum, universis et singulis ad quorum notitiam preesentes Liter® pervenerint, Salutem. Sciati intellexisss sno e pleneque concepisse effectus, conventiones et concordias initas et factas in Oppido Grannasii die vigesima tertia mensis Martii, anno Domini mille- simo quadringentesimo quinquagesimo quinto, secundum Eegni nostri computationem inter Eeverendu mChristn i o patrem Thomam Episcopum Candidse Casfe, Consiliarium t Anbassiatoree , m nostrum procuratbremque ANTIQUARIE1 10 SCOTLANDF SO . ad hoc specialiter deputatum, et Egregium Virum Dominum Jacobum de Comitibu e Valpergud a a Cancellarium c Procuratorea , m Illustrissimi Principis Ludovici Duds Sabaudias, c etiaho m d a specialite r deputatum super receptione et reductione Inclitas Sororis nostree Germanse Annas- bellee ad Eegnum nostrum, necnon de consensu partium infra scrip- tarum, ad dissolvendutn et acquittandum omnes conventiones, contractus t appunctuamente a super matrimonio contrahendo inter preefatam nos- tram luclytam G-ermanam Anna-bellam et Ludovicum secundogenitum prredicti Illustrissimi Duels Sabaudiee Comitem Gebennarum, alias habita, stipulata aut compromissa, ac etiam super acquittatione summee viginti quinque millium scutorum auri, pro damnis, expensis et interesse et statu dictas sororis nostra, manutenendo nobis et dictee nostrre sorori per dictum Illustrissimum Dncem Sabaudiaa concessee, prout in Instru- mentis publicis desuper confectis latius continetur. Quas quidem con- ventione t mconcordiame r prsedictope , s Procurator t procuratorie s o nomine factas, secundum vim, formam et continentiam earumdem lauda- mus, approbamus, ratificamu t e confirmamuss . Datu b magnmsu o sigillo nostro apud Perth. Septim mensie odi s Maii, anno Domini mil- lesimo quadringentesimo quinquagesimo sexto t regne , i nostri vicesimo. (Guichenon, Histoire Genealogiqu a Eoyall e ed e Maiso e Savoied n : Preuves. Tom. 386.p . e)iv