cald out of France wherein hee had now liued to mans estate to take on him the gouerment and rule of the Realm of Scotland as King thereof and vppon the 24. day of Nouember in the yeare of Christ 1331. in the eight yeare of his age and the thrid of his raign in the Parliament at Scone hee receiued the order of Kinght-hood at the hands of that Noble-gentlemā Tho. Randolph Earl of Murry The day following hee was Crowned and annointed with great honor before whom neuer was there any King of Scotland Crowned or annointed Vpon the sameday was also crowned and annointed Iohan his Q. Against this Dauid Edward Balioll waging war besiedged Barwicke to whose aide also came that victorious Prince King Edward the third In the yeare of our Lord 1333. the 19. of Iuly in the battaile at Halidon-Hill where were slayne 7. Earles of Barons and Knights 900. Esquires 400. and 3000. common Souldiers Barwick was taken by the said King Edward the third the day after being the 20. of Iuly In this Dauids time also Edward the 3. besiedged Calis which was then in the possession of Phillip of Valois the French King Whereupnn this Phillip sent his ambassadors into Scotland vnto King Dauid that according to their league he should enter England so to diuert his enemy Edward from the said siedge of Calis Who condiscending vnto the French King aduentured to inuade England with a right puissant army of Scotsh-men presuming that Edward had left behind him none but church-men husband-men and that the flower of the soldierie of England had been ouer sea with the King their Soueraign Whereupon he Marched as far as Durham where he was fought withal and ouerthrowen by the inhabitants of Yorkeshire some few others He himselfe with william Douglas and many others of the Nobles taken prisoners by Iohn Coupland an Esquier of the North and commited to safe custody vpon the vigil of Saint Luke the Euangelist in the yeare of Grace 1346. Those that fought the said victorious battaile were william Le-Zouch Arch-Byshop of Yorke with the Clergy of his Dioces Gilbert de Vmfrauill Earle of Anegos Henry Percy Ralph Neuill william D'eyncourt and Henry Le-Scrope with a very small Army of English-men such as they could assemble in such a penurious season The tenth yeare after being ransomed hee shewed himselfe a very modest Prince to the end of his life which was at Edenburg in the 47. yeare of his age and the 39. of his raigne in the yeare of our Lord 1370. leauing no yssue behind him to succeed him He lieth buried in the Monastery of Saint Crosse before the great Alter there The first wife Iohan surnamed of the Tower the daughter of king Edward the second King of England and Sister vnto King Edward the third was the first wife of Dauid King of Scots who iornying into England to see her Brother there dyed without issue and lieth buried at London in the Church of the Friers Minorits Hee Married her at Barwicke the 17. of Iuly 1238. The second wife MArgaret Logi the Daughter of Iohn Logi Knight a Virgin excelling all other of that time for beauty was the second Wife of King Dauid whom as hee himselfe boasted he married rather for her form then in desire of yssue Notwithstanding when hee perceiued that shee had accomplished the age of foure and twentie yeares and grew hopeles of Issue he forsooke her Wherevpon shee appealed vnto the court of Rome and after the expence of much Treasure to no purpose she dyed An. Dom. 1371. RObert Stewart sur-named the Hunter the Nephewe of Dauid Brus by his Sister he was son of walter Stewart begotten vppon the body of Margery the sister of King Dauid by the generall agreement of the whole Scottish Nation is nominated king in stead of his deceased vncle vpon the feast day of the Anunciation of our blessed Lady in the year of our Lord 1371. Against whom in the very beginning william Douglas opposed himselfe affirming that the right of that kingdome accrued vnto him by the aliance with the Balliols and Comyns But perceiuing that George of Dunbarre Earle of March and his Brother the Earle of Murrey and the Lord Erskine who had three of the strongest fortresses of the kingdome in their custodies viz the Castle of Maydens Striueling and Dunbreton did strongly oppose against him whereupon he renounced his pretension And at last the daughter of King Robert borne in lawfull wedlocke was giuen in marriage to Iames son and heire of the saide william Douglas This Robert amongest the Scots was the second King of that name and the first of the Stewarts vnder which Sur-name and vnder nine Kings of the name for the space of two hundred yeares and more euen vnto this day haue the Scottes bin happily gouerned and the famous Jsle of Great Brittaine in our dayes into one Gouernment vnited by our dread Soueraigne Lord King Iames that now is Vnto any of whom this Robert was nothing inferiour in happinesse as the man whom during the whole time of his raigne neuer felt the affliction of any aduerse fortune He dyed with age and not with sicknesse the 13. of the Calends of May in the yeare of our Lord 1390. and in the 19. yeare of his raigne in his Castle of Deidon being full of dayes viz. in the 74. yeare of his age and lyeth buried in the Monastery of Scone The first wife EVfemia the daughter of Hugh Earle of Ros was the first lawfull wife of this Robert King of Scotland who not long after hir husband Robert was crowned in solemne maner 1372. She died in the third year of his raigne and in the year of our Lord 1387. The second wife ELizabeth the Daughter of Adam Moore knight was the second wife vnto this King ROBERT By whom he hadde three Sonnes His Issue by his first wife VValter Stewart Earle of Atholl beheaded for plotting Treason against Iames the first Dauid Stewart Earle of Stratherne Eufemia married vnto Iames the sonne of william Dowglas His Issue by the second wife Iohn afterward named Robert and succeeded his Father in the kingdome Robert Stewart Duke of Albany Gouernor of Scotland and Earle of Fife in right of his wife and was Father of Mordac Duke of Albany and Gouernour of Scotland Alexander Stewart Earl of Bucquhane father of Duncan A daughter married to Iohn of Dunbarre the Brother of George Earle of March A second daughter married vnto Iohn Lyon Lord Glammys but of what name or by what woman these two were appeareth not in record RObert Steward the third of that name King of Scottes Earle of Carict whose name was first Iohn succeeded his deceased Parent Robert the second in the yeare of our Lord 1390. He chaunged his name as I conceiue for that he deemed the name of Iohn ominous vnfortunate as first being hatefull in the Balliols and secondly vpon animaduersion that a king of France of that name was in
battell taken prisoner by the English This third Robert in a manner waged continuall warfare with England but alwaies with vncertaine and vnfortunate successe Who after he had raigned sixteene yeares and seen Dauid one of his Sonnes made away by the subtilty of Robert Duke of Albany Earle of Fife his Vnckle and his other Son Iames in declining by the Treason of his saide Vnkle to be captiuated by the English wherein hee shewed himselfe a Prince more vertuous then polliticke for with the English his childe might haue beene in better securitie then amongst his owne people for mony or mariage might haue wrought his deliuerance as the euent proued Their owne Annales record that this Robert was a good man but no good King Hee dyed at Bucquhane the fourth of the Calends of Aprill vpon Palme-sunday in the yeare of our Lord 1406. and lyeth buried at Paslet From this time for the tearme of thirteene yeares was the kingdom gouerned by Lieutenants viz. Robert and after him by Mordac the son of Robert which time being almost expired Iames the Son of this Robert beeing freely deliuered out of England returned and tooke vpon him the Royal Dignity ANabel the Daughter of Iohn Drummond de Stubhall Knight was wife vnto this Robert the third A Lady for her admirable beauty deerly beloued of her husband She died at Scone 1401. and lieth buried at Dunfermeling Their Issue Dauid their first borne Duke of Rothsay who dyed of hunger Iames who succeeded his father in the kingdom and was the first of that name Egidia married to Earle Dowglas who had issue one onlie daughter married to Henry Sinclare earl of the Orchades from whom is descended William Earle of the Orchades A Daughter maried vnto the Earle of Angus A Daughter married vnto the Earle of Dalketh By what woman these thâ—ee daâ—ghters were is not manâ—fest by warrant of any of our records IAmes Stewart the first of that name amongst the Scots the son of Robert the third after his long and tedious abode in England vpon certain conditions and couenants was freely deliuered and returning into Scotland was re-aduanced to the regall throne in the yeare of grace 1422. and in the next yeare following hee made his homage for the kingdome of Scotland at windsor vnto Henry the sixt King of England his superiour Lord Anno. Dom. 1423. This Iames was a Prince of an excellent wit very couragious an excellent Wrastler swift of foot a good Musitian and inferior to no man in eloquence of speech all which he had exquisitely learned in England during the time of his long captiuity He was no lesse commendable for his Poesie in the Scottish tongue whose Booke and Verses euen to this day amongst the Scots carry the prize and best commendation By the Treachery of his Vnckle the Earle of Atholl who euer carried an aspiring mind vnto the kingdome he was wounded to death with thirty deadly stabbes in the Towne of Perth the 21. of February in the yeare of grace 1447. and was buried at the Carthusians in the one and thirtith year of his raigne and the four and fortith of his age for whom he himselfe had built an house in the Suburbs of the same Towne The parricides the Earle of Atholl and Robert Graham were punished most cruelly but most worthily Graham was reported to haue alledged for his excuse that because the K. had proscribed and banished him that therefore hee was not his subiect So friuolous an excuse had the man of sinne for euer and euer infamous taken for his presumptuous offence Whereuppon the Scots haue this Rithmicall Prouerb in their owne language amongst them Robert Gramen he slew our King God giue him schamen IOne the daughter of Iohn Beaufort Earle of Somerset in England whom the said Iohn begot vppon the bodie of Margaret his wife Dutchesse of Clarence Sister one of the co-heyres of Edmund Holland Earle of Kent was wife vnto this Iames the first King of Scotland marryed vnto him at London in the year of our Lord 1423. who after the death of King Iames tooke to her second husband Iames Steward a young Gentleman by whom shee had three Sonnes the first called Iohn was Earle of Atholl the second called Iames was Earle of March and the third sonne was thought to be Byshop of Murrey She died the fourth of the Nones of March Anno Dom. Their Issue Alexander who dyed an Jnfant Iames the second king of Scots after his father Twinnes Marg. eldest daughter maried to Lewis the xij k. of France Ioan Dutchesse of Austria Elizabeth Dutchesse of Brittaine All yssuelesse This King had three other Daughters one married to the Earle of Camphire in Zeland Another married to the Lord of Dalketh Annother to the Earle of Huntley All dyed yssuelesse By what Women these three Daughters were is not manifest IAmes the second son of Iames the first after the death of his father was made King of Scotland in the yeare of our Lord 1447. Hee was called Iames with the fiery face because he had a verie red mole on the one side of his face This King when hee came to mans estate grew very strong tooke to wife the daughter of the Duke of Gheldres He arrested the Earle of Douglas William and Dauid his Brothers with Nicholine Hemming Lord of Comirnald at the Tower of Edinburgh and caused them all to be beheaded vpon the Mount within the saide Castle From this time after the death of Douglas he raigned Royally and made Lawes according to his owne will and afterward being at the siedge of Roxborough Castle which the English had long held where hee was very curious about the framing of warlicke Engins to assault the Castle was there slaine by a great shot from the Castle the Earle of Angus standing by was sorely wounded the third day of August in the year of our Lord 1460. in the 29. yeare of his age and the 24. of his raigne He was royally buried in the Monastery of S. Crosse at Edinburgh MArgaret Daughter to Arnoldus of Egmont Duke of Gheldres was wife vnto the saide Iames the second descended anciently from the race of the Dukes of Brunswicke Their Issue Iames the third King of Scots next following Alexander Steward Duke of Albany Iohn Steward Earle of Marre who dyed yssuelesse Anna first married to Alexander Lord of Boyd after to the Lord Hamilton Margaret married to the Lord Creichton IAmes the third being a child of seuen yeares of age after the death of Iames the second his father was Crowned King of Scots at Calcon in the yeare of our Lorde 1460. and when hee was twentie yeare old he tooke to wife Margaret the daughter of the King of Norway and was marryed at Edenburgh which brought him in dower the pretended right of the Kings of Norway to the Orchad Islands and the rest of the Islands there adiacent In the beginning of his raigne he ruled al things in quiet order but in
Brethren dyed issulesse Dauid the youngest sonne of King Malcolme succeeded in the Kingdome Anno. 1124. who being more worthy then both his Brethren raigned prosperously 29. yeares and two moneths An. Dom. 1124 DAuid commonly called Saint Dauid the youngest son of King Malcolme the third Edgar and Alexander his Brethren beeing dead without issue succeeded in the kingdome of Scotland in the yeare of our Lord 1124. Of proud persons hee a valiaunt Prince was the tamer and confounder towards his good subiects he was milde and mercifull a Prince Religious and zealous He maruailously reformed the Scottish Nation whose maners were very rude also greedy of blood out of their sauage barbarousnes so accustomed to bloodshed neither regarding Age nor Sex He waged warre and fought two mighty battailes with Stephen King of England assisting the iust quarrell of his Neece the late Empresse For vnto Mauld the Empresse the Daughter and heire of King Henry the first and his Sisters eldest Daughter he had made his homage and fealty For when King Stephen had sent to demand homage of the said King Dauid for the Realme of Scotland as for all other the Lands and Seigniories which he held of him within England King Dauid made aunswere that both Stephen he himselfe with all the Nobility of England were all seuerally bound by Oath to the obedience of the Empresse his Neece as the onely lineal and lawfull heyre to king Henry the first her Father whereof hee for his part made that conscience as that during her life hee would neuer acknowledge any other true inheritor to the Crown of England Afterward notwithstanding he gaue his son Henry as hostage to k. Stephen who in his Fathers behalfe did likewise swear homage vnto the said K. Stephen The Northern Prouinces of England viz. Northumberland Cumberland he claimed in the name of Mauld the Empresse which being gotten hee long retained them as in his proper right till King Henry the son of the said Mauld the Empresse disgesting with impatience to be defrauded of so Noble a portion of his inheritance regained the foresaide Frontiers from King Malcolme the Grand-childe of Dauid by his sonne Henry And thus after many troubles King Dauid slâ—pt with his Fathers in the yeare of our Lord 1153. in the eighteenth yeare of King Stephen the 24. day of May declaring his Grand-childe the eldest sonne of his Sonne Earle Henry as yet within age his successour in the kingdome He lyeth buried at Dumfermeling A Prince he was of great Vertue and Honour who after his honourable marriage and his vndefiled bed hauing one only son borne vnto him he euer after remained a widdower He builded many Monasteries namely Halyrude-house Kelso Iedburgh Dun-dranan Cambuskeneth Kinlosse Metrosse New-bottell Dunfermelin Holme in Cumberland and two Religious places at New-Castle in Northumberland He erected four Byshopprickes viz. Rosse Brechin Dumblane and Dunkeld MAtild or Mauld one of the daughters heires of VValtheof earle of Northumberland and Huntington and of Iudith his wife the daughter of Lambert Earle of Lens Neece of william the Conqueror was Wife to King Dauid and Widdow of Simon Saint-Liz Earle of Nortâ—umberland and Huntington Their Issue Henry Earle of huntington the onely sonne of King Dauid married Adama the Daughter of william the second Earle of warren and Surrey Sister by the Mothers side to william the younger Earle of warren and Surrey to Robert Earle of Leicester and walram Earle of Mellent in Normandy and Worcester in England Of whom he got three sonnes and as many daughters He dyed at Calcone in the yeare of grace 1151. his father being yet aliue was there buried His Lady Adama founded a Monastery of Nuns at Hadington and died in the yeare of our Lord 1178. Claricia eldest daughter of King Dauid Hodierna another daughter of King Dauid The Children of Henry Malcolme King of Scots the fourth of that name eldest Son of Earle Henry VVilliam King of Scots â—ather of Alexander the second Dauid his third sonne Earle of huntington that married Mauld Sister of Ranulph earle of Chester by whom he had diuers children Margaret married to Conan Earle of Brittaine Anno. 1161. the seauenth of Henry the second after whose death she was againe married to Lord Bohun earle of Hereford Ada married to Florence earle of Holland Mauld who dyed in tender yeares vnmarried An. Dom. 1153. MAlcolme the fourth of that name surnamed the Mayden because he would neuer marry as heereafter is shewed the Grand-childe of King Dauid being thirteen yeares of age succeeded in the kingdome of Scotland in the yeare of Grace 1153. Henry King of England son to the Empresse invested this Malcolme with the Order of Knight-hood and caused him to render vnto him the Countries of Northumberland and Cumberland and in lieu thereof restored him again to the earldome of Huntington of ancient right appertaining vnto him hauing first performed his Oath of homage fealty for the kingdome of Scotland at Chester in the yeare of grace 1160. The Countrey of Galloway in rebelling against him he visited in person with a mighty Armie and subdued it After he came vnto mans estate the graue Counsellours of his kingdom perswaded him to take a Wife but he euer refused to hearken thereunto constantly affirming that he had vowed chastity which he obserued all the daies of his life He died at Iedworth after he had raigned twelue yeares and six months But his body was buried at Dumfermling a place lying almost in the midst of the kingdome where for the most part the kings of Scotland haue beene accustomed to haue bin buried euen to these our daies After him succeeded his Brother william a man more fit for wordly affaires then his Brother but for the Noble gouernment of the kingdome hee could not be more happy then his Brother Arma paternaâ—… An. Dom. 1165. WIlliam Earle of Huntington in England Brother vnto Malcolme the fourth succeeded in the kingdom of Scotland was crowned in the yeare of Grace 1165. This William as also Dauid his Brother with all the residue of the Earles and Barons of the Kingdome of Scotland became the Leidge-men of King Henrie the younger the sonne of King Henry the second the day after his Coronation and sware vnto him fealty against all men reseruing their allegiances due vnto Henry the Father as yet liuing Howbeit the same William hauing forgotten his duty in hostile manner inuaded the Countrey of Northumberland with a puissant Army in the twentieth yeare of Henry the second and vsed exceeding cruelty against the Inhabitants Against whom certaine Lords of Yorkeshire making out viz. Ranulph de Glanvill Robert de Stuteuill Bernard de Balliol VVilliam de Vesey and others they tooke him prisoner at Alnwick or Anwick and surrendered him vnto the foresaide Henry In the yeare following the fifteenth day before the Calends of May hee was permitted to depart freely And afterward the sayde VVilliam by the consent of
the Prelats the Earles Barons and Nobles and all others the chiefe persons of Scotland comming vnto Yorke in the foresaide yeare the seauenteenth day before the Calends of September he did acknowledge by his Letters Patents vnto his Lord Henry King of England the sonne of Maud the Empresse that he his heires and successors should for euer be subiect vnto the Kings of England as vnto their Leige-Lordes After the decease of King Henry this william came againe to Canterbury and did his homage vnto Richard the first the sonne and heire of the saide Henry And after his death also the sayde William did his homage and swore his allegiance to Iohn King of England Brother and heire vnto the foresaide Richard on a heigh hil without the Citty of Lincolne in the sight of all the people vpon the crosse of Hubert Arch-Byshop of Canterbury At last falling grieuously sicke he departed this life at Striueling the day before the Nones of December in the yeare of Christ 1214. in the seauenty and two yeare of his age and the 49. of his raigne or as others say in the 52. and lyeth buryed at Abirbrothoke a Monastery which he himselfe had founded The first wife ADa the daughter of Robert de Auenell saith Scot. Chronicon was the first wife of king william whose name and progeny to other Chroniclers are not very wel knowne perhaps for that he maried her as yet being but a priuate person and are therefore silenced or omitted of Historiographers But his daughter Adama begotten vpon her he married vnto Patric of Dunbar Earle of March The second wife ERmengardis the daughter of Richard Viscount Beaumont the sonne of Rosalin Viscount Beaumont of Constance the base daughter of Henry the first and Kinswoman to Henry the second was the second wife of King William She was married vnto him at Woodstocke in the Nones of September in the yeare of our Lord 1186. by Baldwin Arch-Byshop of Canterbury in the 33. yeare of the raigne of King Henry the second Shee founded the Monastery of Bulmurinagh died the 3. Ides of Febr. 1233. in the 47. yeare after hir espousals lies buried in Bulmurinagh being of hir own foundation as aforesaid Children by his second wife Alexander King of Scots borne vpon the feast day of Saint Bartholomew at Hadington 1198. Henry slaine by his Vnckle Malcolme He was Father vnto Patric Galightly one of the twelue Competitors for the Kingdome of Scotland Isabel maried to Roger Bigot Ea. of Norffolke and Earl Marshall of England and afterward to Robert Lord Roos de Hamelak from whom discended William Lorde Roos another Competitor of the kingdome of Scotland Margaret married to Hubert de Burgh Earle of Kent 1221. who dyed without issue by her Mariorie perhaps base married to Lord Eustace of Vesey vnto whom she brought the Barony of Sprouston for her Dowry Aufric married to William of Say in Ireland from whom descended Roger de Amundeuile or Mundeuile a Competitor also of the sayde kingdome An. Dom. 1214. ALexander the second after the decease of William his Father was crowned King of Scotland at Scone on the feast day of S. Nicholas with great honour beeing but sixeteene yeares old and an halfe when he began to raigne A Prince surely worthy of gouernment a man who towards the poore was bountifull cherrished the good abhorred the euill and accustomed to doo right vnto all men with Iustice and equity Hee obserued the peace most faithfull with King Iohn and Henry his sonne vnto the which Iohn and afterward to his sonne Henry hee did his homage for the kingdom of Scotland And pacifying the rebellious Islanders he departed the way of all flesh at Kerueray in the west Isles in the yeare of our Lord 1249. the second day of Iune after almost thirty and fiue yeares of his happie and fortunate raigne and lieth buried in the Monastery of Melros in the 51. yeare of his age and the 35. of his raigne The first wife IOane the Daughter of Iohn King of England and sister to King Henrie the third was Queene of Scotland and the first wife of King Alexander being espoused vnto him in the yeare of Christ 1221. at Yorke who comming out of Scotland desired to visite Canterbury and in her returne towards London died the fourth of the Nones of March leauing behinde her no issue Anno. 1238. She lieth buryed betweene the Armes of Henry K. of Engand Richard Earle of Cornwal her Bretheren in the Church of Tharent The second wife MAry the Daughter of Ingelram of Guines L. of Coucy in Fraunce was second wife to K. Aexander She was maried to him at Roxburg in Scot. in the year 1239. on Whitsonday She died 1282. beyond the seas His Issue by the second wife Alexander the third King of Scotland borne at Roxburg the one and thirty day of August 1240. Margaret a Daughter married to one Alan le Husee vnto whō she brought forth Ermengard a Daughter also maried to one whose sur-name was de Seules From whom Nicholas de Seules one of the Competitors for the kingdom of Scotland discended An. Dom. 1249. ALexander the third the sonne of Alexander the second after his decease was crowned King of Scotland And because this Alexander at the death of his father was but nine yeare old a great feare possessed the Gouernours of the child least vpon contempt of his Nonage vsurpations on euery hand should bee inforced vpon the Kingdome Whereupon in all hast Messengers in the Kings name were dispatched vnto Henry the third King of England both to continue the ancient league and amity as also to request his daughter for their King in mariage wherunto K. Henry granted in all points so Alexander tooke Margaret the Daughter of the said King Henry for his wife and afterward did his homage to the saide Henry Father in in Lawe and to his sonne Edward for the kingdome of Scotland At last in the yeare of our Lorde 1285. The 19. day of March the saide Alexander falling from his horse vpon the sandes on the North side of Kyngorne and breaking his neck dyed in the 37. yeare of his raign and lyeth buried at Dunfermeling hauing formerly builded the crosse Church of Peibles After whose death the kingdome of Scotland for the space of sixe yeares and nine moneths had no Gouernour which produced many lamentable greeuances as shall heer-after appeare He left one onely daughter and heire vnto the kingdome named Margaret and she was married vnto Eric King of Norway who bare also another Margaret commonly called the Maiden of Norway who presently after her Mother also deceased issuelesse Whereupon Controuersie arose as concerning the succession For the kingdome lay vacant by the tearme of sixe yeares and nine months as aforesaide the state being promiscuously gouerned by sixe Vice-royes or Gouernours The Gouernors for the South-side of Forth were Robert Arch-Byshop of Glasquo Iohn Cumin and Iohn great Steward of Scotland for the
North-side of Forth were appointed Macduff Earle of Fife Iohn Cumin Earle of Buckquhane and William Frazer Arch-Byshop of S. Andrewes who being al worn out at last by the iudgement of Edward the first King of England Iohn Balliol tooke vpon him the supreame authority ouer that kingdome The first wife MArgaret the daughter of Henry the third King of England and Sister vnto Edward the first was wife vnto Alexander the third King of Scotland Shee vvas married vnto him at York vpon the feast day of the Natiuity of our Lo. 1251. and dyed 1274. at Cupsum the fourth of the calends of March and lieth buried hard by King Dauid commonly called Saint Dauid The second wife IOletta Daughter of the Earle of Dreux in France second vvife vnto Alexander the third King of Scottes whom he married as hauing good hope to leaue yssue by her to succeede him She vvas maried vnto him in the yeare of our Lord 1286. by whom hee left no successor The third wife MArgaret the Daughter of Guy de Dampier Earle of Flanders was third wife vnto this Alexander the thirde by whom she had no issue Shee was afterwarde againe married to the Earle of Guelders Children by his first wife Alexander who dyed an vntimely death in the life time of his father vvas borne at Iedworth the 12. calends of Ianuary 1264. Dauid vvho also dyed in the life time of his Father Margaret married to Eric of Norway sonne of Magnus King of Norway Of vvhom vvas borne another Margaret the onely future heire of the kingdome of Scotland Who being promised in marriage to Prince Edward the sonne of Edward the first King of England comming out of Norway to be married in her iourny about the Orchades being very young dyed Whereupon great contentions arising concerning the succession of the kingdome Edward the first King of England in the 18. yeare of his raigne summoned the Scottish Nobility to a Parlament at Norham there declaring vnto them his right of Soueraignty Paramount ouer the kingdome of Scotland Which being acknovvledged by the said Scottish Nobility and seisin and possession of the Land and the Castles of the kingdom being deliuered to him by the Competitors he caused diuers Instruments Duplicats thereof to be sealed by them vvhich to most of the chiefest Monasteries of his realme he sent to be preserued for posterity He then receiued in the claimes of the seueral Competitors Of vvhich the greatest right and only discent of title seemed to bee betweene Robert de Brus and Iohn de Balioll both being discended from Dauid Earle of Anguse and Huntington Brother to Malcolme and William and Vnckle to Alexander the last King to whom he was next heire he suruiued the issue of his Nephew Robert de Brus the eldest son of Isabell the daughter of the foresaid Dauid claimed a presedency of right as being by a degree nearer in blood then Balioll to the last King which was consonant to the law of Nations the fittest rule to square out the interest of Kings But either wearied as seemeth with the trouble of Competitor or willing to shew a rare example of moderation in his election of a priuate life hee resigned vp his claime and interrest of that kingdome to his sonne The Original deed still remaining with Sir Robert Cotton the heire of Bernard de Brus his second Brother and is in these words OMnibê° Christi fidelibê° hoc praesens scriptuÌ„ visuris vel audituris Robertê° de Brus Dominus de valle Anandia saluteÌ„ in domino Nouerit vniuersitas vestra nos concessisse omnino remisisse karissimo filio nostro domino Roberto de Brus Comiti Karrik haeredibus suis totuÌ„ ius clamium quod habuimus vel habere potuimus ad petendum regnum Scotiae Ita quod nos nihil Iuris aut clamij ad praedictum regnum nomine nostro petendum de caetero vendicare aut exigere possumus damus insuper spontanea voluntate concedimus praedicto filio nostro heredibus suis plenam liberam potestatem dictum regnum petendi ius quod sibi competit in hac parte nomine suo prosequends prove voluntate sui melius nouerit conuenire omnia faciendi que per nos ante tenorem confectionis praesentium poterunt expediri In cuius rei testimonium praesenti scripto sigillum nostrum apposuimus et in Maius testimonium sigillum Nobilis viri Domini Gilberti de Clare Comitis glouerniae Hertford presentibus apponi procurauimus Datum apud Berwic die veneris in Crastino sancti Leonardi Anno. gratiae 1292. But in conclusion Edward the first finding Balliol an easier instrument apter to lean to his desire either of reducing that kingdom to his immediate obedience or at least for retaining it within the reach of his soueraignty preferred him for King being the sonne of Deruergilla the Daughter of Margaret the first begotten daughter of Dauid Earle of Huntington great Vnckle vnto this Alexander the third He was crowned the last day of Nouember at Scone vpon Saint Stephens day following IOhn Balliol the sonne of Iohn Balliol and of Deruerguld his wife the Daughter of Margaret the eldest Daughter of Dauid Earl of Huntington great Vnckle vnto Alexander the third who dyed without issue by the suffrage of Edward the first King of England was aduanced vnto the Royall Throne of the kingdome of Scotland and did the accustomed homage and swore allegiance vnto the sayde King Edward at the Towne of New-Castle vpon Tine in the yeare of our redemption 1292. M. seâ—… ter C. sed ab illis octo câ—herce Hoc anno Domini tradidit dâ—…ma Iohanni For three yeares and somewhat aboue this Balliol gouerned the state of Scotland But for that he prooued slouthfull and negligent the Scots deposed him as an vnprofitable member in the yeare of our Lorde 1292. Sâ—… Chron. lib. 1â— Cap. â—6 From whence he fled into France and there dyed Whereupon Edward King of England for ten yeares space miserably afflicted the Scottish Nation and by force entred the kingdome as farre as the Riuer Forna where is the passage to Ros. Heere by the way it is to be noted * Some say it was this mans father that this Iohn Balliol founded that Colledge in Oxford 1263. which to this day beareth his owne name there whose Grand father by the Father side Alexander Balliol in like manner as others his predecessors were owners of Bernard Castle in the Byshoppricke of Durham which sayde Castle it is reported that one Bernard Balliol presently after the Conquest of England by the Normans erected and named it after his owne name Betweene the raigne of this Iohn and Robert Brus William Walleys with some others opposed themselues against Edward k of EnglaÌ„d The which Walleys being afterwarde taken Edw. the 1. did hang at London caused his quarters to be fixed vpon poles in many places in Scotland Anno. 1305. ISabell the
his latter time by aduerse fortune the most part of his Nobility conspired against him He dyed at Sterling in the yeare of our redemption 1488. the xi of Iune in the 28. yeare of his raigne MArgaret Daughter of Christian King of Denmarke and Norway was wife to the saide Iames the third King of Scots Their Issue Iames the fourth King of Scots after the death of his Father Iohn Steward Earle of Marre who dyed without issue Alexander Steward Byshop of Saint Andrewes and Duke of Albany died without issue IAmes the fourth after the death of his father Iames the third got vnto himselfe great power amongst the Scots which for some yeares he very directly administred Iustice by the same and brought the kingdom vnto much quietnesse by his good gouernment Insomuch that the great thefts robberies slaughters and such like villanies which had beene commonly vsed in Scotland about the borders especially were euery where almost vtterly left off But Lewes the French King vsed great and many perswasions vnto King Iames that he should not desist in these bloudy enterprises but rather increase theÌ„ and the rather thereby to offend Henry King of England whose Sister the sayde Iames had married and with whom hee had great league At length through many hard perswasions and faire promises from the French King hee leuyed a great power and at a time vnexpected inuaded England although presently after it was knowne he was admonished by King Henry that although he were not ashamed of his deed at least hee should feare the iudgement of Almighty God who is wont to be reuenged on the perturbers of peace and the breakers of leagues For that warre being taken in hand against all faith and league sworne had like euent for by the English they were ouerthrowne and King Iames himselfe was slaine in that battel with him one Arch-Byshop two Byshops foure Abbots Noblemen Knights 34. besides 8000. common souldiers and almost all the rest taken Captiues also all their Ensignes and 22. great peeces of Ordinance This battaile was fought at Floddon-Hill neere Branxton a Towne in Northumberland the 9. day of September Anno. Dom. 1513. MAgaret the daughter of king Henry the seuenth and Sister to the most Noble King Henry the eight was wife vnto this K. Iames the fourth who after the death of the saide King her husbande was againe married to Archibald Dowglas earl of Angus hauing by him a daughter called Margaret borne at Hare-bottel Castle in England Anno. 1516. who was wife vnto Matthew Stewart Earle of Lenox Mother of Henry which maried Mary Queene of Scotland and who were Father Mother to our most dread Soueraigne Lord Iames King of Great Brittaine France and Jreland defender of the Faith c. whom God long preserue Their Issue Arthur first sonne dyed the 14. of Iuly 1510 in the life time of his Father Iames the fifth King of Scotland Alexander born 1514. after his fathers death D. of Rothsay IAmes the fift his Father being slaine in England was k. of Scotland in the yeare of our Lord 1513. being but a childe of a yeare olde when his father dyed and was crowned Anno Dom. 1515. at Scone at which place the Kings of Scotland haue beene vsually inaugurated Vnder this King there was diuers conflicts as wel by land as by Sea betweene both Nations Iohn Duke of Albany Nephew to the deceased King by the graue Counsell of the Realm was sent for home out of France to protect the young King and to gouerne his land and when he had assumed the gouernment presently after he with the French began to make warre against the English and all those great Lordes whom he thought to haue forsaken the King in his warre hee put to death for which cause much distrusting his owne safety he returned into France and King Iames now comming vnto mans estate he tooke to wife Magdalen eldest daughter to Francis the French king who liued not aboue one yeare with him After whose death hee married Mary daughter to the Duke of Guise by whom hee left one onely daughter liuing King Iames dyed with griefe of mind in the Castle of Falkeland the xiiij of December Anno. 1542. after whose death Iames Earle of Arran Lord of Hamilton his Kinsman was constituted Gouernour to the young Queene and also her Tutor The first wife MAgdalen Daughter to Francis K. of France the first wife to Iames King of Scots who dyed without issue The second wife MAry of Lorayn daughter to Claudius Duke of Guise and Sister vnto Duke Francis and Widdowe of Longuevill was the second wife to James the fift which Mary died Anno. 1560. His Issue by his second wife IAMES ARTHVR Both died Infants Mary Queene of Scots borne the seauenth day of December on the vigil of the Conception of our blessed Lady the Virgin Anno. 1542. MAry onely daughter of Iames the fift King of Scotland being an infant at the time of her Fathers death was declared heire to the kingdome of Scotland Anno. 1542. her Gouernour in her tender yeares was Iames Earle of Arran Lorde of Hamilton her Kinsman who was also her Tutor He for the saide Queene Mary waged war with the English denying to giue her in marriage to Edward the sixt King of England notwithstanding it was so agreed vppon by the chiefe Peeres of both kingdomes which caused the battell at Musselborough field where the English were Victors The Duke of Somerset Vnckle Protector to the King and Iohn Earle of Warwicke after made Duke of Northumberland being Generals at first the battell grewe doubtfull on which side it would fall but at length it happily fell on the English side in the moneth of August 1547. Queene Mary now comming to her prime yeares was first married to Francis Dolphin of France the fourth of December 1566. after whose death she was secondly married to Henry Steward Lorde Darnley eldest Sonne to Mathew Earle of Lenox by Margaret Dowglas who begot of the saide Mary a Childe of an excellent wit and great hope 1566. was christened Elizabeth Queene of England of famous memory Charles King of France and Philebert Duke of Sauoy being God-fathers and God-mother and named Charles-Iames who now by true right of descent is Ki. of Great Brittaine France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. whome God long preserue IAMES King of Great Brittaine France and Ireland Defender of the Faith was sonne of Mary Queene of Scots and of Henrie Stewart her second husband was borne at Edinburgh in the castle of Maydens the 19. of Iune 1566. first crowned and annointed King of Scotland at Sterling the 29. day of Iuly Anno. 1567. in the second year of his age and in the year of our Lord 1603. hee was most happily crowned and annointed King of England France and Ireland ANna Daughter to Fredericke the second King of Denmarke and Norway and Sister of Christiern the fourth now King was married to King Iames the â—0 of August after the vsuall manner of marrying such persons the Kings themselues not beeing there This marriage was solemnized at Gonemburgh a Citty in Denmark being there efpoused to George Keith Earl Marshall Gouernour of the North parts of Scotland and of Marre then Embassador for the saide King This Queene Anne was borne at Scanderburg the twelfe day of December 1574. Their Issue Henry Prince of VVales Duke of Cornwall Rothsay and Earle of Chester was borne on Tuesday the 19. of February 1593. Iames dyed young Charles Duke of Yorke and Albany Earle of Ros and Lorde of Ardmanoch Lady Elizabeth borne the 19. of August 1596. Margaret borne the 24. of December 1598. dyed in Scotland Mary Sophia Both dyed young and lieth buryed at Westminster