158 COMPLETE PEERAGE angus She, who was b. 2i Nov. 1489, (') at Westm., d. 18 Oct. 1541, at Methven, and was bur. in the Carthusian monastery of St. John, at Perth. () He m., 3rdly, after her death (having never recognised the said divorce), 9 Apr. 1543, Margaret, only da. of Robert (Maxwell), 4th Lord Maxwell [S.], by his ist wife, Janet, da. of Sir William Douglas, of Drumlanrig. He d. at Tantallon Castle, Jan. i^^Sjj, of erysipelas, and was bur. at Abernethy. His widow m., before Sep. 1560, Sir William Baillie, of Lamington. She d. 1593. Will pr. 15 May 1594 at Edinburgh. [James Douglas, styled Master of Angus, or Lord Douglas, only s. and h. ap., by 3rd wife, d. an infant, and v.p., Feb. 1547/8.] XXIV. 1557. 7. David (Douglas), Earl of Angus [S.], nephew Jan. and h. male, being s. and h. of Sir George D., of Pitten- driech, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of David Douglas, of Pittendriech afsd., which George was next br. of the last Earl. He, who was b. about 151 5, sue. his father 10 Sep. 1547, but is said to have been inactive and sickly. He m. (cont. dat. 8 May 1552, at Linlithgow) Margaret or Elizabeth, widow of James Johnstone, Laird of Johnstone, da. of Sir John Hamilton, of Clydesdale (illegit. s. of James, ist Earl of Arran [S.]), by Janet, ist. da. and coh. of Alexander, 3rd Lord Home [S.]. He d. June 1557, at Cockburnspath. His widow m. Sir Patrick Whitelaw of that ilk, who d. before 1571. XXV. 1557. 8. Archibald (Douglas), Earl of Angus, and after- June, wards (1585) Earl of Morton [S.], only s. and h. He was but two years old when he sue. his father. On 1 5 Dec. 1567 he carried the Crown at the meeting of the first Pari, of James VL He was known as " the good Ear/." In 1584 he joined the nobles against the King, and was attainted 22 Aug. in that year, hxt pardoned
1585. By act
of indemnity and letters of rehabilitation, 29 Jan. 1585/6, & sue. to the Earldom of Morton [S.], which had been under attainder since the death of the last Earl in 1581. He m., istly, 13 June 1573, at Stirling, Mary (not Margaret), (") da. of John (Erskine), Earl of Mar [S.] and Regent of Scotland, by Annabella, da. of Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine. She d. s.p., 3 May 1575, and was bur. at Holyrood. He w., 2ndly, 25 Dec. 1575, Margaret, C') yst. da. of George (Leslie), 4th Earl of Rothes [S.], {*) iv kl. Dec. This satMay was borne at Westm' at nyght aft' the ix' hour' a q'rt' my ladi M'garet the ij'* child to the King Harri the vij' a° do' 1489. " (King's MSS, 2 A. xviiia. Coll. Top. et Gen., vol. i, p. 280). V.G. C") Margaret, their only child, b. 18 Oct. 1515, m. Matthew (Stuart), 4th Earl OF Lennox [S.], and was mother of Henry, styled Lord Darnley, the father of James VI. In consequence of this descent the King claimed the Earldom, as ment- ioned in a previous note. The Queen Dowager m., 3rdly, immediately after her divorce, Henry Stewart, who, in 1525, was cr. Lord Methven [S.], but by him had no surv. issue. C') See his letter, i May 1573, acknowledging tocher. {^Hist. MSS. Com., Mar MSS., p. 30.) Her tocher was 8000 merks. V.G. (**) On 29 Nov. 1 58 1 a Parliamentary confirmation of certain Baronies was
