CASSILLIS 75 1 540/ 1, he had a charter of the Fief of Cassillis, &'c., to himself and the heirs male of his body,(^) with divers remainders over. He was taken prisoner by the English at Solway Moss, 24 Nov. I542,() but finally discharged in Feb. 1545. Extraordinary Lord of Session 1546 till his death; he shared in the Scottish defeat at Pinkie 10 Sep. 1547. He became a Protestant,('=) and went over to the English party.() High Treasurer [S.], 1554. He was one of the 8 members chosen to represent his country at the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, with the Dauphin of France, which was celebrated at Paris 24 Apr. 1558. The sudden death of no less than 4 {^) of these (who had opposed the French views as to the settlement of the Scottish crown) led to a strong suspicion of poison. He m.y in 1 540, Margery, widow of William Wallace, of Craigie, and da. of Alexander Kennedy, of Bargeny. He d. at Dieppe, 28 Nov. 1558, and was i?ur. with his ancestors at Maybole. Will dat. at Dieppe 8 Nov. 1558. His widow's will pr. at Edinburgh 12 Jan. 1596/7. IV. 1558. 4. Gilbert (Kennedy), Earl of Cassillis, tfc. [S.], s. and h., ^. about 1541. He was a Rom. Cath., but became a Protestant after his marriage. He was P.C. to Queen Mary 1562, and fought on her behalf at Langside, 13 May 1568. For the purpose of obtaining a lease of tithes he was guilty of horrible cruelty in torturing the commendator of Crossraguel in 1570, for which he was compelled to find security for ;^2,ooo.(*) He joined the King's party at Stirling in 1571. He m., in 1566 (cont. dat. 30 Sep. 1566), Margaret (tocher 10,000 merks), da. of John (Lyon), 7th Lord Glamis [S.], by Janet, da. of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal, s. and h. ap. of William, Earl Marischal [S.]. He d. 14 Dec. 1576, through a fall from his horse.(s) His widow m., between 30 Dec. 1577 and 10 Feb. 1578, John (Hamilton), ist Marquess of Hamilton [S.], who d. 6 Apr. 1604, in his 72nd year. She d. 1626, at Evandail. (^) See infra, p. 79, note "a," as to a conjectural effect of this charter. () The other Scots Lords taken prisoners at the same time were William, Earl of Glencairn, John, Earl of Monteith, Malcolm, Lord Fleming, Robert, Lord Max- well, Patrick, Lord Gray, Lawrence, Lord Oliphant, James, afterwards Lord Somerville, and Robert, s. and h. ap. of John, Lord Erskine. V.G. ("=) Archbishop Cranmer, to whose custody he was committed, is said to have effected his conversion. (<') In May 1545 he offered to the English Council to have Cardinal Beaton assassinated, and received the reply that the King did not mislike the offer! V.G. (^) Lord Fleming d. in Paris 1 5 Dec, and the Earl of Cassillis, the Earl of Rothes, and Bishop Reid (President of the Session), d. at Dieppe, all three in one night, 28 Nov. 1558, while the Earl of Moray felt the ill effects for the rest of his life. (') " Ane particular manne and ane werry greidy manne, and cairitt nocht how he gott land, so that he culd cum be the samin." {History of the Kennedys). V.G. (s) His next br.. Sir Thomas Kennedy, of Culzean, being his h. presumptive, was sometime sty/ed Master of Cassillis. He d. in 1602, being ancestor of the 9th and succeeding Earls of Cassillis.
