Analecta Scotica - 1837 Author:James Maidment Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: upon Beatrix Ambrosia, daughter to Monsieur Ambrose, an Italian, who cam to Scotland with the said Queen, mother to Queen Mary, and served her in the qualitie of... more » Secre- tarie; and the said Adam Nisbet's mother was Marrian Inglis, daughter to James Inglis, merchant in Edinburgh, and predecessor to the present Laird of Nether Cramond; and [Adam] Nisbet's grandmother was a dochter of .Eleis of Stanhopmilnes. LETTER JOHN LINDESAY OF MENMUIR' TO JAMES WEYMES, 7th March 1596.f Mr. James, ge sal wit Mr. John gour gairdner, hes vryt- ten to me for gourd seid, cucumbers, and citrols, quhilk I haue sent ouer vith Dauid Maulde, Fiff cairer, vpon Son- day last: he hes gone ouer the tua aiker of land, quhilk ge sal gar saw to my awin behuve. I mervel that nether ge nor Mr. Dauid, hes vrytten to me at this tyme anent the recept of my last directions : quherin ther vas ane bil ansuerand to Mr. John Johnston, quhilk ge sal nocht delyuer at this tyme, bot proceid vith the rest of gour proces vpoun Furisday next. Give ge aggrey vith Henri Mitchell, tak doun ane of his houses, and big a hous to Bernard, besyd the pompes. I am stay it with contrarie windes. The king and the kirk is weil aggreit, and in despyt of al the fyne men, it vas con- cludit that this vas ane lauful general assemblie, be moniest of votes of the ministers them selfis. Al reprouing of the king The founder of (he noble family of Balcarres. He was a man of great talent nnd learning. Ho married Margaret, daughter of Alexander Guthrie, burgess of Edinburgh, relict of David Borthwick, King's Advocate from 1573 to 1580, and had issue two sons and throe daughters. He died 3d September 1508, before he had attained the age of fifty. f Balcarres Papers, vol. viii. and counsels actes is forbidden, except be awyse of ane h...« less