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Francis Stewart was a son of John Stewart, Prior of Coldingham (d. 1563), who was an illegitimate child of James V of Scotland by his mistress Elizabeth Carmichael. Francis' mother was Jane Hepburn, Mistress of Caithness, Lady Morham (d. 1599), sister of James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney and 4th Earl of Bothwell.
The Raid of Holyrood was an attack on Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh on 27 December 1591 by Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell in order to gain the favour of King James VI of Scotland. Bothwell subsequently staged a raid at Falkland Palace, and in July 1593 made another attempt at Holyrood. [1]
In December, all Bothwell's titles and estates, including Crichton Castle, were forfeited. In 1568, Crichton Castle, along with Bothwell's other estates, was granted to Francis Stewart, son of John Stewart and Jean Hepburn, and thus bastard grandson of James V. Francis was created Earl of Bothwell in 1577 and married Margaret Douglas. He ...
The house was then occupied by Alexander Hume of Manderston, and kept by his son, Alexander Home, Prior of Coldingham. [2] The English ambassador Robert Bowes noted in July 1591 that Sir William Keith of Delny "lay in bed" once or twice at Morham with the owner, the rebellious Francis Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell.
They ran for two years, and implicated over 70 people. These included Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, [1] on charges of high treason. The "witches" allegedly held their covens on the Auld Kirk Green, part of the modern-day North Berwick Harbour area. Confessions were extracted by torture in the Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh.
The tower is described as "a fine example of a 16th-century tower house", [3] and was extended and heightened in the early 17th century. Upper dormers bear the date 1600. [3] Robert's son John Colville conspired against James VI, taking part in the Ruthven Raid and later joining with Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, in an attack on ...
Bothwell, 24 Fairfield Place, Fairfield House, Including Boundary Walls And Gatepiers, Garden Walls, Gatepiers And Gates 55°48′14″N 4°03′46″W / 55.803854°N 4.062715°W / 55.803854; -4.062715 ( Bothwell, 24 Fairfield Place, Fairfield House, Including Boundary Walls And Gatepiers, Garden Walls, Gatepiers And
Charles Stewart, but for the attainder 3rd (or 7th) Earl of Bothwell (c. 1617–1651) Robert Stewart, but for the attainder 4th (or 8th) Earl of Bothwell (fl. 1656) The next heir appears to have been Captain Francis Stewart of Coldingham, a cavalry officer who commanded the royalist left wing at the Battle of Bothwell Brig in 1679, and who ...