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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]
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.
Coat of arms of the 4th Earl of Bothwell. Earl of Bothwell was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of Scotland. It was first created for Patrick Hepburn in 1488, and was forfeited in 1567. Subsequently, the earldom was re-created for the 4th Earl's nephew and heir of line, Francis Stewart, whose father was an illegitimate son of James ...
Helen Stewart, who married John Macfarlane of that Ilk. Jean Stewart, who married Robert Elliot of Redheugh. Margaret Stewart, who married Alan Cathcart, 5th Lord Cathcart. Bothwell and Margaret had dealings with the goldsmith George Heriot over a ring with counterfeit diamonds and a necklace with 80 gold "jerbes" or beads. [20]
He was a son of John Stewart, Prior of Coldingham (d. 1563), who was an illegitimate son of James V of Scotland by his mistress Elizabeth Carmichael. Hercules Stewart was a half-brother of Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, son of Jean Hepburn. His half-sister Christiane Stewart was appointed as one of the ladies to rock the cradle of James ...
John Stewart was created 1st Lord Darnley that same year. They had three children: Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell (December 1562 – 4 November 1613 Naples, Italy), who married Lady Margaret Douglas, daughter of David Douglas, 7th Earl of Angus and Margaret Hamilton, by whom he had six children.
Anne Stewart, who married in 1604, Andrew Stewart, 2nd Baron Castle Stuart; Two sons died in infancy. On 24 July 1593 she helped Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, enter Holyrood Palace in disguise. The Countess of Atholl had access to a back gate of the palace which led to her mother, Dorothea Stewart, Countess of Gowrie House. [3]