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2 In the moneth of
September,The Lorde Hume, and other areſted, and
cõmitted to warde. the gouernour commaunded the Lord Hume, with his
brother Maiſter William Hume, & Dauid Kar of Fer|nihurſt to be arreſted
and beſtowed in ſeuerall places, that better rule mighte be kept vpon the
bordures, but they lying nowe in warde, ſundry informations were giuen vp
againſt them, and therevpon the eyght of October, the ſaide Lorde Hume and his
brother were conuict of Treaſon, for aſſiſting and mainteyning of the theeues
vpõ the bordures, and other crimes, for the whiche, he was beheaded, and on
the morrow after,The Lorde Hume be|headed. his
bro|ther ye foreſaid William Hume was likewiſe be|headed, and their heads were
ſet vpon the Tol|buith
[figure appears here on page 427] in Edenburgh: Dauid Kar
was ſpared. And ſhortly after, the Duke rode to Iedworth with a greate company
of men, and ſtayed the greate robbing and reauing which had bin vſed on the bordures,
The Duke of Albany viſi|teth the bor|dures.
Another Par|liament.
The Duke of Albany ſecond perſon of the Realme.
and left there good wardens to keepe good rule in thoſe partes, and ſo
returned to Edenburgh. The third of Nouember, another Parliament was holdẽ, in
which it was decreed, that the gouernor ſhoulde be deemed and reputed for
ſecond perſon of the Realm notwithſtanding the clayme made by his elder brother
Alexander Steward, that was begotten on the daughter of the Erle of Orkney,
which was alledged, to haue bin firſt maried to their father ye Duke of
Albany, before hee was maried to the Erle of Bullogurs daughter, on whome hee
begote the gouernor, wherevpon this Alexander made proteſtation to be heire to
his father, but they were afterward a|greed, and Alexander renounced his title
in hys brothers fauor, and was made Biſhop of Mur|rey, and Abbot of Scone. At
this Parliament,The gouerner asketh licence to goe into
France. the gouernor required licence to goe into Fraunce, and to be
abſent there .vj. moneths: but this ſuite was not graunted till Aprill
following.
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The Erle of Lenox in warde.The ſame time, was the
Earle of Lenox put in warde within the Caſtell of Edenburgh, till he had cauſed
the Caſtell of Dunbritaine to bee deliuered vnto one Allane Steward in the
Cũ|ſtables name, and then he was ſet at libertie. In ye moneth of
December,Monſier de la Bautie made warden of the
Marches.
Monſier de la Bautie was made Warden of the Eaſt marches in ſteede of
the Lord Hume, and kept dayes of truce, whiche procured him ſuche hatred, that
it coſt him after|wardes his life. In the moneth of Ianuarie, the gouernor wente to S. Iohns towne, and there held his
ſeat of Iuſtice, where the Lord Fleming for the time, was made greate
Chamberlayne of Scotlande, with all the fees thereof. In the yeere
1517.
1517
Ambaſſadors from France.
there came Ambaſſadors from Francis the new French king, to deſire, yt
the auntient league might be renued betwixt him and ye K. of Scot|land, their
Realmes, Dominions, and ſubiects: for the which cauſe, all the Lords of the
Realme were aſſembled at Edenburgh, where by them it was concluded, that the gouernor himſelfe ſhuld paſſe ye
Seas into France,An Ambaſ|ſage into France. &
alſo, that the Biſhop of Dunkeild, the ſecretarie, & the maſter of
Glen|carne as Ambaſſadors ſhould goe thither, ye whi|che the thirtenth of May,
went a Shipboorde, and by the Eaſt ſeas ſayled thither, and the gouernor tooke
Ship at Newmarke beſide Dunbertayne the ſeuenth of Iune, taking his courſe by
ye Weſt ſeas,The gouernor goeth into France. and ſo
paſſed into France, where it was a|greed, that he ſhoulde haue remayned but
onely foure moneths, he hauing appointed the
Biſhops of Saint Androwes and Glaſgo, the Earles of Huntley, Argile, Angus, and
Arrane, to gouerne in his place, whileſt he was abſent. Alſo he ordei|ned
Monſier de la Bautie Lieutenante of the bor|dures.Gouernors appoynted to the kings perſon. He alſo had
cauſed the King to be brought into Edenburgh Caſtell, within the whiche hee
ſhould remaine in the keeping of the Earle Mar|ſhall, the Lords Erſkin,
Borthwike, Rithuen: of the which, two at leaſt ſhould be always preſent.
The Queene that remayned as then in
Englãd, after ſhe vnderſtoode that the gouernor was de|parted towards France,
returned to Edenburgh the ſeuententh of Iune, but ſhe was not ſuffered to ſee
the King till Auguſt following, at what time, for feare of the peſtilence to be
crept into the Caſtell,The king re|moued. hee was
remoued to Cragmiller, where the Queene oftentimes came vnto him, but at
length,The doubte which the Scottes had in the
Quene. through ſome ſuſpition conceyued, leaſt the Queene might
conuey him from thence into Englãd, he was
eftſoones brought vnto the Ca|ſtell of Edenburgh, in whiche he was kept after,
according to the order taken in that behalfe. The Lard of Wederborne &
other bordurers, hauing conceyued no ſmall grudge for the death of the Lord
Hume, and further to ſee De la Bautie ex|erciſe his office, and to
rule ouer them, they con|ſpired againſte him, and therevpon beſieged the houſe
of Laughton, whervpon, whẽ De la Bautie came foorthe of Dunbar, to
aſſemble the men of the countrey to rayſe the ſiege, as Lieutenant of the
bordures, he was chaſed by the ſayde Larde of Wedderborne & other ſo
fiercely,Monſier de la Bautie ſlaine by the Lard of
Wedderborne that in the end he was ſlayne, and foure Frenchmen with
him: his head was cut from the ſhoulders, and ſet vp in the towne of Duns the
ninetenth of Ianuary.
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