[1] Not long after by authoritie of a Parliament aſſembled, he made his eldeſt ſonne Iohn,The prefer|ment of the kings ſonnes to dignitie. begot|ten on Elizabeth Mure aforeſayde, Erle of Car|rik: his ſecond ſonne begottẽ on hir Erle of Men|teith and Fife: and his third ſonne Alexander be|gotten likewiſe on the ſame mother, he created Earle of Buchquhane, and Lorde of Badze|nocht.