[1] After the death of the ſayde Earle, the ſtate of the realme became more quiet, for his vncle Ia|mes Dowglas Baron of Abircorne that ſuccee|ded him, being a man of great ſtature, and verie fat, gaue himſelfe to quietneſſe, and liued but three yeares after. The foreſaid William had but one ſiſter, that was called the fayre mayden of Gallo|way, and was maried vnto one William Dow|glas, ſonne to this erle Iames before his deceaſſe, that the heritage ſhoulde not be deuided, bycauſe the Earledome of Dowglas was entayled vpon the heyres male, and the landes of Wigton, Bal|wanye, Annardale, and Ormont remayned to hir as heyre generall.