[1] [2] [3] [4] [page 428] 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.