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on 5 August 1589. In
September of the same year he entered into a personal bond with Huntly for mutual assistance; and in 1590 displeased the king by marrying, in spite of his prohibition, Lady
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on the arrival of the king in April; and in July, Erroll gave himself up to James, who leniently refrained from exacting any penalty. Erroll submitted himself to the king's mercy at
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His relations with the Kirk, however, were not so amicable. The reality of his conversion was disputed, and on 21 May 1608 he was confined to the city of
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A letter from the Privy
Council about a pension paid to the Earl of Erroll in January mentions that one of his daughters served Anne of Denmark.
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in June 1592; and though he obtained his release, he was again proclaimed a rebel on account of the discovery of his signature to two of the
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made a ceremonial entry to the town. Atholl was
Provost of Perth and Errol was Constable and they argued over their precedence.
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a force sent against them under the Earl of Argyll. His men carried a banner showing a cross and the beheading of
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nobleman. A convert to
Catholicism, he openly conspired with the king of Spain to try to unseat the Protestant
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He engaged with Huntly and
Crawford in a rebellion in the north of Scotland, but their forces surrendered at
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A letter he wrote to King Philip declaring his allegiance to Spain was intercepted and sent by
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tried to persuade him not to marry her, but Erroll argued he could change his wife's friends' alliances.
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enjoyed by the earls of Erroll next after the royal family over all other subjects in
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The dispute which began in his lifetime concerning the hereditary office of
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Erroll was imprisoned on suspicion of complicity in the attempt made by
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was settled finally in favour of the former; thus establishing the
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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The earl died on 16 July 1631, and was buried in the church of
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joined in the
Spanish conspiracies against the throne of
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218:In 1587 he married Mary Stewart, sister of the
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207:by his first wife, Lady Jean Hay, daughter of
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374:, deprived of his estate, and imprisoned at
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519:composed a poem in Latin for his funeral.
385:between the families of Erroll and of the
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807:(Spalding Club Miscellany, vol. ii. 211);
708:Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1589-1603
627:Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1589-1603
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787:Historic Earls and Earldoms of Scotland
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436:he had five sons and eight daughters:
290:He was involved in a quarrel with the
548:Alexander Burnett of Leys (died 1619)
498:Margaret, married John Seton, son of
494:George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly
303:Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell
231:George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly
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735:, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1952), p. 460.
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710:, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 540.
683:, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 132.
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475:Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch
427:William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
336:Helenor Hay, Countess of Linlithgow
273:William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
485:James Douglas, 1st Lord Mordington
225:Early in his life he converted to
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831:History of the Church of Scotland
681:Calendar of State Papers Scotland
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886:Erroll, Francis Hay, 9th Earl of
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592:Dictionary of National Biography
463:George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton
407:John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl
995:Nobility from Perth and Kinross
917:Lord High Constable of Scotland
294:at Perth on 29 June 1591, when
209:William Hay, 6th Earl of Erroll
185:Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll
54:Lord High Constable of Scotland
757:Calendar State Papers Scotland
745:Calendar State Papers Scotland
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693:Calendar State Papers Scotland
481:Hugh Sempill, 5th Lord Sempill
205:Andrew Hay, 8th Earl of Erroll
171:Andrew Hay, 8th Earl of Erroll
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418:James Stewart, Earl of Moray
573:Henderson, Thomas Finlayson
307:Patrick Gray, 6th Lord Gray
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504:Isabel, died unmarried
416:Margaret, daughter of
142:Lady Elizabeth Douglas
139:Lady Margaret Stewart
578:"Hay, Francis"
328:Mary, Queen of Scots
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815:History of Scotland
523:Descendants of note
479:Elizabeth, married
383:Lord High Constable
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607:James Balfour Paul
432:By his third wife
405:Mary, daughter of
397:Marriage and issue
354:Church of Scotland
271:, daughter of the
239:Philip II of Spain
203:He was the son of
30:The Earl of Erroll
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227:Roman Catholicism
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967:William Hay
927:William Hay
817:, vol. ii.;
811:Andrew Lang
587:Lee, Sidney
515:. The poet
443:, 10th earl
89:William Hay
72:Preceded by
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961:1585–1631
944:Andrew Hay
921:1585–1631
910:Andrew Hay
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559:References
490:Sophia Hay
461:, married
391:precedence
243:Queen Mary
77:Andrew Hay
846:, ed. by
838:Memorials
423:Elizabeth
413:, in 1587
376:Dumbarton
324:Glenlivet
213:deaf-mute
199:Biography
167:Parent(s)
134:Spouse(s)
66:1585–1631
62:In office
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