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James Scott of Balwearie

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on 30 April 1595 and made to testify in the Chapel Royal before a group of Church ministers, who then agreed to excommunicate those with the earls at Menmuir.
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His lands were in Atholl in Perthshire, and he had houses in Fife, Balwearie Castle, near Kirkcaldy, and Killernie Castle.
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Scott was agent of the rebel Catholic lords in 1594. It was rumoured he was involved in a plot to depose
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James Scott married Elizabeth Wardlaw, daughter of Andrew Wardlaw of Torrie. Their children included:
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He was the son of Walter Scott of Balwearie and Janet Lindsay, a daughter of John Lindsay of
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Balwearie, his brother Robert, and the younger Kinnaird of Carse were taken to
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to intercede for his life. He was imprisoned and fined 12,000
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His younger brother Robert Scott was a servant of the rebel
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in September 1591. He was shot and fatally wounded while
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James Scott of Logie, who married Katherine Creick.
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Index

Dowhill
Lochleven Castle
Margaret Erskine

William Scott of Balwearie
Lord of Session
Mary, Queen of Scots
Lochleven Castle
Earl of Bothwell
Sir John Carmichael
raiding Holyrood Palace
Earl of Bothwell
Laird of Niddrie
Falkland Palace
Anne of Denmark
James VI
Prince Henry
Provost of Edinburgh
Alexander Home of North Berwick
Edinburgh Castle
Menmuir
Angus
Huntly
Erroll
Caithness
James Douglas of Spott
James VI
Stirling Castle
battle of Glenlivet
Walter Scott of Buccleuch

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