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on 29 October 1572 after a short illness, widely agreed to have been natural causes. However, some sources indicate that he may have been poisoned at the behest of the Earl of Morton. Mar's illness, according to
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when the queen restored the charter to him and his heirs "all and hail the said earldom of Mar". Prior to this the title of Earl of Mar was held by Mary's half-brother
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given by Morton. James VI continued to regard
Annabella Murray with affection and wrote to her as "Minnie". She was the governess of his son
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continued, Mar came to Leith and made preparations to besiege
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asked him to repair the fore-entry of
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The King's cause suffered a number of reverses. At
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in 1563. She was a frequent companion of Queen Mary; John Knox called
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on 18 July 1566. He became the keeper of Queen Mary's son,
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John Erskine began building the house at Stirling called "
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176:. John Erskine is regarded as both the 18th earl (in the
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HMC Report on the Manuscripts of Earls of Mar and Kellie
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to the east of the city. The guns were brought from
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317:planned to marry Elizabeth Douglas at
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883:Privy Council of Mary, Queen of Scots
467:Mar, John Erskine, 1st or 6th Earl of
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529:Accounts of the Treasurer, 1566–1574
432:(SHS: Edinburgh, 1927), p. 220 note.
354:Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
251:and Calder was thought to have shot
708:, vol. 2 (London, 1930), pp. 30–32.
518:, vol. 2 (London, 1930), pp. 20–21.
409:. The other seat of the family was
235:On 5 September 1571, he was chosen
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241:James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
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590:(Edinburgh, 1804), pp. 154–155.
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112:religious reformers in 1559
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126:in 1557. The custody of
102:John was Commendator of
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502:Encyclopædia Britannica
492:"Mar, Earldom of"
472:Encyclopædia Britannica
163:Comptroller of Scotland
722:Stewart, Alan (2003).
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