See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• BALFOUR, FRANCIS MAITLAND (1851-1882)
• BALFOUR, ROBERT (known also as BALFOREUS) (1550?-1625?)
• SIR JAMES BALFOUR (of Pittendreich) (d. 1583 Or 1584)
• BALFOUR, SIR JAMES, BART

BALFOUR (of Pittendreich) (d. 1583 Or 1584)  , Scottish See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge and politician, son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael See also:

• BALFOUR, FRANCIS MAITLAND (1851-1882)
• BALFOUR, ROBERT (known also as BALFOREUS) (1550?-1625?)
• BALFOUR, SIR JAMES (of Pittendreich) (d. 1583 Or 1584)
• BALFOUR, SIR JAMES, BART

Balfour of Montquhanny, was educated for the legal See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1547, together with See also:

• KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806)
• KNOX, JOHN (c. 1505–1572)
• KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE (1853– )

Knox and others taken at St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews, he was condemned to the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French galleys, but was released in 1549, abjured the reformers, entered the service of See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary of See also:

• GUISE
• GUISE, HOUSE OF

Guise, and was rewarded with some considerable legal appointments . Subsequently he went over to the lords of the See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation and then betrayed their plans . After Mary's arrival in Scotland he became one of her secretaries, in 1565 being reported as her greatest favourite after See also:

• RIZZIO

Rizzio.1 He obtained the parsonage of Flisk in See also:

• FIFE
• FIFE (Fr. fifre; Med. Ger. Schweizerpfeiff, Feldpfeiff; Ital. ottavino)

Fife in 1561, was nominated a See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of session, and in 1563 one of the commissaries of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court which now took the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the former ecclesiastical tribunal; in 1565 he was made a privy-councillor, and in 1566 lord-clerk-See also:

• REGISTER

register, and was knighted . According to Mary his See also:

• MURDER

murder was intended together with Rizzio's in 1566 . An adherent of See also:

• BOTHWELL
• BOTHWELL, JAMES HEPBURN, 4TH EARL OF

Bothwell, he was deeply implicated in See also:

• DARNLEY, HENRY STEWART

Darnley's murder, though not See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of the See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime . By his means Darnley was lodged at See also:

• KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )

Kirk o' See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field, his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers' See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house . He was supposed to have See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up the See also:

• BOND
• BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898)

bond at Craigmillar for the murder; he signed it, was made under Bothwell See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle, and is said to have drawn up the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage-See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract between Bothwell and Mary . When, however, the fall of Bothwell was seen to be impending he rapidly changed sides and surrendered the castle to See also:

• MURRAY
• MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
• MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
• MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
• MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
• MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
• MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
• MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
• MURRAY, JOHN
• MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
• MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
• MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
• MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
• MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )

Murray, stipulating for his See also:

• PARDON (through the Fr. from Late Lat. perdonare, to remit a debt or other obligation on a penalty)

pardon for Darnley's murder,the retention of the priory of Pittenweem, and pecuniary rewards . He was appointed See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the court of session on resigning the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of lordclerk-register . He was present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Langside with the See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent in 1568, and was accused of having advised Mary to 1 Cal. of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State Pap . (Scottish), ii .

218, 250 . leave See also:

• DUNBAR, GEORGE (1774—1851)
• DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE (1872–1906)
• DUNBAR, WILLIAM (c. 1460-c. 1520)

Dunbar to her ruin, and of having betrayed to her enemies the See also:

• CASKET

casket letters . The same See also:

• YEAR

year, however, in See also:

• CON

con-sequence of renewed intrigues with Mary's See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction, he was dismissed, and next year was imprisoned on the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of complicity in Darnley's murder . He succeeded in effecting his See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape by means of See also:

• BRIBERY (from the O. Fr. briberie, begging or vagrancy, bribe, Mid. Lat. briba, signifying a piece of bread given to beggars; the Eng. " bribe " has passed through the meanings of alms, blackmail and extortion, to gifts received or given in order to influ

bribery, the expenses of which he is said to have paid by intercepting the See also:

• MONEY

money sent from See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France to Mary's aid . In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1571, during the regency of See also:

• LENNOX
• LENNOX, CHARLOTTE (1720-1804)
• LENNOX, MARGARET, COUNTESS OF (1515-1578)

Lennox, an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• FORFEITURE (from " forfeit," originally an offence, and hence a fine exacted as a penalty for such; derived through the O. Fr. forfeit, from the late Lat. foris factum, a trespass, that which is done foris, outside)

forfeiture was passed against him, but next year he was again playing traitor and discovering the secrets of his party to See also:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• MORTON, JOHN (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• MORTON, THOMAS (c. 1590-1646)

Morton, and he obtained a pardon from the latter in 1573 and negotiated the pacification of See also:

• PERTH
• PERTH, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Perth the same year . Distrusted by all parties, he fled to France, where he seems to have remained till I580 . In 1579 his forfeiture was renewed by act of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 158o he wrote to Mary offering her his services, and in June protested his See also:

• DESIRE

desire to be useful to See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, lamented the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits, and intended a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to See also:

• DIEPPE

Dieppe to hear some See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching x On the 27th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December of the same year he returned to Scotland and effected the downfall and See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of Morton by producing a bond, probably that in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Bothwell and to promote his marriage with Mary, and giving See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of the latter's knowledge of Bothwell's intention to murder Darnley . In See also:

• JULY

July 1581 his cause was reheard; he was acquitted of murder by See also:

• ASSIZE

assize, and shortly afterwards in 1581 or 1582 he was restored to his estates and received at court . His career, one of the blackest in the See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals of See also:

• POLITICAL

political perfidy and crime, closed shortly before the 24th of January 1584 . He was the greatest lawyer of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, and See also:

• PART

part-author at least of Balfour's Practicks, the earliest See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-See also:

• BOOK

book of Scottish See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, not published, however, till 1754 .