During the Sixteenth Century feuding between rival Scottish clans caused catastrophic problems between them, generally resulting in the Crown having to step in to settle matters. In researching The Challenge…
On 15th July 1567, the forces of Mary Queen of Scots and her third husband, the Duke of Orkney (Earl of Bothwell)*1 surrendered to the Scottish nobles at Carberry Hill….
On the death of James Douglas 3rd Earl of Morton in 1550 the title did not pass, as might be expected, to the eldest of his three daughters, Margaret, the…