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 ANGUS. 97 widow to. secondly, 1101, James Kennedy of Dunure. who d. v.p. She m. thirdly, Sir William Ckailvm of Kincardine, and she m. fourthly, in 1425 Sir William Ed.monstone of Duntreath, with whom she is bur. in the church of Strathblane. XV, 1402. 2. William (Douglas,) 'Earl op Axgus [8.], s. and h. He was one of the negotiators for the ielea.se of James I [SJ in 1423. Was Ambassador to England, 1430, and Warden of the Middle Starches, 1433. He m. by disp. dat. 1425. Margaret, only da. of Sir William Hay of Yester, by his 1st wife Joanna, da. and coheir of Hew GlFFORD of Yester. He d. 1437. His widow was living 10 Oct. 1466. XVI. U37. 3. James (Douglas), Eaul of Angus [8.J, s. and U., Berved h. to his father 27 Feb. 1437-S. He was forfeited 1 July 1445, but the attainder was probably soon reversed. He d. s.p. 1446. As to his alleged marriage with the Lady Johanna STEWART, 3rd da. of James I [S.] (which lady m., about 1456, James (Douglas), 1st Eaul <>]■' Morton [S.]). see such statement confuted in the " Exchequer Itolls " [SJ, vi, preface, pp. Iv and lvL("') XVII. 14IG(") Jf. George (Douglas), Earl op Angus [S.], uncle and h. He was one of the Commissioners to conclude a treaty with England, 1149 and 14511, and was AMBASSADOR there, 1451. He adhered to James II [S.] during the Douglas rebellion in 1454, and was rewarded with large grants of their lauds. He was accounted the head of the party known as the 11 Old Lords" during the minority (1460) of James III [8.]. When Henry VI was a fugitive in Scotland, iu 1461, lie engaged to give the Earl lauds of the yearly value of 2000 marks and to erect them into a Dukedom. Early in 1 162 he obtained a victory over the English at Alnwick. He n. Isabel, da. of Sir Andrew Sibhald of Balgony, eo. Fife. He d. 14 Nov. 1462, and was bur. at Abernethy. His willow m. Kobert Douglas of Lochleven, and was living, as his wife, 20 Feb. 1489-90. XVIII. 1462. 5, Archibald ( Douglas), Earl of Angus [S.], popu- larly called " Bell the Cat,"(») and " The Great Earl," s. and h. He was but 9 years old at his father's death. He was Warden of the East Marches, 11 ( d ) This fable, for which neither Boece nor Hume of Godscroft are responsible, has probably originated in a confused apprehension bv later genealogists, of the fact that the mother of Earl James' successor was sister to James I [S.] Ex inform. G. Burnett, Lyon. (") There is a puzzling entry in the "Exchequer Rolls" [S.], v, p. 371-372, implying that an Earl George had succeeded an Earl William in 1448 or 1449. The supposition that William may be a clerical error for James is not a sufficient explana- tion, inasmuch as the same record states (p. 246) that Earl James, though alive in 144a, was dead and was succeeded by Earl George iu 1446. A comparison of these passages almost suggests the hypothesis (which, however, it would be rash, to adopt without further corroboration) that there were two additional Earls, n':., George, who sue. in 1446, and William, who sue. George and d. in 1448 or 1449 ; both (perhaps) brothers of Earl James, and both omitted in the usual accounts of the Earldom from their having been so short a time in possession and unknown to history. Ex inform. G. Burnett, Lyon. (*} This name was thus acquired. The Nobles having, in 1483, resolved to check the favoritism of James III [S.], there was quoted in their conclave the " Fuhlc of the wherein it is suggested that, to warn them of the approach of the Oat, some one should place a bell rouud her neck ; but the proposition fell to the ground, as aone had the courage to do so. Ou this Angus exclaimed " I will bell the Cat," and wit, ith "''ganised measures which resulted not only in the execution of the favour- tes, but in the murder of the King himself, in 148S.