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 ANGUS COMPLETE PEERAGE 155 da. of Sir John Drummond, of Stobhall. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Homildon Hill, and d. of the pestilence in England, in the same year, 1402. His widow w., 2ndly, 1404, Sir James Kennedy the yr., of Dunure. He was killed, v.p.^ before 8 Nov. 1408. In July 1409 his widow had Papal disp. to m. (as his 2nd wife) Sir "William Cunningham, but there is no clear evidence that the marriage ever took place. He d. between 7 Aug. 1413 and Dec. 141 5. She m., jrdly, (as his 2nd wife) 13 Nov. 141 3, (') William (Graham), ist Lord Graham [S.], who was living 10 Aug. 1423. She »»., 4thly, 1425, Sir William Edmonstone, of Duntreath. She was living 1458, having had issue by all four husbands, and was bur.^ with her last husband, in the Church of Strathblane. XIX. 1402. 2. William (Douglas), Earl OF Angus [S.], s. and h. He was one of the negotiators for the release of James I [S.] in 1423. Was Ambassador to England, 1430, and Warden of the Middle Marches, 1433. ^'^ defeated the English at Piperden, 10 Sep. 1435. C) ^^ '"• (betrothal dat. 12 Dec. 1410) by disp. dat 1425, Margaret, only da. of Sir William Hay, of Tester, by his ist wife, Jean, da. and coh. of Hew Gifford, of Tester. He d. Oct. 1437. His widow was living as late as 22 Apr. 1484. XX. 1437. 3. James (Douglas), Earl of Angus [S.], s. and h., served h. to his father 27 Feb. 1437/8. He -^-i.^ forfeited I July 1445, but the attainder was probably soon reversed. He d. s.p.y and apparently unm., {^) in 1446, before 9 Sep. XXI. 1446. (*) 4. George (Douglas), Earl of Angus [S.], br., though often supposed to be uncle, (°) and h. He was one of the Commissioners to conclude a treaty with England, 1449 ^"^ 1459, and was Ambassador there, 145 1. He adhered to James II during the Douglas rebellion in 1454, and was rewarded with large grants of C) The Editor has unfortunately not preserved the authority for this date, but there is no reason to doubt its correctness, as the marriage unquestionably took place before 15 May 14 16. V.G. (*") Sometimes considered as the battle commemorated in " Chevy Chase, " this Earl being the Earl Douglas therein mentioned. See note sub Northumberland. i^) As to his alleged marriage with the Lady Jean Stewart, 3rd da. of James I (to whom he was contracted 18 Oct. 1440, but who ;n., 1458/9, James (Douglas), 1st Earl of Morton [S.]), see such statement confuted in the Exchequer Rolls [S.], vol. vi. Preface, pp. Iv and Ivi. C) There is a puzzling entry in the Exchequer Rolls [S.], vol. v, pp. 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 hardly sufficient explana- tion, inasmuch as the same record states (p. 246) that Earl James, though alive in 1445, was dead and was succeeded by Earl George in 1446. f) That statement is refuted by Godscroft's MS., and by a document, dated 26 June 1450, at Durham, in which appears the ' Relaxatio Willielmi Douglas, comitis de Angus, patris comitis moderni' and by other proofs in Eraser's Book of Douglas, vol. ii, pp. 45-6.