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388 BOTHWELL — BOTREAUX. (3 May) tboy had come together to Edinburgh, The Scotch nobles confederated against them, to whom the Queen sumndcrcd herself at Cttruerry Hill on 15 June following, the Duke, her husband, escaping to the north, and thence by Orkney and Shetland to Norway, where, in the Cuttle of Draxholm. after S years' imprisonment, ho d. BP. late in the year 1575 and under the age of 10. On '211 Dee. 1560 he and all his honours were " forjeikd " by Act of Pali [&] The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, his widow, S Feb. 15S0/7, nearly 20 years after this ill-starred marriage, is a matter of History. V. 1581k 1. Frakcis Stewart, C'nmiiioxl.-ifw of Kelso, s. and li. to of John S., Trior of Coldinghamc (one of the illcgit. sons of James 1592. V. [S.1, by Jean, .la. of Patrick (HeI'BI'BN), E.Utl. OK BoTHWEU, and LobdHalEs [S.] above-named and only sister to .lames, the last Kali, sue. his Father in 156" ami was. 16 Juno 1581, in consideration of his maternal descent cr.EAliLo*' BOTHWELL AXDLOliD H.M.KSj.S.] In 1581) he was one of the commis- sioners to treat with England and, with the Duke of Lennox [S.J was Joint (inv. of the Realm [S.] in 15S0. He was accused of Witchcraft and imprisoned 2 June 1501, but making his escape on the 22ud, was. mi the 25th forfeited. Uu 27 1'oe. follow- ing he endeavoured to seize the King [45 ] at Holyi 1, and was attainted by Act of Pari. 12 July 1502, whereby all lb honours were u fo$cite<lj' Another attempt to seize the King at Falkland on the 17th of that month was nearly successful, and a year later, on the 24 July 15!>3, he forced himself into the Uoyal presence and obtained a promise of all he demanded, which promise the Nobles in convention. 7 Sop. 1S93, at Sterling, absolved the King from keeping. On 3 April 1581, liothwcll again appeared with 500 horse, but effected nothing and fled to England, and thence to France, Spain, and Italy, where, at Naples, he d. in povcrtv aud infamy. (■') He m. Margaret, widow of Sir Walter Scott, of Uucclcuch (who if. 17 April 1574) da. of David (Douglas) Eakl ok ASGVS [S.] by Margaret, da. of Sir John H.ijhi.td.v, by whom he hail (besides 3 daughters) 3 sons who were excluded by the attainder from inheriting his honours. (>') He (i. probably about 1004 but certainly before 30 July Hil4. BOTHWELL AND HARTSIDK AitCHiBALD Douches, styled Eai:i. of 1 u .ut;i..s (s. said li. ap. of William, Marquess of Douglas [S]) was on 3 Apiil 1051 cr. EAHL OK OKMoNU. LOUD BOTHWELL and HARTS IDE [S.] with a spee.-ivm. See "Otiaoxe" Earldom of [S], cr. 1051, resigned 1061 for the Eaiiluum ok FoitiAii [S.] BOTILLEK oi I® BOTIU.EB, see BOTELEK. B( (TBEiVUX. Barony by J. WnxiAM DE Botreatjx, ('} of Botieaux Castle (Boscastle), writ. Cornwall, b. and h. of William de B., of the same by Isabel, da. and co- 1 og^ heir of Sir John DE JIoki-s of North Cadbury, Somerset, and East Berk- hampstead, Herts, sue. his father (1340), 23 Ed., II., being then aged 12 years; had livery of his land 1859; was in the expedition into (") Before engaging in his treasonable practises, he a] pears to have made over his extensive estates in I he counties Of Lei-wick, Edinburgh, Haddington, ami Dumfries, inducting the vast Lordship of Liddisdalc, the Lordship of Hales, (the ancient possession of the Hepburn family) to his wife's son Sir Walter Scott (afterwards cr. Lord Scott of Bucclcuch [S.] hoping for assistance from him. Tho' some of these estates were restored to his son (see infra note " b ") the vast Lordship of Liddisdalc remained in the family of Scott. (»•) His eldest s. Francis Stewart, rehabilitated 101 J, ralijud by Tail. 1033, obtained recovery by decreet arbitral of Charles I of some of the family estates, which he sold to the Wiutoun family. His only s. ami h , Charles Stewart 6. 15 April 101S was served his heir 20 April 16'JT, and is stated to hare been a trooper in the Civil Wars. ( (e) " The family doubtless came from Us JJolkrcaux, Bear Evrcux." See Lower's " Family names."