1578, 8 March, Stirling, Convention†

Additional Source

At the castle of Stirling, 8 March 1577 [1578]

[A1578/3/1]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]

Sederunt

• The king
• Colin [Campbell], earl of Argyll
• John [Stewart], earl of Atholl
• John [Graham], earl of Montrose
• George [Sinclair], earl of Caithness
• John [Erskine], earl of Mar
• Hugh [Montgomery], earl of Eglinton
• John [Maxwell], lord Maxwell
• James [Oglivy], lord Ogilvy
• John [Maxwell], lord Herries
• John [Stewart], lord Innermeath
• George [Douglas], bishop of Moray
• Alexander [Campbell], bishop of Brechin
• Robert [Pitcairn], commendator of Dunfermline
• Mark [Kerr], commendator of Newbattle
• Adam [Erskine], commendator of Cambuskenneth
• Master George Buchanan, keeper of the privy seal
• Sir William Murray of Tullibardine, comptroller

1. The following text is misplaced chronologically in APS, being placed after, rather than before, the parliament of July 1578. Some of it is from what appears to be an augmented privy council. Only the meeting in June (see A1578/3/15) is actually a proper convention of estates, including burgh commissioners. It should be noted, however, that a number of the items of business include the phrase 'nobility and estates'. Back
2. NAS, PC1/9, p.1. Back