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• Appointments / Titles: Methven, Perthshire, Scotland; 1st Lord of Methven
• FSID: LYBX-5XK
• Occupation: Master of the Scottish Artillery

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The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
by Ellen Castelow
Isolated since his break from Rome and Catholic Europe, Henry VIII sought to secure his northern borders though an alliance with Scotland. Henry’s proposal involved the marriage of his son, Prince Edward to the young Scottish Queen Mary.

When the Scottish Parliament rejected Henry’s overtures, he sought to change their mind through a show of force …the so called ‘Rough Wooing’.

When Henry died in 1547, the Duke of Somerset (pictured at the top left of this article), uncle to the new King Edward VI, was now effectively ruling England as its Lord Protector. Like Henry, Somerset liked the idea of an alliance with Scotland but as previously, the Scots rejected the proposal as it would have meant them having to adopt the Reformation, thus breaking their links with the Papacy.

And so the Rough Wooing would continue, but this time it would get really rough!

Somerset gathered the English army at Berwick before marching his force of around 18,000 men north, along the east coast road to Edinburgh, closely supported by a fleet of 30 warships.

It fell to the Earl of Arran to organise the Scottish defences, who managed to muster an army estimated at 22,000 strong in response to the English invasion. Moving out of Edinburgh, Arran organised his troops on the west bank of the River Esk, blocking Somerset’s march on the Scottish capital. With the Firth of Forth to his left, he sited some of his artillery pieces out into the estuary to keep the English warships at bay.

The main action began on 10th September 1547 with a charge by the English cavalry which was driven off by the Scottish pikemen.

The artillery pieces from both sides were now brought into the action, including the canons from the English ships lying offshore. Battered now from three sides and unable to respond, the Scottish resistance began to crumble.

In the last pitched battle to be fought between English and Scottish armies, the English offered precious little mercy to the retreating Scots. Estimates claim Scottish losses at around 6,000, earning this epic defeat the title of ‘Black Saturday’.

As for the wooing, the infant Queen Mary was smuggled out of Scotland to France, where she would later marry Francis, Dauphin of France, in 1558.

May 11, 2018 - https://www.stewartsociety.org/history-of-the-stewarts.cfm?section=famous-stewarts&subcatid=17&histid=534

Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven (c. 1495 – 1552) was Master of the Scottish Artillery and last husband of Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.
He was a son of Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avondale and his wife Margaret Kennedy. His brother was Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Ochiltree. Henry was a fifth-generation male-line descendant of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany through his son Walter. He was thus a fourth cousin, twice removed of James IV of Scotland, first husband of Margaret Tudor.
Henry and Margaret Tudor were married on 3 March 1528. Margaret had divorced her second husband Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus. She was already mother to James V of Scotland and Margaret Douglas from her previous marriages. This third marriage would produce another daughter, Dorothea Stewart, who died young. Reaction to the marriage was swift: Margaret and Henry were besieged at Stirling Castle by Lord Erskine, with the support of James V and her former husband, the Earl of Angus. Henry was imprisoned. However, after James V joined his mother at Stirling, Henry was created Lord Methven. Margaret made Methven captain of her castle of Newark in Ettrick.
After Margaret died in 1541, Methven was able to marry his mistress, Janet Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl and Lady Janet Campbell. Her maternal grandparents were Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll and Elizabeth Stewart. Elizabeth was a daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox and Margaret Montgomerie. Margaret was a daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie and Margaret Boyd.
Henry and Janet were parents to four children:
Henry Stewart, 2nd Lord Methven (d. 3 March 1572).
Dorothea Stewart. Married William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie.
Joan Stewart. Married Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll.
Margaret Stewart (d. 1 January 1627). Married Andrew Stuart, eldest son of Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree. They were parents to Andrew Stuart, 1st Baron Castle Stuart.

Henry married Stewart, Lady Janet after 1541 in Scotland. Janet (daughter of Stewart, Earl John II and Campbell, Lady Janet Mary) was born on 17 Jul 1502 in Scotland; died on 5 Oct 1562 in Richmond Palace (Demolished), Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: MZC2-LLV

Margaret married Stewart, Andrew in 1559 in Methven, Perthshire, Scotland. Andrew was born in 1535 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 20 Sep 1578 in Post Carrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland; was buried on 10 Sep 1578 in Post Carrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married McDowell, Uchtred in 1576 in Scotland. Uchtred (son of MacDowall, Lord John and Campbell, Lady Margaret) was born in 1546 in Garthland House, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 11 Jun 1600 in Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Ruthven, Perthshire, Scotland; Baroness Ruthven
• Appointments / Titles: Countess Gowrie

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Married 14 oct 1551 by contract to Colin Campbell "The Leach"

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• FSID: LWJL-45M

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John Alexander MacDowell
Also Known As:"MacDowall"
Birth circa 1575:Galloway, Scotland
Death:Died 1631 in Gleno, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Place of Burial:Glenoe, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Immediate Family:
Son of Uchtred MacDowall of Garthland and Margaret Kennedy of Girvanmainly
Husband of mary wylie
Father of Alexander McDowell and isabella mcdowell
Brother of Uchtred MacDowall of Garthland; Cathrine MacDowall of Garthland and Thomas MacDowall
Half brother of Margaret MacDowall of Garthland and Janet Hay

John Alexander MacDowell's Timeline
1573 Birth of John; Galloway, Scotland
1595 Age 20; Birth of Alexander McDowell; Glenoe, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
1595 Age 20; Marriage of John MacDowell to Mary McDowell; Gleno,Raloo Parish,County Antrim,Ireland
1607 Age 32; Birth of Isabella Mcdowell; Scotland
1635 Age 56; Death of John at Gleno, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland; Gleno, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
1635 Age 56; Burial of John; Glenoe, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland

John married Wylie, Mary in 1595 in Glenoe, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Mary (daughter of Wylie, Thomas and Coxe, Grace) was born in 1578 in Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland; died in 1631 in Glenoe, Antrim, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: K19C-SVV

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Alexander McDowell
Birth circa 1595 Glenoe, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Death:Died 1652 in Glenoe, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Place of Burial:Glenoe, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Immediate Family:
Son of John MacDowell and Mary Wylie
Husband of Mary Margaret McDowell and Margaret Hall
Father of Thomas McDowell and Thomas McDowell
Brother of Isabella Mcdowell
Alexander McDowell's Timeline
1595 Birth of Alexander; Glenoe, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
1620 Age 25 Marriage of Alexander McDowell to Margaret Hall; Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1631 Age 36; Birth of Thomas McDowell; Antrim, Northern Ireland
1652 Age 57; Death of Alexander; Glenoe, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
1635 Birth of Thomas McDowell

Alexander married Hall, Margaret in 1620 in Glenoe, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Margaret (daughter of Hall, James and Bradford, Elizabeth) was born in 1595 in Glenoe, Antrim, Northern Ireland; was christened on 8 May 1596 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England; died in 1685 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]