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HOLYROODHOUSE. 247 Touchadam (which Bishop, having acquired in 1569 the lands of the Abbey of Holy- roodhouse, in exchange for lands of his own Bishopric, d. 23 Aug, 1593, aged* 67): wax made a Lord of Session, 2 July 1593 ; P.O. to James VI. fS.], whom he followed into England, and, his lands having been erected into a free temporal Lordship, was nr., 20 Dee. 1607, a Lord of Pari (»), as LORD OF HOLYROODHOUSE [S.j with rem., failing heirs male of his body, to those of his father, which failing to his heirs and assigns whatsoever. He m. Mary, da. of Sir John CarjUchael, of Caimichael, with whom he got 12,00 marks as a portion. He cl. Nov. 1609. Funeral entry in Lyon office. II. 1609 John (Bothwell), Lord Holyroodhouse [S.] s. to and h. ; sewed heir to his father 17 Jau. 1629. He d. urnn. 1635, 1635. siuce which date this peerage has remained dormant (_"). [— ] 1704.? [ — ] Alexander Bothwell, of Glencorse, s. and h. of Alexander B., of the same, by Mary, da. of Sir Robert Stewart, which Alexander last named was said to be s. and h. of Adam Bothwell ("-"), said to be s. and h. of William [br. to the grantee], said to be second ( d ) s. of Adam, Bishop of Orkney above named, having been served heir ("filii fratris abavi ") of John, Lord Holyroodhouse. it was moved in Pari. [S] 11 July 1704, that he " be marked on the rolls of Pari., conform to his precedency." He m, Janet, da. of John Trotter, of Mortonhall. [—] 1734 [— ] Henry Bothwell, of Glencorse, s. and b., to assumed the title of Lord Holyroodhouse [S], having been 1 755. served heir to his hither, S Feb. 1734, as well as to John, Lord Holyroodhouse, above named ; presented a petition for declaring his right to this peerage, which petition was referred to the House of Lords 20 March 173 !, but no decision thereon was arrived at. He ni. Mary, da. of Lord Niel CaMPBELL (2d s. of Archibald, Marquess ok Argyll [S], by Vere, .la. of William (Ker), Earl op Lothian [S]. She (/. at Edinburgh, April 1744. He (/. at the Canongate, Edinburgh, 10 Feb. 1755, and was bar. at Glencorse. Funeral entry (for both of them) at the Lyon office. On his death the title teas again dormant, not being assumed by any of his five sons ("). (a) " The patrimonies of most of the opulent and distinguished religious houses [aud Bishoprics] were, together with a peerage, seemed to Laics at [or about] the begin- ning of the 17th century." See " JtiddcU," p. 245. Such were (tho' the list is probably far from complete), those of (1) Paisley, to Lord Claud Hamilton, in 15S7 ; (2) Newbottle, to Mark Kerr, in 15S7 ; {3) Deer, with the peerage title of Altrie, to Robert Keith in 15S7; (i) Spynie, to Alexander Lindsay in 1590; (5) St. Andrews, to Ludovick (Stewart), Duke of Lennox, in 1593 ; (6) Lindores, to Patrick Leslie, in 1600 ; (7) Kinloss, to Edward Bruce, in 1601 : (8) Balmerinoch, to James Elphinstoue, in 1603 ; (9) Blantyhe, to Walter Stewart, in 1606 J (10) Coupar (in Angus) to James Elphinstone, junior, in 1607: (11) Holyroodhouse, to Bothwell, in 1607 ; (12) Aherbrothwick or Arbroath, to James (Hamilton), 2d Marquess of Hamilton fS.]in 1608, &c. The Barony of Torpicheu, or Saint John of Torpichen (24 Jan. 1563), is "anomalous" (See Riddel], 1833, p. 59). ( b ) The Bishop of Orkney (whose issue male was next in rem.), is said to have had three sons, oh. (1). John the grantee. (2). Francis, alluded to as his second son in a charter of 14 June 15S9, who d. before 24 May 1615, when John his son, was served his heir (3). William, ancestor of the Bothwells of Glencorse, who claimed and assumed the title, as mentioned in the text, but whose right thereto was inferior to that of the second house. (°) This pedigree is not much elucidated by an inquisition of 2 April, 1645, wherein Alexander Bothwell was served " lucres tallicr. Adami Bothwell, filii legitimi Adami Bothwell de Gleneross [Glencorse?], filii patrui." See Wood's "Douglas" (additions), vol. ii, p. 737. ( d ) He appears, however, to have been third son. See note " b," next above. ( c ) All these five sons are said to have d. s.p., the youngest, Robert, leaving a da.