John Mowbray of Barnbougle
John Mowbray of Barnbougle was a Scottish landowner and supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots.[1]
Family backgound
John Mowbray's father was born Robert Barton, a son of Robert Barton of Over Barnton, Comptroller of Scotland. He married an heiress, Barbara Mowbray, daughter of John Mowbray of Barnbougle.[2]
Career
John Mowbray's lands included Barnbougle Castle close to Cramond Island near Edinburgh. The surname is also written as "Moubray". A French source calls him the Baron de Barnestrudgal.
Mowbray claimed a right to capture Portuguese ships according to old "Letters of Marque" granted to the Barton family and Andrew Barton. The rights were suppressed by the Parliament of Scotland in 1563.[3]
He was one of the jurors who acquitted the Earl of Bothwell of the murder of Lord Darnley.
Mowbray travelled to London and Paris and corresponded with Francis Walsingham.[4] Two of his daughters worked for Mary, Queen of Scots in England.[5]
Marriages and children
His wife, Elizabeth or Elspeth Kirkcaldy, was a sister of William Kirkcaldy of Grange (died 1573). Their children included:
- Robert Mowbray. During the Marian Civil War, in 1572, Robert attempted to capture Dundas Castle. John Mowbray was imprisoned and Barnbougle was garrisoned by the King's party. Robert Mowbray sold Barnbougle to Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington in around 1614.
- Francis Mowbray (died 1593), an intriguer who offered to serve Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1580, and carried letters.[6]
- Agnes Mowbray, who married Robert Crichron of Eliock
- Elizabeth Mowbray, who married Archibald Napier of Merchiston and Edinbellie. They built Lauriston Castle.
- Marion Mowbray
- Barbara Mowbray (1556-1616), who married Gilbert Curle, a secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots.[7] She died in Antwerp.[8]
- Gillis Mowbray, who served Mary, Queen of Scots, and is said to have been the owner of the Penicuik Jewels.[9]
External links
References
- ^ Mark Dilworth, 'The Curle-Mowbray family and the Scots College in Douai', Innes Review, 56:1 (Spring 2005), p. 12.
- ^ Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 7 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 484.
- ^ [[Steve Murdoch, The Terror of the Seas?: Scottish Maritime Warfare, 1513-1713 (Brill, 2010), p. 85.
- ^ William Boyd, Calendar State Papers Scotland, 1574-1581, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 546 no. 632, 562 no. 637.
- ^ Mark Dilworth, 'The Curle-Mowbray family and the Scots College in Douai', Innes Review, 56:1 (Spring 2005), p. 12.
- ^ William Boyd, Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 562 no. 637: Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History, vol. 2 (London, 1791), p. 359.
- ^ William Boyd, Calendar State Papers Scotland, 1585-1586, vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1914), pp. 135, 330.
- ^ Jos E. Vercruysse, 'A Scottish Jesuit from Antwerp: Hippolytus Curle', Innes Review, 61:2 (November 2010).
- ^ Rosalind Marshall & George Dalgleish, The Art of Jewellery in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1991), p. 14.