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Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell (c. December 1562 – November 1612), was Commendator of Kelso Abbey and Coldingham Priory, a Privy Counsellor and Lord High Admiral of Scotland.
Francis Stewart Hepburn, 5th earl of Bothwell (died before July 1614, Naples) , was a nephew of the 4th earl. By his dissolute and proud behaviour, he caused King James VI of Scotland (afterward James I of Great Britain) to gradually consider him a rival and a threat to the Scottish crown and was made an outlaw.
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14 de nov. de 2018 · In April 1591 the Earl of Bothwell was summoned to Edinburgh to answer charges. James believed that Francis wanted his throne and what better way of achieving it than by bumping off the current incumbent by witchcraft? The earl escaped and went into hiding – the outcomes of James’ trials tended to be unpleasant.
These included Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, [1] on charges of high treason . The "witches" allegedly held their covens on the Auld Kirk Green, part of the modern-day North Berwick Harbour area. The confessions were extracted by torture in the Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh. One source for these events is a 1591 pamphlet Newes from Scotland.
Subsequently, the earldom was re-created for the 4th Earl's nephew and heir of line, Francis Stewart, whose father was an illegitimate son of James V. The second creation was forfeited in 1612, and although the heir was subsequently rehabilitated, the title was never restored.
Francis Stewart, quinto conde de Bothwell (c. diciembre de 1562 - noviembre de 1612) fue comendador de la abadía de Kelso y el priorato de Coldingham, consejero privado y alto almirante de Escocia. Fue un notorio conspirador, que encabezó varios levantamientos contra el rey Jaime VI y murió en la pobreza, en Italia, tras ser desterrado de ...
Show full item record. Francis Stewart, fifth earl Bothwell, was the grandson of king James V, nephew of Mary, queen of Scots and cousin of James VI. In the late 1570's, he acquired the earldom of Bothwell and, with it, a national and local position to rival his royal heritage.
