Archibald Campbell of Skipnish

ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL OF SKIPNISH

First Marriage

Archibald Campbell of Skipnish, here treated, married Jonet Stewart The Scots Peerage II: 288

Possible Child of First Marriage

1. ? Campbell

Second Marriage

Archibald Campbell of Skipnish, here treated, married Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis

Child of Second Marriage

1. John Campbell of Skipnish, Provost of Kilmun

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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30 July 1511: Charter by which Archibald, Earl of Argyll, confirms that he has given various lands in the barony of Skippinnch to his son Archibald Campbell. The lands conveyed included the four merk land of Skippinnich, and custody of the Castle of Skippinnch. The Earl's charter was witnessed by his eldest son and heir Colin Campbell, afterwards Earl of Argyll. It was confirmed under the Great Seal of Scotland on 13 August 1611. RMS 1424-1513: charter number 3622

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15 March 1522-23: Precept of sasine by Colin, earl of Argyll, in favour of Gregor McGregor, son and apparent heir of John McGregor, of lands held of granter in Glenurquhay and Glensra. Inverarary, 21 March 1522/3. Witnesses: Mr John Campbell, [-] to the king, Sir John Campbell of Caldor, kt., Archibald Campbell of Skipinche. Incomplete: portion cut off right hand side of document. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Campbell Family, Earls of Breadalbane (Breadalbane Muniments), reference GD112/2/81

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6 September 1531: Charter by which Archibald, Earl of Argyll, confirms possession of the lands of Clauchane in the barony of Roseneath and sheriffdom of Dunbarton, to Archibald Campbell, son of the deceased Duncan Campbell of Clauchane. The Earl's charter was witnessed by Archibald Campbell of Skipinche and others. RMS 1513-46: charter number 1757

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1537: Fragment bearing names of four prisoners, including Archibald Campbell of Skipnish, husband of Lady Glamis. Lady Glamis was executed in 1537, after being accused of conspiring to poison James V and her husband fell to his death while escaping from Edinburgh Castle after her trial. This fragment is endorsed "The lord Glamis sall Remaine within ward within the castell of Edinburgh and sall not escaip". National Records of Scotland, Processes, Supplementary, reference JC27/7

Printed Evidence

1. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1424-1513. Edited by James Balfour Paul, FSA. Scot. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1882), 1153 pp. including indices and errata
2. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1513-1546. Edited by James Balfour Paul, FSA. Scot., and John Maitland Thomson, MA., Advocates. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1883), 1067 pp. including indices and errata

Genealogy

The Scots Peerage II: 288

Biographical Summary by Darryl Lundy's Peerage

• Alt. date of birth: July 13, 1475
• 'Archibald Campbell, 1st of Skipness1
• 'M, #109634, d. 18 July 1537
• Last Edited=8 Jun 2012
• Consanguinity Index=0.1%
• ' Archibald Campbell, 1st of Skipness was the son of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll and Lady Elizabeth Stuart.1 He married, secondly, Janet Douglas, daughter of George Douglas, Master of Angus and Elizabeth Drummond, circa 1535.1,2 He died on 18 July 1537 at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he fell from the Rock and was killed while trying to escape.2
• ' On 30 July 1511 he had a charter of Skipness in the Sheriffdom of Tarbart from his father.2 He lived at Skipnish, Scotland.1 In 1537 at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was imprisoned.2
• 'Child of Archibald Campbell, 1st of Skipness and Janet Douglas
  • 1.John Campbell, 2nd of Skipness+3
• Citations
• 1.[S8] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 1282. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
• 2.[S68] H. Pirie-Gordon, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th edition, (London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1937), page 340. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Landed Gentry, 15th ed.
• 3.[S8] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, volume 1, page 104.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10964.htm#i109634

Biographical Summary by Commoners

• 'Archibald Campbell1
• 'M, #39203, d. 17 July 1537
• Father Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll1 d. 9 Sep 1513
• Mother Elizabeth Stewart
• ' Archibald Campbell was born at of Skipness, Scotland.1 He married Janet Douglas, daughter of George Douglas, Master of Angus and Elizabeth Drummond, before 1535; 2nd marriage for both.1 Archibald Campbell died on 17 July 1537 at fall from rocks, Castle Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland.1
• 'Family Janet Douglas d. 17 Jul 1537
• Citations
• 1.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 657.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1305.htm#...