James Douglas of Spott

Sources

1. A History of the House of Douglas from the Earliest Times Down to the Legislative Union of England & Scotland, Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, (Freemantle & Co. 217 Piccadilly W., 1902 Original, 2 volume set, property of Hon. Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple 1888- vg), v.1 p.285 "Besides his legitimate children, Morton left four bastard sons—(1) James Douglas, who was lay-prior of Pluscardine for a while, and married Anna, daughter and heiress of George Home of Spott, by whom he had issue. He was forfeited after his father's death, and restored with his brothers in 1585. In 1592 he was arraigned on a charge of treason in connection with the rebellious proceedings of Francis, Earl of Bothwell, suffered forfeiture a second time,1 and was restored again in 1603."
2. History of Dunbar Hume and Dundas from Drummond's Noble British Families, William Pickering, London 1846. "George Home of Spot, uncle to Sir George, lawful son of Alexander Home of Manderston, and father-in-law to James Douglas, was slayne be certayne wicked men of the surname of Home and Craw, and it was allegeit be Sir George that James Douglass of Spott was the author of that murder." Hist. of King James VI. Ban. Club, p. 243.

Links

• http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I1049...
• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hume/tree/25140.htm