Biography of Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven 1495-1552

Around 1495 Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven was born to Andrew Stewart 1st Lord Avondale (age 24) and Margaret Kennedy Lady Avondale (age 22).

Before 1513 [his father] Andrew Stewart 1st Lord Avondale (age 42) and [his mother] Margaret Kennedy Lady Avondale (age 40) were married. She by marriage Lord Avondale. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Kennedy 2nd Lord Kennedy and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Gordon Countess Erroll. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 6th August 1514 Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 25) and [his future wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Angus. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England.

Around 16th June 1520 Alexander Gordon (age 15) and [his future wife] Janet Stewart were married. She the daughter of John Stewart 2nd Earl Atholl (age 45) and Janet Campbell Countess Atholl. He the son of Adam Gordon Earl Sutherland and Elizabeth Sutherland 10th Countess Sutherland. They were half fifth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Before 3rd March 1528 [his son] Henry Stewart 2nd Lord Methven was born to Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven (age 33) and [his future wife] Janet Stewart.

On 3rd March 1528 Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven (age 33) and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 38) were married. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England.

Around April 1528 [his daughter] Dorothea Stewart died.

On 17th July 1528 Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven (age 33) was created 1st Lord Methven possibly to reflect his new status as husband of [his wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 38).

After 13th January 1530 Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven (age 35) and Janet Stewart were married. She the daughter of John Stewart 2nd Earl Atholl and Janet Campbell Countess Atholl. They were half fifth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1532 Mark Smeaton (age 20) was appointed Groom of the Privy Chamber to [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 40).

Before 13th May 1532 Hew Kennedy 2nd of Girvan Mains and [his wife] Janet Stewart were married. She the daughter of John Stewart 2nd Earl Atholl and Janet Campbell Countess Atholl.

In 1534 William Stafford (age 26) and Mary Boleyn (age 35) were married in secret. The marriage was discovered when she, Mary, attended Court, when pregnant, angering both the [his brother-in-law] King (age 42) and her sister the Queen (age 33). They was banished from Court. She the daughter of Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 57) and Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 54).

In 1535 Thomas Howard (age 24) and [his step-daughter] Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 19) were married in secret. She the daughter of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 46) and [his wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 45). He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk (age 58). They were fifth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1535 [his step-son] King James V of Scotland (age 22) was appointed 297th Knight of the Garter by [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 43).

On 23rd July 1536 Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Richmond and Somerset (age 17) died at St James's Palace [Map]. He the illegitimate son of [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 45). He was buried at Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Earl Nottingham extinct.

On 1st January 1537 [his step-son] King James V of Scotland (age 24) and Madeleine Valois (age 16) were married at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map]. She the daughter of King Francis I of France (age 42) and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France. He the son of King James IV of Scotland and [his wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 47). They were third cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 17th July 1537 Janet Douglas Lady Glamis (age 39) was burned at the stake at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for conspiring against the [his step-son] king's (age 25) life. Her son, John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon (age 16), was supposedly a witness to the burning.

Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1537. 13th November 1537. 1079. [his wife] Queen Margaret (age 47) to [his brother-in-law] Henry VIII (age 46).

Rejoices that he has a prince. Hopes he is informed both by her own writings sent with the herald Master Svallo and the information sent to Sir Tomas Qwarton, how she is treated. Trusts Henry will not let her be wronged daily. Would sooner be dead than remain in such trouble as she has been in since Master Sadler's departure. Desires only to "brwk" her lands given her by the King her father and confirmed by the three estates of this realm; of which she is only debarred by lord Meffen (age 42). Has her sentence of divorce ready to be pronounced written and concluded with forty "famos prewes" (proofs), but the [his step-son] King her son (age 25) supports Meffen, as her husband, in possession of her lands. When she passed to her land the forest of Ettrick the King her son accused her of intending to marry "him that was Earl of Angus," which Henry knows she had never a mind to do. Her son will only let her "depart bed and bwred," which is unjust, and fears she will pass into England. Trusts Henry will for his own honor refuse redress on the Borders till she has her due. Is now 49 years old and should not travel like a poor gentlewoman, following her son from place to place as she has done for 20 weeks past. 13 Oct.

On 18th June 1538 [his step-son] King James V of Scotland (age 26) and Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland (age 22) were married at St Andrew's Cathedral Priory, St Andrew's. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 41) and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 45). He the son of King James IV of Scotland and [his wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 48). They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1539 Maurice Berkeley (age 33) was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 47).

On 4th September 1541 [his brother-in-law] King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 50) issued letters patent to convert Peterborough Abbey into a Cathedral [Map]. Bishop John Chambers was appointed Bishop of Peterborough.

On 18th October 1541 [his wife] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 51) died at Methven Castle, Methven. She was buried at Carthusian Charterhouse, Perth.

Before 28th May 1542 [his mother] Margaret Kennedy Lady Avondale (age 70) died.

After 1551 Patrick Ruthven 3rd Lord Ruthven and [his wife] Janet Stewart were married. His second marriage, her fourth. She the daughter of John Stewart 2nd Earl Atholl and Janet Campbell Countess Atholl.

On or after 14th October 1551 [his son-in-law] Colin Campbell 6th Earl Argyll (age 7) and [his daughter] Joan Stewart Countess Argyll were married. He the son of Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll (age 44) and Margaret Graham Countess Argyll. They were second cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1552 Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven (age 57) died. His son [his son] Henry (age 23) succeeded 2nd Lord Methven.

[his daughter] Dorothea Stewart Countess Gowrie was born to Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven and Janet Stewart.

[his daughter] Joan Stewart Countess Argyll was born to Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven and Janet Stewart.

[his daughter] Dorothea Stewart was born to Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

[his daughter] Margaret Stewart was born to Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven.