John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon 1521-1559

In or before 1521 [his father] John Lyon 6th Lord Glamis and [his mother] Janet Douglas Lady Glamis [aged 22] were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.

Around 1521 John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon was born to John Lyon 6th Lord Glamis and Janet Douglas Lady Glamis [aged 23].

In 1528 [his father] John Lyon 6th Lord Glamis died. His son John [aged 7] succeeded 7th Lord Glamis. His wife [his mother] Janet Douglas Lady Glamis [aged 30] was accused of poisoning him.

Around July 1532 [his step-father] Archibald Campbell of Skipness and [his mother] Janet Douglas Lady Glamis [aged 34] were married. He the son of Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Argyll [aged 68]. They were half third cousins.

Criminal Trials in Scotland. The King's anger still continued against them (the Douglasses) in such sort, that nine years after, in [17th July] 1537, he was contented that [his mother] Jeane Douglas [aged 39] Lady Glumes, (who was Angus' Sister,) should be accused by false Witnesses, condemned, and execute. The point of her accusation was, that she, and her [his step-father] Husband, (Archibald Campbell then,) and her Sonne [aged 16], and an old Priest, had gone about to make away the King by Witchecraft. Their servants were tried and racked, but confessed nothing; the Accuser, John [William] Lyon a kinsman of her first husband, when he saw how they were like to be used, and that the House of Glames would be ruined, repenting of what he had done, confessed to the King that he had wronged them; but it did no good.

She was burnt upon the Castle-Hill, with great commiseration of the people, in regard of her noble bloud, of her husband, being in the prime of her years, of a singular beauty, and suffering all, though a woman, with a man-like courage; all men conceiving that it was not this fact, but the hatred the King carried to her brothers, that had brought her to this end. Her husband, seeking to escape over the wall of the Castle, fell, and broke his leg, and so died. Her sonne was kept in prison, because he was so young that the law could not strike against him.

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

Henry Machyn's Diary. 23rd November 1559. The xxiij day of November was bered in sant [Olave's] [Map] in Hart strett master Watsun the quen('s) marchand.

The sam day was bered in sant Sythe parryche [his father] John Lyons' sune and here [aged 38], with armes, and xij pore [men] had xij nuw gownes, and they bare xij gret stayffe torchys bornyng, and ther was a sarmon. [Note. John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon is often reported as having died in 1558 so it may be incorrect to attribute this diary entry to him. Neither is it clear what 'sant Sythe' refers to?]

Before 23rd December 1559 John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon [aged 38] died. His son John succeeded 8th Lord Glamis.

Before 23rd December 1559 John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon [aged 38] and Janet Keith were married. They were fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

[his daughter] Margaret Lyon Marchioness Hamilton was born to John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon and Janet Keith. She married 1. before 1575 her half fifth cousin Gilbert Kennedy 4th Earl Cassilis, son of Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl Cassilis and Margaret Kennedy Countess Cassilis, and had issue 2. 30th December 1577 her second cousin John Hamilton 1st Marquess Hamilton, son of James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran and Margaret Douglas Duchess Châtellerault, and had issue.

[his son] Thomas Lyon Master of Glamis was born to John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon and Janet Keith.

[his son] John Lyon 8th Lord Glamis was born to John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon and Janet Keith. He married before 1575 his fifth cousin Elizabeth Abernethy and had issue.