James Scott of Balwearie

[1] On 27 June 1592 he joined with the Earl of Bothwell, the Laird of Niddrie and others to attack Falkland Palace, seeking to gain control of the king and Anne of Denmark.

It was rumoured he was involved in a plot to depose James VI in favour of his infant son Prince Henry.

[3] On 28 January 1595 he was interrogated and described a meeting in August 1594 at an ostler's house next to the Kirk of Menmuir with the Earls of Bothwell, Angus, Huntly, Erroll, Caithness and others including James Douglas of Spott.

Following their victory at the battle of Glenlivet, the Earl of Huntly sent a messenger to Flanders and the Pope to report their "happy success".

[5] Balwearie, his brother Robert, and the younger Kinnaird of Carse were taken to Stirling Castle on 30 April 1595 and made to testify in the Chapel Royal before a group of Church ministers, who then agreed to excommunicate those with the earls at Menmuir.