DAVID THOMSON, THE SCOTTISH FOUNDER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE... A GENTLEMAN, AND A SCHOLAR by Genevieve Cora Fraser Copyright 1999. All rights reserved. (Revised 2002) PART 2 In 1622, David Thomson was referred to as a "gentleman" in at least two legal documents, the Indenture where he is styled "Dauid Thomson of Plymouth in the County of devon gentleman of those Parte," and in the grant for Massachusetts signed by Ludvick, the Duke of Lennox; the Marquis of Hamilton; Thomas Howard, the Earl of Arundell and Surrey and others. As was noted, these individuals acting on behalf of the Council for New England "deputized, authorized and appointed, and in our place and stead have put David Thomson, Gent.,... to be our true and lawful attorney..." (47) Earlier that year, Thomson was "appointed to attend the Lords, for a warrant to Mr. Attorney-General." (48) In the introduction to the "Reports of Sir George Croke, Knight," we learn that the Attorney General at the time was Sir Thomas Coventry. Though Croke’s report primarily focuses on the reign of Charles the First, the documents cited make perfectly clear that any individual who pretends a "right to beare Armes, or Ensignes of gentry" might find himself hauled off to court to "disclayme the name and style of gentleman." Typically a judge might order the Defendent to attend the King of Arms, and the Officers of Arms, to inform them of "the truth and his right in the pedigree exhibited by him at Court, that the court might receive from them a certificate accordingly." (49) Based on the standards of the day, it is reasonable to assume that the full identity of Mr. David Thomson, Gent. was known to the Council Lords, the Attorney General, the man who was soon to become the Secretary of State of Scotland, namely Sir William Alexander (Earl of Stirling), and quite possibly to King James himself. And, to those who knew him in the New World of New England, he was referred to as a "Scottish" Gentleman. One thing that casts this gentleman, who was also known as a scholar, against type is the fact that as a newlywed in Plymouth, England, Thomson sets up an Apothecary shop, which required an apprenticeship, not a college education. (In one parish record he is referred to as Davy Thomson, a note of affection for a personable man.) Quite possibly, Thomson was a merchant apothecary...receiving the latest shipment of items such as sassafras from the New World. Sassafras was the wonder drug of its time used to fight the pox. As an individual trained in the medicinal property of plants, who could converse with Natives in their own language, establishing a plantation at the Piscataqua north of the Massachusetts colony could prove a veritable gold mine in peltry, fishing, trading, lumber and drugs with medicinal properties known only to the Natives of the region. (Note: In 1635, Amias Thomson Mavericke’s letter is sealed with a Grocer’s "G", plus the Arms of the Stirling Guildry, the merchants mark "4" sign. Apothecaries were grouped under the Guild of Grocers.) (50) The question is who was he? Though historians of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries point out that David was a Scotsman, many historians today claim that David Thom(p)son was born in 1592 in Clerkenswell, England, the son of a household servant. They base this on the fact that someone of that name was born there at that time. In addition, Sir Ferdinando Gorges once lived in Clerkenswell, which is a suburb of London, and later became Governor at the Fort in Plymouth, England. Clearly Mr. David Thomson, who spent time in London, knew and later worked with Gorges on the Council for New England. However, to claim that he, and his parents before him, must have been servants in the Gorges household, one must renounce all that is known of him in favor of a completely unsubstantiated theory. (51) Based on extensive research, I have come to believe that David Thomson, the founder of New Hampshire, is David Thomson of Corstorphine, son and heir to "Magistri," Reverend Richard Thomson who was "collated" (appointed) to the vicarage at Ratho January 1589. Reverend Richard Thomson was presented to the Prebend of Half Byres, in the College Kirk of Corstorphine, by James VI. of Scotland on 8th Oct. 1596, "having Gogar also in his charge." At that time, Ratho belonged to the Bishopic of St. Andrews, and was annexed to the College Church (Kirk) of Corstorphine. Collegiate churches were secular in nature, intended to spread intellectual and spiritual knowledge. Today Corstorphine, Ratho and Gogar serve as suburbs to the Edinburgh. (52) Rev. Richard Thomson’s great grandfather, Alexander Thomson was born about 1460 in Corstorphine. He married Margaret Forrester, great grand daughter of Sir John Forrester, Chamberlain to James I of Scotland. (53) Sir John’s father was Sir Adam Forrester (Forstar) who was Chamberlain to Queen Annabelle Drummond wife of King Robert III. Sir Adam "acquired the estate of Crostorfyn from Gilchrist More, brother to William More of Abercorn, in 1376." (54) (The Mores or Mures of Abercorn were related to the Mures of Rowallan and cousins to Queen Elizabeth Mure the 1st wife of King Robert II.) (55) Alexander Thomson died at Flodden Field, along with King James IV and the flower of his nobility, during an ill-fated invasion of England on September 9th, 1513.(56) One hundred years before Columbus "discovered" America, "Prince" Henry St. Clair (Sinclair), aka the Earl of Orkney, is said to have crossed the Atlantic to Greenland, where he proceeded to explore ‘the whole of the coast with great diligence,’ which included New England. Prince Henry’s first marriage was to a daughter of the King of Norway, but he was actually a Scotsman. His daughter Jean married Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine. Henry, through the Forrester/Sinclair line, was the 6th great-grand- father of David Thomson of Corstorphine. (57). Following Jean Sinclair’s death, Sir John Forrester married Marion Stewart, related to the Stuarts of Darnley, ancestors of King James VI’s father, Henry Stuart. David Thomson’s grandfather, Bernard Thomson, was named after Bernard Stuart, Lord of Aubigney of the Darnley line, who died at Corstorphine Castle in 1508. Lord Aubigney was called the "Flower of Chivalry." (58) The Collegiate Church at Corstorphine, where Rev. Richard Thomson was presented by James VI, was built in 1429 by Sir John Forrester, to honor his late wife, Jean St. Clair. (59) Some claim evidence that her navigator father landed at what is now Newport, Rhode Island. In fact, I’ve visited this site. On the top of the highest hill overlooking the bay is what appears to be a Scottish-built "well preserved two-story medieval tower, constructed as an octagon within a circle, and eight arches around." In "The Forgotten Monarchy of Scotland," it is claimed that the tower is structurally reproduced at the Collegiate Church in Corstorphine, which was built, in part, from a bequest of Templelands donated by Sir John Forrester’s mother. (However, to note any similarity a visitor must enter the tower at Corstorphine as the outer portion was reconstructured at a later date.) A 12th century, gray grave slab, a remnant of a former church site, stands at the Priest’s Door. The slab is decorated with a floriated cross and the outline of a sword, typical of a Knights Templar gravestone. On the Priest’s Door, the dates 1429 and 1455 are written in Arabic numerals, which are also reminiscent of the Templars. These dates are the earliest known examples of Arabic Numerals in Scotland. The historic purpose of the inscriptions is that "1429 marks the foundation of the collegiate church, 1455 the death of its Founder." (60) Prince Henry’s father, Sir William Sinclair of Roslin was a friend of King Robert the Bruce. In 1307 at the time of the suppression of the Knights Templar in Europe, some of the Templar treasure of Jerusalem was taken to the vaults of the Sinclair Castle in Roslin. The Knights Templar raison d’etre was to protect Pilgrims in the Holy Land. Following the King’s death, Sir William Sinclair was one of the knights chosen to carry Robert the Bruce’s heart in a silver casket to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Before reaching the Holy Lands, he was slain by the Saracens. Ultimately, the heart of Bruce was returned to Scotland and carried to the Abbey of Melrose where it was interred with great reverence. (61) David Thomson of Corstorphine was also the 9th great-grandson of King Robert the Bruce. According to the eighteenth edition (1969) of Burke’s Landed Gentry, the father of Alexander Thomson, who was born in Corstorphine about 1460, was the "natural" son of Sir Thomas Stewart, who in turn was the "natural" son of Alexander Stewart, 11th Earl of Mar, the hero of the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. "And thus the Martial
Erle of MARR Alexander, the Earl of Mar was son to Prince Alexander Stewart, the Earl of Buchan, aka the marauding Wolf of Badenoch who burnt down the Cathedral at Elgin to protest the Pope’s censuring his affairs. The "Wolf" was the son of King Robert II and Elizabeth Mure, who were David Thomson’s seventh great-grandparents. (63) According to a preface in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Sir Thomas Stewart, Knight, married his cousin Elizabeth Douglas, without issue. She was the daughter of Princess Margaret (daughter of Robert III and Annabelle Drummond) and Archibald, the 4th Earl of Douglas, aka the Duke of Tourraine. (64) In 1424, Elizabeth’s father, the Earl of Douglas as Commander-in-Chief allied with the French had met his death at the Battle of Verneuile along with his son, Sir James Douglas and his son-in-law, Elizabeth’s 1st husband, John Stuart, Earl of Buchan. Two years later Sir Thomas’s father, Alexander Stewart, was created Earl of Mar by King James I with remainder to his natural son, Sir Thomas Stewart. If the union of Sir Thomas to Elizabeth Douglas had produced an heir, the title would have been shared with the Douglas family. This would have been a fitting conclusion to a drama played out two decades earlier, when Alexander Stewart had wrested the title and lands from the Douglas family by plotting the death of Isabella Douglas’ husband, Sir Malcolm Drummond, then marrying her in 1404. Isabella was the Countess of Mar and Garioch. (In other words, Alexander Stewart had arranged for the murder of his son’s future wife’s uncle, Malcolm Drummond, brother-in-law to King Robert III.) But Sir Thomas’ marriage was childless and his "natural" descendants, the Thomsons, were not entitled to Mar and Garioch, but instead settled at Corstorphine on land owned by kin of their great-great grandmother Queen Elizabeth (Mure) Stewart. (64) Despite an inauspicious beginning, Alexander, the 11th Earl of Mar was considered one of the greatest men of his time. Today, the Erskines claim the title of Mar, which they felt was rightfully theirs as the nearest in line to the exploited Isabella Douglas. (65) After Sir Thomas’ death in 1435, Elizabeth Douglas married Henry St. Clair’s grandson, William Sinclair, who had been "appointed Grand Admiral of Scotland in 1436, and subsequently became Chancellor as well. But his greatest renown, which was to link him with Masonic and other esoteric traditions, lay in the sphere of architecture." (66) Sir William initiated the building of the famous Rosslyn Chapel, a large collegiate church, which took forty years to complete. He was appointed by King James II to the hereditary office of Patron and Protector of Scottish Masons, a precursor to the Scottish Freemasons, philosophically allied to the Order of the Rosy Cross, aka the Rosicrucians. (67) Both are secret societies with an emphasis on spiritual enlightenment and human rights. The Stewart/Stuart dynasty, which originated with Robert II, the grandson of the great Scottish King, Robert the Bruce, was founded on a similar tradition. Bruce won the Scottish War for Independence at the Battle at Bannockburn in 1314, some say with the assistance of the Knights Templar whom he protected. Bruce also upheld the Scottish nation’s written constitution, the Declaration of Arbroath: "But if our King were to abandon the cause...we should at once do our utmost to expel him as our own enemy and the betrayer of our own rights.... For so long as a hundred of us should remain alive, we are resolved never to submit to the domination of the English. It is not for glory, wealth or honor that we are fighting, but for freedom and freedom only, which no true man ever surrenders except with his life." (68) Sir John Scot of Scotstarvit, a contemporary of David Thomson, was the author of "The Staggering State of Scot's Statesmen," which exposed the chicanery of the rich and powerful. Sir John was a descendant of the House of Buccleuch. One of Scot’s closest associates was Sir William Alexander, the Earl of Stirling who was a prominent poet as well as statesman, and likewise a friend to poets Robert Aytoun and William Drummond, brother to his first wife, Anna Drummond. Sir John was considered one of the most learned men of his day. He was a Lord of Sessions, and Director of Chancery where he framed and issued crown charters, brieves, and other crown writs. Scot was first appointed a Privy Councilor by the King’s warrant on the 14th of March 1622, several months preceding David Thomson’s prominence in the Council for New England records. (69) Along with Sir William Alexander’s son, William Alexander, Scot was appointed agent for Sir William in the Nova Scotia Plantation scheme. This undertaking "provided that any Scottish Gentleman who should before the first of April 1625 either pay in 2000 merks to a Nova Scotia Colonization fund, or give good security in that sum for sending out six able artificers or laborers, sufficiently armed or victualled for two years, to work in the colony, should be awarded 30,000 acres of land in the colony, or be entitled to a Baronetcy..." (Sometimes listed as 16,000 acres) The first Nova Scotia Baronet patent was granted on November 17, 1625 to Sir George Forrester of Corstorphine, a cousin to Mr. David Thomson of Corstorphine. (70) Scot’s grandfather and guardian, Robert Scot, had also been Director of Chancery. Robert Scot was educated by his uncle, the Provost of Corstorphine James Scot, who in addition to serving as Provost, served as "Clerk to the Treasury by James V. Later, he was appointed a senator of the College of Justice on the spiritual side." (71) James Scott erected a manse at Corstorphine for his successor, dying in 1563. (72) In the Register of Assignation and Modification of Stipends for 1597, Rev. Richard Thomson drew his stipend from an extraordinary number of parishes, several of which came under Royal patronage. Corstorphine has three mentions; Ratho two. In addition, Thomson’s salary drew from two parishes in the Borders: Kelso, and Ashkirk; two parishes in Peebles-shire: Stobo (twice), and Kilbocho; and a series of places in the Bishopric of St Andrews, all of which appear to be in Fife: Middilfuddy, Kenyeoqhuy, Kincapill, Bonytoun, Laderny, Kinnaird, and the rich and beautiful parish of Kembak. Thomson’s salary was approximately £294 a year plus "bere and meal." (73) "Richard Thomson
Minister his stipend third of ye aucht p[re]bendareis of
Corstorphin lxxxxvj lib the vicarage of Ratho x lib third
of ye meill of ye sangsters of Corstorphin iiij bolls
meill out of ye provestat of Corstorphin xxvij lib xjs id
½d out of ye third of Kelso x bolls beir i chalder iiij
bolls meill out of the third of ye personage of Stobo x
bolls meill third of ye parsonage of On the last day of July 1583, a royal charter under the Great Seal was granted by King James to Ludvick the Duke of Lennox, son of the deceased Esme Stuart, Duke of Lennox which "possessed him in his fathers honors and rents." The dukedom included, among others, the counties of Linlithgow, Stirling, Edinburgh, Haddington and Fife, which encompassed the church lands of the Bishopric St. Andrews in Fife. (75) Ludvick, who was nine years old at the time, was brought from France by order of the King and, as next in succession, was selected to bear the crown at the next opening of the parliment. In 1587, ten years prior to Rev. Richard Thomson’s assignment of stipends, the episcopal revenues of Scotland were annexed to the Crown. This "empowered the Duke of Lennox to draw those of the of the archbishoprick of St. Andrews, which that nobleman continued to do till 1606, when the revenues, with considerable deductions, were again restored to the See." (76) Ludvick was later appointed to serve as, among his many honors, the Great Chamberlain and High Admiral of Scotland, and as noted previously, the most prominent member of the Council for New England, for which he received one of the largest charters for New England. (77) On page 55 of Thomas Craufurd's "History of the University of Edinburg from 1580 to 1646" is the following entry: 29th September 1602 David Thomson, son to Richard Thomson, minister at Ratho, admitted bursar, by presentation of my Lord Lyndsey, in place of J. Ard, and son to William Ard, minister, to be payed forth of the rents of the Kirk of Carraile." (78) The notice also appears in "Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, A.D. 1589 to 1603" under the date of "29th September 1602. David Thomesoun, son of the minister of Ratho, bursar by presentation of Lord Lyndsay." (Note: A bursary is a scholarship.) (79) In the introductory remarks to the "Register of the Collegiate Church of Crail" by Rev. Charles Rogers LL.D., he states that "Crail is a royal burgh on the easter coast of Fife-shire, near the apex of that peninsula familiarly known as the East Neuk,...which is anciently written Carrail, Caryl, and Karraile..." "By an act of the estates passed in 1594, the collegiate church of Crail was formally disjoined from "the abbey and monastery of Haddington," a third of the fruits being assigned to the minister serving the cure, and the other two-thirds as bursaries to theological students at the new college of St. Andrews, and for the support of students of philosophy at the college of Edinburgh. Of the parochial cure and bursaries Lord Lindsay was constituted patron." (Acta Parl. Scot., iv. 74.) (80) As a student of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, young David would most probably have focused on a discipline comprised of logic, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology, plus studies in Greek and Latin. Lord Lindsay, his patron in 1602, would have been Robert, the 9th Lord Lyndsay of the Byres who was married to Lady Christian Hamilton, daughter of Thomas, the first Earl of Haddington. Her stepmother was Margaret Foulis of Colinton, related to Agnes Foulis, who two year’s later married David’s father Rev. Richard Thomson. (81) Lord Lyndsay’s cousin, John Lyndsay aka Lord Menmuir was, at the time of his death in 1598, Secretary of State for Scotland. Two years earlier "he drew up ‘a platt’ or scheme for the planting of kirks throughout Scotland with perpetual local stipends." (82) Menmuir’s second wife was Dame Janet Lauder, the Dowager Lady of Corstorphine, widow of Thomson kin Sir James Forrester of Corstorphine (Sir James was mentioned in David’s great-grandfather, Alexander Thomson’s will). When Queen Mary married her Catholic cousin, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley and Lennox, she did so in defiance of Queen Elizabeth and the Scottish Protestant Lords led by the Scottish Reformer, John Knox. Sir James Forrester and his brother Henry supported Mary against the rebel Lords, and the Queen gifted the Knight and his wife, Janet Lauder with "goods, gear and corn," and a Commissioner of Justiciary. (83) In 1592 Lord Menmuir was created ‘Master of the metals and minerals within the kingdom’ by King James,"the object of which was the increase of revenue to the Crown by the exploration of the mineral wealth of Scotland, more especially the gold mines of Crawfurd Muir." (84) The following year, Thomas Foulis, a goldsmith in Edinburg advanced money and jewels to King James and his Queen and received in payment a grant of the gold, silver and other mines in Crawfurd Muir, which ultimately proved unproductive. Ironically, Lord Menmuir’s son David Lyndsay, Lord Balcarres (who was about the same age as David Thomson of Corstorphine) "devoted much attention to the study of alchemy and kindred sciences, and left in manuscript several volumes of transcripts and translations from the works of the Rosicrucians." He was also a correspondent of the poet Drummond of Hawthornden and Scot of Scotstarvet. Might he also have known David Thomson and shared his interest in alchemy? Their families were closely associated. (85) According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, Alchemy is "a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life." In "Sketches of Scottish Alchemist" James Small states that King James IV, grand- father to King James VI of Scotland and I of England, promoted the arts and sciences and felt that he possessed considerable skills in surgery and medicine; however, the art of alchemy was his greatest interest. Mr. Small states, "In the reign of King James VI there were many followers of the hermetic philosophy in Scotland." Among them he lists Sir George Erskine, the third son of Sir Alexander Erskine of Gogar who was born in the later part of the 16th century, around the time Rev. Richard Thomson also "had Gogar in his charge."(86) Another metaphysics disciple was John Napier of Merchiston, the inventor of logarithms, whose family was connected with the goldmines of Scotland. Napier was "imbued with all the enthusiastic fancie then current upon the subject of discovering the occult relations and properties of the precious metals." Both he and his father, Sir Archibald Napier were violently opposed to, and frankly jealous of John Lyndsay, Lord Menmuir and the "charlatan" Foulis who "has found out the ingyne and moyene to melt and fyne the ores of metals within this country." In November 1607, John Napier "came to confer with Mr. Daniel Muller, Doctor of Medicine, and student in Alchymie anent our phylosophicall matters..." Robert Napier, the second son of John Napier authored, "The Revelation of the Mystery of the Golden Fleece, or Philosophical Analysis whereby the marrow of the true Hermetic Intention is made manifest to such of my posterity as fear God." (87) John Napier’s brother, Sir Alexander bought land from Thomas Lauriston of that Ilk and built Lauriston Castle at the end of the 16th century. Lauriston was married to Thomson kin, Katherine Forrester, whose son was raised in the Thomson household in Corstorphine, as noted in Alexander Thomson’s 1587 last will and testament. (88) In a list of Scottish Goldsmiths and their Marks, from 1525 to 1681, the names of George and David Heriot and George Foulis appear several times, between the later part of the 16th century and the beginning of the seventeenth. However, in a supplemental list of Edinburg Goldsmiths, whose marks have not been found, but were recorded in the minutes of the Incorporation as having been admitted to its privileges, the name of Thomas Foulis appears in 1581; John Lindsay in 1587; and, David Thomson in 1609. (89) Yet, the name David Thomson does not appear in the "Rolls of Edinburgh Burgesess 1406 - 1700" as a Goldsmith. As a Scholar in Philosophy, perhaps David also "dabbled" in the speculative philosophy of Alchemy. As for our Scottish Gentleman and Scholar of New England (who may indeed be David of Corstorphine), by maintaining an apothecary shop in Plymouth, England, he may have been following the example of the noted Rosicrucian and physician, Robert Fludd. who "maintained his own apothecary under his roof" in London. Fludd was visited by the German alchemist, Michael Maier who had addressed a controversial manuscript on the fraternity of the rosy cross to King James I, which promised a ‘universal and general reformation of the whole world.’ (90) David Thomson, Gent. of New England, became ‘conversant with the Indians’ at a time when others were quick to shoot them. He gathered medicinal plants from the New World to offer cures for the Old World. David also founded his own world, which he named Pannaway, at the mouth of the river Piscataqua where, to quote Samuel Mavericke, he had the power of government in his own bounds. As a philosopher, perhaps he knew that the best path to reform is to start anew. I wonder if Pannaway was dedicated to the Greek mythological figure of Pan, the God of Nature and the woods, music, and passion. In 1613, the King granted a silver mine in Hilderston to Thomas Foulis, Sir William Alexander and Paulo Pinto, a Portuguese. This endeavor, as the Crawfurd mines before, caused serious financial loss. "When Sir William Alexander became Scottish Secretary of State, he sought to compensate himself and the heirs of Thomas Foulis for those unwanted specualtions." (91) On 19 Jan. 1604, David Thomson’s father Rev. Richard Thomson, minister of Ratho, married as his second wife, Agnes Foulis of Colinton (Mistakenly listed as of Ravelston in the TR Thomson pedigree chart of the Thomson’s and Forrester’s of Corstorphine.) Her brother was James Foulis of Colinton, the proprietor of the Barony of Ratho. In a pedigree chart in "The Foulis of Ravelston Account Book", Thomas Foulis the Goldsmith is listed as brother to James Foulis. (92) His wife, Agnes Heriot of Lumphoy was kin to George Heriot, King James’s goldsmith. (93) One of the parishes Reverend Richard Thomson drew stipends from was Stobo in Pebbles-shire. 1592 a Mr. Adam Hepburn was admitted Minister to Stobbo. He married Agnes Foulis, had children by her, and died October 1602. The number of communicants in the parish at the time of his death was between 300 and 400. Rev. Hepburn’s inventory and debts amounted to L587 13s 4d Scots. His debts exceeded his goods, the manse in which they lived was in disrepair, and the kirk was not water tight. (94) "1602, November 25. On consideration that Agnes Foulis, spouce to the late Adam Hepburne, Minister and Parson of Stobo, had desired that such Bretheren as had any of her husband’s books that they should deliver them tomorrow, on condition that if she had any of theirs, in like manner she would render them; and besides she craved that some Bretheren might be nominated and appointed to view the manses and the houses built by her late husband, and to see the Valuation therefore, made by some craftsmen called for that purpose..." (95) "1603, May 11. A letter is appointed to be penned by the Clerk to be sent to the relict of umquhile, Adam Hepburn, to get the keys of the manse of Stobo to be delivered to Mr. Archibald Row. Which was done." 1603. MR. ARCHIBALD ROW, THIRD MINISTER OF STOBO Archibald Row, A.M., was translated from Drummelzier; he was presented by Dame Jean Fleming, life-renter of Thirlestane, with consent of John, Earl of Cassilis, her husband, of John, Lord Thirlestane, and of Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington." In November of that year, a complaint was made by the Presbytery concerning the "private dealings of some particular persons... Especially to this end," that Richard Thomeson "demit and overgive that portion of the stipend which he takes up out of the Kirks of Stobo, seeing otherwise, he is, besides it, sufficiently provided, and without the which these Kirks cannot be conveniently planted according to the Acts of the Kirk and our former suit." (96) However, on May 17, 1604 there seems to have been a change of heart. "For furterance of the Plantation of the Kirks of Stobo, it is concluded by the Presbytery that there former Act shall have place in all time coming, without alteration, notwithstanding that in the year 1603, there has been upon occasions, for an interim, something changed, and now instantly to abide, as before has been set down. And to this effect, means to be used for getting off Richard Thomeson ten Bolls. Whereunto the Persone of Stobo agreed." (97) Perhaps the change was due to the intercession of their Patron, the Lord of Thirlestane. It seems that in 1450, William Matelande de Thirlestane mortgaged Thirlestane to Alexander Forrester of Corstorphine whose family retained possession until the debt was cleared by Sir Richard Maitland in 1586. (98) Also, on April 7, 1603, the King granted to Ludovic Duke of Lennox "from whom he the King was descended, the lands belonging to the Archbishopic of Glasgow, including Stobo, paying therefor L109 1s 2d, and also 43 bolls of barley; twenty Bolls of meal; 43 wedders, and 14 dozen capons. (99) The Duke of Lennox benefits from Stobo are in stark contrast to the "x bolls beir i chalder iiij bolls meill out of the third of ye personage of Stobo" granted to Reverend Richard Thomson. Another political possibility is that two years before in 1601, an Adam Thomson, Apothecary, a possible cousin to Richard, was witness to an indictment against their former Vicar who had Papist tendancies. (100) Perhaps he interceded on his behalf. Of course, Thomson’s marriage to Agnes Foulis two months after the complaint against him, may have also softened their hearts. Rev. Richard was a widower with seven children. Agnes Foulis had children of her own, as well as debts incurred by her 1st husband. Under those circumstances, he may not have been "sufficiently provided" for despite his ecclesiastical windfall. In March 1603, the Tudor dynasty had come to an end. Queen Elizabeth of England died, and the Stewart (Stuart) King James VI of Scotland became ruler of England as James 1st, under the Union of the Crowns. During this period, King James also attempted, but without success, to unite the kingdoms of Scotland and England, and to rename the contentious Border region "Middleshire." But, the English Parliment ruled against it. (101) It was in this setting that on December 9th and again on December the 31, 1604, King James presented Rev. Richard Thomson to the parish communities of Castleton in Roxburgshire, possibly in an attempt to stabilize the district, which was inadequately regulated, and notoriously dangerous. The parish of Castleton is on the border of England in the Liddesdale region. Thomson held this parish in conjunction with Ratho. (102) Besides being a region of intense clan marauding, with ownership of lands disputed by both the Scots and English, the parish of Castleton was (and is) home to Hermitage Castle. The Castle, which consists of a tall, massive, gloomy-looking double tower had been owned by James Hepburn, the Earl of Bothwell. Hermitage was a place of bitter retrospection for the King. Four months after his birth, his mother Mary Queen of Scots rode horseback through rough and wild terrain to visit Bothwell, her future husband. Bothwell had been "severly wounded in an attempt to seize Elliot of the Parke"... a freebooter of the region. Following the journey, she became desperately ill and almost died. (103) In an unpublished article on the "Kirks of Liddesdale," Michael Robson writes, "Toward the end of the sixteenth century, with the great ecclesiastical changes in process the chapels had fallen into ruin, and the kirks had no priests." "...destitute of all instruction and bringing up in the fear of God be lack of pastoris to preach the Word sen the Reformation of religion and letters his Majesty under the great seal, with advice, united and annexed in ane parsonage and vocarage the kirks of Castilton, Ettiltoun, Quhelekirk, and Belkirk, in ane perpetual recory, or parsonage and vicarage of Cassilton." "On 7th April 1607...it was noted that the late Mr Richard Thomson had entered as minister in Liddesdale ‘the tyme my Lord Bacleughe wes out off the countrie’, and that when the latter had returned Mr Thomson had earnestly desired him as patron to confirm his presentation." (104 ) In 1605, Rev. Thomson was made the Clerk to the Commissioners of the General Assembly of the Kirk (Church) of Scotland, and was forced to choose between King or Kirk. (49) That year was event-filled for King James. He was caught in a bitter dispute with the Kirke of Scotland as he tried to unite it with the Church of England. One of the ministers that gave him the most trouble was the Scottish Divine, Andrew Melville who, several years before, had seized the King by the sleeve and stated, "Sir, as diverse tymes before, so now again I must tell you, there are two Kings and two Kingdomes in Scotland; there is Christ Jesus and his Kingdome the Kirk, whose subject King James the sixth is, and of whose Kingdome not a King, nor a head, nor a Lord, but a member." (105) But the King had succeeded in undermining the Presbyterian system and power of the ministry, by summoning the General Assembles of the Kirk at his own dictation. (106) The underlying question before each clergyman was whether to serve God through the dictates of the King, or through an alliance with the convention of Presbyterian ministers. Rev. Richard Thomson attempted to serve both by carefully performing his duties, while stopping short of disobedience to the King. Thomson died October 1606, leaving seven children: David, his heir, plus Alexander, James, Richard, Margaret, Helen and Marie. (107) His brother, John Thomson, a burgess in Linlithgow (birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots), took custody of Rev. Richard’s two youngest children, James and Helen, on July 8, 1607. (108) David Thomson served heir to his father on the same date. As stated in the Retour (return to Chancery Court): "...quod quondam Magister Richardus Thomesoun minister verbi Dei apu<d Ratho> the late Mr Richard Thomesoun minister of the word of God at Ratho pater Davidis Thomesoun latoris presentium obiit ad pacem <et fidem> father of David Thomson bearer of these presents died at the peace and faith SDN regis et dictus David est legitimus et propinquior heres of Our Sovereign Lord the king and that the said David is lawful and nearest heir ..." .(109) On 25 July 1607, a judgement was made in the Commissary Court in Edinburgh (Foulles contr Ellot): "In presence of the lordis of counsall compearit Mr Wm Douglas procurator for Agnes Foullis relict of umquile Mr Richard Thomsone minister at Rathow and D(avid) Alexander James Richard Margret Helene & Marie Thomsones bairnis of the said umquhile Mr Richard and producit the copy of our sovaran lordis letters of the dait the last day of Aprile last bypast quhair thay on the ane (one) pairt and Alexander erle (Earl) of Home on the uther pairt war baith summond at the instance of Jon Ellot callit Martenis parsone in Burnemouth Robert Ellot his brother Wm Ellot Archibald Ellot in Clynttuod Archibald Ellot in Braidleis..." etc. (110) Due to the intercession of Alexander, the Earl of Home, and her legal counsel, Mr. William Douglas, Agnes Foulles and the Thomson bairns (children) won the case. And the "teindis of the land...within the parrochin of Cassiltoun of the crop" was granted to them for the three years Rev. Richard Thomson had been minister of the parish. (111) Alexander, the Earl of Home was made Captain of the King’s Bodyguard, despite the fact that he was a professed Papist and at odds with the Kirk of Scotland. In 1603, he accompanied King James to England, on his accession to the English throne, and was appointed by the King lieutenant and justiciary over the three Marches along the Border. In 1605 he was made a member of the Privy Council for England, but was ordered in 1606 to confine himself to Edinburgh because of his Papist tendencies. It was in this capacity as the lieutenant of the "Middle-March", which included the Parish of Castleton, that he was summoned to assist Agnes Foulles (Foulis) before the Court. (112) In the "Foulis of Ravelston Account Book," court apothecary, Thomas Thomson’s "spous" is the "godmoder" of Patrik bannatye, an in-law to George Foulis of Ravelston. (113) George Foulis and his brothers, Sir David Foulis, Baronet of Ingleby, and Sir James Foulis of Colinton were nephews to Agnes Foulis. Her neices included Margaret Foulis who married Sir Thomas Hamilton, the First Earl of Haddington. The State Papers Relating to Scotland cite (1584) "Patrick Thomson to be employed for the Queen of Scots;" and in 1595, Mr. David Foulis and Patrick Thomson, an apothecary in Edinburgh, are alleged to be involved in an intrigue at Court. (114) In the Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses, under date of 1603, both Adam Thomson and his brother Thomas are listed as apothecary burgesses and guild members. (115) Along with the parish records of the Kirk of Stobo, the name Adam Thomson appears as a witness to the "Inquisitiones De Tutela" of James and Helen Thomson, and of the, before mentioned, Retour naming David Thomson heir of Rev. Richard Thomson. "This inquest took place in the court of the sheriffdom of <Edinburgh> held in the town-house of the same burgh in the presence of Mr William Stewart Sheriff -depute of the said sheriffdom, specially appointed, on the eighth day of the month of July in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and seven by these discreet men..." Adam Thomson is one of 15 witnesses listed. Robert Stewart served as the Notary Publick. (116) If David Thomson of Corstophine and "Dauid Thomson of Plymouth in the County of devon gentleman of those Parte"...is one and the same, he may have served apprentice to one of the Thomson apothecaries, after completing studies at the University of Edinburgh. As mentioned earlier, the link between David Thomson of Corstophine and his eventual marriage in Plymouth, England may be Sir William Alexander (Earl of Stirling), who shared an enthusiasm for American colonization with Sir Ferdinando Gorges, the Governor of the fort at Plymouth, England. Sir William Alexander’s sister, Jonet Alexander, was married to David Forrester of Logie, a cousin to Sir George Forrester of Corstophine, Baronet of Nova Scotia. (117) However, David Thomson’s involvement with Sir William Alexander may have been initiated at the urging of his stepmother, Agnes Foulis, possibly through her nephew, Sir David Foulis, the Baron Ingleby. Or Foulis, himself, may have employed the young David Thomson in some capacity. Recorded in the "Calendar of State Papers of the Reign of James I" on 6 May 1603 is the following: "Grant to Davie Fowlies, in fee-farm, of manors and lands, co. York, parcel of the lands of Matthew late Earl Lenox." (118) The extraordinary significance of this grant to Foulis from the King was that Matthew Stuart was the King’s grandfather, and father to Henry, Lord Darnley. (119) As grandfather to the infant king, Matthew had served as regent (de facto monarch) in the child king’s stead, and one of the few persons who could be trusted to love and properly guard the child-sovereign. However, his presence provoked a Civil War. Matthew Stuart was mortally wounded on 3 September 1571. Prior to his death, the Earl was carried bleeding into the castle past his frightened five-year old grandson. "All is well if the babe is well," Lennox said, dying. (120) The Foulis family of Ravelston and Colinton (both are adjacent to Corstophine) were related and served as burgesses in Edinburg and as Goldsmiths to King and Court. Sir David Foulis, as with Sir William Alexander, served at Court both in Scotland and England. Both Foulis and Alexander being "in great favor" with King James VI had served the young Prince Henry... Sir William Alexander as tutor, and Sir David Foulis as cofferer (treasurer). (121) As noted previously, Thomas Foulis, Sir David Foulis’ uncle and Rev. Richard Thomson’s brother-in-law, lent money and jewels to King James and his Queen. Thomas Foulis was later associated with Sir William Alexander in the joint ownership of gold and silver mines (grants from King James). (122) Sir Thomas Challoner was David Foulis’ brother-in-law. He also served the young Prince Henry. Challoner lived in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, a short distance from Ingleby Manor, which was the main residence of David Foulis, Baron Ingleby. On May 23, 1609, King James issued the Second Charter of Virginia. Sir Thomas Challoner, Knight is listed as a Council Lord to assist in governing the affairs of the Colony. (123) Challoner’s home in Guisborough is also near the seacoast town of Whitby where Sir Ferdinando Gorges had ships built for the Council for New England, and where on 15th of November 1622: "Mr. Thomson and the clerk" were directed to "see the tun of iron weighed" to be sent to Whitby." (124 ) Sir David Foulis was one of the King’s most trusted servants. He was involved in secret correspondence concerning affairs of state. And the secrets were well-preserved, known only to a few... "King James, Cecil, Lord Henry Howard, the Earl of Mar, Bruce, and Foulis." In fact, a secret code was employed. Queen Elizabeth was #24, King James #30, and Mr. David Foulis #9. (125) Foulis was said to have been "among the Scottish agents of the highest class." On several occasions he was sent to London to receive the allowance paid to James by Queen Elizabeth. (126) In December 1601, Queen Elizabeth wrote to King James, "...my deer brother...And thoughe wee doe howerly expect some favorable wynde that will blowe to our ears...we have communicated to your good sarvant Mr. Fowles particularly our mynde herein..." (127) New Hampshire’s founder, the Scottish Gentleman and Scholar, Mr. David Thomson, was also trusted among the King’s closest family, friends and associates. Perhaps because of his exemplary service, he was granted his wish to plant a colony in the new world. Thomson gambled on a life of colonial adventure and won. Though he died young, his legacy is that of an achiever who helped establish, first as the agent for the Council for New England, and later as Acting Governor of the Colonies, a solid base for the ‘scattering beginnings’ of early colonial New England. It would be both fitting and ironic if Mr. David Thomson of Corstorphine, a ninth great-grandson of King Robert the Bruce, the hero of the Scottish War of Independence from the English, is indeed the same Mr. David Thomson, Gent., who is the acknowledged founder of New Hampshire, a state which has adopted "Live Free or Die" as its the motto. NOTE: Corrections concerning the Foulis family (based on records located at NAS) have been made since the initial publication of Part 2 in 1999. SOURCES: 47. Charles Deane. Indenture of David Thomson and Others. (Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society: Boston, May 1876). p. 382, Sir Ferdinando Gorges. A Brief Narration of the Original Undertakings of the Advancement of Plantations into the parts of America. Especially Shewing the beginning, progress and continuance of that of New England. Written by the Worshipfull, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Knight and Governor of the Fort and the Island of Plymouth in Devonshire. (London: E. 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