Individual Details
Lady Jonet "The Grey Lady" Douglas
(1495 - 17 Jul 1537)
[[Category:Accused Witches of Scotland]]
[[Category:Burned as a Witch]]
[[Category:Prisoners in Edinburgh Castle]]
[[Category:Scotland, Notables]]
[[Category:Scotland, Witches]]
[[Category: Descendants of Laird William Douglas, Name Study]]
[[Category: Douglas of Angus]]
[[Category: Douglas Ghosts]]
[[Category: Ghosts]]
[[Category: Executed in Edinburgh Castle]]
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== Biography ==
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}Janet Douglas was the daughter of George Douglas, Master of Angus and Elizabeth Drummond.
[[#Mosley106|Mosley]]: Vol 1, p. 1282.
She married, firstly, John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis, son of John Lyon, 4th Lord Glamis and Elizabeth Gray, before 12 December 1527.
She married, secondly, Archibald Campbell, 1st of Skipness, son of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll and Lady Elizabeth Stuart, circa 1535. H. Pirie-Gordon, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th edition, (London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1937), page 340.
From circa 1535, her married name became Campbell.
She died on 17 July 1537 at Castle Hill, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, burned at the stake, (in which her son, John, was forced to watch), for allegedly threatening the life of King James V, who had a vendetta against the Douglas family, with sorcery.
[[#Robertsonh1|Robertson - Scotland Vol. I]]:[https://archive.org/stream/historyscotland07unkngoog#page/n296/mode/1up p. 278] Getting her to confess to it was hard, and James V got her confession after having her servants, clansmen, and her own son, John, tortured on a rack. It is believed that she was not executed for witchcraft, but for the hatred James V had for her brother, Archibald, 6th Earl of Angus.
Child of '''Janet Douglas and Archibald Campbell, 1st of Skipness'''
#John Campbell, 2nd of Skipness+
[[#Mosley106|Mosley]]: Vol 1, p. 104
Children of '''Janet Douglas and John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis'''
#George Lyon d. a 1542
#Margaret Lyon d. 15 Jun 1610
#Elizabeth Lyons
#John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis+ d. b 18 Sep 1559
==Ghost==
In the chapel in Glamis Castle and the sounds of hollowing knocking are sometimes heard. Some say that this is the sound of Lady Janet's execution pyre being built.
In addition, when in the chapel of the castle, people are overcome with a feeling of immense sadness and desolation. A seat is constantly kept empty for Lady Janet in the chapel, and it is said one hundred witnesses once saw her glide past them in the chapel, heading towards her allocated seat. She can also sometimes be seen kneeling in front of the altar praying. If approached, the sadness intensifies.
It is due to her ghost that she gained the nickname, "The Grey Lady".
== Sources ==
* Mosley, Charles, ed. "Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference" 106th ed., London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1999
* Robertson, William, "History of Scotland during the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI till his Acession to the Crown of England", London: Cadell and Davis, 1817
See also:
* Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Janet_Douglas,_Lady_Glamis|Janet_Douglas,_Lady_Glamis]]
* }
*Cameron, Jamie, ''James V'', Tuckwell (1998), pp. 169-181, 204-05.
*Balfour Paul, Sir James, ''Scots Peerage'' vol viii, pp.278-280, Edinburgh 1904
*http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/ladyjanetdouglas.htm
*http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/on-this-day-lady-glamis-executed-for-witchcraft-in-edinburgh-1-4506466
*https://historywitch.com/tag/lady-glamis/
*https://www.amazon.com/Flames-My-Truth-Execution-Douglas/dp/1504983386
*http://www.theparanormalguide.com/blog/lady-janet-douglas
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rU-OjKK2_A Castle Ghosts of Scotland]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10964.htm#i109632 The Peerage: Jonet Douglas]
[[Category:Burned as a Witch]]
[[Category:Prisoners in Edinburgh Castle]]
[[Category:Scotland, Notables]]
[[Category:Scotland, Witches]]
[[Category: Descendants of Laird William Douglas, Name Study]]
[[Category: Douglas of Angus]]
[[Category: Douglas Ghosts]]
[[Category: Ghosts]]
[[Category: Executed in Edinburgh Castle]]
}
== Biography ==
}
}
}
}Janet Douglas was the daughter of George Douglas, Master of Angus and Elizabeth Drummond.
[[#Mosley106|Mosley]]: Vol 1, p. 1282.
She married, firstly, John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis, son of John Lyon, 4th Lord Glamis and Elizabeth Gray, before 12 December 1527.
She married, secondly, Archibald Campbell, 1st of Skipness, son of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll and Lady Elizabeth Stuart, circa 1535. H. Pirie-Gordon, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th edition, (London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1937), page 340.
From circa 1535, her married name became Campbell.
She died on 17 July 1537 at Castle Hill, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, burned at the stake, (in which her son, John, was forced to watch), for allegedly threatening the life of King James V, who had a vendetta against the Douglas family, with sorcery.
[[#Robertsonh1|Robertson - Scotland Vol. I]]:[https://archive.org/stream/historyscotland07unkngoog#page/n296/mode/1up p. 278] Getting her to confess to it was hard, and James V got her confession after having her servants, clansmen, and her own son, John, tortured on a rack. It is believed that she was not executed for witchcraft, but for the hatred James V had for her brother, Archibald, 6th Earl of Angus.
Child of '''Janet Douglas and Archibald Campbell, 1st of Skipness'''
#John Campbell, 2nd of Skipness+
[[#Mosley106|Mosley]]: Vol 1, p. 104
Children of '''Janet Douglas and John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis'''
#George Lyon d. a 1542
#Margaret Lyon d. 15 Jun 1610
#Elizabeth Lyons
#John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis+ d. b 18 Sep 1559
==Ghost==
In the chapel in Glamis Castle and the sounds of hollowing knocking are sometimes heard. Some say that this is the sound of Lady Janet's execution pyre being built.
In addition, when in the chapel of the castle, people are overcome with a feeling of immense sadness and desolation. A seat is constantly kept empty for Lady Janet in the chapel, and it is said one hundred witnesses once saw her glide past them in the chapel, heading towards her allocated seat. She can also sometimes be seen kneeling in front of the altar praying. If approached, the sadness intensifies.
It is due to her ghost that she gained the nickname, "The Grey Lady".
== Sources ==
* Mosley, Charles, ed. "Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference" 106th ed., London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1999
* Robertson, William, "History of Scotland during the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI till his Acession to the Crown of England", London: Cadell and Davis, 1817
See also:
* Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Janet_Douglas,_Lady_Glamis|Janet_Douglas,_Lady_Glamis]]
* }
*Cameron, Jamie, ''James V'', Tuckwell (1998), pp. 169-181, 204-05.
*Balfour Paul, Sir James, ''Scots Peerage'' vol viii, pp.278-280, Edinburgh 1904
*http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/ladyjanetdouglas.htm
*http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/on-this-day-lady-glamis-executed-for-witchcraft-in-edinburgh-1-4506466
*https://historywitch.com/tag/lady-glamis/
*https://www.amazon.com/Flames-My-Truth-Execution-Douglas/dp/1504983386
*http://www.theparanormalguide.com/blog/lady-janet-douglas
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rU-OjKK2_A Castle Ghosts of Scotland]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10964.htm#i109632 The Peerage: Jonet Douglas]
Events
| Birth | 1495 | Angusshire, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 1535 | Archibald "1st of Skipness" Campbell | |||
| Death | 17 Jul 1537 | Castle Hill, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | |||
| Alt name | Lyon | ||||
| Reference No | 2052111 | ||||
| Reference No | 2080838 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Archibald "1st of Skipness" Campbell (1474 - 1537) |
| Father | George "Master of Angus" Douglas (1469 - 1513) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Drummond (1472 - 1514) |
| Sibling | Sir George "of Pittendreich" Douglas (1492 - 1552) |
| Sibling | Archibald "6th Earl of Angus" Douglas (1489 - 1557) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Douglas (1490 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret Douglas (1490 - 1576) |
| Sibling | Alison Douglas (1491 - ) |
| Sibling | William "Abbot of Holyrood" Douglas (1495 - 1528) |