Historic find to link the Union of the Crowns and Satanism
WILLIAM CHISHOLM
REVELATIONS linked to the Union of the Crowns, including the sinister role played by Scotland’s arch-Satanist, are promised in a new book to be published next month.
The author claims his work will provide startling new evidence which will warrant a fresh look at many aspects of Scottish history before and after the union with England in 1603.
Brian Moffatt’s inspiration for The Devil and King James followed his acquisition of the 16th-century marriage trunk of Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, who was James VI’s illegitimate cousin.
James lived in fear of Francis, regarded by the nation’s witches as the incarnation of their god. Yet the earl was legitimised by the Pope and by Mary Queen of Scots, while the king appointed him Lord High Admiral of Scotland - and, despite being a shadowy figure virtually written out of the history books, he was within an ace of becoming ruler of both Scotland and England.
Mr Moffatt, a former police officer who now runs a craft gallery near Hawick, spotted the unusual piece of ancient furniture at an auction in Derbyshire three years ago. It is dated 6 May 1577.
He said: "We have identified the rare piece as the marriage trunk of Francis, and his wife, Margaret Douglas of Branxholme Castle. The trunk provides the first hard evidence that Francis Stewart, known as the King Devil, was actually involved in the black arts."
The front of the trunk has separate carvings on five panels. The central section shows Christ in Glory, but to his left is the figure of the Earl of Bothwell himself, depicted as the May King.
Francis was tried and exiled for attempting to kill King James by witchcraft in 1593, although he is believed to have returned to Scotland.
Mr Moffat says the carved trunk with its images of Christian and devil worship led him on a remarkable voyage of discovery with surprising, and at times almost unbelievable outcomes and conclusions. He warns the resulting book has an extremely controversial "sting in the tail".
A specialist on the reign of James VI has written: "It is impossible to study the details of this period without realising the extraordinary fear which James had of his cousin. It was fear with an underlying horror, totally different from his feelings for his other turbulent subjects."
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