![JAMES IV (1473-1513), King of Scots. Letter signed ('James R') to William, Lord Graham [later 1st Earl of Montrose], Edinburgh, 8 May n.y. [circa 1500], 'writtin und[er] our[e] speciale signet of the Unicorne'.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_16019_0031_001(james_iv_king_of_scots_letter_signed_to_william_lord_graham_later_1st054121).jpg?w=1)
![JAMES IV (1473-1513), King of Scots. Letter signed ('James R') to William, Lord Graham [later 1st Earl of Montrose], Edinburgh, 8 May n.y. [circa 1500], 'writtin und[er] our[e] speciale signet of the Unicorne'.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_16019_0031_000(james_iv_king_of_scots_letter_signed_to_william_lord_graham_later_1st060510).jpg?w=1)
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JAMES IV (1473-1513), King of Scots. Letter signed ('James R') to William, Lord Graham [later 1st Earl of Montrose], Edinburgh, 8 May n.y. [circa 1500], 'writtin und[er] our[e] speciale signet of the Unicorne'.
One page, 150 x 295 mm, contemporary annotation on verso ('1500'), traces of seal (split, measuring 175 mm, in centre fold, worn at edges, soiled mostly in outer areas and on verso, traces of former mounting). Provenance: sale at Sotheby's, 20 July 1981, lot 55 – Spiro Family Collection – sale at Christie's, 3 December 2003, lot 44.
James IV intercedes on behalf of a favoured squire. James requests that Patrick Kincaid of that Ilk, 'our lovite familiar squier & s[er]vitour' be allowed to continue a tack of Lord Graham's lands of Balmore, although he has 'tane his g[er]sum [premium]' for the three-year lease that he had.
William, 3rd Lord Graham, created 1st Earl of Montrose in 1503, died at James IV's side at Flodden in 1513.
One page, 150 x 295 mm, contemporary annotation on verso ('1500'), traces of seal (split, measuring 175 mm, in centre fold, worn at edges, soiled mostly in outer areas and on verso, traces of former mounting). Provenance: sale at Sotheby's, 20 July 1981, lot 55 – Spiro Family Collection – sale at Christie's, 3 December 2003, lot 44.
James IV intercedes on behalf of a favoured squire. James requests that Patrick Kincaid of that Ilk, 'our lovite familiar squier & s[er]vitour' be allowed to continue a tack of Lord Graham's lands of Balmore, although he has 'tane his g[er]sum [premium]' for the three-year lease that he had.
William, 3rd Lord Graham, created 1st Earl of Montrose in 1503, died at James IV's side at Flodden in 1513.
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