Courting Favour
When his mother, the formidable Black Agnes, bequeathed him the troubled earldom of Moray in the far north of Scotland, John Cospatrick, younger son of the ninth Earl of Dunbar and March, found himself unexpectedly elevated to become King David''s lieutenant and arbiter up in those unruly parts.
At the age of 22, with no experience in matters of governance, John''s courage, sharp wit and skills of...
When his mother, the formidable Black Agnes, bequeathed him the troubled earldom of Moray in the far north of Scotland, John Cospatrick, younger son of the ninth Earl of Dunbar and March, found himself unexpectedly elevated to become King David''s lieutenant and arbiter up in those unruly parts.
At the age of 22, with no experience in matters of governance, John''s courage, sharp wit and skills of...
