A fight at Perth, a murder, an outlaw, a revenge killing, and an adopted heir.
1544. In the fight with Lord Ruthven over who should be provost of Perth, Thomas Charteris and about eighty others were proclaimed rebels.The 2nd Lord’s son Thomas was outlawed for the murder of James Ross and the ruin of the mill of Craigton, and the King never recognised his title.1552. The feud ended as it began. Thomas was killed by James Ross, son of the murdered man, with his kinsmen and friends, in revenge for his father’s death.His brother John became the 3rd Lord Kinfauns and took the killers to law. When his only surviving son, George, died before him, he adopted Henry Lindsay as his heir, who became Harry Charteris.
