VALLELY, John

John married Margaret LYNCH on 7 Nov 1870 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland.¹ (Margaret LYNCH was born about 1845.)

John next married John QUIGLY on 15 May 1567 in Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland.^{2 3} (John QUIGLY was born about 1795.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Queen Mary fell under the power of James Hepburn, fourth Earl of Bothwell, to whom she was married at Holyrood, 15 May 1567, and created Duke of Orkney. Dissension with the nobility ensued, and the Queen was made prisoner and detained in the island castle of Lochleven, where she remained until 2 May 1568, when she effected her escape. During her captivity she abdicated 24 July 1567 in favour of her infant son, her half-brother, James Stewart, Earl of Moray, being appointed Regent. Her adherents met the Regent's troops in battle at Langside on 13 May 1568, but suffered a decisive defeat, following upon which the Queen fled into England. There, on various pretexts, she was detained prisoner by her cousin and rival, Queen Elizabeth, till 1586, when she was tried, condemned, and beheaded at Fotheringay Castle, in Northamptonshire, on 8 February 1586-87. Her remains, after being buried in Peterborough Cathedral, were afterwards removed to King Henry vn.'s chapel, Westminster Abbey."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)




"The newly-created Duke of Orkney married, secondly, at Holyrood on 15 May 1567, as her third husband, Mary Queen of Scots. The ceremony was performed by Adam Bothwell, the Protestant Bishop of Orkney. The contract of marriage was signed and registered on the previous day. This union was only dissolved by the death of the forfeited Duke ; but on 21 October 1568 the Queen expressed her willingness ' that the lawis be usit ' for obtaining a separation ; and in May 1569 she executed a mandate for thebringing of an action against him in her name for divorce. He, on his part, signed a similar mandate in the same year. In each of these documents the name of the mandatory is left blank. James, Duke of Orkney, had no legitimate issue born to him. On 18 July 1567 Sir Nicholas Throckmorton reported to Queen Elizabeth that he had received a message from Queen Mary, then detained at Lochleven, to the effect that she believed herself to be seven weeks gone with child ; and Queen Mary's secretary testifies that she miscarried of twins before 25 July."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2) ^{2 3}