Bothwell

[ both-wel, -wuhl, both- ]

noun

1. James Hepburn [hep, -burn, heb, -ern], Earl of, 1536?–78, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Bothwell

/ ˈbɒθwəl; ˈbɒð- /

noun

1. Bothwell, Earl of15351578MScottishPOLITICS: statesman Earl of , title of James Hepburn . 1535–78, Scottish nobleman; third husband of Mary Queen of Scots. He is generally considered to have instigated the murder of Darnley (1567)

Example Sentences

And when, on further discussion, Jessie remembered their names—Poole and Bothwell—this fact brought out another discovery.

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If Mary's passion had drawn her to share Bothwell's guilt, these acts were but awful preludes to her husband's doom.

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Bothwell joined Murray and the English ambassador in praying for the recall of Morton and the exiles.

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But whatever may have been the ties of passion or guilt which united them, Mary was now powerless in Bothwell's hands.

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Meanwhile James in person had engaged Surrey, and being presently supported by the reserve under Bothwell pressed him hard.

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