Hello All,
          Is there anyone out there who can tell me how to obtain
information from the Vatican archives.
I should imagine that such a request would have to be submitted
by a prestigious academic body to have any chance of obtaining
the required information.
David Kennedy created 1st Earl of Cassillis in 1509 would appear
to be the choice, his second wife being the Countess who eloped
If the archives could be checked for an annulment or divorce
granted to this Earl say between the years 1509-1513 it would
clinch the matter.
The story starts in 1507 & the events chronicled in the ballad
were supposed to have taken place in the summer of 1510.
                                                          Joe.