written in Scotland and its object was to assimilate the laws of England and Scotland, but, instead of this, it was an important factor in building up and solidifying the law of Scotland into a separate system. Other works were De unione regnorum Britanniae tractatus, English translation (1910) by Charles Sanford Terry; De jure successionis regni Angliae, written to answer Robert Parsons, and translated as Concerning the Right of Succession to the Kingdom of England by James Gadderar; De hominio disputatio. This was translated by George Ridpath as Scotland's Sovereignty asserted; being a dispute concerning Homage (1695). Craig's first poem, an epithalamium in honour of the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Darnley, appeared in 1565. Most of his poems have been reprinted in the Delitiae poetarum Scotorum. Family Craig was the younger brother of John Craig. Craig had numerous family connections, and was married twice. His first wife Helen Hamilton of 1573, who died in 1575, was the niece or granddaughter of Robert Richardson. His second wife of 1578 was Helen, daughter of Robert Heriot of Lumphoy in Midlothian, by whom he had four sons and three daughters; she was also the step-daughter of Edward Henryson, her mother Helen Swinton's second husband. His eldest son, Lewis Craig (1569–1622) was raised to the bench in 1604. His second son James was born in 1573, he was killed in Ireland in 1641 while defending the castle at Croghan against rebels. He firstly married Margaret Gibson who was born around 1580, they had one known child: John Craig, who married Isabel Gouldie who was born in 1612, she died in 1645. He divorced from Margaret Gibson. He secondly married Margaret Peter who was born in 1589. His third son John Craig was a royal physician who died in 1655; another royal physician John Craig was his uncle and brother of Thomas Craig. His eldest daughter Margaret married Alexander Gibson, Lord Durie I, and was mother of Alexander Gibson, Lord Durie II. The second daughter Elizabeth became the wife of James Johnston, and was mother of Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston, and Rachel Johnston, who married Robert Burnet, Lord Crimond. His third daughter Janet m. John Belches of Tofts, of the Belches of Invermay. They were parents to Alexander Belsches, Lord Tofts. Footnotes References Patrick Fraser Tytler, Life of Craig (1823) Life prefixed to Baillie's edition of the Jus feudale External links 1530s