Career
In 1715, James II"s son James Francis Edward Stuart, also known as the Old Pretender, attempted to regain the throne by launching a Jacobite Rising in Scotland. Their first objective was to gain a landing site in Northumberland, and Lindisfarne was selected. Some sources say that Lancelot asked the Master Gunner, who also served as the unit"s barber for a shave.
While inside it became clear that most of the garrison were away.
Later that day he returned with Mark, and claimed that he had lost the key to his watch. They were allowed in, overpowered the three soldiers present, and claimed the castle for the Jacobites.
Some sources say that he gave brandy to the soldiers in order to incapacitate them. Reinforcements did not arrive to support the Erringtons, so when a detachment of 100 men arrived from Berwick to retake the castle they were only able to hold out for one day.
Fleeing, they were captured at the tollbooth at Berwick and imprisoned.
A pardon was issued and he was able to live out the rest of his life as a publican in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He lived until December 1745, long enough to witness the final Jacobite Rising of 1745. His widow Catherine died at Cramlington in 1756.