INDEX

Act Rescissory, The, [25].

Balcarres, his final interview with James VII., [121]

—— retires to Scotland, [123].

Balfour and the other murderers of Archbishop Sharp flee to the West, [46].

Boog, the case of, [85].

Bothwell Bridge, [56].

Brown, John, the Christian carrier, shooting of, [100].

Bruce of Earlshall appointed Sheriff-depute, [42].

Bryce, John, conflicting accounts of his case, [104].

Buchan, Colonel, his unsuccessful pursuit of Covenanters, [91].

Carsphairn, Curate of, murdered, [95].

Charles II. proclaimed King in Scotland, [24].

—— accepts Covenant, [24].

—— crowned at Scone, [24].

—— establishes Episcopacy, [26].

—— death of, [110].

Clans, meeting of the, in Lochaber, [141].

Cochrane, Lady Jean, [85].

—— her covenanting family, [85].

—— married to Claverhouse, [89].

Conventicles to be dispersed, [21].

Covenant of 1643, [22].

—— signing the, [22].

—— purport of, [23].

Covenanters rise at Dalry, [30].

—— proceed to Dumfries, [30].

—— attack Turner, [30].

—— march towards Edinburgh, [31]

Covenanters routed at Rullion Green, [31].

—— meet at Rutherglen Cross, [47].

—— defeat Claverhouse at Drumclog, [48].

—— march to Glasgow, [50].

—— defeated at Bothwell Bridge, [55].

—— rescue prisoners at Enterkin, [92].

Dalrymple, Sir James, his quarrel with Claverhouse, [79].

Dalziel, General, defeats Covenanters at Rullion Green, [31].

Dragoons sent to the West, [21].

Drumclog, battle of, [48].

—— numbers of combatants, [49].

Edinburgh, popular demonstration in, against the Chancellor, [115].

Gillies, Peter, case of, variously stated by De Foe and Macaulay, [104].

Gordon, Duke of, holds Edinburgh Castle, [120].

Graham, Cornet, killed at Drumclog, [50].

Graham, Lady Helen, proposed marriage of, with Claverhouse, [59].

—— with Montrose, [61].

Graham, John, of Claverhouse family, [9].

—— date of birth, [10].

—— made burgess of Dundee, [11].

—— At St Andrews, [11].

—— Acquirements, [12].

—— serves in France, [13].

—— in Holland, [14].

—— at the Battle of Seneff, [14].

—— resigns his commission, [17].

—— offered a commission by Montrose, [18].

—— sent with dragoons to the West, [21].

—— at Dumfries, [37].

—— dissatisfied with arrangements, [40].

—— appointed Sheriff-depute, [43].

—— defeated at Drumclog, [48].

—— present at Bothwell Bridge, [56].

—— his circuit in the West, [56].

—— correspondence with regard to marriage with Lady Helen Graham, [59].

—— appointed Sheriff of Wigtownshire, [74].

—— his repressive measures in the West, [75].

—— thanked by Council, [77].

—— plot against him, [78].

—— quarrel with Dalrymple, [79].

—— promoted to be Colonel, [82].

—— marries Lady Jean Cochrane, [89].

—— Constable of Dundee, [93].

—— account of shooting of John Brown, [100].

—— how far responsible for the shooting of Andrew Hislop, [105].

—— quarrel with Queensberry, [110].

—— excluded from Privy Council, [110]

—— restored to favour, [111].

—— receives commission as Brigadier, [111].

—— promoted to rank of Major-General, [117].

—— marches to England with his regiment, [118].

—— created Viscount Dundee, [119].

—— his final interview with James VII., [121].

—— retires to Scotland, [123].

—— at the Convention of Estates, [126].

Graham, John, his interview with the Duke of Gordon, [126].

—— retires to Dudhope, [130].

—— his answer to the Duke of Hamilton’s summons, [130].

—— his ride through the Highlands, [134].

—— calls upon the clans to meet him in Lochaber, [136].

—— his raid on Perth, [137].

—— his feigned attack on Dundee, [138].

—— assembles the clans in Lochaber, [141].

—— advances against Mackay, [145].

—— retires into Lochaber and dismisses the clans, [145].

—— appoints a second meeting of the clans at Blair, [149].

—— holds a Council of War, [149].

—— prepares for battle, [153].

—— attacks Mackay, [154].

—— his death, [156].

Hamilton, Robert, heads the opposition to the Indulgence, [46].

—— refuses quarter after Drumclog, [52].

Highland Host, the, [34].

Hislop, Andrew, responsibility for shooting, [105].

Indulgence, the, [33].

James VII. succeeds to the throne, [110].

—— his disapproval of Claverhouse’s conduct, [110].

—— sets out for Salisbury, [119].

—— disbands his army, [121].

—— final interview with Dundee and Balcarres, [121].

Keppoch, Macdonald of, attacks Inverness, [135].

—— burns Dunachton, [143].

Killiecrankie, battle of, [154].

King’s Curates, [28].

Kirkcudbright, attacked by party of Covenanters, [96].

Mackay, General, sent to command forces in Scotland, [134].

—— encamped near Alvie, [143].

—— retreats towards Strathbogie, [144].

—— marches from Dunkeld to Killiecrankie, [151].

Maclachlan, Margaret, drowned on Solway Sands, [99].

M’Michael, the case of James, murderer of Curate of Carsphairn, [97].

Meeting-house at Castlemilk pulled down, [39].

Meeting of the Convention of Estates, [125].

Meiklewrath, Matthew, the manner of his death, [108].

Menteith, Earl of, corresponds with Claverhouse, [59].

—— with Marquis of Montrose, [67].

Ministers ejected, [27].

Monmouth, Duke of, appointed Commander-in-Chief, [55].

Orange, Prince of, lands in England, [119].

—— writes to Dundee, [121].

Penalties imposed on recusants, [28].

Perth, attacked by Dundee, [137].

Queensberry, his quarrel with Claverhouse, [110].

Renwick, his apologetical declaration, [95].

Rullion Green, Covenanters defeated at, [31].

Rutherglen, declaration at Cross, [47].

Ruthven, Castle of, surrendered by Captain Forbes, [143].

Sharp, Archbishop, murdered, [44].

Stewart of Ballechin occupies Blair Castle, [148].

Swyne Abbey, soldiers murdered at, [95].

Wallace, Sir William, commands cavalry at Killiecrankie, [153].

Westerhall, how far responsible for the shooting of Hislop, [106].

Wilson, Margaret, drowned on Solway Sands, [99].


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