Nicholson, George (English resident at the Court of Holyrood), his account of James’s Falkland letter on the Gowrie case, [38]; on Robert Oliphant’s indiscretions of speech, [74]; communicates to Cecil Oliphant’s statement respecting Cranstoun and Henderson [75] note; refers to a book on the Ruthven side published in England, [82]; cites the King’s letter to the Privy Council regarding the Gowrie plot, [100], [102]; informs Cecil of Gowrie’s conversion to Catholicism, [128]
Oliphant of Bauchiltoun, brother of Robert, [77]
Oliphant, Robert, identified by the first proclamation as the man in the turret, [62]; proves an alibi, [62], [72]; his confidences to tailor Lyn anent his foreknowledge of the Gowrie plot, [73]; denounces the hanging of Cranstoun, and affirms the guilt of Henderson, [75]; avers that Gowrie proposed to him in Paris the part offered to Henderson, [75]; seeks to divert Gowrie from his project, [75]; his portable property seized by Captain Heron, and himself imprisoned, [76]; released by James and goes abroad, [76]; property subsequently restored, [77]; his statement contrasted with Henderson’s, [77]; cited, [144]
Padua University, [126]
Panton, Mr., on Henderson at Falkland, [64] note; his defence
of the Ruthvens, [80]; refers to a contemporary vindication, [80]
‘Papers relating to the Master of Gray,’ cited, [158]
Paul, Sir James Balfour, on the Gowrie arms, [245]
Perth, gathering of the burgesses of, before Gowrie House on the day of the slaughter of the Ruthvens, [30], [32]
Pitcairn, on Bruce’s interrogation of the King, [109]; discovery and publication of Logan of Restalrig’s alleged plot-letters, [169]