Pittencrieff, Laird of, at Gowrie House on the day when the Ruthvens were killed, [23]
Popular contemporary criticism on the King’s narrative, [111]–117
Preachers of Edinburgh, the, summoned before the Privy Council to hear the King’s letter on the Gowrie plot read, [99], [100]; desired by Montrose to thank God for the King’s ‘miraculous delivery,’ [100]; their reply to that request, [100], [101]; taken to task by James for refusing to thank God for his delivery from a Gowrie ‘conspiracy,’ [101]; their defence, [101], [102]; James’s punishment of the recalcitrants, [102]; before the King at Stirling, [103]–106; summon Gowrie home to be the leader of the Kirk, [140]
Preston, sent by James to Elizabeth with his version of the Gowrie affair, [96]; his account to Sir William Bowes, [97] note
Primrose (Clerk of Council), attests the record of Sprot’s examination, [201], [210]
Privy Council, Scottish, receipt of a letter from James containing an account of the Gowrie plot, [99]; the preachers summoned to hear it read, and desired by the Chancellor to thank God in their churches for the King’s escape, [99], [100]; report to James that the preachers will not praise God for his delivery, [101]
Raid of Ruthven, the, [119]
Ramsay, John, in attendance on James, [12]; his share in the proceedings at Gowrie House which led to the deaths of the Gowries, [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [29], [31], [33], [53], [97]; takes part in the slaughter of the Master of Ruthven, [26], [85]; kills the Earl of Gowrie, [31]
Ray, Andrew (a bailie of Perth), at Gowrie House on the day of the slaughter of the Ruthvens, [21], [24]