Gowrie, Earl of (father of John Earl of, and the Master of Ruthven), one of the Riccio murderers, [118]; in charge of Mary at Lochleven, [118]; pardoned for his share in the Raid of Ruthven, [119]; arrested and brought to trial, [120]; foul means by which his conviction was procured, [120]–123; foreknowledge of the Angus conspiracy, [121], [122]; nobles charged by him with treachery, [122]; execution, [11], [55], [56], [121]; the King’s debt to him, [84]; after death denounced by James as a traitor, [96]; the Casket Letters in his possession, [240]
Gowrie House, situation and topography
of, [14]–18; Lennox’s account of proceedings at, on the day of the slaughter, [20] et seq.
Gowrie Inn, [18]
Gowrie, John Earl of, his attributed relations with the Queen, [3]; speculations as to his aims and character, [5], [7]; and the causes leading to his death, [5], [7]; alleged plot to seize James, [7]; his retainers’ evidence thereon, [9]; the Duke of Lennox’s account of events, [13] et seq.; James’s invitation to Gowrie House to see the treasure, [14]; situation and topography of his house, [15]–18; observers’ accounts of his plot said to have been aimed at the King, [20]–34; the manner of his death, [31]; the King’s own narrative of the Gowrie plot, [35] et seq.; his conduct in the light of that narrative, [42]; the circumstance of the man in the turret, and the plot of gold concealed from him, [41], [42], [49], [50]; Henderson sent by the Master to warn him of the King’s arrival, [43]; secrecy enjoined by him on Henderson as to the ride to Falkland, [44]; silent as to his knowledge of the King’s approach, [45]; makes no preparation for the King’s dinner [46], [49]; influence of a disagreement between him and the Master, respecting the Abbey of Scone, [48], [49]; meets the King and conducts him to Gowrie House, [49]; his uneasy conduct while the King dines, [49], [50]; account of his share in the plot drawn from Henderson’s deposition, [64]; questions Henderson about the King, [65]; bids Henderson put on his secret coat of mail to arrest a Highlander, [65]; the contemporary Ruthven Vindication, [80]–93; theory of an accidental brawl, [94]–98; contemporary clerical and popular criticism, [99] et seq.; alleged attempts to entangle James in negotiations with the Pope, [104]; grounds for a hereditary feud between him and James, [118]; elected provost of Perth, [124]; at Edinburgh University, [124]; in alliance with Bothwell and Atholl against James, [125]; their manifesto to the Kirk, [125]; goes with his tutor Rhynd to Padua, [126]; his emblem, and saying regarding it, [127]; extols the conduct of an English fanatic at Rome, [127]: reported to have been converted to Catholicism, [128]; his name on Bothwell’s list of Scottish Catholic nobles ripe for the invasion of Scotland, [129]; presented by Elizabeth, in London, with a cabinet of plate, [130]; James jealous of him on his return to Edinburgh, [131]; opposes the King’s demands for money, [131], [141]; letter of invitation to Court, from the Queen, [133]; letter of invitation to Falkland from James, [134], [135]; quits Strabran for Perth, [136]; movements on the morning of the tragedy, [137]; granted exemption for a year from pursuit by creditors, [141]; rumour that he was a candidate for the English throne, [141]; motives of revenge urging him to plot against James, [143]; his views as to secrecy in plots, [144]; evidences of his intention to capture James and convey him to Dirleton, [145], [146]; letter to Logan, [183], [184]; anxious that Lord Home should be initiated into the conspiracy, [206], [207]; his arms and ambitions, [245]–251; emblem at Padua, [247], [248], [256]; Tudor descent, [249]; pedigree, [248], [249], [250]; Bothwell’s statement implying that
he was a secret candidate for James’s crown, [251]
Gowrie, Lady (Gowrie’s mother), aids Bothwell in capturing James at Holyrood, [124], [125]; her movements immediately prior to the tragedy, [136]; at Dirleton on August 6, [136]; her suit for relief from her creditors, [141]
Graham of Balgonie, reports the Master’s desire to be alone with the King while inspecting the treasure, [50]; picks up the garter supposed to have been used to tie James’s hands in the turret chamber, [58]; verbal narrative of the King’s escape to the Privy Council, [101]
Graham, Richard (wizard), accuses Bothwell of attempting James’s life by sorcery, [198], [199]
Gray, suspected as the man in the turret, [62]