Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 / Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676

by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall

[723] Mr. Andrew Ramsay, Minister of the old Kirk in Edinr., was Professor of Divinity and Rector of the University of Edinr. for six years successively preceeding the 8th March 1626, att which time he gave up both offices.—Note in MS.

[724] i.e. off, from.

[725] i.e. Plautus's observation.

Abbotshall was a man of great force of character. He was much respected by Lauder, who, on his marriage with his daughter, was probably a good deal indebted to him for his first start in professional life. For example, it was no doubt by his influence that he was very early appointed one of the Assessors to the town of Edinburgh along with Sir George Lockhart and soon afterwards to the whole of the Burghs. To the facts of his life as narrated in the letter it may be added that in the course of his career he acquired extensive estates. Besides Abbotshall in Fife, he became the owner, among other lands, of Waughton in East Lothian, a place often mentioned by Lauder, where his brother-in-law, Sir Andrew Ramsay, junior, resided. The eulogy in the letter is somewhat deficient in light and shade, more so than some other passages in which Lauder mentions his father-in-law (see Introduction, p. xxxvi). A good deal about Abbotshall may be read in Sir George Mackenzie's Memoirs, the following extract from which (p. 246) will help to supply the chiaroscuro.

'Sir Andrew Ramsay had, by obtaining 5000ll sterling to the Duke of Lauderdale for the Citadel of Leith, and other 5000ll to him for the new impositions granted to the town by the King upon ale and wine, insinuated himself very far into the favour of his Grace; and by his favour had, for ten successive years, continu'd himself Provost of Edinburgh, and consequently Preses of the Burghs; by which, and by having the first vote of Parliament, he was very serviceable to Lauderdale; who in requital of that favour obtained 200 ll sterling per annum settled upon the Provost of Edinburgh, and caused the king give him 4000ll sterling for his comprising of the Bass, a rock barren and useless. Thus they were kind to one another upon his Majesty's expenses. In this office of Provost he had governed most tyrannically for ten years, applying the Coramon Good to himself and friends, and inventing new though unnecessary employments within the town, to oblige those who depended upon him. But at last the citizens, weary of his yoke, resolved to turn him out at Michaelmas 1672.'

The attempt failed at that time.

INDEX

Abbotshall, 207;
church lands of, 195.
—— lord. See Ramsay, sir Andrew.
Abercorn, lord, 184.
Aberlady, 200, 210.
Accounts, extracts of, 239.
Acheson, 203.
—— sir Archibald, 191.
Ackland, Mr., 169.
Addestone, 191, 192, 200.
Adenstans easter and wester, 203.
Administration of justice, xxxiv.
Adrian's wall, 182.
Adultery, punishment of, in France, 69-70, 110.
Advocates, fees of, in France, 90, 214 and n.
—— suspension of, xxii-xxiii, 224-226, 277;
meeting of, in Cadell's, 278.
Aickman, William, 253.
Aikenhead, James, death of, 226.
Ainsley, James, 283.
Airth, earl of, 193.
Albemarle, the duke of, his engagement with the Dutch fleet, 236.
Albigenses, persecutions of, 66.
Alexander III. killed near Bruntilland, 197.
Alexander …, professor of law at Poictiers, 3, 128, 153, 157, 188;
turns papist, 113.
Alfred, king, founder of university college, Oxford, 172.
Amboise, 19;
arsenal of, 129.
America, theory of the peopling of, 197.
Amont water, 193.
Anagram of Cornelius Jansenius, 75.
Anderson, John, advocate, death of, 222.
—— Marion, wife of Fountainhall, xxiii.
Anecdotes of the blind, 132;
of a thirsty cow, 133;
of preachers, etc., 52, 114-115, 120, 126-128, 142, 148, 149, 151;
of the king of Spain, 150;
the queen of Sweden, etc., 151;
of a faithless Frenchman, 199;
of the earl of Cowrie, 199.
Angleberne, le baron d', 17, 130-131.
Angus, Archibald, earl of, 302.
—— James, 279.
Annand, M., distinguishes himself at the siege of Candy, 229.
Anne of Austria, funeral oration on, 126;
her heart preserved in the Val de Grace, 131.
Apologetical Relation, 139 and n.
Appeals, law of, in France, 60.
Arbuthnot, lord, 216.
—— sir Alexander, of that ilk, 303.
Archerfield, 210.
Ardrosse of Elie, 196.
Argyll, Archibald, ninth earl of, xxx-xxxiii, xxxv, 139, 223, 232.
Arley, lord, 176 and n.
Arthur's Oven, 182.
Ascletarion, a magician, 204 and n.
Astrology, xxxix.
Athelstanford, 274.
Atholl, earle of, lord privy seal, 221, 223-225.
Aubigné, the marquis d', 103.
Augier, M., 153.
Augustines, order of, 10, 61, 86;
Augustinian sermon on the virgin Mary, 52-53.
Auldcambus, 202, 208-210.
Auldham, 210.
Auldhamstocks, 202.
Auldliston, 193.
Ayton of Bannochie, 196.

Baccleuch, estate of, 208.
Baillie of Jerviswood, trial of, xxx.
—— lt-general, 191.
—— John, advocate, death of, 227.
—— William, advocate, rebuked by lord Newbyth, 217.
Baird, sir John, of Newbyth, 109, 216 and n, 220, 224.
Balbirny, 205.
Balcarres, lady, 232.
Bale's Sarro-Sancto Regum Maiestas, 140.
Balfour, laird of, 207.
—— of Balbirny, 205.
—— sir David, of Forret, 223, 224.
Balgonie, 196, 203.
Ballantyne, Andro, minister at Coldinghame, 210.
Ballincreiff, 208.
Balliol college, Oxford, 173.
Balmanno, lord, 215.
Balmayne, 205, 302.
—— laird of. See Ramsay.
Balmerinoch, lord, 190, 193.
Balquharge, 205.
Balveirie, Fife, 196.
Banished ministers' manifesto, 139 and n., 142.
Bannatyne club, institution of the, xviii.
Bannochie, 196.
Barclay ——, 197.
Barnbougall, 193.
Barnes. See Cunningham.
Bartholomew, St., 52.
Baruclan, 193.
Bass, the, xvi, 203, 309.
Beaton, Alexander, 191.
—— Andrew, advocate, death of, 220.
—— William, 256.
—— of Blebo, 207.
Beatons of Balfour, 196.
Beaufort, the duc de, kilted at the siege of Candy, 229.
Beaugency, 18.
Beconsfields, 168.
Bedlam, 174.
Bedlan Green, 175.
Bell, Adam, 201.
—— Androw, 269.
—— John, 185.
—— Robert, 243, 251, 265.
—— Thomas, 239, 287.
—— family, origin of the name, 208.
Bellenden, lord, 215.
—— of Broughton, 191.
Bell-ringing during thunder, 49-51;
for the last agonies, 59.
Bels milne, 191.
Beltan, 203, 205.
Benedictine friars, 10,
convent of, at Marmoustier, 19;
convent at Poictiers, 36;
wealth of the order, 86.
Bernard, St., abbot of Clareville, 52.
Bernardines. See Fullions.
Beroalde de Verville, Francois, 103 and n.
Bever castle, 176.
Biccarton of Lufnes, 210.
Bickerstaffe, sir Charles, 221.
Binnie, 193.
—— laird of, 186.
—— bailzie, 264.
Binning, William, 245, 251, 263.
Biron, duc de, 77 and n.
Biton, madame, 39.
Blacader of that ilk, 201.
Blacarstoun, 200.
Black. Jo., 279.
Blackbarrony, laird of, 279.
Blackford burn, Edinburgh, 188.
Blackfriars church in Glasgow struck by lightning, 228.
Blaickburne, 200.
Blaikerston, 210.
Blair of Carberrie, 190.
Blair, rev. Robert, anecdote of, 127.
Blanerne, 201.
Blantyre, lord, 185.
Blasphemy, punishment of, 60.
Blind men, anecdotes of, 132.
Blois, 17,
description of, 18,
castle of, 130.
Blythswood, 185.
Bodley, Thomas, 170.
Bogie, 196, 205.
—— of Bannochie, 196.
Bonar, Jo., of Bonytoun, 194.
Bonnévette, 63.
Bonnymoon ——, 174.
Bonytoun, 192-194.
Books, catalogues of, 153, 157, 160-162, 283-299.
Bordeaux, 64;
torture practised in, 70.
Borseau, M., 128, 160.
Borthwick, James, 268.
—— Samuell, 268.
—— William, apothccar, 250.
—— col., 168.
Boswel of Balmuto, 197.
—— of Pittedy, 196.
—— of Westmilne, 195.
Bothwell ——, 203.
—— Adam Hepburne, earle of, 205.
—— earls of. See Ramsay.
—— castle of, 185.
Boumaker, Robert, 256.
Bouquiet, Mr., 34.
Bourges, 65;
university of, 66.
Bourhouses, 200.
Boyde, Hew, 246.
Boyelet, Mr., merchant at Orleans, 153.
Brackmont, 207.
Braid burn, Edinburgh, 188.
Brandenburgh, duke of, xxxvii.
Brazennose college, Oxford, 173.
Bread, price of, 59.
Breda, peace of, 167 and n.
Bridal gifts, 60.
Bridgeman, sir Orlando, 221.
Brisbane, Mrs., xxxi.
Brothels in Rome, defence of, 83.
Broun of Colston, 200 and n.
—— of Gorgie, 191.
—— of Thorniedykes, 210.
—— père, 118.
—— Daniel, 185.
—— John, 280.
—— Thomas, 267, 269, 270, 281, 283, 287, 289, 291, 293.
—— William, 108, 250, 256, 257, 264, 281, 290, 291.
Brace, rev. Mr., of Fife, anecdote of, 148.
Brimstone, 26 and n, 188, 190.
Bruntilland. See Burntisland.
Brunton, 197.
Bryson, Sandy, 270.
Buchanan, George, 139; his Frantiscanus, 10 and n;
criticism of his History, 205, 206.
—— sir John, 206, 207.
Buck, Thomas, advocate, death of, 222.
Burgundy, duke of, 84.
Burnet, Alexander, archbishop of Glasgow, xxxvii;
his remonstrance with Charles II., 230.
—— D., 168.
—— Robert, advocate, death of, 212.
Burntisland, 197, 279.
Butterdean, 200.
—— laird of. See Hay, William.
Byres, 208, 209.

CADDEL, captain, 132.
Calder, 186.
—— lairds of, 192.
Calderhall, laird of, 189, 192.
Calderwood, Thomas, 185.
—— bailzie, 283, 284.
Callender, earl of, 183.
Calvin, John, tradition of, 36.
Camelon, king of the Picts, 182.
Camnetham, laird of, 281.
Campbell of Blythswood, 183 n.
—— Archibald, 193.
—— —— advocate, death of, 215.
—— Barbara, 185.
—— sir Colin, 220 and n.
—— James, 185.
—— Mary, 274.
—— Robert, 185.
—— —— apothecar, 272.
Camron, Archbald, 247, 256, 276.
Candie, tounc of, taken by the Turks, 228.
Cants of Grange, 188.
—— of Priestfield, 188.
Capuchins, order of, 9, 10, 33, 86;
anecdotes of, 62, 148.
Carberrie, 203.
—— laird of, his influence on the battle of Pinkie, 190.
Carden, lord, death of, 212.
Carington, laird of, 308.
—— lands of, 239 n, 248.
Carmelites, order of, 61.
Carmichael, master of, 185.
Carnegie, Katharine, 303.
—— James, 274.
—— sir Robert, of Kinnaird, 303.
Carthusians, 10.
Caskieberry, 205.
—— laird of. See Shoneir.
Cassilton, 203, 210.
Castellaw, Mr., 3.
Castlemilk, 185.
Catechism of M. Drelincourt, 86.
Catherine, St., of Sienna, convent of, 188 n.
Ceres (Cires), 207.
Chabate, Mile., 128.
Chabot, Philippe de, 63 and n.
Chained books at Oxford, 170.
Chalmers, James, advocate, death of, 225.
—— Joan, 276.
Chamberlayne, Joseph, barber, 267.
Chambord castle, 18.
Champigny, 25.
Chancellor, Kate, 263.
Chapman of Priestfield, 188.
Charles IX., anecdote of, 147.
Charles I., murder of, 91.
Charles II., his object in desiring the union of England and
Scotland, 229-230;
letter from, for indulging outed
ministers; establishment of his supremacy, 230;
settles the disputes between the houses of parliament, 232;
his debts paid by parliament, 233;
grant of money to, by parliament, 273 n;
eulogy on, xxvii.
Charleton, Richard, 59.
Charteris, Laurence, advocate, 221;
death of, 226.
Chartreuse, founding of the order of, 78-79.
Chatelerault, 64.
Cheisly, John, of Dairy, xxxiv, 277.
—— Sam., 261.
—— William, 219.
Cherries, 66, 69: cherry feast to the exchequer, 266.
Chilperick, treatment of, 91.
Chimney-sweeps from Savoy, 75.
China, fertility of, 105-106.
Chinon, 24.
Chirnesyde, 201.
Christ church, Oxford, 171.
Christina, queen of Sweden, anecdote of, 151.
Chrystie, Mr., 284.
—— Adam, clerk of session, 215.
Civil law of France, 64-65.
Clan Macduff, 197, 206.
Clarendon house, 168 and n.
Clarke's Examples 108.
Classics, pronunciation of the, 123.
Clerical anecdotes, 52, 114, 115, 120, 126-128, 142, 148.
Clerk, sir Alex., of Balbirny, 205.
Clery, 130.
Cleveland, dutchesse of, 233.
Clifford, lord, treasurer of England, 222.
Clifton hall, 186, 193.
—— toune, 193.
Climate of France, 117.
Cluny, barony of, 205.
Coal pits of Dysert, 207.
Coalston pear, the, 200 and n.
Cochrane, lord, 184, 226.
Cockburne of Clerkingtone, 200.
Cockenie, 203, 211.
Coinage, heightening of gold and silver coinage of foreign nations, 80.
See also Money.
Colbrandspath, 200.
—— laird of, 209.
Coldinghame abbey, 209.
—— kirk, 210.
—— moor, 209.
Colerine, 197.
Colison, Mr., 2.
Colquhoun, sir John, of Luz, 184.
Colt, Mr., 3.
Columbus, anecdote of, 97.
Colvill, Samuel, 266, 287.
Colyear, David, 251, 272, 275, 276.
Comedies played at Poictiers, 124, 127
Comets, appearance of, xxxix.
Comiston well, 274.
Congilton, 208.
Conspiracy laws, hardships of, 91.
Constantine the emperor, statue of, 56.
Consultation fees, 257, 258, 260.
Convent of Marmoustier, 18-20;
of the Bernardines, 47;
at St. Florans, 22;
of Notre Dame d'Ardiliers, 23 and n.
Conventicles, laws against, 233.
Convention of burrows at Glasgow, 281.
Cook, Mr., 231.
Cooking in France, 76, 79.
Cordeliers, order of, 9, 86.
Coronation stone, 1.
Cothereau, Renatus, 117.
Cotibby, M., 128.
Cotteridge, Mr., 233.
Court of session, constitution of, xxxiv-xxxv;
court of session documents, 212-227.
Courty, rev. Thomas, anecdote of, 151.
Covenanters, xxviii, xxix.
Covent Garden, 175.
Craig, 203.
—— of Riccarton, 191.
—— John, of Ramorney, advocate, 297.
Craighall, 197, 207.
Craighouse, 187.
Craigie, lord, 224.
Craigiehall, 193.
Craiglockhart, 191.
Cranston, Christian, 269.
Craw, 209.
—— Rot., 260, 271, 280.
—— of Eist Reston, 210.
—— of Henchcheid, 210.
Crawfurd, captain, 280.
—— Thomas, 3, 4, 256.
Creichton, ——, 22, 23, 203.
—— John, 168.
—— of St. Leonards, 205.
Crime in Poictiers, 95.
Cringelty, in Tweeddale, 191.
Crocodile story, 38.
Crosby, Mr., x.
Crumstaine, 202.
Cujas, Jacques, 65 and n.
Cunyghame, ——, 208.
—— Adam, 216.
—— sir J., 224.
—— W., 272.
—— Walter, 239, 265, 270.
—— William, 279.
—— of Barnes, 203.
Curators in French civil law, 64-65.
Curriehill, 191.
Customs and Laws of France, 74-75.
Cuthbert, Mr., 18.