[222] Or rather, a piece of red cloth, which is still preserved at Hassop, the seat of the Earl of Newburgh, the marks of blood being still visible.
[223] From a tradition current in the descendants of this family.
[224] Hogg's Jacobite Relics, vol. i. p. 31.
[225] See Caledonian Mercury, 1723.
[226] See Proceedings of the Court Martial held upon John, Master of Sinclair, with Correspondence, p. 27. 1828. Printed by Ballantyne and Company. Presented to the Roxburgh Club by Sir Walter Scott.
[227] It is printed in the interesting little collection before referred to, p. 35.
[228] Life of the Master of Sinclair, p. ix.
[229] His name is not among those who were assembled on the hunting-field of Braemar.
[230] Reay, p. 234.
[231] See Lord Mar's Life and Letters.