Illustrations.
VOL. I.
[Frontispiece Vignette.]—BANNATYNE HOUSE, NEWTYLE—where GeorgeBannatyne is supposed to have written his Manuscript. | |
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| EDINBURGH CASTLE, RESTORED AS IN 1573, | [XII] |
| AN EDINBURGH HAMMERMAN, 1555, | [10] |
| QUEEN MARY’S HARP, | [31] |
| THE BRANKS, AN INSTRUMENT OF PUNISHMENT, | [47] |
| GEORGE BANNATYNE’S ARMS AND INITIALS, | [58] |
| THE MAIDEN, | [144] |
| THE DEVIL PREACHING TO THE WITCHES, | [215] |
| BAILIE MACMORAN’S HOUSE, | [263] |
| WITCH SEATED ON THE MOON, | [378] |
| SILVER HEART IN CULROSS ABBEY, | [450] |
| HOUSE OF ROBERT GOURLAY, A RICH EDINBURGH CITIZEN OF 1574, | [554] |
INDEX
| TO SUCH | |
|---|---|
| BOOKS AND AUTHORITIES AS, FROM THEIR MORE FREQUENTOCCURRENCE, ARE QUOTED IN AN ABRIDGED FORM. | |
D. O.—Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents in Scotland, 1513-1575.(Maitland Club.) 4to. | 1833 |
Cal.—History of the Kirk of Scotland. By Mr David Calderwood.(Wodrow Society.) 8 vols. | 1842 |
Pit.—Criminal Trials in Scotland, from 1488 to 1624, with HistoricalNotes and Illustrations. By Robert Pitcairn, Esq. 3 vols.4to. Edin. | 1833 |
Knox.—History of the Reformation in Scotland. By John Knox. From MS. Edited by David Laing. 2 vols. (Wodrow Society.)Edin. | 1846 |
| 1855] | |
P. C. R.—Privy Council Record, MS. in General Register House, Edinburgh.Mar.—Annales of Scotland from the year 1513 to the year 1591.By George Marioreybanks, burges of Edinburghe. From MS. 8vo. | 1814 |
Bir.—Diary of Robert Birrel, burges of Edinburghe, from 1532 to 1605.Dalyell’s Fragments of Scottish History. From MS. 4to.Edin. | 1798 |
E. C. R.—Edinburgh Council Record, MS. in Council Chamber, Edinburgh. | |
H. K. J.—Historie of King James the Sext. 4to. Edin. | 1825 |
C. C. R.—Canongate Council Record [extracts printed in Maitland ClubMiscellany, vol. ii.] | |
Ban.—Journal of the Transactions in Scotland, 1570, 1571, 1572, 1573.By Richard Bannatyne, Secretary to John Knox. From MS.8vo. Edin. | 1806 |
Ken.—Historical Account of the Name of Kennedy. From MS. WithNotes by Robert Pitcairn. 4to. | 1830 |
Ja. Mel.—Autobiography and Diary of Mr James Melville, 1556-1610.From MS. Edited by Robert Pitcairn. (Wodrow Society.)8vo. | 1842 |
Bal.—Annales of Scotland, 1057-1603. By Sir James Balfour. From MS.4 vols. 8vo. Edin. | 1824 |
Spot.—History of the Church of Scotland. By the Right Rev. JohnSpottiswoode, Archbishop of St Andrews. 3 vols. 8vo. | 1847 |
Howes.—Chronicle of England. By Edmond Howes. Fol. | 1615 |
H. of G.—History of the House of Douglas. By Mr David Hume ofGodscroft. 2 vols. | 1748 |
Jo. R. B. Hist.—Historia Rerum Britannicarum, &c. Auctore RobertoJohnstono. Fol. Amstel. | 1655 |
R. G. K. E.—Register of the General Kirk of Edinburgh, 1574-1575.Maitland Club Miscellany, vol. i. | |
B. U. K.—Booke of the Universall Kirk of Scotland. (Bannatyne Club.)3 vols. 4to. Edin. | 1839-40 |
Chr. Aber.—Chronicle of Aberdeen, 1491-1595. (Spalding Club Miscellany.) | |
Hist. Acc. Fam. Innes.—Historical Account of the Origine and Successionof the Family of Innes, &c. From orig. MS. Edin. | 1820 |
M. of S.—Mem. Som.—The Memorie of the Somervilles, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. | 1815 |
Moy.—Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland, 1577-1603. By David Moysie.From MS. (Maitland Club.) 4to. | 1830 |
Moy. R.—Idem, Ruddiman’s edition. 12mo. | 1755 |
Ab. C. R.—Extracts from the Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen,1570-1625. (Spalding Club.) | 1848 |
Row.—Row’s History of the Kirk of Scotland. (Wodrow Society.) | 1842 |
Pa. And.—History of Scotland. By Patrick Anderson. MS. Advocates’Library. | |
M. of G.—Memorabilia of the City of Glasgow, selected from the Minute-booksof the Burgh. Glasgow, printed for private circulation. | 1835 |
C. K. Sc.—Chronicle of the Kings of Scotland. From MS. (MaitlandClub.) | 1830 |
Jo. Hist.—Johnston’s History of Scotland. MS. Advocates’ Library. | |
Chron. Perth.—The Chronicle of Perth, &c., from 1210 to 1668. (MaitlandClub.) 4to. Edin. | 1831 |
G. H. S.—Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland. By SirRobert Gordon, Bart. Fol. Edin. | 1813 |
Stag. State.—The Staggering State of Scots Statesmen from 1550 to 1650.By Sir John Scot of Scotstarvet. From MS. 12mo. Edin. | 1754 |
S. A.—Acts of Parliament made by King James I., and his Royal Successors.3 vols. | 1682 |
Acts of the Parliament of Scotland. 11 vols. fol. | |
P. K. S. R.—Perth Kirk-Session Records. Spottiswoode Club Miscellany. | |
A. K. S. R.—Aberdeen Kirk-Session Records. (Spalding Club.) Aber. | 1846 |
A. P. R.—Aberdeen Presbytery Records. (Spalding Club.) Aber. | 1846 |
M. S. P.—State Papers, &c., of Thomas Earl of Melrose. (Abbotsford Club.)2 vols. 4to. Edin. | 1837 |
An. Scot.—Analecta Scotica: Collections illustrative of the Civil, Ecclesiastical,and Literary History of Scotland. Edited by JamesMaidment. 2 vols. Edin. | 1834-38 |
R. P. L.—Selections from the Registers of the Presbytery of Lanark,1623-1709. 4to. Edin. | 1839 |
Foun. Hist. Ob.—Historical Observes, &c. By Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall.4to. Edin. | 1840 |
Foun. Dec.—Fountainhall’s Decisions of the Court of Session. 2 vols. fol.Edin. | 1759 |
Fount.—Historical Notices of Scottish Affairs, from the MSS. of Sir JohnLauder of Fountainhall. 2 vols. 4to. Edin. | 1848 |
W. A.—Analecta, or Materials for a History of Remarkable Providences,&c. By the Rev. Robert Wodrow. 4 vols. (Maitland Club.)Edin. | 1842 |
Stev. Hist. C. of Scot.—History of the Church of Scotland. By AndrewStevenson, writer in Edinburgh. 2d ed. Edin. | 1844 |
B. A.—Book of Adjournal. MS. Advocates’ Library. | |
Gillies.—Historical Collections relating to Remarkable Periods of theSuccess of the Gospel, &c. By John Gillies. 2 vols. Glas. | 1754 |
Spal.—Memorials of the Troubles in Scotland and England, A.D. 1624-A.D.1645. By John Spalding. 2 vols. 4to. (Spalding Club.)Aber. | 1850 |
Ab. Re.—A Little yet True Rehearsal of Several Passages of Affairs thatdid occur from the year 1633 till this present year 1655.Collected by a friend of Dr Alexander’s at Aberdeen. SirLewis Stewart’s Collections. MS. Advocates’ Library. | |
Pa. Gordon.—A Short Abridgment of Britanes Distemper, from the year ofGod 1639 to 1649. By Patrick Gordon of Ruthven. (SpaldingClub.) | 1844 |
Carlyle.—Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches, with Elucidations byThomas Carlyle. 2 vols. | 1845 |
Lam.—Diary of Mr John Lamont of Newton, 1649-1671. Edin. | 1830 |
C. P. H.—Collections by a Private Hand at Edinburgh, 1650-1661.Stevenson, Edin. | 1832 |
Nic.—Diary of Public Transactions and other Occurrences, chiefly inScotland. By John Nicoll. 4to. Edin. | 1836 |
R. C. E.—Register of the Committee of Estates. MS. General RegisterHouse, Edinburgh. | |
Spreull.—Some Remarkable Passages of the Lord’s Providence towards MrJohn Spreull, Town-clerk of Glasgow, 1635-1664. Stevenson,Edin. | 1832 |
Law.—Memorials; or Memorable Things, &c., from 1638 to 1684. By theRev. Robert Law. From MS. Edin. | 1818 |
Bail.—Letters and Journals of Robert Baillie, A.M., Principal of theUniversity of Glasgow. From MS. 3 vols. Edin. | 1841 |
Kir.—Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland, from theRestoration to the year 1678. By the Rev. James Kirkton.4to. Edin. | 1817 |
Pat. Walker.—Biographia Presbyteriana. [Lives of Alexander Peden, &c.,by Patrick Walker.] 2 vols. Edin. | 1827 |
Edinburgh Castle, restored as in 1573.
DOMESTIC ANNALS OF SCOTLAND.
INTRODUCTORY.
Our attention lights, a few years after the middle of the sixteenth century, on a little independent kingdom in the northern part of the British island—a tract of country now thought romantic and beautiful, then hard-favoured and sterile, chiefly mountainous, penetrated by deep inlets of the sea, and suffering under a climate not so objectionable on account of cold as humidity. It contains a scattered population of probably seven hundred thousand:—the Scots—thought to be a very ancient nation, descended from a daughter of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and living under a monarchy believed to have originated about the time that Alexander conquered India. A very poor, rude country it is, as it well might be in that age, and seeing that it lay so far to the north and so much out of the highway of civilisation. No well-formed roads in it—no posts for letters or for travelling. A printing-press in the head town, Edinburgh, but not another anywhere. A regular localised court of law had not yet existed in it thirty years. No stated means of education, excepting a few grammar-schools in the principal towns, and three small universities. Society consisted mainly of a large agricultural class, half enslaved to the lords of the soil: above all, obliged to follow them in war. Other industrial pursuits to be found only in the burghs, the chief of which were Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen.