[45] Case of Earl of Huntly in 1562. Tytler’s “Hist. of Scotland,” iii., 167.

[46] “Acts Parl. Scot.,” i., 415.

[47] “Bain’s Calendar of Border Papers,” ii., 417.

[48] “Border Papers,” ii., 711.

[49] “Pitcairn’s Crim. Trials,” ii., 233, 241.

[50] Pitcairn, ii., 167-8. “Acts Parl. Scot.,” iv., 199.

[51] “Birrel,” quoted in “Pitcairn,” ii., 247.

[52] Quhill, until.

[53] For an example in 1603, that of Francis Mowbray, see “Pitcairn,” ii., 406-9.

[54] A full account of the trial is given in “Pitcairn,” ii., 276-92.