Margaret, daughter to Henry III. king of England, who is appointed his guar- dian, ib. is seized at Kinross by the Cumins, and carried to Stirling, 380. assumes the government, ib. defeats Haco king of Norway at Largs, ib. makes peace with the Norwegians, 312. present at coronation of Edward I. 383. is killed by a fall from his horse, 384
Alexander, lord of the Isles and earl of Ross, guilty of many flagitious crimes, is pardoned by king James I. ii. 91. again rebels, plunders Inverness, ib. flees to the Æbudæ, 92. supplicates the king's mercy, ib. is pardoned, and sent to Tan- tallon castle, 93
Alexander, son to Murdo, duke of Albany, imprisoned, ii. 88. condemned and executed, 89
Allanton, battle of, i. 354 Alnwick taken and burnt by the Scots, ii. 141
Ancient languages, and names of towns and nations, discussion concern- ing, i. 97-113. names of districts and towns changed, 221, 273-4
Ancrum, battle of, ii. 347
Angus, Gilchrist, earl of, quells in- surrections in Galloway, i. 359, 362, 368. in Moray, 363. defeats the English, 367. puts his wife to death, 368. out- lawed, 369
Angus, Archibald, earl of, excites the nobles to put to death the favourites of James III. ii. 205. seizes Cochran, who is hanged, 208. rejects the plan of the king to bring his adversaries to punish- ment, 217. his own proposal, ib. warns the nobles to withdraw, and retires him- self, 218. appointed to command the fleet sent to France in room of Arran, 245. his prudent council to James IV. at Flodden, 253-4. requests his dis- charge-leaves his son as a pledge of his loyalty-departs from the army, 255. Angus, Archibald, earl of, married to Margaret, widow of James IV. ii. 263. his dispute with the Humes concerning the regency, 265. retires with the queen to England, ib. returns, 273. appointed one of the governors of the kingdom, 276. his quarrel with Ker of Farnihurst, 277. action with his party in the streets of Edinburgh, 278-9. banished to France, 280. he returns-is appointed one of the guardians of the kingdom, 289. carries the king to St. Andrews, 290. to Jedburgh, 292. defeats Scott of Buccleugh, ib. defeats Lennox at Lin- lithgow bridge, 294. ordered by the king to resign his public employments, 298.
foiled in an attempt to gain possession of Edinburgh-flees to Tantallon outlaw- ed and his estates confiscated, 299. flees to England, 302. returns, 328. his brave conduct at Coldingham, 344 defeats the English at Ancrum, 348. leads the first line at the battle of Preston, 367
Angus, earl of, nephew to Morton, appointed king's lieutenant, iii. 31. com- mands the army against Argyle and Athol, ib. encamps on banks of Carron, ib. concludes a treaty with them, 32. de- clared rebel, 43, permitted to return, 6k appointed lieutenant of the marches, 108.
Angus, earl of, joins in the conspiracy against the protestants,-apprehen ed and confined in Edinburgh caste, 188. escapes,-joins Huntly, 191. sub- mits to the king, 198. proceedings against him stopped, 200
Anne, ascends the throne. v. 514 state of parties, ib. recommends a ur. on of the two kingdoms, 517. calls the last parliament which sat in Scotland, 524. act of security,[531. the Scotti plot, 537. Debates in the Scottish par- liament upon the union, 553. act for it passed, 559. voted by the Scottish par- liament, 591. passes the English para- ment, vi. 10. gives her assent to the bill, ib. last Scottish parliament dis ed, 15. first British parliament held, 57. privy council in Scotland abolished. 36. information of the pretender's invasi communicated by her to parliament, (3 their proceedings, ib. the pretender and his adherents proclaimed rebels, 64. pre- parations for defeating his plans, 68, the presbyterians loyal to the existing vernment, 69. those in Scotland ma cal to the union or favourable to the pretender apprehended, 70. carned to London for examination, 71. inqua parliament respecting the late invasion of Scotland, 82. whig administration dis- missed, 99. parliament called-electionS in Scotland, 102. state of parties. 104 debate on the linen trade of Scotland 105. on the timber trade of ditto, 107. proceedings of general assembly, 113 profess their attachment to the house of Hanover, 117. proceedings of paria- ment, 122. resolution respecting the sitting in parliament of British peers who were peers of Scotland before the union, 125. persons holding publie că- ces to lose their situations if present at conventicles, 126. act for tolerating epis- copal worship in Scotland, 127. patres- age restored, 132. treaty of Utrecht, 145. extension of the mait tax to Sc land likely to dissolve the union, it
her answer to the Scottish members' resolutions, 149. addresses from the north respecting the succession, 151. from the clans upon the peace, 152. her speech to parliament, 154. debate on state of the nation, 155. protestant suc- cession voted out of danger, 156. offers a reward for the apprehension of the pretender, 157. parliamentary proceed- ings in consequence, 158. western and southern counties declare for the house of Hanover, 164. her death, 165. char- acter, ib.
Antiburghers, their rise, vi. 590. ex- communicate the burgher ministers, 591. Apologetical Declaration, its effects, v. 185. those who did not disown it authorised to be put to death, ib.
Argyle, Gillespic, earl of, appointed to carry over the crown to the dauphin of France, ii. 401. sent by the Queen Regent to treat with the lords of the congregation at Perth, 406. joins the congregation, 408. requires the queen to leave Perth, 411
Argyle, earl of, proceedings of the Regent (Morton) against him, iii. 19. his interview with the infant king, 22. persuades him to call a meeting of the nobles, ib. proclaims Morton guilty of keeping the king a captive, 31. concludes a treaty with Angus, 32. appointed chan- cellor, reconciled to Morton, 33. attack- ed and defeated by Huntly, 208-9
Argyle, earl of, joins the covenanters, iii. 486. undertakes to defend the west coast, 497. reduces the disaffected in the north, 542. joins the covenanters in Eng- land, 566. accused of a design to depose the king, iv. 21. the principal evidence condemned, 22. created a marquis, 49. principal leader of the covenanters, 92. takes Coquet Island, 140. proceeds to Aberdeen-takes the house of Kellie, 154. his fruitless pursuit of Montrose, 163. returns to Edinburgh—throws up his commission, 164. his lands wasted by Montrose-raises a force and goes against him-is defeated with great loss, 181. surprised by Munroe at Stirling- he escapes his troops massacred, 328. joins in applying to Cromwell for assist-
admirable defence, 480. harsh proceed- ings of the parliament, 482, and note. his confidential letters to Monk sent ex- press from London, produced, 484, and note. is condemned-his behaviour on receiving sentence 485, and note. his address at the place of execution, 486. his character, 487
Argyle, earl of, a member of the com. mittee for public affairs, v. 44. gives the casting vote for the execution of D. Car- gill, 117. carries the crown before the duke of York when commissioner, 123. his speech on the Succession Bill, 125. takes the Test with an explanation, 129. refuses to repeat it—deprived of his of- fices, 130. committed prisoner to the castle, 131. charges against him, 132. condemned, 135. escapes, ib. proposes a rising in the west, 159. his estates an- nexed to the crown, 207. enters into a confederacy to free his country-ap- pointed general, 209. arrives at Camp- belton, 212. disconcerted in all his plans, 213-16. made prisoner, 218. brought to Edinburgh, ib. warrant for his execu- tion, 219. his conduct in the interval, 220-22. his execution, 224
Argyle, Archibald, earl of, one of the committee for settling the government, v. 306. conveys the instrument of go- vernment, and a list of grievances to William and Mary, 312. a commissioner for the union, 520. DUKE, ib. note; pro- cures an act confirming the laws against popery, 529. his death, 534. note.
Argyle John, duke of, appointed com- missioner, v. 548. procures the act of union to be passed, 559. agrees with the Scottish representatives to dissolve it, vi. 149. presents their resolutions to the queen, ib. his defence of his conduct, 150. ap- pointed commander in chief in Scotland, 207. garrisons the most advantageous positions in the highlands, 209. sum- monses the rebels in Leith citadel to surrender, 216. prepares to attack them in Seaton House, 218. diverted by a stratagem of Mar's, ib. forbids the pay- ment of the cess imposed by Mar, 234. battle of Sheriff Muir, 237. reinforced by Dutch and English troops, 254. re- ceives proposals from Mar-ordered to pursue the rebels, 255. takes Burnt. island and other towns on the coast of Fife, 256. proceeds against the rebels at Perth, 261. pursues them to the north, 264. arrives at Aberdeen, 267. garrisons the North, Dunbarton, and Edinburgh, ib. his reception at court, 268. dismissed from all his offices, 280.
received again into favour, 284. joins the opposition, 416. dies, 449. note
Argyle, Archibald, duke of, hesitates as to the arming of his clan, vi. 449. endeavours to undermine the influence of president Forbes, 576
Armada (invincible) its total defeat, dispersion and ruin, iii. 164. the humanity shown by the Scots to those who were forced to land on their shores, 165, and note
Arran, James Hamilton, earl of, appointed by the regent one of the council to govern Scotland during his absence, ii. 276. made president, 277. declares the king of age, 288. excluded from any share in the government, 289. declared regent, 328. thwarted in his measures by the queen regent and Beaton, 330-1. loses the favour of the people, 334. courts Beaton and recants from the protestant profession, 335. defeats Lennox at Glasgow. 342. advances against the English to Coldingham-leaves the army in a cowardly manner, 344. roused by, the earl of Angus, proceeds to the borders to repel the English, 346. defeats them at Ancrum, 348. craves assistance from France-calumniates Lennox to the French king, 349, the auxiliaries arrive, ib. joins Beaton in persecuting those who read the scriptures, ib. causes Wishart to be apprehended, 353. desires his trial to be deferred, 354 Beaton's contempt of this request, 355. besieges Norman Leslie in castle of St. Andrews, but does not take it, 362. besieges it again in conjunction with the French, to whom it surrenders, and who carry off the prisoners and booty, 364. the castle demolished, ib. defeated by the English at Musselburgh, ib. who offer terms, 365. which are refused, 366. again defeated by the English, 368. besieges Haddington, 371. his authority declines, 379. his friends advise him to retire from the regency, 383. created duke of Chattellerault, ib. See CHAT
Arran, James, earl of, son of the above, commander of the Scots in the pay of France, ii. 380. arrives in Scotland, joins the congregation, and induces his father to do the same, 415. reveals to Moray the design of his father and Bothwell against him and the queen, 455. his incoherence before the council-committed to the care of archbishop of St. Andrews, ib. sent to Edinburgh castle, 457. convicted of treason, iii. 34
Arran, James Stuart, earl of, forbid the court, 54. his hypocrisy-restored to
favour, 55. hastens to Ruthven to rescue the king, 61. is protected by eari Gowrie from the fury of the nobles, ib. confined in Stirling Castle, ib. reca.ed by the king, 71. his insidious course.THE 71-2. his treatment of earl of Crowne -appointed governor of Stirling caste, 73. appointed lord high chancellor and governor of Edinburgh castle, 74. his determined hostility to the church-forces the ministers to flee, 84 brings forward pretended plots against his life, 86, and the king's, 87. procures the executum uf Douglas of Mains and Cunningham of Drumwhassel, 88. chosen provost d Edinburgh, ib. made lieutenant-gener of the kingdom, ib. courted by queen Elizabeth, 89. is supplanted in the king favour by the master of Gray, it schemes to regain his ascendancy, 50. hm conduct towards Athol, Home, and Cas silis, 91. to Maxwell, 92. is committed prisoner to St. Andrews-obtains permission to retire to Kinniel, 96. sent for by the king, who had taken refuge a Stirling, 97. the town being taken be escapes, 98. deprived of his title, de clared a public enemy, 99. and S883 under the title of captain James Stuart, ib. ordered to ward within the palace of Linlithgow, ib. fails to comply, it makes application to the king, 185. others to the presbytery of Edinburgh to give s tisfaction for his offences, 186. is refused to see the king-killed by James Douglas of Parkhead, ib.
Arthur, king of the Britons, takes London, i. 239. York, and keeps the feast of Julia, (Yule,) there, ib. ad note. is slain in battle, 243
Arthur's Oven, i. 24, note
Articles, Committee of, abolished, v. 380. See lords of the articles
Associate Presbytery, their declara tion or testimony, vi. 395 appoint a professor of divinity, 406. their test:mory against the awakening at Cambusang, 419. injurious to their cause, 420. sensions among them, 435. differ on the burgess oath, 590
Athelstaneford-origin of its name,
Athole, earl of, burnt in his house at Haddington, supposed by the emissaries of the Bissets, i. 377
Athole, Walter, earl of, his mach n tions to obtain the throne, ii. 105-4 Uders James I. 112. his punishment, 114-15
Athole, earl of, his dispute with A-gyle-joins him in opposing Morton, 19. his interview with the infant kog,
22. advises him to call a meeting of the nobles, ib. appointed chancellor, 28. joins in proclaiming Morton guilty of keeping the king captive, 31. concludes a treaty with Angus, 32. reconciled to Morton, 33. his death, ib.
Athole, earl of, lord privy seal, v. 3. marquis, 46. commands in the high- land host, 62. joins duke Hamilton in presenting their grievances to the king, 67. ravages the estates of Argyle, 230. joins the prince of Orange's party, 284. his negotiations with Hooke, vi. 45. re- presentation sent with his advice to the king of France, 47
Athole, John, duke of, appointed commissioner to general assembly, vi.
Attacotti, a race of cannibals in the west of Scotland, i. 91-2, and note
Augustine, a monk, disturbs the church by the introduction of the Romish cere- monies, i. 250
Ayr Banking Company, its failure, vi. 635
Ayton, younger of Inchdarnie, mur- dered, v. 81.
Babington's conspiracy against queen Elizabeth, iii. 115, 119
Baillie, (General,) recalled from Eng- land, iv. 192. marches to protect Perth, 193. sent to Athol to chastise them for their support of Montrose, 194. ordered to the north, 197. complete- ly defeated by Montrose, 199. marches south after Montrose,-is completely de- feated at Kilsyth, 215. surrenders to Cromwell, 318
Bailly, Robert, of Jerviswood, his trial, v. 165. execution, 168
Balcarras, earl of, takes up arms in fa- vour of the king, iv. 448. joins the king on the continent, 450
Balcarras, earl of, appointed by James II. to call a parliament, v. 302. James's letters to him seized, 316. apprehend- ed, 317
Baliol, Edward, lands at Kinghorn, ii. 5. defeats the earl of Mar at Du- plin, 7, and note. takes Perth, ib. crowned at Scoone, 8. Perth retaken by the adherents of David II. ib. sur- prised in Annandale by sir Archibald Douglas, 9. swears fealty to Edward III. 10. wastes the country about Ren. frew,-besieges Lochleven castle, ib. his army surprised by the besieged, 17. is carried to England by Edward III. 18.
is again entrusted with the government, 23. two armies sent to reinforce him cut off, 24. goes to England, 26. recovers his paternal estates and overruns An- nandale, 33. surrenders the kingdom to Edward III. 35, and note
Baliol, John, claims the crown, i. 387. acknowledges Edward, Lord Pa- ramount of Scotland, 393, note. crowned, 395. does homage to Edward, 396. re.. nounces his allegiance, 397.is pursued by Edward to whom he surrenders himself and crown, 399. is sent to England, ib. imprisoned, 400. released and sent to France, ib. vacates the kingdom to Ro- bert Bruce, 437
Ballard's conspiracy against queen Eli- zabeth, iii. 115-118
Balloch, Donald, wastes Lochaber, ii. 93. Escapes to Ireland, 94. His head sent to the king, 95
Balmerino, lord, acknowledges his writing to the pope with the knowledge of the king, iii. 326. Is tried-con- demned-pardoned—his death, 327
Balmerino, a party to the petition for liberty of discussion in parliament, 407. is committed for trial, 408. condemned, 409. the public detestation at this, ib. threaten to revenge his death-pardoned through fear of a public explosion, 410.
Balmerino, lord, appointed governor of Edinburgh castle, iii. 502. at the head of the covenanters, iv. 92
Balmerino, lord, joins prince Charles, vi. 477. taken and sent to London, 560. His trial-found guilty, 563. his be- haviour under sentence, 565. his in- terview with Kilmarnock, 566. His execution, 568
Bannockburn, battle of, i. 422-426
Barton, Andrew, procures letters of marque against the Portuguese, i. 247. attacked on his return by the English- falls in the action, 248
Bass, Isle, description of,-converted into a state prison, v. 3. note. reduced and the fortifications razed, 459-61
Beaton, (David) cardinal, forges a will of K. James V. ii. 325. is chosen regent-his fraud being discovered he is deprived of this office, 328. opposes peace with England, and the marriage of Mary with prince Edward, 239. his op- position to the regent and the public peace, 330-1. gets Arran completely in his power, 335. his cruel proceedings against the protestants 351. causes George Wishart to be executed for he- resy, 358. his detestable conduct on this occasion, 357. his fate pronounced by Wishart, 358. marries his daughter to
earl Crawford's son-is murdered in his palace, 361
Beaton, James, chancellor, joins Angus' party through compulsion, ii. 290. joins Lennox to rescue the king from the Angus party, 293. their revenge, 295. Belgae inhabited the sea coast of Britain, i. 82
Belhaven, lord, opposes the act of succession, v. 126
Belhaven, lord, his speech upon the union, 583. apprehended in London,his death, vi. 71
Bell the cat, a nickname given to earl of Angus, ii. 205
Bellenden, sir Lewis, sent ambassador to England, iii. 91. communicates with the exiled lords respecting the overthrow of Arran and their return, ib. Berth destroyed by a flood, i. 371. rebuilt and named Perth, ib.
Bisset, William, suspected of setting the earl of Athole's house on fire-refuses to stand trial,-goes into voluntary exile, i. 377
Black, David, cited before the council for unguarded expressions in his sermons, iii. 222. declines the authority of the king and council in matters ecclesiastical, 225. found guilty, ib. removed from his charge, 241
Black Saturday, a violent storm at the rising of parliament, considered as a mark of God's displeasure at their pro. ceedings, ii. 372
Black watch, (42d regiment,) formed, vi. 414. government resolves to send it to Flanders, 423. ordered to London to be reviewed by the king, 426. on discovering the deceit, part of them return homewards, ib. pursued and overtaken, 427. they surrender, 428. three of them shot, the remainder sent abroad and to the continent, ib.
Borderers, the severe measures taken to reduce them, iii. 320-1
Boston's Rev. Thomas, protest in the case of Professor Simpson, vi. 366
Bothwell, James, earl of, intercepts Ormiston on his return from England, with money for the reformers, ii. 420. tampers with earl of Moray and the duke of Chattellerault to cut off each other, 454. the plot discovered,-imprisoned in Edinburgh castle, 455. escapes, 459. recalled from France by the queen, 468. is accused by earl of Moray of at. tempts against his life, ib. is preferred by the queen to the most intimate favour, 486. sent on an expedition to Liddisdale-is wounded,-visited by the queen, ib. the queen's behaviour to him
at the baptism of the prince, 488. provides lodgings for the king at Edmburgh, 490. perpetrates the murder, 493. accused by earl of Lennox as the murderer, 500. tried-the libei found not proven, 501. procures the sanction of the nobles to his marriage with re queen, 503. divorced by his wife, Ja married to the queen, 506. his materview with Moray, 515. proceeds to Laddisdale-is besieged in Borthwick caste, 516. escapes, 517. challenges any of as enemies to single combat, 320. the quera interposes her authority, 521. ties to Dunbar, ib. sends to Edinburgh caste for a casket containing letters of the queen regarding the murder of Darsley, 523. his messenger intercepted and thus the whole crime laid open, Szt flees to the Orkneys and Shetland am commences pirate-lands in Denmar is imprisoned, and dies, 529
Bothwell, earl of, joins Huntly in the plot to deliver the kingdom to Spas, iii. 168. denounced rebel, 171. treimprisoned-released, ib. accused of consulting witches concerning the kes death, 177. is committed to Edinburgh castle, ib. escapes-denounced rece 177. his attempt to obtain possession of the king's person, ib. flees to the nora, 178. makes another attempt to se ze the king at Falkland-is foiled and fees ta the borders, 183-4. Elizabeth interposes for his return-the king's refusal, 193 the nobles combine to bring him back, ib. gets admission to the king's chan ber, 194. obtains a free pardon, th parliament annuls the pardon extorted from the king, 195. flees to the burgers, 196. arrives at Leith, 203. dets Hume, ib. disbands his troops, it de mied an asylum in England, 205. y-zs the popish lords, 208. another put t seizing the king's person discovered and defeated, ib. leaves the country and lives in obscurity and indigence in Ita To 210. his estates divided between Boccleugh, Kerr, and Hume, ib.
Bothwell bridge, covenanters defeated at, v. 91-2
Bourignon, Antonia, her strange doe trines vindicated, v. 508
Boyd, Alexander, accused of bring the king to Edinburgh, is declared izza cent, ii. 190. tried afterwards upon the same charge-condemned and exerunt, 193
Boyd, Robert, earl of Arran, declared regent, ii. 190. his power undermined— is cited to stand trial-flees to Engin 193. dies at Alnwick, 194
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