Miscellany of the Maitland Club, Consisting of Original Papers And

Sc^. MC. of V MISCELLANY OF THE MAITLAND CLUB CONSISTING OF ORIGINAL PAPERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF SCOTLAND. VOLUME III. V IB* WUkz ^1P PRINTED AT EDINBURGH M.DCCCXLIII. — — — CONTENTS. PART SECOND. Extracts from the Regifter of the Kirk Sefsion of the City and Parifti of St Andrews. mdlix—mdlxiii. P. 207. Account of the Expenfes of certain Dogs lent to the King of Denmark, and Requefts by King James VI. to the Earl of Mar for " Terrieres or Earth Dogges" mdxcix—mdcxxiv. 337. Letters from Chriftian Countefs of Devonfhire to Thomas fecond Earl of Haddington and to William feventh Earl of Morton about the year 1639. 347. The Conipt of James Murray of Kilbabertoun Maifter of Wark to our Soverane Lord of the haill Expenlsis maid upoun build- ing and reparatiounes within and about his Majefties Caftell of Stirling. mdcxxviii—mdcxxix. 367. Declarations by the Clergy and Nobility of Scotland and by the Barons and Commiffioners of Burghs againft the National Covenant and the Solemn League and Covenant.—Jul. mdcxxxxi. 379. — — — Lift of Popifh Parents and their Children in various Diftri&s of Scotland as given in to the Lords of the Privy Council and to the Commiilion of the General Anembly. mdcci—mdccv. 387. Accounts of the Burning of the Villages of Auchterarder, Muthill, Crieff, Blackford, Dalreoch and Dunning, about the beginning of the year 1716. 441. Conimiffion by the Meeting of the Eftates to Sir Alexander Leflie to be General of all the Scots Forces. mdcxl. 475. The Teftament Teftanientar and Inventar of the Guidis and Geir etc. pertening to umquhile George Heriot Jeweler to the Kingis Majeftie. mdcxxw. 487. THE MATTLAND CLUB. ROBERT MACLACHLAN, ESQ. ARCHIBALD MACLELLAN, ESQ. ALEXANDER MACNEILL, ESQ. JAMES MAIDMENT, ESQ. THOMAS MAITLAND, ESQ. JOHN MAXWELL, ESQ. 60 WELLWOOD MAXWELL, ESQ. WILLIAM MEIKLEHAM, ESQ. WILLIAM HENRY MILLER, ESQ. ROBERT MONTEITH, ESQ. JAMES PATRICK MUIRHEAD, ESQ. WILLIAM MURE, ESQ. WILLIAM SMITH NEIL, ESQ. ALEXANDER OSWALD, ESQ. JOHN MACMICHAN PAGAN, ESQ., M.D. WILLIAM PATRICK, ESQ. 70 HENRY PAUL, ESQ. EDWARD PIPER, ESQ. ROBERT PITCAIRN, ESQ. JAMES CORBETT PORTERFIELD, ESQ. HAMILTON PYPER, ESQ. THE QUJESTOR OF THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. PHILIP ANSTRUTHER RAMSAY, ESQ. JAMES CAMPBELL REDDIE, ESQ. JOHN RICHARDSON, ESQ., LL. B. THOMAS RISK, ESQ. 80 WILLIAM ROBERTSON, ESQ. ROBERT RODGER, ESQ. ANDREW RUTHERFURD, ESQ., M. P. JAMES SMITH, ESQ. JOHN SMITH, ESQ., LL.D., [SECRETARY.] WILLIAM SMITH, ESQ. WILLIAM SMYTHE, ESQ. THE MAITLAND CLUB. MOSES STEVEN, ESQ. DUNCAN STEWART, ESQ. ARCHIBALD SWINTON, ESQ. UO SYLVESTER DOUGLAS STIRLING, ESQ. WILLIAM STIRLING, ESQ. WILLIAM STIRLING, ESQ., YR. JOHN STRANG, ESQ. THOMAS THOMSON, ESQ. WILLIAM B. D. D. TURNBULL, ESQ. DAWSON TURNER, ESQ. ADAM URQUHART, ESQ. PATRICK WARNER, ESQ. — — CONTENTS. PART FIRST. Acts and Orders of the Privy Council of Scotland againft the Clangregour, and Information anent the State of the Highlands and Isles. mdcx—mdcxxi. P. 1. Order of the King and Lords of the Privy Council of Scotland, anent the Ele&ion of the Principal, and Regents of the College of the Common Table within the of Glafgow ; and for Halding laid College, etc.—Aug. mdcii. 45. The Addrefs of the Proveft Baillies Town Council and Citizens of the City of Glafgow to King William and Queen Mary upon their Majeftys Acceffion to the Throne.—1 Feb. mdcxc. 57. Bond of Aflbciation by the Chancellor Re&or Principal Dean of Faculty Profeflbrs of Theology and Philofophy Students and others belonging to the Univerfity of Glafgow. mdcxcvi. Gl. Eftablifhment for the Pay of His Majefty's Standing Forces in the Kingdom of Scotland.—16 June 1684. 71. — — — — Eftablifhment for the Pay of Her Majefty's Standing Forces in the Kingdom of Scotland.—15 May 1702. P. 85. Extracts from the Regifters of the Privy Council of Scotland, and other Papers connefted with the Method and Manner of Ryding the Scottifh Parliament. mdc—mdcciii. 99. A&s of the Parliament of Scotland for Settling the Orders in the Parliament House. mdclxii—mdccvi. 139. Lifts of Fees and Pennons granted to the Officers of State and other Servants of the Crown etc. in Scotland. mdclxvii— mdcxcix. 147. Letters from Mary Queen of Scots, to Sir Robert Melvill ; and other Papers from the Archives of the Earl of Leven and Melville. mdlxv—mdlxviii. 177. Regifter of Veftments, Jewels, and Books for the Choir, etc., belonging to the College of St. Salvator in the Univerfity of St. Andrews,—circa a. d. jiccccl. 193. THE MAITLAND CLUB. NOVEMBER, M.DCCC.XLIII. THE VERY REVEREND DUNCAN MACFARLAN, D.D., HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF ARGYLL. JOHN BAIN, ESQ. DAVID BALFOUR, ESQ. SIR DAVID HUNTER BLAIR, BART. BERIAH BOTFIELD, ESQ., M.P. SIR THOMAS MAKDOUGALL BRISBANE, BART., G. C. B. HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH AND QUEENSBERRY. JAMES BOGLE, ESQ. 10 WALTER BUCHANAN, ESQ. THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF BUTE. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, ESQ. SIR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, BART. THE HONOURABLE HENRY COCKBURN, LORD COCKBURN. JAMES T. GIBSON CRAIG, ESQ. WILLIAM CRAWFURD, ESQ. JAMES DENNISTOUN, ESQ. JAMES DOB1E, ESQ. RICHARD DUNCAN, ESQ. [TREASURER.] THE MAITLAND CLUB. 20 WILLIAM JAMES DUNCAN, ESQ. JAMES DUNLOP, ESQ. WILLIAM EUING, ESQ. JAMES EWING, ESQ., LL. D. JOSEPH WALTER KING EYTON, ESQ. ALEXANDER FINLAY, ESQ. WILLIAM FLEMING, D.D. WILLIAM MALCOLM FLEMING, ESQ. JOHN FULLARTON, ESQ. JOHN GRAHAM GILBERT, ESQ. 30 JOHN GORDON, ESQ. JOHN BLACK GRACIE, ESQ. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS GRENV1LLE. JAMES HAMILTON, ESQ. LAURENCE HILL, ESQ. LL. B. GEORGE HOUSTON, ESQ. JAMES HUNTER, ESQ. THE HONOURABLE JAMES IVORY, LORD IVORY. JOHN CLARK KENNEDY, ESQ. JOHN KERR, ESQ. 40 ROBERT ALEXANDER KIDSTON, ESQ. GEORGE RITCHIE KINLOCH, ESQ. JOHN GARDINER KINNEAR, ESQ. JOHN LEADBETTER, ESQ. MATTHEW LEISHMAN, D.D. JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART, ESQ., LL. D. I?EV. LAURENCE LOCKHART. WILLIAM LOCKHART, ESQ., M. P. JAMES LUCAS, ESQ. ALEXANDER MACDONALD, ESQ. 50 ANDREW MACGEORGE, ESQ. ALEXANDER MACGRIGOR, ESQ. GEORGE MACINTOSH, ESQ. JOHN WH1TEFOORD MACKENZIE, ESQ. — ACTS AND ORDERS OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL OF SCOTLAND AGAINST THE CLANGREGOUR, AND INFORMATION ANENT THE STATE OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLES MDCX—MDCXXI. PREFATORY NOTICE. The commencement of the 17th Century forms a remarkable era in the history of Scotland. From the succession of the House of Stewart to the Throne, the authority of the Sovereign had been at least equally balanced by the power of a factious nobility, and the ascendancy of turbulent chiefs ; and though the personal energy of some of the Princes of that House turned the scale for a time in favour of the Crown, and reduced the disorderly vassals to a state of comparative tranquillity, their death, invariably premature, never failed to rekindle the passions and renew the feuds which had been suppressed, but not extinguished. The distracted reign of the hapless Mary, with first the long minority, and afterwards the temporizing policy of her son and successor, had removed the imperfect restraint imposed by preceding monarchs on the excesses of 4 PREFATORY NOTICE. their potent subjects, and let loose all the elements of anarchy and local hostility, especially in the more remote districts of the kingdom. The expedient usually employed to suppress these, was to arm one feudal Baron or warlike Chief against another ; an expedient often unsuccessful, through the combina- tion of those who found it their interest to make common cause with the party assailed, or even the unaided prowess of his fol- lowers, and always hazardous, inasmuch as temporary success served only to augment a power, employed as frequently against as in support of the Government. The accession of James VI. to the Throne of England, pro- duced a great and salutary change. The undisputed Sovereign of a country, far exceeding in wealth and population his here- ditary dominions, he was emancipated from the controul of the nobles who had tyrannized over his childhood, and the chief- tains who had set his mandates at defiance. He could now call into action, in order to enforce the laws and preserve the peace of every province, an amount of power and a variety of re- sources which none of his predecessors had at their command. Had he inherited their spirit of enterprize and determination of purpose, he might, doubtless, have employed those means with an effect far surpassing that which attended them in his PREFATORY NOTICE. 5 feeble hands. Still Ave date from that period a firmness in the execution of the laws, and a controul over the feudal jars and sanguinary conflicts of the several clans, which had till then incessantly distracted the land, such as was previously unknown in the history of the country. It is true that the false system of entrusting the more pow- erful noblemen with the duty of punishing offences against the State, and putting down disturbances in their vicinity, was not entirely abandoned ; but it became less dangerous when the power thus delegated was exercised only in the name of the King, and in the capacity of his Lieutenant, and when the influence which it gave was controuled by the overpowering weight of the sovereignty of the whole Island. An Earl of Douglas, or a Lord of the Isles, might shake the Throne of Scotland, but was altogether impotent against the Crown of Britain. We find accordingly, that from this time crimes were repressed, offenders punished, and tranquillity enforced witli equal severity and success ; and though there still mingled in the administration of justice, not a little of the barbarism of the age, and attempts, neither unfrequent nor unsuccessful, were made to render it subservient to family aggrandizement or personal revenge, it operated powerfully in taming the 6 PREFATORY NOTICE. passions of men, and working a gradual improvement in the frame-work of society.

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