Table of Judicial Executions of Militant Presbyterians, 1678 to 1688*.
Name Parish of Origin Shire of Origin Place of Execution Date Testimony
1 Mr James Mitchell N/A N/A Edinburgh 18 Jan 1678 Yes
2 James Learmonth Haddington Edinburgh 27 Sep 1678 Yes
3 Mr John Kid N/A N/A Edinburgh 14 Aug 1679 Yes
4 Mr John King N/A N/A Edinburgh 14 Aug 1679 Yes
5 Thomas Brown Edinburgh Edinburgh Magus Muir 18 Nov 1679 Yes
6 John Clyde Unknown Unknown Magus Muir 18 Nov 1679 Yes
7 Andrew Sword Borgue Kirkcudbright Magus Muir 18 Nov 1679 Yes
8 John Waddell New Monklands or Shotts Lanark Magus Muir 18 Nov 1679 Yes
9 James Wood Loudon Ayr (Cunninghame) Magus Muir 18 Nov 1679 Yes
10 David Hackston of Rathillet Kilmany Fife Edinburgh 30 Jul 1680 Yes
11 Archibald Alison Evandale Lanark Edinburgh 13 Aug 1680 Yes
12 John Malcolm Dalry Kirkcudbright Edinburgh 13 Aug 1680 Yes
13 John Potter Uphall Linlithgow Edinburgh 1 Dec 1680 Yes
14 James Skene Skene Aberdeen Edinburgh 1 Dec 1680 Yes
15 Archibald Stewart Bo’ness Stirling Edinburgh 1 Dec 1680 Yes
16 Isabel Alison Perth Perth Edinburgh 26 Jan 1681 Yes
17 Marion Harvie Bo’ness Stirling Edinburgh 26 Jan 1681 Yes
18 William Gouger Bo’ness Stirling Edinburgh 11 Mar 1681 Yes
19 Christopher Miller Unknown Stirling Edinburgh 11 Mar 1681 Yes
20 Robert Sangster Unknown Stirling Edinburgh 11 Mar 1681 Yes
21 Lawrence Hay Unknown Fife Edinburgh 13 Jul 1681 Yes
22 Adam Philip Unknown Fife Edinburgh 13 Jul 1681 No 23 Andrew Pitilloch Largo Fife Edinburgh 13 Jul 1681 Yes
24 Mr James Boig N/A N/A Edinburgh 27 Jul 1681 Yes
25 Mr Donald Cargill N/A N/A Edinburgh 27 Jul 1681 Yes
26 William Cuthill Bo’ness Stirling Edinburgh 27 Jul 1681 Yes
27 Mr Walter Smith N/A N/A Edinburgh 27 Jul 1681 Yes
28 William Thomson St Ninians Stirling Edinburgh 27 Jul 1681 Yes
29 David Farrie Unknown Unknown Edinburgh 10 Oct 1681 Yes
30 Patrick Foreman Alloa Clackmannan Edinburgh 10 Oct 1681 Yes
31 Robert Garnock Stirling Stirling Edinburgh 10 Oct 1681 Yes
32 Alexander Russell Unknown Unknown Edinburgh 10 Oct 1681 Yes
33 James Stuart Unknown ‘The West’ Edinburgh 10 Oct 1681 Yes
34 William Harvey Lanark Lanark Lanark 2 Mar 1682 Yes
35 Robert Gray Unknown Northumberland Edinburgh 19 May 1682 Yes
36 William Cochran Evandale Lanark Edinburgh 15 Dec 1682 Yes
37 John Finlay Kilmarnock Ayr (Cunninghame) Edinburgh 15 Dec 1682 Yes
38 James Robertson Stonehouse Lanark Edinburgh 15 Dec 1682 Yes
39 Alexander Hume Stitchill & Hume Roxburgh Edinburgh 29 Dec 1682 Yes
40 John Nisbet Loudon Ayr (Cunninghame) Kilmarnock 14 Apr 1683 Yes
41 David MacMillan Unknown Kirkcudbright? Edinburgh 15 May 1683 Yes
42 John Wilson Lanark Lanark Edinburgh 15 May 1683 Yes
43 John M’Quarrie Lesmahagow Lanark Glasgow 13 Jun 1683 Yes
44 James Smith Lesmahagow Lanark Glasgow 13 Jun 1683 Yes
45 Andrew Gullane Balmerino Fife Edinburgh 20 Jul 1683 Yes
46 Arthur Bruce Dalserf Lanark Edinburgh 30 Nov 1683 No 47 John Cochran Lesmahagow Lanark Edinburgh 30 Nov 1683 Yes
48 John Whitelaw New Monklands Lanark Edinburgh 30 Nov 1683 No
49 John Gilry Hownam Roxburgh Edinburgh 22 Feb 1684 Yes
50 George Martin Dailly Ayr (Carrick) Edinburgh 22 Feb 1684 Yes
51 James Muir Lesmahagow Lanark Edinburgh 22 Feb 1684 No
52 James Johnston Calder Lanark Glasgow 19 Mar 1684 Yes
53 John Main Old Monklands Lanark Glasgow 19 Mar 1684 Yes
54 Archibald Stewart Lesmahagow Lanark Glasgow 19 Mar 1684 Yes
55 John Richmond Galston Ayr (Kyle) Glasgow 19 Mar 1684 Yes
56 James Winning Glasgow Lanark Glasgow 19 Mar 1684 Yes
57 John Paton Fenwick Ayr (Cunninghame) Edinburgh 9 May 1684 Yes
58 James Nisbet Loudon Ayr (Cunninghame) Glasgow 5 Jun 1684 Yes
59 Arthur Tacket Hamilton Lanark Edinburgh 30 Jul 1684 Yes
60 Andrew Clark Crawford Lanark Edinburgh 15 Aug 1684 Yes
61 Thomas Harkness Closeburn Dumfries Edinburgh 15 Aug 1684 Yes
62 Samuel M’Ewen Glencairn Dumfries Edinburgh 15 Aug 1684 Yes
63 James Nicol Peebles Peebles Edinburgh 27 Aug 1684 Yes
64 William Young Evandale Lanark Edinburgh 27 Aug 1684 No
65 James Lawson Lesmahagow / Evandale Lanark Glasgow 24 Oct 1684 Yes
66 Alexander Wood Unknown Lanark or Ayr? Glasgow 24 Oct 1684 Yes
67 John Semple Glassford Lanark Edinburgh 24 Nov 1684 No
68 Gabriel Thomson Kilbride Lanark Edinburgh 24 Nov 1684 No
69 John Watt Kilbride Lanark Edinburgh 24 Nov 1684 No
70 George Jackson Eastwood Renfrew Edinburgh 9 Dec 1684 Yes 71 James Graham Crossmichael Kirkcudbright Edinburgh 9 Dec 1684 Yes
72 Thomas Wood Kirkmichael Dumfries Edinburgh 9 Dec 1684 No
73 Thomas Robertson Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh 9 Dec 1684 Yes
74 Robert Miller Rutherglen Lanark Edinburgh 23 Jan 1685 Yes
75 Robert Pollock Kilbride Lanark Edinburgh 23 Jan 1685 Yes
76 Thomas Stodhart ‘Gala Water’ Edinburgh Edinburgh 12 Aug 1685 Yes
77 Matthew Bryce Carmunock Lanark Edinburgh 12 Aug 1685 Yes
78 James Wilkie or Wilkieson Unknown Unknown Edinburgh 12 Aug 1685 No
79 John Nisbet of Hardhill Fenwick Ayr Edinburgh 4 Dec 1685 Yes
80 James Renwick N/A N/A Edinburgh 15 Feb 1688 Yes
80 Lanark 27 (34%) Edinburgh 63 (79%) 2 in 1678 (2.5%) 69 Yes (86%) Stirling 8 (10%) 7 in 1679 (9%) Ayr 8 (10%) Glasgow 10 (12%) 6 in 1680 (7.5%) 11 No (14%) Fife 5 (6%) 18 in 1681 (22.5%) Kirkcudbright 4 (5%) Other 7 (9%) 6 in 1682 (7.5%) Edinburgh 3 (4%) 9 in 1683 (11%) Dumfries 3 (4%) 25 in 1684 (31%) Unknown 5 (6%) 6 in 1685 (7.5%) N/A 7 (9%) 0 in 1686 Others 10 (12.5%) 0 in 1687 1 in 1688 (1%)
*The executions of William Boig, Thomas Lauchlan, John Dick and Baillie of Jerviswood have been excluded as they were either not members of, or are without any evidence of affiliation to, the United Societies or earlier militant presbyterian groups. The executions of moderate presbyterians such as the earl of Argyll and Thomas Archer, and English radicals such as Richard Rumbold have also been excluded.