Religion & morality > Cloud of witnesses, for the royal prerogatives of Jesus Christ, or, The last speeches and testimonies of those who suffered for the truth in Scotland, in the years 1681-1688, with an appendix, containing the Queensferry paper, Torwood excommunications, &c

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Scots. Besides about 200 honest families, which have been cast out of their
houses, harrassed and spoiled of their all; some of their houses being thrown
down, some burnt, some shut up, their goods and moveables seized upon,
their crop and cattle also disposed of, at the will of their persecutors, in the
forementioned shires.
The immediate authors, actors, and instruments of these oppressions,
were principally the curates, instigating the privy council, which impowered
the forces, and noblemen and gentlemen of the country to prey upon the
poor people. All cannot be here expressed, but some of the most noted in
the western shires may be mentioned, who were the greatest persecutors
and oppressors, by fining and other exactions. Of officers of the forces.
Colonel Douglas, brother to the Duke of Queensberry, exacted above £2000
Scots money, in Galloway, Nitksdale, shire of Ayr, and other places. Lieu¬
tenant-General Drummond, besides the forfaulters of gentlemen, did also
exact monies of the poor in the shire of Ayr. The Earl of Linlithgow, and
his soldiers, spoiled much in Galloway. The Earl of Airly, and his troop,
in the same shire. Lord Balcarras, was a great oppressor in Galloway, be¬
sides all the robberies he committed in Fife. James Graham of Claver-
house, afterwards Viscount of Dundee, with his brother, and subaltern offi¬
cers in Galloway, Nithsdale, and Annandale, exacted by fines and otherwise,
above £13,500 Scots money. Colonel Buchan, a most violent persecutor in
Galloway, and shire of Ayr, by robberies, took from the people, upwards of
£4000 Scots. Major Cockburn, a great oppressor in Galloway, Major White
in Clydesdale, and shire of Ayr, exacted by fines and otherwise, above
£2508 Scots. Major Balfour, a great oppressor and persecutor in Clydes¬
dale, Captain Strachan in Galloway, Inglis in Galloway, Ayr and Clydesdale;
Douglas in Galloway, Dalziel in Annandale, and Bruce in Nithsdale, op¬
pressed and spoiled the people much. Meldrum in Clydesdale, took from
poor families, upwards of £2800, and vast sums in Merse and Teviotdale,
with the Earl of Hume, and Ker of Grandoun, with the Laird of Hayning
and Blindle, and in Tweedale, with the Laird of Fossa. Lieutenant Win-
ram and Barns, were very vigilant persecutors in Galloway, and took much
spoil. Lieutenant Lauder in Ayr, Bonshaw, a highwayman, and Duncan
Grant, a cripple, with a wooden leg, in Clydesdale, oppressed the people
excessively; this last exacted in Clydesdale, £ 1500. The chief of the op¬
pressors among noblemen and gentlemen, were, in Clydesdale, Summervail
of Spittel, who exacted from'the poor people above £1200. Halyards more
than £5800. Bonytoun and Symme were also great and violent exactors.
In the city of Glasgow, Provosts Johnston and Barns; Bailies Anderson,
Zuil, Graham, and Stirling, exacted above £20,000. In Renfrew, the Earl
of Glencaim exacted above £2400. Likewise Semple, a Papist, Alexan¬
der Hume in Eaglesham, and Ezekiel Montgomery, were all great exactors.
In the shire of Ayr, the Earl of Dumfries exacted above £1000. Likewise
the Lord Craigie, William Crichton, sheriff-depute, Crawford of Ardmillan,
Montgomery of Bozland, the Laird of Broyche, and clerk Ogilvie, were all
great and wicked persecutors. In Galloway, Grierson of Lagg, who exact¬
ed there, and in Nithsdale, above £1200. Liddesdale, Isle and Cannon of
Merdograte, were also great oppressors. In Nithsdale, Queensberry and his
sons, and John Alison, his chamberlain, who, when dying, said, ‘he had
damned his soul for the duke his masterGeorge Charter, another of his
factors, who vaunted, he had made twenty-six journeys in a year, in pursuit
of the Whigs, and John Douglas of Stenhouse, a Papist, exacted £15,000.
The Laird of Closeburn above £700. Sir Robert Dalziel £400 from a few
families. Sir Robert Laurie, of Maxweltoun was also a great oppressor and
persecutor. In Annandale, the Earl of Annandale persecuted much ; and