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cerned in the Rebellion. The Army also had orders to
seize the Com, Horses, and cattle and Arms belonging
to those in the Rebellion, but to touch none of their
other effects, and the generality of the Rebels had fore¬
seen this and either sold or sent off these things, so that
there were but few that suffered much in this way. If
any parties of soldiers used further freedom in these
houses, which was not oft, the Duke, on complaint made,
not only obliged the Officers to be at pains to recover
the plundered effects from the soldiers, but generally
gave a compliment himself to make up the loss; as
particularly to Mrs. Gordon, Cupbairdy,1 he ordered
£100 Sterling. His protections were easily obtained till
a piece of the Rebels extravagance not only made this
more difficult, but also obliged his Royal Highness to
recall some protections he had granted, and gave up
some houses to be plundered.
Cullon House plundered by the Rebels
The Earl of Findlater was at Aberdeen attending his
Royal Highness, when his factor gave him notice that the
Rebels who were thereabouts had intimated, that if the
Cess and Levy money for his Lordships Estate was not
paid against such a day, his house at Cullon would
peremptorily be plundered. This intimation the Earl
showed to his Royal Highness, who ordered him in return
to certify them that if they took such a step, it would
oblige him to alter his conduct, recall his protections and
give up their houses to be plundered. Notwithstanding
this threat, the Rebels actually pillaged Cullon House 2 at
the time appointed, and his Royal Highness was in conse¬
quence obliged to withdraw his protections from Lady
Gordon of Park,1 and Lady Dunbar of Durn,1 for their
houses ; and indeed the last of these suffered considerably,
but most of the effects were carried off from Park that were
of any value.
1 The husbands of these ladies were all in the Jacobite army.
2 Cullen House was the home of Lord Findlater.