Series 1 > Diary of Andrew Hay of Craignethan

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ANDREW HAY’S DIARY
and of the sufferings they underwent on account of their
principles:
John Clelland, junior, Crossford Boat—Fugitated.
James Forrest, Threepwood—Fugitated.
John Forrest, Threepwood—Fined.
Matthew Hamilton, servitor to Mr. Hay—Fugitated.
Robert Hamilton, Threepwood—Fugitated.
William Hamilton, Threepwood—Fined.
John Laing, blacksmith, servitor to Mr. Hay—Denounced.
Adam Muir, Crossford—Fugitated.
James Muir, Crossford Boat—Hanged.
John Muir, servitor to John Forrest, Threepwood—Fugi¬
tated.
Thomas Muir, servitor to Archibald Muir, Crossford Boat—
Fugitated.
James Shirley, servitor to Mr. Hay—Denounced.
John Templeton, Threepwood—Fugitated.
John Weir, Crossford—Fugitated.
In the official return of the heritors of the parish of Lesma-
hagow who had been offered the Bond and Test in 1683,
preserved in the Register House, there is the following entry :
‘ Mr. Andrew Hay of Craignethan recusant.’ ‘ Andrew Hay,
yr. of Craignethan, B.’ The latter had accepted the Bond,
but not the Test, the former had accepted neither. Mr.
Andrew Hay was probably in prison in Edinburgh while the
Bond and Test were being tendered to the heritors of Lesma-
hagow and Lanarkshire generally.
Mr. Andrew Hay was a man of varied acquirements. His
being a Graduate in Arts implied a knowledge of classical litera¬
ture, and this he kept up. He also knew the French, Italian, and
Dutch languages. He moreover determined upon acquiring
Hebrew, and procured a grammar for that purpose, but it
is doubtful if he carried out his resolution. He was a great
reader, and the books which he studied show the solid nature
of the knowledge of which he was in pursuit, and the manner