Series 1 > Journal of the Hon. John Erskine of Carnock, 1683-1687

ERSKINE’S JOURNAL
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prisoners from London—Scott of Harden fined for
his wife leaving the church—Three men hanged at
the Cross of Edinburgh—Surrender of the Duke of
Monmouth, ......
December—The Duke of Monmouth at Court—Pro¬
clamation anent Conventicles—Erskine summoned
for not going to church, ....
1684
January—Edinburgh Magistrates summoned to answer
for the escape of prisoners from Tolbooth—The
Earl of Loudoun, Lord Melvile, etc., summoned for
harbouring rebels, .....
February—Papists in the Canongate—Scott of Harden
imprisoned for non-payment of fine—Martin, Kerr,
and Muir hanged for treason,
March—Execution of Mr. John Dick—Trial of Camp¬
bell of Cesnock—Riot in Parliament House,
April—Hogg banished from Scotland—Burial of Lady
Napier—Examination of Captain John Paton—Pro¬
clamations against importation of Irish victual, etc.
—Death of the Marquis of Montrose,
May—Erskine reproved for reading a Gazette on the
Lord’s Day—Execution of Captain Paton—The
King’s birth-day in Edinburgh,
June—Erskine fearing arrest, leaves Edinburgh, and
travels by Kirkhill, Cardross, Isle of Menteith, to
Glasgow, ......
July—Lord Cardross sails for Carolina—Arrest of the
laird of M'Farlane, Colonel Menzies, and the laird
of Weem, ......
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24-27
28-32
33-39
39-53
53-58
59-63
63-67
67-74