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

CONTENTS
August—Mr. William Erskine and Lady Caldwell are
prisoners in Blackness Castle—Three men hanged
in the Grassmarket, Edinburgh—Erskine visits
prisoners in the Tolbooth—Mr. Spens, Argyle’s
secretary tortured by the Boots and Thumbkins—
Execution of James Nicol, ....
September—Death of Bishop Burnet—Thumbkins
applied to William Carstairs—Sir John Dalrymple,
Murray of Philiphaugh, and Earl Tarras, prisoners
in Edinburgh, .....
October—Search made for Lord and Lady Colvill—
Prisoners sent to the American plantations—
Halloween customs, ....
November—‘Lady Cardross fined for not going to church
—Lawson and Wood executed at Glasgow—The
lairds of Polwarth and Clowbum are prisoners in
Edinburgh—Sudden death of laird Meldrum—
Murder of Stewart and Kennoway, two of the King’s
guard—Execution of three men in Edinburgh for
treasonable practices—Death of John Knox,
December—Fish with 'nebs appear at Culross—Lady
Colvill in Edinburgh Tolbooth—Trial of the Earl of
Tarras—Baillie of Jerviswood hanged and quartered
—Consecration and translation of bishops,
1685
January—Sentence of death and forfeiture passed upon
the Earl of Tairas—Erskine sails for London,
February-—Illness and death of Charles n.—Erskine
visits Bedlam, Moorfields, Westminster, Spittalfields,
etc.—Search made in London for Scots people—
Erskine leaves for Holland, but is driven into Dover,
74-80
81-86
86-91
91-96
97-102
102-105
105-108