Series 5 > Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, Volume 12

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MISCELLANY XII
which the Master of Yester was to have the command of, to recover their
Countrey who in as few dayes as was possible for them arrived in Scodand,
and crossing Tweed went to Hadingtoun, and from Hadingtoun to Melross,
and having intelligence yt night yt the Marquess of Montrose was at Selkirk
march’d befor day light without sound of trumpett, or any noise, and were at
sunrising at philiphaugh where Montrose had some pt of his fforces lyeing and
upon the alarum came down to join these at philiphaugh, where Montrose
was defeated and totally rowted, and the foot which came from Newcasde not
reaching Melross the Master ofYester was volunteer with My Lord Crawfoord
in My Lord Lannericks Regiment of Horse. The pursuit being followed as
farre as Minchmoor Generali Leslies troops came to Traquair and peebles that
night, and My Lord Balcleugh lay at Neidpath with the Master of Yester, from
which Balcleugh went to his house at Dalkeith and the Master continued in
the army to Glasgow where the Committie of Estates sate for some time and
Montrose being gone to the Northhighlands most of the horse returned for
England, with Lieutenant Generali Leslie And Midletoun staid in the Coun¬
trey with [blank] Regiments of hone to attend the parliament which was called
to sitt at St Andrews in regard the plague had raged the whole year in Scodand
especially at Edinburgh, ever flagrante bello, so yt most people went by stirlin
to St Andrews.
And the Master of Yester being chosen for the shire of peebles to serve in
that parliament, being putt upon it by My Lord Crawfoord, My Lord Lawder-
dale, and My Lord Lannerick, who being all night together at Biggar in on[e]
room had opportunity to talk of yt ensuing parliament most pt of the night
and after he was chosen going from peebles to Calander he went with the Earle
of Calander to St Andrews crossing at Elphinstoun to Alloway,2 and from
thence to St Andrews, where the Master of Yester was no sooner arriv’d, but
there was sent to Him by the state ofbarons My Lord Waristoun, and the Laird
of Wederburn, with other tuo to dissuade him from offering his Commission
to the parliament, no noblemans son having ever serv’d in parliament for a
baron, except My Lord Kinnowl,3 with many professions yt he should have
been more acceptable then any, but it not being agreeable to the constitution
of yt state of parliament, nor the priviledge of the small barons to choose of
their own number, they could not agree to a preparative so prejudicial! to their
1 Minchmuir, a hill five miles north-west of Philiphaugh.
2 Alloa.
3 George Hay, son and heir of Lord Chancellor Kinnoull, was elected for Perthshire in 1633 but did not
take his seat. M. Lee, Jr., The Road to Revolution: Scotland under Charles I, 1625-1637 (Uibana, 1985),
131.