The west of Scotland in historyРипол Классик, 2012 - History "Originally written as a series of independently standing articles, these essays present studies of families or events which took place in "the west of Scotland." Among the families are: Corehouse and the Cranstouns, Auchinleck and the Boswells, the Mures of Caldwell, Cathcart and Its Earls, the Steuarts of Coltness and Allanton, Andrew Stuart of Torrance and Castlemilk, Carnwath and the Lockharts of Lee, Dalrymple and the Stairs, Kelburne, Hawkhead, and the Earls of Glasgow (Boyle), Dundonald and Its Earls, Coilsfield and the Montgomerys, the Lockharts of Milton-Lockhart, Ardgowan: the Stewarts and Shaw-Stewarts, Pollok and the Maxwells, the MacGregors and the Colquhouns, the Grahams of Montrose, Cumbernauld House and the Flemings, the Spreulls of Glasgow, and the Fullartons of Fullarton. There are a wide range of articles included as well on such topics as Queen Mary, Renfrewshire witches, Galloway, the Herries peerage case, St. Columba, and the Scots."--Container insert. |
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Page vii
... SIR THOMAS MUNRO, K.C.B., . . . . . . . . . . 133 JOHN KNox AND THE ABBOT OF CROSSRAGUEL AT MAYEOLE, . . . 140 THE STORY OF GLENFRUIN, . . . . . . . . . . . :46 THE GREAT DOUGLAS CAUSE, . . . . . . . . . . 161 MONTROSE FAMILY DESCENT ...
... SIR THOMAS MUNRO, K.C.B., . . . . . . . . . . 133 JOHN KNox AND THE ABBOT OF CROSSRAGUEL AT MAYEOLE, . . . 140 THE STORY OF GLENFRUIN, . . . . . . . . . . . :46 THE GREAT DOUGLAS CAUSE, . . . . . . . . . . 161 MONTROSE FAMILY DESCENT ...
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... Lord Darnley. The lands of the lordship of Darnley, which includes the mill of the barony, make up the south-west corner of ... Sir John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, whose descendants are still in possession. COREHOUSE' AND THE CRAN-S'TOUNS ...
... Lord Darnley. The lands of the lordship of Darnley, which includes the mill of the barony, make up the south-west corner of ... Sir John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, whose descendants are still in possession. COREHOUSE' AND THE CRAN-S'TOUNS ...
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... Lord Claud Hamilton with fifty horse, till Niddry Castle was reached, where the royal fugitive passed her first night ... (Sir John Maxwell), among the rest, being written to on the 5th :-“We dowt not hot ye know that God of his gudness ...
... Lord Claud Hamilton with fifty horse, till Niddry Castle was reached, where the royal fugitive passed her first night ... (Sir John Maxwell), among the rest, being written to on the 5th :-“We dowt not hot ye know that God of his gudness ...
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... Sir John Auchinleck of that ilk. The early history of the land or family is not necessary to be set forth here. Exactly 200 years aftef'Auchinleck had passed to the Boswells, or in 1704, the James Boswell of the day, a lawyer of some ...
... Sir John Auchinleck of that ilk. The early history of the land or family is not necessary to be set forth here. Exactly 200 years aftef'Auchinleck had passed to the Boswells, or in 1704, the James Boswell of the day, a lawyer of some ...
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... Sir Alexander himself re-issued his interesting reprint of the discussion at Crossraguel between John Knox and Quentin Kennedy, 1562. Sir Alexander, born October 9th, 1775, was educated at Westminster and Oxford, and created a baronet ...
... Sir Alexander himself re-issued his interesting reprint of the discussion at Crossraguel between John Knox and Quentin Kennedy, 1562. Sir Alexander, born October 9th, 1775, was educated at Westminster and Oxford, and created a baronet ...
Contents
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CUMBERHAULD Hovsn AND THE ELPHINSTONES | 195 |
GLASGOW CHAMBER or COMMERCE | 206 |
OLD GLASGOW HOUSES | 213 |
THE SPREULLS 0F GLASGOW | 221 |
ANDREW MELVILLE IN Gmscow | 227 |
GRAHAM OF THE MINT | 238 |
THE RENFREWSHIRE WITCHES | 278 |
PAISLEY ABBEY _ | 284 |
PAISLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL | 290 |
ALEXANDER WILSON ORNITHOLOGIST | 299 |
TIIII BARNS or AYR | 306 |
THE HERRIES PEERAGE | 315 |
DRUMLANRIG AND THE DOUGLASBS | 324 |
ST COLUMBA I I | 335 |
GENERAL ROY or CARLUKE | 250 |
KILMARNOCK | 256 |
DUMFRIES ROOD FAIR | 265 |
LEADHILLS AND WANLOCK | 343 |
INVERKIP ro Wasr KILBRIDE | 353 |
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