Borthwick, Lord, one of the queen's party, iv. 377, note.
Borthwick Castle, style of, iii. 434-flight of the queen and Bothwell to, iv. 234- their escape from it, ib.-the battering of, by Cromwell, vii. 45, note. Boston, Rev. T., discovery of Marrow of Modern Divinity' by, viii. 400-his 'Fourfold State,' 401. Bothgowan, the scene of the slaughter of King Duncan, i. 343.
Bothwell, Earl, joins the English, iii. 150 -arrest of Wishart by, 253. Bothwell, Earl, said by Leslie to have accompanied Queen Mary from France, iv. 18, note-his alleged plot with Arran for the seizure of the queen, 84 et seq.-impeached for it, 85-his trial for the conspiracy with Arran, 110- joins the queen after her marriage, 125- notice of his influence by Castelnau, 129 -his marriage to Lady Jane Gordon, 126, 138-increasing favour with the queen, 140-in Holyrood during the murder of Rizzio, 147-his escape from the palace, 150-the queen's first indi- cation of her love to him, 162, 173-his position, character, &c., 163-estates and offices conferred on him, ib. et seq. -his personal appearance, 174-his rank and means, ib.-his ancestry, and their connections with royalty, ib. - his services to the queen, 175-his pre- dominance at Court, ib.-wounded in a Border fray, and the queen's visit to him, 176 et seq.-on the proposed divorce of the queen from Darnley, 179-super- intends the baptism of the prince, 181 -his movements and proceedings on the night of Darnley's murder, 188 et seq.-informs the queen of her hus- band's death, 191-his report to Mel- ville of Darnley's death, ib., note-his first proceedings after the murder, 194 -the ambassadors of France, &c., re- fused inspection of the body, ib.-de- nounced in the placards as one of the murderers, 196-the feudal superiority of Leith conferred on him, 198-attends Mary to Seton, 199-their amusements, &c., there, ib.-denounced, and his trial demanded by Lennox, and agreed to by the queen, 202-his arrogance and vio- lence, 203-his rapid advancement, and first hints of the marriage, 204-his anger against the remonstrants, 206- the proceedings on his trial, 208 et seq. -its results, 210 et seq.-challenge by him after his trial, 211-declaration ob- tained by him from Parliament regard- ing the Church, 212-emoluments con- ferred on him, 213-his wealth and power at this time, 214-the band recommending him as husband to the queen, 215-carries her off on her re- turn from Stirling, 216 et seq.-prepara-
tions for his divorce, 218-sentence of it pronounced, ib.-commission issued by the queen regarding it, 221-the alleged ground of consanguinity, ib.- the alleged dispensation, 223, and note -his return to Edinburgh, 224-the "declaration" of the queen's liberty, ib.-created Duke of Orkney, ib.-pre- parations for the marriage, ib.-procla- mation of the banns, and conduct of Craig regarding this, 225-the marriage- contract, &c., 226-the marriage, 227- Sir James Melville's interview with him that day, ib.-the scene of the mar- riage, 228-their early married life, ib. -flight to Borthwick Castle, 234-his escape from it, is joined by the queen, and flees to Dunbar, ib.-the confede- racy against him, 235-loses Edinburgh Castle, 236-proclamation of the con- federates against him, 238-his march against them, and forces raised, 239- position at Carberry Hill, 240-Le Croc's attempts to mediate, 241 et seq. -the conferences there, 245 et seq.- his flight and surrender of the queen, 246-his treatment of the queen, 247- her expressed determination to adhere to him, 251 et seq.-the casket letters, 252 et seq.-his flight to Orkney, 463— his escape to Denmark, and ultimate fate there, 464 et seq.-his confession, 470-Professor Schiern's work on his residence in Denmark, 472, note-Queen Mary agrees to divorce him, 435-ex- cepted from truce of 1572, V. 73-Crown jewels, &c., given by Mary to him, 155 -questionableness of the mummy said to be his body, 473..
Bothwell, the second Earl of, his parent- age, &c., v. 281-his first attempt to seize the king, 282-again at Falkland, ib. -and again, 283- and again at Leith, ib.-his after-life, ib.-his popu- larity, 284-English rumours regarding him, ib. - proceedings of Huntly against him, 289. Bothwell, Adam, Bishop of Orkney, the marriage ceremony between the queen and Bothwell performed by, iv. 227- performs the anointing at the corona- tion of James VI., 284-deposed for his part in the marriage of the queen, 327- one of the commissioners to York, 417 -at the formal accusation of the queen, 440, note--a member of the Parliament of 1582, V. 188. Bothwell Bridge, the battle of, vii. 234. Bothwell Castle, the ruins of, ii. 99-cap- ture of, by the Scots, 324. Boundary question, commission to settle it, ii. 9.
Bournezel, the Lord of, his embassy to Scotland, ii. 350.
Boutot, M., made governor of Orkney, iii. 286.
Bower, account of the coronation of Alexander III. by, ii. 21, note - ac- count of the martyrdom of Reseby by, 386. Bower, Laird, implicated in the Gowrie Conspiracy, v. 346, 416 et seq.
Bower or Bowmaker, Walter, one of the writers of the Scotichronicon, iii. 414. Bowes, Sir Robert, raid into Scotland by, and his defeat, iii. 182-during Hertford's second raid, 241-account of the struggle for possession of James VI., v. 163 et seq.-efforts to prevent civil war, 164-sent on mission to counteract Aubigné, 171 et seq.-his reception, 173 et seq.-his recall, 175- efforts to save Morton, 178-instruc- tions regarding the king, 182-account of the Doune Castle plot, 185-conver- sation with Ruthven, ib.-sent as am- bassador after the Ruthven Raid, 189 et seq.-gifts to the conspirators, 190- account of the plots, and final dismissal of Lennox, 192 et seq.-curious confer- ences with the king, 193-the associa- tion project, 195 et seq.-negotiations regarding the casket letters, 198 rumours sent by him to England, 199,
Boyds, rise of the, under James III., iii.
6-honours, estates, &c., appropriated by, 7-their fall, 12.
Boyd, Sir Alexander, tutor to James III.,
iii. 6-carries off the king to Edinburgh, 7-his fall and execution, 12.
Boyd, Thomas, created Earl of Arran, and married to the king's sister, iii. 8- his fall and flight, 12-his subsequent fate, 13, and note.
Boyd, Lord, iii. 6-guardian of the king, &c., 7-his fall and flight, 12. Boyd, Lord, one of the queen's party, iv. 377, note-one of Mary's commissioners at York, 415-commission from Queen Mary to sue out her divorce from Both- well, 435-indemnity to, v. 117. Boyd, George, indicted for riot at Holy- rood, iv. 75.
Boyd, Wm., his motives and views in conforming to the Establishment, vii. 433.
Boyd, Zachary, his metrical version of the Psalms, vi. 399.
Boyer d'Egville, the Marquis, in 1745, viii. 480.
Brabazon, Roger, Chief Justice to Ed- ward I., ii. 118.
Bracelet, gold, ancient, i., 122, note. Braemar, the gathering at, in 1715, viii. 257 et seq.
Braemar Castle, viii. 260, note-destrue- tion of, vii. 371.
Brahe, Steen, and Borgen, witnesses to Bothwell's confession, iv. 472. Brand, Rev. John, charged by the Pres- byterians with defection, v. 233.
Brandubh, legend of, i. 253, note. Brandy, importations into the Thames from Scotland, and their seizure, viii. 207-settlement of the question, 208. Brankstone or Flodden, battle of, iii. 77. Brantôme, accompanies Queen Mary to Scotland, and his account of the voyage, iv. 18-his account of Chate- lar, 86, 88.
Branxholm, destroyed by the English, v.
Braun on the name Culdee, i. 394, note. Braxfield, Lord, on forest laws, ii. 77, note.
Bread, old regulations regarding, ii. 105. Breadalbane, as one of the heads of the Campbells, vi. 37.
Breadalbane, the Earl of, implicated in the Montgomery Plot, vii. 348-his proposals regarding the Highlands, 395 -his negotiations with the chiefs, 396, 397-his suspected treachery, 398-the Massacre of Glencoe, 402 et seq. - charged with high treason for the mas- sacre, 410-his policy as to the French descent in 1708, viii. 199-measures against, 1714, 252-his conduct in 1715, 267-sketch of him, 314, note. Breadalbane men, the, in the rising of 1715, viii. 257, 258.
Brechin, the abbot of the Culdees of, i. 398-bishopric of, founded by David I., 442-the round tower at, ii. 104-an- cient bridge at, 110-Castle of, taken by Edward I., 219 Cathedral, the architecture of, iii. 431-success of the king's party at, v. 35-Bishop of, uses Laud's Service-book, vi. 157-James VIII. proclaimed at, viii. 263. Bremeníum, now called High Rochester, i. 20, note, 31.
Brereton, Sir William, his sketch of Edinburgh, vii. 105- and of other towns in Scotland, 107 et seq. Bretagne, John de, appointed Lieutenant of Scotland, ii. 231-driven out by the Scots, 243.
Bretagne, origin of the province of, i 44. Brets and Scots, the ancient laws of the, ii. 62-cancelled by Edward I., 232. Brett, Captain, engagement with the Pretender's force, viii. 434. Breviaries, various, vi. 4. Breviary, the Romish, the source of the Reformed Liturgies, iv. 329-of Aber- deen, the, i. 264, and note-printed by Chepman, iii. 425-commemoration of the medieval saints and their miracles in, iii. 329 et seq.
Bribery, the charge of, in connection with the Union, viii. 178 et seq.-the parliamentary investigation into it,
Bridge, a member of the Westminster Assembly, vi. 388.
Bridge of Dee, the affair of the, vi. 252. Bridges, early, ii. 110.
Brienne, John de, second husband of Mary de Coucy, ii. 26.
Briggs, Henry, on Napier's discovery, vii. 97.
Brigham, the meeting of the Scots Estates at, ii. 48-the composition of the Estates at, 81-treaty of, renounced by John Baliol, 159-how represented by Edward I., 214.
Brissot, the murder of, v. 37. Britain, first notices of Christianity in connection with, i. 42-changed char- acter of the struggle in, 43-the Ro- manised inhabitants of the south, ib. -the troops furnished by, 44—its final abandonn.ent, 47.
Britannia, first appearance of figure on coinage, i. 26.
Britannicus, surname of, first bestowed on Hadrian, i. 26.
British American colonies, proclamation by them against the Darien colonists,
British Linen Company's Bank, the, viii. 515.
British constitution, the peculiarities of its growth, iii. 386.
Britons, the, confined to Cornwall, Wales, &c., i. 181-displaced from the former, 182-their custom of painting themselves in war, 197-their kingdom of Strathclyde and its history, 279 et seq. Brodie, the Laird of, one of the commis- sioners to Charles II., vii. 9. Brodir, a Norse chief, i. 315. Broichan, a Magus, contest of St Co- lumba with, i. 220, 221. "Broken men" in the Highlands, what, iii. 63.
Bromley, Thomas, v. 107.
Bronze implements found in Scotland, i. 119 et seq.
Brooches, &c., Roman, i. 58-ancient,
Brosse, the Sieur de la, iii. 226-aid brought from France by, 220. Broughty Castle, siege and capture of, by the Scots, iii. 278.
Broun, John, of Wamphray, vii. 78. Brown, Sir A., mission to the Borders, iii. 216.
Brown, John, of Priestfield, his execu- tion, vii. 251 et seq.
Brown, the founder of the Brownists, and his sect, vi. 123.
Brownists, their increase, views, &c., vi. 387. Bruce, Edward, siege of Stirling Castle
by, ii. 261, 271-his invasion of Ireland, and death, 273, 274 et seq. Bruce, Marjory, daughter of King Robert,
ii. 273 Bruce, Nigel, capture and execution of,
Bruce, Robert de, at the battle of the Standard, i. 437-alleged arrangement with Alexander II. as to his succession, ii. 13, and note-the race of, 13-his claim to the crown on the death of Alexander III., 43-one of the Scots commissioners at Salisbury, 47—his first proceedings on the death of the Maid of Norway, 116-summoned to the meeting of Barons at Norham, 117 -accepts King Edward's superiority, 122-nature of his claim to the crown, 129-the alleged settlement by Alex- ander II., 130, and note-arbiters ap- pointed between him and Baliol, 133 -decision against him, 145 et seq.-his pleadings, 148 et seq.-lawsuit appealed to Edward I. by him, 160-his death, 167.
Bruce, Robert, his policy on the rising of Wallace, ii. 186 et seq.-surrenders to the English, 187-his flight from the English Court, 233-his parentage and previous life, 234 et seq.-compe- tition with Comyn, 236-league with Lamberton, 237-his danger from this, and flight, 238-meeting with the Red Comyn, and death of the latter, 239 et seq.-his coronation, 240 et seq.—ex- communicated, 243-defeated at Meth- ven, 247-and by John of Lorn, 248- his personal prowess in the last battle, 251 defeats Percy, 249-victory at Loudon Hill, ib.-his character and habits, 250 et seq.-various adventures, 252-escape from a bloodhound, ib.- joined by Lord James Douglas, 253- defeats the Earl of Buchan, 255-cap- ture of various castles, &c., 256-truce with England, 257-adherence of the clergy to him, ib.-coerced homage by him, 258, note-disregard by the Scots of the truce, 261 battle of Bannockburn, 263 et seq.-his courtesy to the prisoners, 270-incursions into England, and efforts for peace, 272- adjustment of the succession, 273 et seq.-proceedings and negotiations with the Pope, 275 et seq.-capture of Ber- wick, 278-its defence against the Eng- lish, 279-invasions and successes in England, 281-truce with England, 282 -renewed negotiations with the Pope, and appeal to him, ib. et seq.-renewal of war, 288-invasion by Edward II., and its defeat, 289 et seq.-England again invaded, 290-secret negotiations with the northern English barons, 291 et seq.-final truce with England, 294 -mission of Randolph to the Pope, and its success, 294 et seq.-treaty with France, 296-renewal of war with Eng- land, and successful invasion, 298 et seq.-peace concluded, and his title acknowledged, 303-treaty of North- ampton, ib.-conspiracy against him,
307-birth of a son, ib.-his death, and veneration with which regarded, 308- the burghs first represented in Parlia- ment under him, 90-endowment of Melrose Abbey by, íii. 430.
Bruce, Earl of Carrick, ii. 234-his mar- riage, ib., note-a member of the Scots Council, 230, and note. Bruce, Lord Edward, v. 353
Bruce, Dr, his work on the Roman wall, i. 20, 27, 28, note.
Bruce, John, his edition of 'Borough's Notes of the Ripon Treaty,' &c., vi. 294 note, 295 note, 311 note. Bruce, Rev. Robert, dispute with James
VI., v. 280-his conduct regarding the Gowrie Conspiracy, 239-discussions with the king on it, 340 et seq.-his writings, vii. 79.
Bruce, Isabella, married to Eric of Nor- way, ii. 114, note.
Bruce, Sir William, viii. 542.
Brud, King, notices of, i. 219, 220-St Columba's mission to, 256, 260, 281. Brunenburgh, the battle of, i. 335. Brunstone, the Laird of, a leader in the plot against Beaton, iii. 258, 260. Brutus, the fabulous conqueror of Britain, ii. 212.
Buccaneers, the parallel between them and the Darien colonists, viii. 46 et seq.
Buccleuch, the Laird of, at the battle of Ancrum, iii. 236-curious interview be- tween him and Wharton, 237-saves Morton during the attack on Stirling,
Buchan, the Earl of, one of the guardians on the death of Alexander III., his death, ii. 43.
Buchan, the Earl of, a supporter of Ed- ward ĺ.,ii. 236, note-defeated by Bruce,
Buchan, the Earl of, his victory at Beaugé, ii. 398.
Buchan, the Earl of, in the secret em- ployment of Henry VII., iii. 30, 31, note-his life spared, 37-a party to plot for seizure of James IV., 39 Buchan, the Countess of, coronation of Bruce by, ii. 241-revenge taken by Edward on her, 242.
Buchan, General, sent to command the insurgent Highlanders in 1690, vii. 390-his defeat at Cromdale, 391. Buchanan, George, his History of Scot- land, i. 17, note, iii. 1or, note-account of Albany's expedition from, 104, note -his account of the siege of Werk, 107, note-his Epithalamium for Queen Mary, 292-characteristics of his His- tory, 415-its political influence and importance, 416 et seq.-his account of Rizzio, iv. 111-his account of the pro- posed divorce of Darnley, 179-his pic- ture of the house at Kirk-of-Field, 186,
note-account of the state of Edin- burgh after Darnley's murder, 197, note-his interpretation of the abduc- tion of the queen, 217, note-his ac- count of Bothwell's divorce, 222 and note-his 'Detection of the Doings of Queen Mary,' publication of the casket letters in, 253-arguments against his being the forger of the casket letters, and general character of his Detection, 273 et seq.-its exaggerations, &c., 275 -his change of view with regard to the queen, 277-named as one of the censors of the press, 322-first "Mo- derator" of the Assembly, 326-present at the York Commission, 424-his ac- count of Morton's mission to London, 100, 101, note-lampoon on Lething- ton ascribed to him, 130, and note-as tutor to James VI., 135- Melville's character of him, ib.-his treatment of the young king, 136-his character as a scholar, 137-his work on the Rights of the Scots Crown, 138 et seq.-his History, 139-the dedication of his tragedy of Baptistes, ib., note-dis- like of the king to his constitutional views, 140-his last days and death, and character of his works, 210 et seq. -his History, its completion and char- acter, 211-his 'De Jure Regni' con- demned after the Restoration, vii. 156. Buchanan of Arnprior, executed, viii.
Buckingham, the Duke of, allowed by the Covenanters to attend Charles II., vii. 14.
Buddhism, attempt to connect the sculp- tured stones with, i. 146—and the Norse mythology, 231.
Bull, Stephen, defeated by Sir Andrew Wood, iii. 69 et seq.
Bulmer, Sir William, letter to Wolsey regarding the "erection" of James V., iii. 100.
Burgess, Dr, in the Westminster Assem- bly, vi. 386.
Burgesses, laws regulating wager of battle among, ii. 68-in the Parliament of 1640, vi. 283.
Burgh or borough, origin of name, ii. 86. Burgh franchise, the early, ii. 92. Burgh-on-the-Sands, death of Edward I. at, ii. 246.
Burghead, attempts to identify the "Winged Camp" with, i. 62, note- ancient well at, ib. Burgher corporations, the ancient code of, ii. 65.
Burgh-moor, encampment of infected on it during the plague, v. 9, note. Burghs, or so-called Danish towers, the, i. 91 et seq.
Burghs, royal, ii. 84-those of regality and of barony, 85-earliest charters, &c., of, 88-their first representation
in Parliament, 89-their aspect, archi- tecture, &c., before the great war, 96- repeated burnings of, 97-represented in the treaty of Baliol with France, 165-their early representation in Par- liament, iii. 386. Burgundy, the Duchess of, and Perkin Warbeck, iii. 45, 49, note. Burial, dues exacted by the Church on, iii. 323- directions of the Book of Common Order regarding, iv. 345 et seq. Burial cairns in Scotland, i. 104-urns, 105-their probable era, 108. Burleigh, Lord, efforts to detach Scot- land from the treaty of France, iii. 298 -plans of, for aiding the Scots Reform- ers, 359-communications with Kirk- caldy of Grange, 360-efforts to secure the co-operation of Knox, ib.—his diffi- culties, and communications between them, 361 et seq. - urges assistance being given to the Scots Reformers, 364-on the creation of Darnley King of the Scots, iv. 121-instructions to Throckmorton from, after the queen's abdication, 301-urges the danger to Queen Mary of intervention, 304-views as to the restoration of Queen Mary, 370 et seq.-his perplexities after Mary's flight to England, and paper on the subject, 385-his account of Lord Her- ries's negotiations on behalf of Queen Mary, 397-answer to Murray and the Scots Council, 404-on Mary's with- holding all resignation of the crown of England, 410-a member of the com- mission on Queen Mary, 431-letter from him condemning Kirkcaldy's pro- ceedings in Edinburgh, v. 46-motives of his policy towards the king's and queen's parties during the civil war, 72-orders the surrender of Kirkcaldy and Lethington to Morton, 125-in- structions sent regarding Aubigné, 172. Burleigh, Lord, President of the Parlia-
ment of 1640, vi. 282—in the Parlia- ment of 1641, 326. Burley, see Balfour.
Burne, Nicol, his controversial works, vi. 8, and note.
Burnet, Bishop, his account of Lord Nithsdale's mission, vi. 77-on the trial, &c., of Balmerinoch, 98-on the lukewarmness of the Scots lawyers for the king, 198-account of alleged agree- ment between the Parliamentarians and the Scots, 298 his account of Montrose's defection, 332-his account of the Whigamores' Raid, 413, note -his account of the battle of Dunbar, vii. 24, note-character of Robert Douglas by, 135, note-and of Sharp, 140 his account of Lauderdale's policy, 179-interview with Sharp, 200 -a refugee with William of Orange,
269-revelation of supposed plot to, vií. 343-exempted from Jacobite in- demnity, 347-during the debate on the Union Act, viii. 193, 194-his an- nals, 555.
"Burning of Frendraught," the, vi. 209, Burning the dead, traces of, in Scotland, 105 et seq.-denounced by the Church, 108 et seq.-ceremonial attending it, 109, note.
Burning Bush, the symbol of, adopted from the Huguenots, iv. 340.
Burns, improvement of Scots songs by, vii. 92.
Burntísland, riot headed by women at, 1615, vi. 153, note.
Burt, Captain, engineer officer under Wade, viii. 370, 371.
Bushell, Captain, the case of, viii. 355 et seq.-condemned but pardoned, 356. Butchers, old regulations regarding, ii. 106.
Byng, Sir George, force under, for inter- cepting the French descent in 1707, viii. 203-defeats it, 204. Byrthensack, ancient law of, ii. 69. Byssets, the feud of, with the Lord of Athole, ii. 16-their head appeals to the English king, 17.
Cadogan, General, joins Argyle in 1715, viii. 324
Cadomo, Johannes de, notary public at the meeting at Norham, ii. 118 and note, 121, note.
Caerlaverock Castle, the ruins of, ii. 99 -its siege and capture by Edward I., 214 et seq.-death of James V. at, iii. 183-surrendered to Hertford, 243.
Cæsar, his invasion of England, i. 2—
notices by him of the Britons painting themselves for war, 197-his references to the Druids and Druidism, 211-his account of the ships of the Veneti, 308, note.
Cairnbeth, the supposed site of Mac- beth's death, i. 347, note.
Cairns, burial, in Scotland, i. 104-cham- bered, 101-attempts to classify them, 110, 126, note. Caithness, prehistoric remains in, i. 113 -Norse settlements in, 319-bishopric of, founded by David I., 442-recep- tion of King Haco in, ii. 32- the Bishop of, appointed by Edward I. Lord Chancellor, 135-the Bishop of, under James VI., his difficulties, v. 455 et seq.-the Earl of, a member of the Romanist party, iv. 11-one of the councillors who direct Bothwell's trial, 208-chancellor of the jury at it, 210- his arbitrary proceedings toward the bishop, v. 455.
Cakemuir, flight of Mary from Borthwick to, iv. 235.
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