Gregory the Great, Pope, alleged visits of St Kentigern and St Columba to, i. 253, and note.
Gregory, Donald, iii. 58, note.
Gregory, James, his invention of the re- flecting telescope, vii. 98. Gregory, Professor David, the Test Act not enforced against him, vii. 448. Grey, Sir Thomas de, his account of his own times, ii. 184-his account of the interview between Bruce and Comyn, 239, and note.
Grey, Sir Patrick, ii. 423, 425. Greyfriars' Church, Dumfries, slaughter of the Red Comyn in, ii. 239. Greyfriars' Churchyard, signing of the Covenant in, vi. 186.
Greyfriars' Monastery, Perth, destroyed by the Reformers, ii. 351. Grierson of Lagg, vii. 254.
Grig, called Gregory the Great, King, i. 280, 331-notice of the Church in con- nection with, 391.
Groselles, French ambassador to James V., iii. 131, 132.
Gruach, wife of Macbeth, i. 345, and note. Grub's Ecclesiastical History of Scot- land,' i. 403, note.
Guest, General, in 1715, viii. 324-de-
fence of Edinburgh Castle in 1745, 460. Guild brethren, early laws regarding, ii.
Guises, the, their secret views, &c., on the marriage of Queen Mary, iii. 290, 291- their influence over the queen- mother, 348-reaction against them, iv. 68-the assassination of the duke, 69- their position and views, 91- -project of marrying Queen Mary to Don Carlos, 92-their joy on the murder of Murray, v. 18-their murder by Henry III., 268. Gun, Colonel, vi. 249, and note-com- mands the Cavaliers of the north, and march southward, 250-his defeat at Stonehive, 251 et seq.
Gustavus Adolphus, Scots soldiers in his service, vi. 218.
Guthrie, James, vii. 79-his trial and execution, 153 et seq.
Haarfagre, Harald, i. 325.
Habeas Corpus Act, its equivalent in Scotland, viii. 73-suspended in 1715, 264.
Hacket, Bishop, his account of James VI.'s opinion of Laud, vi. 60. Hackston of Rathillet, one of the mur- derers of Sharp, vii. 207, 210-his flight after the deed, 219-present at Drum- clog, 224-at Bothwell Bridge, 233- heads the Cameronians at Airds Moss, 236-taken prisoner and executed, 237. Haco, his invasion of Scotland, ii. 32 et seq.- 7-battle of Largs, 34-his death, ib. -his betrayal of the chiefs who had in- vited him, 36- puts to death a woman
claiming to be Margaret of Scotland, 113. Haddington, Lord, a leader of the Squad- rone, viii. 11-as an agricultural im- prover, 51I.
Haddington, early mention of, as a burgh, ii. 88-the church destroyed by Ed- ward III., 335-recaptured from the English, iii. 276-meeting of the Es- tates, ib. the abbacy conferred on Bothwell, iv. 163-Episcopalian clergy in, after 1688, vii. 464-occupied by the Jacobites in 1715, viii. 287. Haddingtonshire, ravished by the Eng- lish, iii. 153.
Hadrian, construction of the Roman wall begun by, i. 21 et seq.-coins of, 26. Hagiologies, the earlier and later, i. 265. Haig, W., the Supplication of 1633 drawn up by, vi. 94.
Hailes, Lord, on the Regiam Majestatem, ii. 59-on the genealogy of the Doug- lases, 419, note-his Life of John Ham- ilton, v. 38, note-on Scots forfeitures,
Haliburton, Andrew, a Scots merchant, his mercantile transactions, iii. 438. Haldane, Patrick, opposition to his ele- vation to the bench, viii. 351. Haldane of Gleneagles, chairman of the African Company, viii. 60, note. Halidon Hill, battle of, ii. 317. Hall, Henry, a Covenanter, vii. 234. Hall, John, his conduct regarding the Gowrie Conspiracy, v. 339-discussion with the king on it, 340.
Hall, account of James IV. at Flodden from, iii. 80, note.
Hall of Haughhead, at Loudon Hill, vii.
Halton Chesters, the Roman Hunnum, i. 20, note.
Hamburg, attempt to extend the Darien Company to, and opposition of the English, viii. 37.
Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews, iii. 277-opposition to his brother's re- signation, 283--the Catechism known by his name, 333-prosecuted for Ro- manism, iv. 64-arraigned by Parlia- ment, v. 3-taken at Dumbarton Castle, and executed, 36-his previous career, and general hatred of him, 37. Hamilton, Archibald, his controversial works, vi. 8, and note.
Hamilton, Arthur, of Bothwellhaugh, his trial and acquittal, v. 166.
Hamilton, Lord Basil, refused reception with address on the Darien Company, viii. 59.
Hamilton, Captain, action against, after Culloden, viii. 494.
Hamilton, Lord Claud, arraigned by the Parliament of 1569, v. 2-a member of the queen's Parliament, 64. Hamilton, the Earl of, head of the pro-
visional regency after the queen's ab- dication, iv. 281-claims of the house to the succession, 282-assembly of his friends, ib. et seq.
Hamilton, Gavin, one of Mary's Commis- sioners at York, iv. 415. Hamilton, General, accompanies Mar to Scotland, viii. 256.
Hamilton, James, execution of, iii. 169. Hamilton, John, Abbot of Paisley, iii. 207. Hamilton, John, his character and career,
V. 37, and note-the murderer of Bris- sot, 37-extracts from his book of prayers, vi. 5, and note.
Hamilton, John and Claud, proceedings of Parliament under Morton against them, v. 166 et seq.-their flight and forfeiture, 167.
Hamilton, Lord Advocate, on the oppo- sition to the Five Articles, vi. 57. Hamilton, the Marquis of, the domain of Arbroath Abbey bestowed on him, v. 445-commissioner from Charles I., vi. 189-protests against the blockade of the castle, 191-compromise proposed, 193-demands the rescinding of the Covenant, ib.-his secret instructions betrayed, 195-proclamation, 196-his legal advisers, 198-vacillation of the Council, 199-returns to Court, 200- the secret instructions to him, ib.-his answer before the Assembly, 201-in- structions of entire surrender, 202- Commissioner in the General Assembly of 1638, 224-parting address, &c., 228 --his departure, ib.-evades order to assist the Gordons, 244-his proceed- ings approved by Laud and the king, 254-letters from the former, ib.-force under him sent into the Firth of Forth, 257-its condition, 258-proclamation, 259-connected with the "Incident,' 334-his defeat at Preston, 414, 423- treaty of Uttoxeter, ib.-his trial and execution, vii. 2 et seq.
Hamilton, the Duke of, President of the Convention Parliament, and his charac- ter, vii. 301 appointed Lord High Commissioner, 302-arbitrary proceed- ings in Parliament, and struggle with them, 332 et seq.-implicated in the Montgomery Plot, 347-succeeded as Commissioner by Lord Melville, 351-a subscriber to the Darien scheme, viii. 29-in the Parliament of 1702, 80- during the debates on the Union, 115- excluded from the Union commission, 117-his popularity during the Union debates, 142-speech against it, 150- countermands the intended rising of the Highlanders and Cameronians, 163-va- cillation and treachery as to the protest against the Union, 175-his claim to the crown of Scotland as the explanation of his conduct, 176-his conduct as to the proposed rising in 1708, 200-his
policy during the threatened French invasion, 204-debate on his English peerage, 247-his death, 249. Hamilton, Sir Patrick, killed, iii. 95. Hamilton, Patrick, the martyrdom of,
Hamilton, Professor, Knox's quarrel witlı, v. 78.
Hamilton, Robert, leader of the Cove- nanters at Loudon Hill, vii. 222-made commander-in-chief, 227-his charac- ter, ib.-his incompetence as leader, 232- the leader of the Cameronians, 317, 420, note. Hamilton, Sir Thomas, one of the Oc- tavians, v. 299-arrest, &c., of Sprot by, 416-picture of the state of Scot- land by him, vi. 15.
Hamilton, Sir William, act of Church dis- cipline toward, iv. 320.
Hamilton of Bangour, joins the Preten- der, viii. 460-the poems of, 547. Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, undertakes the assassination of Murray, v. 12-the story that this was done from revenge, ib. et seq.-the assassination, 14 et seq. -excepted from truce of 1572, 73-ar- raigned by the Parliament of 1569, 3. Hamilton's Dragoons, at Prestonpans, viii. 453.
Hamiltons, origin of their connection with the Crown, iii. 14-feud with the Douglases, 89, 94 attempt of the French ambassador to open negotia- tions with them, iv. 293-their policy regarding Queen Mary, 304 et seq.- Throckmorton's negotiations with them, 312-their hostility to Murray, 358-join Mary after her escape, 367- uncertainty of their adherence, 369- Throckmorton on them, 370, note- hostile gathering of them, 223-their position as regards the succession, v. 2-their submission to Murray, 5-re- solve on his assassination, 12-their appeal to Elizabeth after it, 20-the invasion of Sussex directed against them, 26-effects of the election of Lennox as regent on their pretensions, 32-their influence in the west, 68- their submission, 114-proceedings of Morton against them, 165-their es- tates conferred on Captain Stewart, 176-efforts to regain these, 234. "Hamilton Declaration" of the Cove- nanters, the, vii. 231.
Hamilton Palace, Queen Mary at, after her escape, iv. 367-destroyed by the English, v. 26-taken by Morton, 167 -occupied by the Covenanters, vi.
Hampton Court, meeting of the Council on Queen Mary at, iv. 432.
Hampton Court conference, the, v. 422 et seq.-the authorised version of the Bible its work, 430.
Hanging, ancient laws regarding, ii. 69. Harcourt, Attorney-General, manoeuvre regarding the Union Act, viii. 195. Hardrada, Harald, i. 325.
Hardy, Mr Duffus, on Doomsday-book, i. 352, note-his edition of the Chron- icles, iii. 412, note. Hardyng, John, his connection with forged documents bearing on suprem- acy of England, iii. 6, note. Harington, Sir John, his account of pageants before King James VI., v. 364 -character of the king, 376-account of the illegal execution of a criminal, &c., 392, note-on the Union scheme, 409, note.
Harlaw, the battle of, ii. 387 et seq.-its real significance and results, 393. Harold, Earl of Orkney, ii. 11 et seq. Harold Harfager, influence of his con- quests, i. 325 subjugation of the Orkneys and Shetlands by, 326. Harold of the Bloody Axe, i. 103. Harry the minstrel, his picture of Wal-
lace, ii. 182-his account of the battle of Stirling, 191, note.
Hartcla, Earl of Carlisle, negotiations with the Scots, ii. 291-his execution,
Hastings, Sir John de, a claimant of the Scots crown, ii. 127, 129, 132 — his pleadings, 150.
Hastings, the battle of, stone implements used at it, i. 115, note. Hatchets, ancient bronze, i. 120. Haughs of Cromdale, affair of the, vii.
Haversham, Lord, his speech on the "Act of Security," viii. 101. Hawick, destroyed by the English, v.
Hawley, General, commands in Scotland, viii. 478-his character, 480-defeat at Falkirk, 481-his cruelties, &c., after Culloden, 493, 494, note.
Hawthornden, the caves at, i. 101. Hay, Colonel, accompanies Mar to Scot- land, viii. 256.
Hay, Father Edmond, v. 292.
Hay, John, envoy to Elizabeth, iv. 116. Hay, John, a Jesuit father and contro- versialist, vi. 5.
Hay, Sir John, excepted from indem- nity of 1641, vi. 329.
Hay, Lord Clerk-Register, vi. 171. Hay, Lord Doncaster, v. 398. Hay of Talla, one of the murderers of Darnley, iv. 188-executed, 357- Hays, the legend respecting their rise, i. 338, note.
Hazelrig, slain by Wallace, ii. 183. Hearne, his edition of the Chronicles, iii. 412, note.
Hebrides, their subjugation by the Norse- men, i. 306, ii. 27-ceded to Scotland,
Hedenrig, defeat of Sir Robert Bowes at, iii. 182.
"Heigate, the purpose of," referred to in the casket letters, iv. 256, 265.
Hel, Hela, or Hell of the Norsemen, the, i. 224.
Helgi, a Norse chief, i. 315. Hemingford, the Chronicle of, iii, 412— notices of Wallace in, ii. 196, 200, notes.
Henderson, Andrew (the man in armour), his account of the Gowrie Conspiracy, V. 321 et seq., 331 et seq. Henderson, Alexander, the revision of the Book of Common Order proposed to him, vi. 115-tried under proclama- tion regarding the Service-book, 155- one of the drawers-up of the demands of the Covenanters, 192-Moderator of Assembly of 1638, 227-commissioner to Aberdeen, 233-one of the commis- sioners to treat for peace, 267, 309- his popularity in London, 317-com- missioner to the Westminster As- sembly, 381-discussion with the king on Church government, and his death, 405 et seq.
Henderson, John, one of Sharp's mur- derers, vii. 209.
Hengest and Horsa, the tradition regard- ing, i. 169.
Henrietta Maria, marriage of Charles I. to, vi. 74.
Henry I., measures of, to secure the suc cession of his daughter, i. 429. Henry II., Romanism made supreme in Ireland under, i. 242-connection of Malcolm IV. with, 443-war with William the Lion, 446-the latter his prisoner, ib. -the treaty of Falaise,
Henry III., treaty with Alexander II., ii. 8-war with him, 17-treaty of Newcastle, 18-attempts to prevent the coronation of Alexander III., 22— marriage of the latter to his daughter, 24-interferences during Alexander's minority, 25-his attempts to establish supremacy over the Scots Church, 37 -his death, 40.
Henry IV., his demand of homage, ii. 375-invasion of Scotland, 376-joined by the Earl of March, 377-his conduct as regards the supposed Richard II., 383, 384-capture and detention of Prince James, 384.
Henry V., at the battle of Shrewsbury, ii. 382-his treatment of James I., 397 his position in France, 398 - his cruelty toward the Scots in France, ib.
Henry VI., invasion of England in favour of, ii. 433-takes refuge in Scotland,
Henry VII., his accession, and anxiety for peace, iii. 29-Ramsay and Buchan
in his pay, 31-his policy on the acces- sion of James IV., 38-proposal for matrimonial alliance, 39-pretenders set up against him, 43 et seq. -his account of Perkin Warbeck, 47, and note-renewal of truce, &c., 50-efforts of Spain to win him to the Catholic league, 53 et seq. - marriage of his daughter to James IV., 56-Darnley's descent from, iv. 106-his chapel, its architecture, iii. 431, 432, note. Henry VIII., his marriage to Catherine of Spain, iii. 54-commencement of difficulties with him, 66-quarrel, 72— treatment of the body of James IV., 78, note-demands the expulsion of Albany, 97-alliance against France, 98-on Lord Dacre's inroad, 104, note -anxiety for the "erection" of James V., 120-measures to bring it about, 121 et seq. his satisfaction on its accomplishment, 124-alliance with Francis I., 136-reception of Angus, 141-instructions respecting the Bor- derers, 152-changed relations to Scot- land after his marriage to Anne Boleyn, 158-efforts to bring about a meeting with James V., 161 et seq.-the reports of his spies, 173 et seq.-meeting ar- ranged with James V., 178-evasion of the latter, ib.-secret designs on the Scots king, 179-declares war, 181- revives the superiority claim, ib.-in- vasion ordered, 182-views on the death of James V., 190-dealings with the Assured lords, ib.-policy recommend- ed by George Douglas, 193-proposals to Arran, and their reception, 194 et seq.-treaty for the marriage of his son to Mary, &c., 202-acts of hostility, 208-his policy, ib.-conduct of the Assured lords, 209-report of commit- tee on invasion, 210-his wrath against the Assured lords, 215-supported by Lennox, 219-discussion on the treaties, 220 et seq.-letter regarding the treat- ment of Sadler, 224-the treaties repu- diated by Scotland, 226-declares war, 228 et seq.-the war now to be one of destruction, 232-instructions to Hert- ford, ib.-his traffickings with the Bor- derers, 237 et seq.-effect of the defeat at Ancrum on him, 240-second raid, 241-his efforts to get Beaton into his hands, 256 et seq.-account sent him of the plot for Beaton's death, 258-his death, 269-destruction of monasteries, &c., in his invasions, 354.
Henry II. of France, his death, iii.
from his letters, 285 et seq.-his death, 388.
Henry ‘of Huntingdon on the Picts, i. 189.
Henryson, the poems of, iii. 419. Hepburn, struggle with Forman for see of St Andrews, iii. 90. Hepburn of Hales, his connection with the widow of James I., iv. 175. Hepburn of Bolton, one of the murderers of Darnley, iv. 188-his execution, 357. Hepburn, Rev. John, leader of the Cameronians, viii. 162, 239-enforce- ment of discipline by, 388, note. Hepburn of Keith, death of his son in 1715, viii. 290.
Hepburn, Patrick, excepted from truce of 1572, V. 73.
Hepburns, the, engaged in the conspiracy against James III., iii. 32.
Heraldry, state of, in the time of William the Lion, i. 445, and note. Hereditary jurisdictions, early, ii. 54- left untouched by the Union, viii. 134, 173-the system of, 516 et seq.-aboli- tion of, after 1745, 503 et seq.-succes- sion, want of, among the Irish Celts, i. 247.
Heresy, first execution for, ii. 386-under James V., iii. 170-feeling with which these come to be regarded, 299 et seq. -the ecclesiastical process against it, 301 et seq.
Heriot's Hospital, its architecture, vii.
Hermitage Castle, the ruins of, ii. 99, note-murder of Ramsay in, 325-re- taken by the English, 330- Mary's visit to Bothwell at, iv. 176. Herodian, his account of the Caledonians, i. 30-notices the Britons painting themselves, 197.
Herodotus, notice of stone weapons from, i. 116, note.
Heron, Sir George, his death, v. 153. Herries, Lord, account in his Memoirs of Rizzio's murder, iv. 152, note-re- monstrates against the marriage to Bothwell, 205-amnesty, 291-joins Mary after her escape, 367, 377, note- Throckmorton on him, 370, note-ac- companies the queen in her flight, 375 -his appeal to Elizabeth on behalf of Mary, 390, note-sent as Mary's am- bassador to England, 395-his charac- ter and position, 397- tenor of his negotiations, ib. proposal made to him for a mutual deputation, 405- refuses to agree to this, 406-proposal for her restoration, 407-close of his mission, ib. et seq.-his report to Mary of it, 408, 410-one of her commission- ers at York, 415-recriminations be- tween him and Lindsay, 456-arraigned by Parliament, v. 3-placed under re- straint, 6-indemnity to, 117.
Herries, Sir Hugh, aids in killing the Master of Ruthven, v. 324, 325. Herries of Terregles, slaughtered by Douglas, ii. 423.
Herring fisheries of Scotland, legislation regarding them, viii. 34.
Hertford, the Earl of, his account of the plot for the slaughter of Beaton, iii. 258 et seq.-the instructions for his expedition into Scotland, 232- - his burning and slaying expedition, 233 et seq.-second raid, 240-composition of his force, ib.-capture and destruction of Kelso Abbey, 242-his account of the havoc wrought, 246 et seq. Hesker, imprisonment of Lady Grange in, viii. 393.
Hewat, Peter, discussion with the king on the Gowrie Conspiracy, v. 341. Hexham, Roman stones in church at, i. 63, note-the monastery saved during the invasion by David I., 437-de- stroyed by the Scots, ii. 196. Heydon, Sir John, vi. 256.
Heylyn on the illegality of the canons, vi. III.
Hibbert, Dr, on the Tings of Orkney, i. 134, note.
Higgins, Mr, on the Druids, i. 212, note. High Commission, the Court of, in Scot- land, v. 441-its powers, &c., vii. 161 et seq.
High Rochester, the Roman Bremenium, i. 20, note, 31.
Highland bard, appearance of a, at the coronation of Alexander III., ii. 21— bards, penal enactment regarding, vi. 33-chiefs, the absence of their names from the Darien subscription lists, viii. 30-costume, the, its history, 527 -host, its employment against the Covenanters, vii. 469 names, their derivations, i. 398, note-regiments, embodying of the, viii. 373 et seq.- warfare, ii. 391.
Highlanders, their resistance to the feu- dal system, i. 361-fight between, on the Inch of Perth, ii. 369-intrigues of Edward IV. with, iii. 2-difficulties of dealing with them, 61-the feudal sys- tem unknown, 62-measures of James IV. for their subjugation, ib.—again in insurrection, 94 at the battle of Pinkie, 273-measures of the Refor- mers for their instruction, iv. 348- their peculiar position, vi. 21-con- trast with the Lowlanders, ib.-their dislike to the sea, 25-their migrations into Ireland, ib.-their forces, &c., there, 27-their condition at this time, 29 et seq.-titles of their chiefs, and their genealogies, 31-their dread of cannon, 251-their mode of fighting, 363-the old form of warrants for their destruction, V. 411, note-their first dispersion after the defeat at Crom-
dale, vii. 393-their mode of fighting, 361-great accessions of, after Killie crankie, 385-attempt to combine them and the Cameronians against the Union, viii. 162-their aversion in 1715 to entering England, 288, 289 et seq.- Act for the disarming of the, and its carrying out, 367 et seq.-new Act, 368 -their peculiarities, 523-antagonism between them and the Lowlanders, 524 et seq.-their social state, ib.-his- tory of their costume or garb, 527. Highlands, absorption of, Northmen among the Celts in, i. 196-prevalence of Norse superstitions, 233-the creel- houses, 249-settlements of Normans, ii. 16-their condition, &c., in Bruce's time, 248-their state, &c., before the battle of Harlaw, 387 et seq.-various leaders in the west, ib.-nominal sub- mission to David II., 388-measures of James IV. for settling them, iii. 57 et seq.-clearances under Huntly, 63- their state under James V., and his measures to bring them under subjec- tion, 147 et seq.-progress of James V. through them, 175-their early litera- ture, 426-their forests, 447 their
state, 1603-20, vi. 21-claim of their chief as regards Ireland, 34-Act passed in 1597 regarding them, 35-munici- palities founded, 36--scheme for their plantation, 37-regulations, &c., regard- ing the chiefs, 1616, 38-their state after Claverhouse's insurrection, vii. 394-measures for their pacification, ib. et seq.-the oath of allegiance, 397 et seq.-adhesion of the chiefs, 399- the massacre of Glencoe, ib. et seq.- their state after the pacification, 412 et seq.-manufactures in the, 1695, viii. 35-suspicious movements in 1711-12, 245-and 1714, 251-the rising of 1715 in, 257 et seq.-the construction of mili- tary roads in, 369-rising of 1745, 435 et seq. attempts to establish iron works in the, 526.
Hill, Col., charges against Breadalbane by, vii. 398-MacDonald of Glencoe takes the oath to him, 401-efforts of on behalf of the MacDonalds, 412, note. Hill-fortresses, abundance of, in Scot- land, i. 84.
Hillmen, the, a name of the Cameronians, vii. 310.
'Hind let loose,' the vii. 274, note. Hindustan, attempts to derive the Norse mythology from, i. 231.
Hoare, his classification of barrows, i. 110, 126, note. Hogarth, his March to Finchley, viii. 469. Hogg, Rev. James, on the Cameronians,
vii. 314-views of, as to the settlement of the Church, 424, note-the 'Mar- row' republished by, viii. 401.
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