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ABERCORN, Master of, marries Lady

Jean Gordon, page 13.
Aberdeen, town of, prepares to resist
the Covenanters, 76, 82; is fined
40,000 merks for standing out against
the Covenant, 103; oppressed by the
covenanting army, 105, 117, 118,
119; fined in 6000 merks, 132; in
600 merks, 158; assessed in 7000
merks yearly, to pay the ministers'
stipends, 276; sends 130 soldiers to
the army, 381; fortified, 383; the
Provost and Magistrates taken by
Haddo, &c. carried to Strathboggie
and Auchindown, 388; gives 20,000
pounds to prevent being plundered,
422; taken by Montrose, and plun-
dered by the Irish soldiers, 447; list
of killed in this battle, 449.
Aboyne, Viscount of, with five others,
burnt in the house of Frendraught, 6;
forfeited and declared a traitor, 345.
Aboyne, Lord, raises forces against the
Covenanters, 106; disbands them and
goes to the King, 110; returns to
Aberdeen, 123; made lieutenant of
the north during his father's captivi-
ty, 126; raises forces, 127; plunders
Hallforest and Fintray, ib.; marches
against Earl Marischal, but is beat
back, 128; fortifies the bridge of Dee,
which is taken by the Covenanters,
129; goes to Berwick, 132.
Airly, Earl of, his houses plundered, 179.
Angus, Earl of, marries Lady Mary
Gordon, 12.

Apparitions seen, 323.

Argyle, Marquis of, comes to Dunnottar,
402; his proclamation as General of
the Army, 411; comes to Turriff,

414; to Cullen, 415; to Elgin, 416;
leaves Aberdeen, 421; comes north
with an army against Montrose, 451;
marches to Strathboggie, and plun-
ders it, 454; comes to Bog of Gight,
456; his progress, 457; follows
Montrose, 462; defeated at Inver-
lochy, 471.

Auldearn, battle of, 484.

Banbury, battle of, 306.

Band between the Scots and English, 37.
Banders, their meeting, 282; ordered
to leave Edinburgh, 294; meet at
Peebles, 358.

Banff, laird of, his house and lands plun-
dered, 194, 197; created Lord Banff,
305.

Banff, town of, plundered, 397.
Bishops deposed by the General Assem-
bly, 69.

Bishop's Palace in Old Aberdeen plun-
dered, 117.
Blind Band, 379.

Bon-Accord, articles of, 169.
Brownists come to Aberdeen, 303; cen-
sured, 308, 317, 320, 322, 345.

Cant, Mr. Andrew, Minister at Pitsligo,
translated to Newbottle, 82; and to
Aberdeen, 192; his innovations in
religion, 290, 320; his son accused,
348.

Canterbury, Archbishop of, Scotch Com-

missioners' charge against him, 215,
Carnwath, Earl of, accused, 335; goes
to the King, ib.

Charles I. comes to Edinburgh, 14; his
Coronation, 15; holds a Parliament,
17; thirty-five of his domestics

drowned, 19; leaves Edinburgh and
goes to England, 20; his letters to
the Magistrates, &c. of Aberdeen,
54; sends down articles for reforma-
tion, 57; sends a fleet to the Frith of
Forth, 109; raises an army and comes
to Berwick, 123; pacification between
him and the Covenanters' army, 136;
disbands his army, ib.; goes to arms
again, 197; comes to York, 205; to
Edinburgh, 246; his speech to the
. Scottish Parliament, ib. ; leaves Edin-
burgh, 259; shut out of Hull, 274;
his character, 277; his letter to the
Council of Scotland, 283; goes to
York, 288; puts a garrison into New-
castle, 291; besieges Hull, but raises
the siege, 296; sets up his standard
at Nottingham, 300; employs papists
in his army, 311; his letter to the
Marquis of Huntly, 332; to the
Council of Scotland, 349.

Committee at Aberdeen send out a party
to plunder Tibbertie, &c. 382; beat
back, ib.

Convention at Edinburgh send commis-

sioners to the King, 319; his an-
swer, 330; raise an army to go to
England, 346.

Covenant signed at Aberdeen, 51.
Covenanters, first so called, 48; their

commissioners come to Aberdeen, 50;
hold a committee at Turriff, 80;
their army comes to Aberdeen, 91;
their grounds of umbrage against
the King, 290; flee from Aberdeen,
385; and from the county, 395;
raise an army against the Marquis of
Huntly, 399; come to Aberdeen,
405; take the house of Kelly, 408;
rendezvous at Turriff, 414; at Aber-
deen, 442.

Crawford, Earl of, imprisoned and for-
feited, 464.

Christmas, or Yool-day, prohibited to be Crighton, brother to Frendraught, killed,

kept, 222, 261.

Clanchattah rise in arms, and plunder

the country, 2; intercommuned, and
such as harboured them punished, 4.
Clangregor, proceedings against them,

300.

301.

Dearth of victuals, 318, 331.

Douglas, William, Minister of Forgue,
chosen Professor in Dr. Forbes' place,
353.

Commissioners sent to the English Par- Drum, house of, taken, 173; plunder-

liament, 306.

Committee of Estates, resolve to make

the Marquis of Huntly, &c. sub-
scribe the Covenant, 75.

Common Prayer Book, the reading of it
in Edinburgh disturbed by a mob,
42; in Brechin, and the Bishop forced
to flee, 44; proclamation for using
it, 46; protested against, 47; des-
troyed in the Channery Kirk of
Ross, and the Bishop flees, ib.; pro-
hibited by his Majesty's proclamation,

58,
61.
Communion, the Presbyterian method of

observing it, 302, 350.
Confession of Faith and Band of Main-
tenance ratified by the King, and or-
dained to be signed, 58; protested

ed by the Irish soldiers, 406; laird
of, apprehended in Caithness, 425.
Drummond, Lord, married to Lady Ann
Gordon, 148.

Dumbarton, Castle of, taken by the Co-

venanters, 201.
Dunglass, Castle of, blown up, with 80
persons in it, 202.
Durris plundered, 394.

Edinburgh Castle, attacked by the citi-
zens, 160, 185; surrendered, 204.
Elgin, Cathedral of, its ornaments de-
faced, 223.

Elders chosen, their duty, 438.
English Commissioners, their supplica-
tion to the General Assembly, 389.

against at the cross of Aberdeen, 63. Family Prayer enjoined, 310.

Fast-days kept, 304, 321, 327, 334, 353,
365, 367, 384; causes of, 427, 454.
Fetternear, house of, taken and destroy.
ed, 174.

Fish, great scarcity of, 289.

Flesh prohibited to be brought to market,
272.

Forbes, William, translated from Aber-
deen, and made Bishop of Edin-
burgh, 22.

Forbes, Dr., of Corse, deposed, 229;
persists in refusing to subscribe the
Covenant, 290, conference between
him and some presbyterian ministers,
309; goes to Holland, 379.
Frendraught, house of, burnt, 6; laird
of, kills Gordon of Rothiemay, 5;
his grounds plundered by the Gor-
dons, 23; created Lord Crichton,
305; marries Drum's daughter, 311.
Galloway, Bishop of, fines Gordon

for indecent behaviour, 41.
General Assembly sits at Glasgow, 65;
at St. Andrew's, 297; at Edinburgh,
338; its proceedings, 339, &c.
Gight, laird of, quarrels with his mother,

and assaults the house, 299; his house
plundered, 417.

Gilderoy, seven of his followers hanged,

36.

Glasgow, Lindsay, Archbishop of, flees

to the King, 151.

Gordon, John, of Haddo, accused of
plundering Lord Fraser and Forbes
of Leslie's grounds, and fined
13,500 merks, 235.

Gordon, Sir George, of Haddo, accused

Gordon of Duncantie and his son mur-
dered by the Highlanders, 21.
Gordon of Tilliefroskie imprisoned for
Brownism, 345.

Gregory, John, Minister of Drumoak,
fined 1000 merks for not subscribing
the Covenant, 173.

Guild, Dr. William, chosen Principal of
King's College in room of the deposed

Dr. Lesly, 196; causes the walls of
the Snow Kirk to be pulled down,
209; demolishes the Bishop's palace,
289, 302, 304, 364, 440, 465.
Haddington, Earl of, marries Lady Jean

Gordon, 151; blown up in the Cas
tle of Dunglass, 202.
Hamilton, Marquis of, created a Duke,
358.

Huntly, Marquis of, accused by Frend-

draught of sending the Gordons to
plunder his grounds, 25; is obliged
to go to Edinburgh, and is imprison-
ed, 35; released, 37; dies in 1636, 38.

, George Marquis of, comes from
France to Scotland, 39; his lady
dies, 50; raises forces to disperse
the Covenanters' committee at Tur-
riff, 79; receives arms from the King,
84; his proclamation as lieutenant,
85; disbands his army, 88; is had to
Edinburgh by the Covenanters, 102;
imprisoned in the Castle, 106; his
reply to certain noblemen, 108; set
at liberty, 135; his lands of Strath-
boggie plundered, 194.

--, Dowager Lady, obliged to leave
Scotland on account of her religion,
and go to France, 240; dies in
France, 302.

of the murder of James Stalker, 290;
goes to the King, 294; hurts Baillie
Jaffray and his brother, 336; is fined
20,000 merks, 343; protests against
the Covenant, 356; intercommuned,
361; assigns his property to Gilbert
Gordon, ib.; order issued for appre- Kemnay, house of, plundered, 397.
hending him, 363; his house of
Kelly attacked by the Covenanters,
367; excommunicated, 398; taken
prisoner, 409; sent to Edinburgh,
412; tried, 432; executed, 433, 434.

Irvine, Alexander, of Kingcausie, shot by
William Forbes, 439.

League and Covenant sworn in England,

353; in Old Aberdeen, 355.
Leith, George, killed by his father-in-
law, 337.

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Lesly, Felt Marshall, comes from Ger-
many, 74; commands the Covenan-
ters' army, 90; marches to Dunse,
197; passes Newburn Ford and
takes Newcastle, 201; created Earl
of Leven, 258.
Lesly, General, gets the command of the

Scotch army, 347; marches into
England, 362.

Letter from the Governor and Gentry of
Newcastle to the Commissioners of
the Scotch army, 369; from the
English Peers to the same, 372.

Marischal College, east quarter of it
burnt, 145.

Marischal, Earl of, causes Aberdeen sub-

scribe the Covenant, 156; holds a
committee at Aberdeen, 350.
Mayor of London imprisoned and de-

posed for publishing the King's pro-
clamation, 291.
Meldrum, John, tried for the fire at

Frendraught, and executed, 20.
Menzies, Sir Gilbert, of Pitfoddels,
shoots Forbes of Lesly in the leg,
310; goes to France, 364.
Mitchell, Thomas, Parson of Turriff, ac-
cused of fornication, 275; acquitted,
288, 308.

Monster seen in Don, 33.

Monster, an Italian one, comes to Aber-
deen, 272.

Montrose, Marquis of, comes to Aber-
Ideen as Commissioner for the Cove-
nanters, 50; comes to Aberdeen as
General of the Covenanters, 117;
joins Earl Marischal, 129; quarrels
with Argyle, 236; confined in Edin-
burgh Castle, 240; writes to the
King, 256; is set at liberty, 259;
rides to the King, but prohibited
from his presence, 279; is made Lieu-
tenant-General of Scotland, 430;
lands forces in Ardnamurchan, under
M'Donald, ib.; embarks them, and
lands in Skye, 431; joins M'Donald
in Athol, 443; defeats the Covenan-
ters at Tibbermuir, 444; takes and

plunders St. Johnston (Perth), ib.;
marches through the Mearns, and
passes Dee, 445; defeats the Cove-
nanters at Aberdeen, 447; marches
north, plundering the country, 448;
comes to Speyside, and encamps at
the wood of Abernethy, 455; marches
through Athol into Angus, 457;
and through Mearns to Strathboggie,
459; his progress, ib.; plunders the
county of Argyle, and marches north
again through Badenoch, 470; de-
feats Argyle at Inverlochy, 471;
plunders the Covenanters in Moray,
473; plunders Cullen and Banff,
477; comes to Durris, 481; burns
the town of Stoneliaven, 482; marches
through Angus, and assaults the
town of Dundee, 485; railed at from
the pulpit, 486; defeats the Cove-
nanters at Auldearn, 492; plunders
their houses and lands in Moray, 493.

Nithsdale, Earl of, forfeited and declar-
ed a traitor, 345.

Oldtown Church visited, 291; ornaments
of the high altar pulled down, 292,

316.

Orange, Prince of, married to Princess
Mary, 231.

Ordinance for raising men and money
for the service of Ireland, 341; for
putting Scotland in a posture of de-
fence, 344, 378; for raising men,
359; for an excise, 374.

Papists excommunicated, 294, 351, 357,
persecuted and banished, 327; their
rents seized to make up the Covenan-
ters' losses, 465.
Parliament of England, their demands
to his Majesty, 294, 315; establish a
Committee of War, and raise forces,
299; petition the King for peace, 324.
Peaceable Warning published, 321.
Petition of the Noblemen, &c. to the
Privy Council, 285.
Pirates infest the Coast, 331.

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