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Domestic Annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 1 (of 2)

Chapter 4: INDEX
By Robert Chambers
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A chronological compilation of short, dated articles surveys everyday life in Scotland across the era spanning the Reformation to the Revolution. It concentrates on domestic occurrences: famines, pestilences, weather and astronomical anomalies, superstition, penal practices, economic hardships, and local anecdotes drawn from contemporary records. Political events are sketched only when necessary for context, while many passages preserve the language of original narrators. The arrangement favors detached entries to let incidents speak for themselves, offering material useful to natural historians, economists, and students of popular belief, and aiming to show how ordinary people thought, suffered, and managed their affairs.

INDEX

TO SUCH
BOOKS AND AUTHORITIES AS, FROM THEIR MORE FREQUENT OCCURRENCE, ARE QUOTED IN AN ABRIDGED FORM.

D. O.—Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents in Scotland, 1513-1575. (Maitland Club.) 4to.

 1833

Cal.—History of the Kirk of Scotland. By Mr David Calderwood. (Wodrow Society.) 8 vols.

 1842

Pit.—Criminal Trials in Scotland, from 1488 to 1624, with Historical Notes and Illustrations. By Robert Pitcairn, Esq. 3 vols.4to. Edin.

 1833

Knox.—History of the Reformation in Scotland. By John Knox. From MS. Edited by David Laing. 2 vols. (Wodrow Society.) Edin.

 1846

C. F.—Chronicle of Fortingall [a composition of the sixteenth century, preserved in the charter-chest of the Marquis of Breadalbane, and printed in the same volume with the Black Book of Taymouth, Edinburgh, 4to.

 1855]

P. C. R.—Privy Council Record, MS. in General Register House, Edinburgh. Mar.—Annales of Scotland from the year 1513 to the year 1591. By George Marioreybanks, burges of Edinburghe. From MS. 8vo.

 1814

Bir.—Diary of Robert Birrel, burges of Edinburghe, from 1532 to 1605. Dalyell’s Fragments of Scottish History. From MS. 4to. Edin.

 1798

E. C. R.—Edinburgh Council Record, MS. in Council Chamber, Edinburgh.

  

H. K. J.—Historie of King James the Sext. 4to. Edin.

 1825

C. C. R.—Canongate Council Record [extracts printed in Maitland Club Miscellany, vol. ii.]

  

Ban.—Journal of the Transactions in Scotland, 1570, 1571, 1572, 1573. By Richard Bannatyne, Secretary to John Knox. From MS. 8vo. Edin.

 1806

Ken.—Historical Account of the Name of Kennedy. From MS. With Notes by Robert Pitcairn. 4to.

 1830

Ja. Mel.—Autobiography and Diary of Mr James Melville, 1556-1610. From MS. Edited by Robert Pitcairn. (Wodrow Society.) 8vo.

 1842

Bal.—Annales of Scotland, 1057-1603. By Sir James Balfour. From MS. 4 vols. 8vo. Edin.

 1824

Spot.—History of the Church of Scotland. By the Right Rev. John Spottiswoode, Archbishop of St Andrews. 3 vols. 8vo.

 1847

Howes.—Chronicle of England. By Edmond Howes. Fol.

 1615

H. of G.—History of the House of Douglas. By Mr David Hume of Godscroft. 2 vols.

 1748

Jo. R. B. Hist.—Historia Rerum Britannicarum, &c. Auctore Roberto Johnstono. Fol. Amstel.

 1655

R. G. K. E.—Register of the General Kirk of Edinburgh, 1574-1575. Maitland Club Miscellany, vol. i.

  

B. U. K.—Booke of the Universall Kirk of Scotland. (Bannatyne Club.) 3 vols. 4to. Edin.

 1839-40

Chr. Aber.—Chronicle of Aberdeen, 1491-1595. (Spalding Club Miscellany.)

  

Hist. Acc. Fam. Innes.—Historical Account of the Origine and Succession of the Family of Innes, &c. From orig. MS. Edin.

 1820

M. of S.—Mem. Som.—The Memorie of the Somervilles, &c. 2 vols. 8vo.

 1815

Moy.—Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland, 1577-1603. By David Moysie. From MS. (Maitland Club.) 4to.

 1830

Moy. R.—Idem, Ruddiman’s edition. 12mo.

 1755

Ab. C. R.—Extracts from the Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen, 1570-1625. (Spalding Club.)

 1848

Row.—Row’s History of the Kirk of Scotland. (Wodrow Society.)

 1842

Pa. And.—History of Scotland. By Patrick Anderson. MS. Advocates’ Library.

  

M. of G.—Memorabilia of the City of Glasgow, selected from the Minute-books of the Burgh. Glasgow, printed for private circulation.

 1835

C. K. Sc.—Chronicle of the Kings of Scotland. From MS. (Maitland Club.)

 1830

Jo. Hist.—Johnston’s History of Scotland. MS. Advocates’ Library.

  

Chron. Perth.—The Chronicle of Perth, &c., from 1210 to 1668. (Maitland Club.) 4to. Edin.

 1831

G. H. S.—Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland. By Sir Robert Gordon, Bart. Fol. Edin.

 1813

Stag. State.—The Staggering State of Scots Statesmen from 1550 to 1650. By Sir John Scot of Scotstarvet. From MS. 12mo. Edin.

 1754

S. A.—Acts of Parliament made by King James I., and his Royal Successors. 3 vols.

 1682

Acts of the Parliament of Scotland. 11 vols. fol.

  

P. K. S. R.—Perth Kirk-Session Records. Spottiswoode Club Miscellany.

  

A. K. S. R.—Aberdeen Kirk-Session Records. (Spalding Club.) Aber.

 1846

A. P. R.—Aberdeen Presbytery Records. (Spalding Club.) Aber.

 1846

M. S. P.—State Papers, &c., of Thomas Earl of Melrose. (Abbotsford Club.) 2 vols. 4to. Edin.

 1837

An. Scot.—Analecta Scotica: Collections illustrative of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of Scotland. Edited by James Maidment. 2 vols. Edin.

 1834-38

R. P. L.—Selections from the Registers of the Presbytery of Lanark, 1623-1709. 4to. Edin.

 1839

Foun. Hist. Ob.—Historical Observes, &c. By Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall. 4to. Edin.

 1840

Foun. Dec.—Fountainhall’s Decisions of the Court of Session. 2 vols. fol. Edin.

 1759

Fount.—Historical Notices of Scottish Affairs, from the MSS. of Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall. 2 vols. 4to. Edin.

 1848

W. A.—Analecta, or Materials for a History of Remarkable Providences, &c. By the Rev. Robert Wodrow. 4 vols. (Maitland Club.) Edin.

 1842

Stev. Hist. C. of Scot.—History of the Church of Scotland. By Andrew Stevenson, writer in Edinburgh. 2d ed. Edin.

 1844

B. A.—Book of Adjournal. MS. Advocates’ Library.

  

Gillies.—Historical Collections relating to Remarkable Periods of the Success of the Gospel, &c. By John Gillies. 2 vols. Glas.

 1754

Spal.—Memorials of the Troubles in Scotland and England, A.D. 1624-A.D. 1645. By John Spalding. 2 vols. 4to. (Spalding Club.) Aber.

 1850

Ab. Re.—A Little yet True Rehearsal of Several Passages of Affairs that did occur from the year 1633 till this present year 1655. Collected by a friend of Dr Alexander’s at Aberdeen. Sir Lewis Stewart’s Collections. MS. Advocates’ Library.

  

Pa. Gordon.—A Short Abridgment of Britanes Distemper, from the year of God 1639 to 1649. By Patrick Gordon of Ruthven. (Spalding Club.)

 1844

Carlyle.—Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches, with Elucidations by Thomas Carlyle. 2 vols.

 1845

Lam.—Diary of Mr John Lamont of Newton, 1649-1671. Edin.

 1830

C. P. H.—Collections by a Private Hand at Edinburgh, 1650-1661. Stevenson, Edin.

 1832

Nic.—Diary of Public Transactions and other Occurrences, chiefly in Scotland. By John Nicoll. 4to. Edin.

 1836

R. C. E.—Register of the Committee of Estates. MS. General Register House, Edinburgh.

  

Spreull.—Some Remarkable Passages of the Lord’s Providence towards Mr John Spreull, Town-clerk of Glasgow, 1635-1664. Stevenson, Edin.

 1832

Law.—Memorials; or Memorable Things, &c., from 1638 to 1684. By the Rev. Robert Law. From MS. Edin.

 1818

Bail.—Letters and Journals of Robert Baillie, A.M., Principal of the University of Glasgow. From MS. 3 vols. Edin.

 1841

Kir.—Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland, from the Restoration to the year 1678. By the Rev. James Kirkton. 4to. Edin.

 1817

Pat. Walker.—Biographia Presbyteriana. [Lives of Alexander Peden, &c., by Patrick Walker.] 2 vols. Edin.

 1827
Edinburgh Castle, restored as in 1573.