INDEX ABERCROMBIE ABERCROMBIE, William, 184 Aberdeen magistrates obtain the liberation of French prisoners, 254-255, 309-310 Achmoutie, Captain, xviii Adair, John, geographer, 225 Adair, William, master of the Prosperitie of Glasgow, 30 Adam, James, sailor, 240 Adam, Robert, 230, 246 Adams, Captain, appointed to a fire-ship to be employed against the Bass, 180 Adams, John, prisoner in France, 319 Admiralty Court. See High Court of Admiralty. Aggatt, Peter, captain of a French privateer taken by Captain Gordon, 295 Air or Black, Janet, 33 Aitchisone, James, gunner, 181 Aitkenhead, James, 226, 242 Aitkin, Alexander, 185, 235 Aitkin, James, 183, Aitkin, John, 181 Albany, Alexander, Duke of, Admiral of Scotland, xxi Albany, James, Duke of, Admiral of Scotland, xxv Alexander II, attempts to drive out the Norwegians, vii Alexander III, defeats Haco at Largs, in 1263, vii ‘ Alexander Gaily ‘ of Queensferry, 253 ; her captain’s commission, 280 ARGYLL Alexander, James, 184, 233 Alisone, Robert, porter in the Bass, 148 Alisone, William, 244 Allan, Robert, gunner on the Royal Mary, 232 Anderson, Alexander, 237 Anderson, Henry, 184, 233 Anderson, James, mariner, 32, 33, 235 Anderson, John, of Dowhill, 7 Anderson, Thomas, 182 Anderson, William, sailor, 239 Angus, Archibald, 234 Annandale, the, taken by the •East India Co., 253; her captain’s commission, 278 Annandale,William, Marquis of, 122, 180, 188, 191, 194, 211, 232, 266, 268, 270 and n., 273 Anstruther, Sir William, of Anstruther, 99, 150, 122, 157, 188, 194, 207 Ap Rice, captain of the Annandale, 253, 278 Archbald, John, 185, 237 Argyll, Archibald, 7th Earl of, xv ii Argyll, Archibald,9th Earl of,xx Argyll, Archibald, ist Duke of, 25, 29, 61, 69, 80, 211, 215, 232, 266, 268, 270, 273, 307 ; his privateer complained of for searching ships at Gourock, 109 ; his ship and captain to be taken into custody, 112 422 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY ARGYLL Argyll, John, Duke of, 309, 391, 410, 417 Armstrong, Philip, 237 Arnot, Major, deputy-governor of Dumbarton Castle, 10 Arran, James, Earl of, xiv Arville, Nicholas d’, xv Ashine, John, 239 Atholl, John, Duke of, 270, 273 Auchterlony, John, midshipman, 181 Avass, William, 186 BAILLIE, George, of Jerviswood, 195 Baillis, Captain, 183 Baird, James, 228, 244 Baird, Sir William, Bart., younger, of Newbyth, 162 Bairns, Robert, 246 Baity, John, 186 Baker, John, Rear-Admiral, 3«5> 386 Balfour, Colonel, 24 Balfour, David, mate, 184 Ballantyne, John, 230, 246 Ballantyne, Ronald, skipper of the Pelican, 35, 36 BaUiol’s invasion of 1332, ix Baltic, convoys for Scots ships in the, 335~336 Balvaird, George, 235 Balvaird, James, 235 Banff magistrates report the presence of French privateers, 119 Barclay, John, 236 Barclay, Thomas, 186 Barnes, Ro., 230 Bartie or Bar vie, George, 235 Barton, Andrew, of Leith, xi, xii; sent to the assistance of Denmark ; slain in the Downs by Sir Edward Howard, xiii BASS Barton, John, senior, of Leith, commander of the Yellow Carvel, xi Barton, John, junior, Leith, xi Barton, Robert, of Leith, skipper of the St. Michael, xi-xiv Barty, William, 186 Bass Rock, purchased by Charles II from Sir Andrew Ramsay, 131 ; charter of, granted to Sir Hugh Dalrymple, 134 ; the solan geese, 134; taken by four men and a serjeant and held for King James, 132, 144 : to be delivered up within twenty-four hours, 135 ; the governor is denounced as a rebel, 135 ; deserters from the garrison, 136 ; articles proposed for its surrender, 137-140; expenses of blocking up the Bass, 143 ; ‘ order for reducing of the Bass,’ 144 ; its surrender demanded, 147 ; the rebels capture three fishing-boats, 150 ; measures to be taken for protecting the trade in the Firth from the rebels, 151, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 169 ; the Bass bombarded, 152-153 ; a Dutch ‘ doggar ‘ seized by a French privateer and carried to the Bass, 156 ; a herald sent to demand the surrender of the Bass, 160 ; intercourse with the rebels forbidden, 162 ; the rebels capture a ship laden with corn, 165-167 ; reward offered for the capture of any of the rebels, 169 ; three rebels condemned to death, 172 ; act for treating with the rebels, 174 ; a INDEX 423 BASS fire-ship to be prepared, 178, 180; Major Reid to treat with the rebels for the surrender of the Bass, 187 ; his instructions, 188 ; the terms of surrender, 192 ; the surrender, 195 ; the rebels to be transported to France, 195 ; the fortifications to be demolished, 133, 197 ; the guns placed in the Royal William as ballast, 134. 256, 340 Bavard, James, 185 Bavaria, Duke of, 313 Bavverage, John, 185 Baxter, William, boatman, 136 Beattie, Richard, mariner, 33 Beell, George, 182 Belhaven, John, Lord, 80, 157, 180, 188, 194, 211, 401 Belfrage, John, 235 Bell, Alexander, 33 Bell, James, 181 Bell, John, 183 Bell, Robert, in Bo’ness, 33 Bell, William, 239 Benbow, Admiral, 251 Bennaty, David, 184, 234, 235 Benner, Joseph, 381 Bennet, James, 236 Bevverly, William, 186 Bickerstaffe, Sir Charles, Kt., Depute Admiral of Scotland, xxiii Bilson, James, sergeant, 185 Binnie. See Hamilton, George Birline, n and n. Bishope, George, 34 Bishope, James, 34 Black, James, 182, 236 Black, Robert, mariner, 33 Blackadder, Rev. John, his Memoirs, 133 Blackader, Adam, 236 Blackiter, —, 195, Blaikie, William, 181 BROCK Blair, Alexander, 237 Blair, James, 33, 226, 243 Blair, Patrick, xxiii Blantyre, Lord, xxvii, 409 Blinston, Henry, captain, 386 Blyth, George, mate, 233 Boag, David, 239 Boag, George, 234 Boag, John, gunner, 238 Bonhomme, Pieter, 323 Borrowstonness, petition of poor sailors of, 248 Borthwick, David, 186 Boswell, John, captain of the Providence of Kirkcaldy, 7 and n., 178, 180, 184, 196 ; obtains a privateer’s commission, 62 ; to act against the Bass, 132, 177 ; list of his crew, 184 ; list of the soldiers on board, 185 ; appointed to the Royal Mary, 199; complains of pay being in arrear, 201, 248 ; list of his crew, 232 Boswell, John, foremastman on the Providence, 185 Boswell, John skipper in Burntisland, 266 Bothwell, AdamHepburn, Earl of, Admiral of Scotland, xxi Bothwell, James Hepburn, Earl of, xv Bothwell, Patrick Hepburn, Earl of, Admiral of Scotland, xxi Boudin, a bailie of Edinburgh, 208 Bouie, Alex., 228, 245 Boustoun, John, 181 Bowler, Robt., captain, 386 Boyd, John, merchant in Belfast, 61 Boyd, Thomas, 237 Breadalbane, John, Earl of, 122 Brock, John, quartermaster, 238 424 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY BRODIE Brodie, James, of Brodie; 98 Brown, Andrew, cooper’s mate, 181 Brown, Andrew, lieutenant of the Royal William, 200, 212, 226, 230, 241 Brown, David, 234 Brown, George, 234 Brown, James, lieutenant on the Royal Mary, 22, 232 Brown, James, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 243 Brown, John, captain, 7-9, 21, 23, 34, 35 ; appointed to the Janet frigate, 9 ; sailing instructions, 12 ; killed in action with three French men-of-war, 26-29 ; petitions by widows, &c., of his crew 31-38, 43, 45 Brown, John, captain of the Instauration, 216-218 Brown, John, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 244 Brown, Ninian, in Coldstream, 159 Brown, Ralph, 237 Brown, Thomas, 237 Brown, William, 226, 236, 242 Brownhill, William, of Leith, xi Bruce, James, 185 Bruce, William, 75 Bryce, Captain Edward, 9 Brydge, J., 296 Buchan, Earl of, 336, 337 Buchan, Colonel John, 197; letter from, to the Earl of Seafield on the increase of French privateers, 312-313 and n. Buchan, General Thomas, 30, 62, 81 Buchanan, George, 186 Buchanan, John, sailor, 239 Bull, Stephen, defeated by Sir Andrew Wood, xii CAMPBELL Burchett, Josiah, 260, 315, 326, 369, 373, 384 Burd, David, 228, 245 Burd, Edward, captain of the Lyon, 189, 212-214, 216, 226, 230, 231, 249; ordered to watch the Bass Rock, 169, 177, 179 ; list of his crew, 181 ; list of the soldiers on board, 182 ; in command of the Royal William, 199 ; to receive an addition of eighty soldiers, 209 ; warrant for seamen, 214 ; list of the crew, 241 ; petition of his crew for arrears of pay, 248 Burn, James, 228, 244 Burnet, Sir Thomas, of Leys, 98 Burnsyde, Captain William, receives warrant to act as a privateer, 13, 17-20 Byng, Admiral, his engagement with a French fleet off Montrose, 355 Byter, William, 181 CADDELL, Andrew, rebel of the Bass, 168 ; to be tried for treason, 174; obtains his liberty on the surrender of the Bass, 194 Cairnes, David, 24, 25 Cairnes or McRae, Elizabeth, petition of, 32 Cairston, Orkney, 210 Caithness, George Crichton, Earl of, Admiral of Scotland, xxi Calderwood, John, 238 Callbreath, Patrick, quartermaster, 239 Campbell, Lieut., of the Janet, lulled in action, 28 Campbell, of Ardkinglass, 97 INDEX 425 CAMPBELL Campbell, Alexander, merchant in Edinburgh, 370 Campbell, Angus, of Kilberrie, 10 Campbell, Sir Colin, of Aberuchill, Senator of the College of Justice, 55, 69, 80 Campbell, Sir Colin, of Ardkinglass, 104 Campbell, Colin, of Blythswood, provost of Renfrew, 374. 376 Campbell, Donald, mate of the Janet, 35, 36 Campbell, Hugh, captain of the Elizabeth of Argyle, 51, 102, 104, 112, 113 Campbell, Hugh, captain, in Campbell, Hugh, 237, Campbell, James, mariner, 35 Campbell, John, brother of the Earl of Argyll, 104 Campbell, John, lieutenant of the Janet, petition of, 43 Campbell, John, captain of the Speedwell, 204, 247, 248 Campbell, John, sentinel on the Providence, 186 Campbell, John, surgeon on the Dumbarton Castle, 373, 376 Campbell or McKonochie, Margaret, 34 Campbell, Matthew, captain of the Dumbarton Castle, 51, 102, 252, 256, 267 ; takes a French privateer, 254 ; his commission as captain of the Dumbarton Castle, 273 ; his instructions, 274, 298; instructed to cruise on the west coast, 275 ; sailing instructions, 298, 304; reports the capture of a French privateer, 306; receives a warrant to send his prisoners to Glasgow tolbooth, 307; his prisoners to be exchanged, CARRON 311, 3,12, 313; sailing orders, 328; his prisoners to be transported to Glasgow, 339 ; reports the capture of a French privateer and the re-taking of an Irish ship, 341 ; the Queen’s share of the prize to be given to the Earl of Wemyss, 342 ; his ship absorbed into the Royal Navy of Great Britain, and afterwards taken by a French privateer, 357,383 ; a prisoner in St. Malo, 384 ; his trial by court-martial, 357, 385 ; acquitted, 357, 386; his application for payment of victualling, 357, 387 Campbell, Patrick, 44 Campbell, Robert, dean of guild of Glasgow, owner of the Janet, 9 Campbell, William, 35 Cannon, Brigadier, 26, 47 Canongate magistrates to deliver French prisoners to Captain Gordon, 318 Card, Will., 228 Car dross, Lord, 157 Carfrae, Alexander, 234 Carmichaell, John, Lord, 130, 133, 188, 191, 194, 223, 232 Carmick, Michaell, lieutenant, a prisoner in Edinburgh tolbooth, 130 Carnegie, John, seaman on the Providence, 184 Carnegie, John, cook on the Royal Mary, 233 Carr, Adam, soldier, 183 Carr, John, prisoner in France, 319 Carrickfergus, 10 Carron, M., Commander of the Audacious; code of signals between M. Carron and Captain Gordon, 316, 317 426 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY CARRON Carron, James, lieutenant on the Lyon, 181 Carruth, John, sailor, 239 Carstares, William, 207, 218- 220, 225 Casart, captain, of the Jersey; captures the Dumbarton Castle, 384 Cassells, John, master of the Royal William, 226, 230, 241 Cassillis, John, Earl of, 171, 180 Castells, John, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Castletown, in East Lothian, 132, 135, 139, 151, 165-167 Cathcart, John, 234 Chalmers, Patrick, mariner, 35- 36 Charles II, makes a levy of Scots seamen for the English navy, xix; encourages privateering, xix-xx ; letter from, on his succeeding to the Lennox estates, xxiv ; bestows the office of Lord High Admiral on the Duke of York, xxv ; purchases the Bass Rock, 131 Charters, John, 238 Christison, David, 226, 243 Christmaker, John, 230, 246 Chrysty, James, 234 Chrysty, Robert, 184 Churchill, George, commissioner of the Admiralty, 296, 354> 359 Clare, Daniel O’Brien, Viscount, 37> 39 Clark, Alexander, 90 Clark, George, commissioner of the Admiralty, 213, 218, 221-223, 246, 247, 401 Clark, Henry, sailor, 240 Clark, James, 233, 239 Cleland, James, 230, 245 Cloustoun, John, 230, 245 Clunie or Hunter, Marion, 34 CROMBY Cochran, William, of Ferguslie, 201, 246, 248-250 Cockburne, Adam, of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk, 122, 188, 191, 194, 223, 247 Cockburn, Archbald [sic], of Ormistoun, Lord Justice Clerk, 232 Cockburn, David, 156, 157 Cockburn, Michael, 158 Coldhame, John, in Blackness, 33 Colick, Arendt van den, captain of the Stadt Breill, 144 Colt, And., 228, 244 Cook, James, seaman on the Royal Mary, 237 Cook, John, quartermaster, 233 Corbitt, Colonel, 339 Cornwall, Alex., 228, 243 Corss, William, merchant in Glasgow, 49, 51, 125, 127 Coupar, James, 235 Couper, John, 236 Coutrie, James, 181 Coutts, William, 183 Crab, Captain John, defeated by the English in 1332, ix Craigh, Robert, 228, 244 Crawford, Thomas, sailor, 238 Crawford, William, Earl of, president of the Scots Parliament, 16, 22, 34, 37, 38, 40, 41, 54, 56-58, 61, 62, 66, 68, 70, 75-77, 84-87, 89, 142, 148, 270, 273, 395 Crawley, Mr., secretary-depute to the Admiralty, 364 Crichton, Dr. Andrew, 133 Crichton, George. See Caithness, Earl of Crichton, Walter, seaman, 234 Cromartie, George, Earl of, a joint Secretary of State for Scotland, 253, 283, 289 Cromby, Francis, 226, 242 INDEX 427 CRONE Crone, Robert, prisoner in France, 319 Croose, John, 186 Crosbie, Nichol, 230, 246 Crosbie, Robert, 230, 246 Crosdale, Richard, seaman, 76 Cummin, John, 183 Gumming, Henry, 186 Cuningham, of Barns, proprietor of May Island, 156, 187 Cuningham, Adam, 230, 245 Cuningham, Hugh, clerk to the Admiralty Court, 221, 290, 390, 407, 408 Cunningham, John, of Enterkine, principal clerk of the High Court of Admiralty, 390, 4°9 Cuthbertsone, James, master of the Lyon, 181 Cuthbertsone, John, a boy on the Lyon, 182 Cuthell, Mathow, 226, 242 DAES, George, seaman, 235 Dalaloun, Peter, a French prisoner in Edinburgh tolbooth, 292 Dalem, Captain, 183 Dalgleish, James, captain of the James of Queensferry, 50> ?i Balling, Richard, captain of the Hope of Bo’ness, 203 Dairymple, Sir Hugh, of North Berwick, President of the Court of Session, receives a charter of the Bass Rock, *34> 147 Dairy mple, Sir James. See Stair, Viscount of. Dalrymple, Sir John. See Stair, Earl of. Darg, Robert, boatman, 136 Darien expedition, 199-203, 216, 224 DREDEN Dartmouth, the, wrecked in the Sound of Mull, 48, 76 ; petition of the shipwrecked seamen, 76 Davidsone, Andrew, 186 Davidsone or Young, Grizell, 34 Davidsone, James, 181 Davidsone or Ford, Janet, 34 Davison, Thomas, 186 Dean, James, petition of his widow, 32 Dean, John, 186 Dempster, Robert, 230, 246 Dempster, William, 230, 246 Dennie, John, 239 Dennitt, Thomas, captain of the Glascow, 356 Deserters from the Dartmouth to be committed to prison, 75 Dewar, James, seaman, 75 Dick, Alexander, xxiii Dick, James, 184 Dick, Mathew, 185 Dickisone, John, 103 Dickson, James, sergeant, 185 Dobin, Richard, 130 Don, John, 230, 246 Donald, David, 228, 244 Donaldsone, John, seaman, 236 Dougall, John, 228, 244 Douglas, Captain, xviii Douglas, Col., 133 Douglas, vintner, 195 Douglas, Alexander, chyrurgeon, 233 Douglas, Andrew, captain of the Phcenix, and afterwards of the Lark, 4, 15 ,17, 20, 47, 72, 73, 77-79; appointed to the Sweepstakes ; note on his career, 4-6 Douglas, James, 181, 228, 245 Douglas, William, 181 Dreden or Mulline, Margrat, 32 428 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY DRUIVE Druive, Gerard, prisoner, 293 Drummond, captain of the ftf. Speedy Return, 253 Drummond, Archibald, skipper, 293-295 Drummond, James, 156, 157 Drummond, John, 226, 242 Drummond, Robert, captain of the Caledonia, 202 Drysdale, Alexander, 226, 242 Drysdale, David, 181, 185 Drysdale, William, 228, 244 Dumbarton Castle to be fitted out against French privateers 263-264 ; her captain’s commission, 273 ; to be laid up at Port Glasgow, 276; takes privateer, 254, 306-7 ; the prisoners to be sent to Glasgow tolbooth, 307; sailing orders, 328 ; takes a French privateer, 256, 342 ; placed on the establishment of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, 356, 376; taken by a French privateer, 357 ; officers’ names, 373. See also under Campbell, Matthew Dunbar magistrates seize persons corresponding with the Bass, 159 Dunbar, a prisoner in the Bass, I93> 195 Dunbar, Captain, 183 Dunbar, Archibald, captain, governor of the Bass, 131, 135-143 Dunbar, David, skipper of a French privateer, 107 Dunbar, David, a rebel in the Bass, 144; proclaimed a traitor, 146 ; his bond to be given up, 197 Dunbar John, a soldier in the Bass, 136 ENGLAND Dunbar, Robert, commander of a French privateer, seizes a ship belonging to Scots merchants, 109, no ; to be tried for treason, 51, 107,112 ; arrives at the Bass with provisions after its surrender, 196 and n. Duncan, James, seaman, 228, 230, 245 Duncan, John, merchant in Edinburgh, 117; his ship captured by the rebels in the Bass, 165 Duncan, Walter, captain of the Duke of Hamilton, 203 Dundas, William, of Kincavell, advocate, appointed Judge Admiral, 389, 394 and n. Dundee, Viscount, 2 ; reinforced by 300 Irish, 26, 29, 30 ; lulled at Killiecrankie, 47 Dunfermline, Earl of, 81 Dunlop, James, 74 Dupont, John, lieutenant of the Providence, 185, 186 EDINBURGH magistrates to provide two spy-boats, 208 ; to set French prisoners at liberty, 342 Egerton, Thomas, captain of the Glascow, 356 Eglintoun, Alexander, Earl of, 29, 206, 266, 268 Elder, James, 235 Ellies, James, 237 Elliot, Sir Gilbert, 267 Ellison, Will., 228 Emeltoun, in Dunbar, 195 Ending, William, 185, 234 England’s jurisdiction in Scottish waters, 48, 74, 77, 78, 81-88, 101, 109, 116-128, 303 INDEX 429 ENGLISH English men-of-war insist on being saluted by Scots ships, 200 and n., 214, 256, 296, 337; a Scots ship seized by an English man-of-war at Orkney, 210 English, John, 242 Erroll, Countess of, 119; intrigues with Captain Gordon for the safe landing in Scotland of Col. Hooke, 255> 3i6 Erroll, Earl of, 122, 257 ; induces Captain Gordon to arrange not to meet the captain of a French frigate, 346-347 Erskine, William, LieutenantGovernor of Blackness Castle, 108, 109, 115, 116, 118 Faa or Faae, Robert, bailie of Dunbar, 181, 182, 184-186 Fairbairne, John, 182 Falconer, Sir James, of Phesdo, 232 Falconer, William, 226, 243 Ferdinando, Captain, 190, 193 Ferguson, Major, 72 Ferguson, Adam, seaman on the Janet, 35, 36 Ferguson, James, seaman on the Janet, 35, 36 Ferguson, John, midshipman, 233 Ffagell, secretary to the States General, letter from, to Queen Anne, on the treatment of Dutch traders by British ships, 348-350 Findlater, James, 4th Earl of. See Seafield, Earl of Finlay, Archbald, 226, 242 Finlayson, Ja., steward on the Royal William, 226, 230, 242 FOULLER Fisher, Arthur, sailor, 240 Flags of the Royal Navy after the Union, 353, 359 Fleming, George, 228, 230, 245 . Fleming, James, 226, 241 Fleming Thomas, 228, 245 Fletcher, Henry, Governor of the Bass, 140, 142, 145-147, 151 Fletcher, James, provost of Dundee, 68 Floyde, John, 186 Forbes, Major, 91, 92 Forbes, John, seaman on the Providence, 185 Forbes, Sir Robert, of Learnie, advocate, clerk to the Scots ‘.. Privy Council, 335 and n. ; appointed Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, 390, 410 Forbes, William, sentinel on the Providence, 186 Forbin, Admiral, his engagement off Montrose with Byng, 355 Ford, Andrew, boatswain of the Janet, 34 Ford, James, seaman on the Royal William, 230, 245 Forfar, Archibald Douglas, Earl of, 80, 165, 171, 180, 188, 191, 194 Forfar, William, seaman on the Royal Mary, 234 Forrest, John, 228, 245 Forrestdaill, Robert, 184 Forsyth, Gavin, 239 Fort William, the William and Mary purchased for the use of the garrison, 50, 79, 91; the ship ordered to Port Glasgow, 206 Fouller, Alex., 230, 246 Fouller, Andrew, gunner, 226, 230, 241 430 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY FOUNTAINHALL Fountainhall.Lord. S^Lauder, Sir John. Frans, Casper, sergeant, 182 Frazer, a rebel in the Bass, i75> 194 Frazer, Hugh, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 French privateers on the coast of Scotland, 90-91, 119, 122, 123, 128-130, 156, 159, 177, 200, 215, 252-255, 262, 263, 312, 336 Frogg, James, merchant in Edinburgh, 266 Fyfe, William, mariner, 35, 36, 240 GAIE, David, seaman on the Royal Mary, 234 Ganerden, Robert, sailor, 239 Gardiner, Jo., seaman on the Royal William, 228, 244 Gardner, Adam, mariner, 33 Gardner or Hunter, Marion, 33 Garvan, Hugh, 237 Gary, James, 186 Gedd, James, 184, 233 Geddie, Andrew, 234 George, Prince of Denmark, Lord High Admiral, 325, 360, 362, 373. 39i Gey, John, 240 Gib, Alexander, 228, 244 Gib, Thomas, 226, 242 Gib, William, quartermaster, 226, 241 , Gibson, Andrew, captain of the Dispatch, 202 Gibson, James, captain of the Rising Sun, 203, 216 Gibson, James, merchant in Glasgow, 69, 73, 83 Gibson, John, mariner, 67 Gibson, Ninian, captain of the Lamb of Glasgow, 80 Gibson, Thomas, mariner, 67 GORDON Gibson, Walter, Provost of Glasgow, owner of the Pelican, 8, 9, 69, 70 Gillcrist, Hendry, 183 Glaidstanes, John, 161 Glaidstanes, William, seaman, 156, I57» J 94 Glasgow magistrates to provide pilots for English men-ofwar, 53 ; to receive into the tolbooth French prisoners taken by Captain Campbell, 308; the captain of the privateer to be released, 309; warrants for release of the French prisoners, 315 ; order for transporting French prisoners to Glasgow, 339 Glasgow, Earl of, 266, 268, 270, 273 Glen, Thomas, 183 Glencairn, Earl of, 29 Glenny, John, 186 Glover, Thomas, 230 Glow, Thomas, 246 Godet, Julian, a French prisoner, 323 Godett, Mitchell, captain of a French privateer, a prisoner in the tolbooth, offers to effect an exchange of prisoners, 319; succeeds in obtaining the liberation of Scots prisoners in France, 322 Godolphin, Lord, 255, 312 Gogar, Michael, gunner, 373, 376 Gordon, of Letterfourie (1513), xiv Gordon, James, merchant in Edinburgh, 261 Gordon, John, magistrate of Banff, 119 Gordon, John, seaman, 226, 228, 238, 243, 245 Gordon, Peter, seaman, 228, 244 INDEX 431 GORDON Gordon, Thomas, captain of the Margaret of Aberdeen, obtains a Mediterranean pass, 105 ; captain of the Royal William for a trading voyage to the East Indies, 252, 261 ; captain of the Royal Mary, 51, 266; complaint of his having pressed the crew of John Spence, 252, 266-267 ; his captain’s commission, 268, his instructions, 270 ; obtains the Royal Mary for a trading voyage to Italy, 277; John Spence to be examined for failing to salute the Royal Mary, 284 ; takes French privateers, 253, 285 ; his prisoners to be put on shore at Leith and detained until exchanged, 288-292 ; warrant for transporting the prisoners to Newcastle, 293 ; grants a pass to his prisoners, 314; takes the Katherine of Rotterdam, 254, 348; the St. Trinity and St. Esprit, 254 J 35° ‘> the Katherine to be restored, 304; induced by the Countess of Erroll to avoid meeting a French frigate with a Jacobite agent on board, 255, 316-317 ; his commission as captain of the Royal William, 255, 321 ; letter from, on the claims of ships of the English Navy to be saluted by Scots menof-war, 256, 337; obtains the guns of the Bass for ballast, 134, 256, 340; his arrangements to avoid meeting a French frigate, 257, 346 ; letter from Queen Anne in his favour, 350 ; the date of his ranking as captain, 354, 361 ; reports GREG his ship as ready for convoy duty, 363 ; his instructions, 364-365 ; mutiny of his men at Leith, 353, 367-368, 375 ; captures the Salisbury, takes service in the Russian Navy and becomes admiral and governor of Kronstadt, 355 ; his death, 355-35° Gordon, William, seaman, 239 Gormell, William, 183 Gourlay, Andrew, 185, 234 Gourli, John, corporal, 182 Gowans, Charles, 182 Graham, of Grameshall, 128 Graham, Colonel, commander of garrison on the Bass, 154, 161 Graham, Hugh, sailor, 240 Graham, James, advocate, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty of Scotland, 390, 410 Graham, James, merchant, 117 Graham, John, seaman, 234 Graham, William, seaman on the Lyon, 182 Graham, William, soldier on the Providence, 186 Grant, Alexander, of Grant, 365 and n., 366 Grant, Huwgh, 183 Grant, Ludovick, 188 Gray, Archbald, 236 Gray, David, 184 Gray, James, 183 Gray, John, 237, 273, 376 Gray, Neill, sailor, 239 Gray, Patrick, carpenter, 238 Green, captain of the Worcester, hanged for piracy and murder, 253-254, 391 Green, Gabriell, sailor, 240 Greencastle, 10 Greg, William, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 432 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY GRIEVE Grieve, William, lieutenant of the Pelican, 70 Grube, John, a soldier on the Lyon, 183 RACKET. See Halket. Haco defeated by Alexander III, vii-viii Haddock, Rd., captain, 386 Haid, Ralph, seaman, 76 Haigie, George, 235 Halket, James, 228, 244 Halket, John, seaman, 75, 161, 228, 244 Hall, Sir John, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 56, 139, 191 Halyburtone, James, a rebel in the Bass, 144, 146, 175, 193, 194 Halyday, Samueli, seaman on the Providence, 185 Hamilton or Blair, Agnes, 33 Hamilton, Claud, of the Pelican, a prisoner in Kinsale, petition of, 37-38 Hamilton, Daniel, writer in Edinburgh, and clerk to the High Court of Admiralty of Scotland, 289and n., 390, 412, 4 J 3 Hamilton, George, of Binnie, commissary-general, 23, 24 Hamilton, Sir George, 291 Hamilton, James, Duke of, 211, 347 Hamilton, James, captain of the Royal Mary, 256-7, 327, 335~337> 345, 359, 361, 365- 367, 369 ; his commission as commander of the Royal Mary, 322 ; sailing orders, 329; takes the oath of allegiance to Queen Anne, 332; prisoners taken by him to be allowed to return to their own country, 342- HAY 343 ; his ship named the Glascow at the Union, 353, 359 ; his date of ranking as captain, 361 ; letter from, on the necessity of obtaining seamen for the fleet, 371 ; appointed to the Lark, 356, 378-379 ; his death, 356 Hamilton, John, of Ladyland, son of Captain Hamilton of the Pelican, act in favour of, 44, 46 Hamilton, Sir John, of Halcraig, commissioner of the Admiralty, 211, 213, 401 Hamilton, William, of Ladyland, captain of the Pelican, 7-12, 21, 23, 44; killed in an engagement with three French men-of-war, 26-29; petitions by relatives of his seamen, 34-36 ; letter on behalf of the Pelican’s crew, prisoners in Kinsale, 37-38 Hamilton, William, son of Captain Hamilton of the Pelican, 44-46 Hamilton, William, Duke of, Lord High Admiral of Scotland, 8, 16 n., 17, 21 n., 50, 56, 62, 89, 114, 116, 122, 123, 126, 127, 141, 142, 148, 169, 177, 200, 389, 396, 397 Hamilton, William, Writer to the Signet, 206 Hamilton, Sir William, of Whitelaw, 223 Hamson, John, 236 Hans of Denmark, xiii Hardie, James, 34 Hardy, Robert, 186 Hartt, William, drummer, 182 Haslep or La Foss, Janet, 148 Hay, Lord Alexander, his right to the solan geese on the Bass, 134 INDEX 433 HAY Hay, George, master of the Royal William, 256 Hay, James, a rebel of the Bass, 194 Hay, James, a seaman on the Royal William, 228, 243 Hay, John, lieutenant in the Bass, 133 Hay, Patrick, master of the Royal Mary, 256 ; his commission, 330; takes the oath of allegiance to Queen Anne, 332 Hay, Robert, cook, 181 Hay, William, lieutenant of the Royal Mary, 256 ; his commission, 330 ; takes the oath of allegiance to Queen Anne, 332 Hedges, Sir Charles, Judge of the Admiralty Court, 290, 296, 312, 315, 326 Henderson, Alexander, quartermaster of the Lyon, 181 ; Henderson, David, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 Henderson, Francis, seaman on the Providence, 185 Henderson, Ninian, lieutenant on the Lyon, 181 Henrisen, a rebel in the Bass, 161 Hepburne, Thomas, a rebel in the Bass, 161 Herbert, Arthur. See Torrington, Earl of Herbertson, Uchter, mariner, petition of his widow, 31 Herring, James, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 244 Hertford, Lord, his attack on Leith and Edinburgh in 1543. xv Hews, captain of H.M.S. the Winchester, his interference with Scots ships in the Firth, 303 HUTTON High Court of Admiralty, xxixxii, 290-292 389-394 High Court of Justiciary, 391 Hill, James, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 243 Hill, Colonel John, 91 ; reports the appearance of four French men-of-war at Skye, 81 Hircus, Janet, 148 Hislope, Richard, boatswain, 226, 241 Hog, George, in Wintoune, 195 Home or Marline, Christian, 35 Home, John, seaman, 239 Home, Patrick, seaman, 240 Home, Sir Patrick, 147, 223, 232 Hooke, Colonel Nathaniel, a Jacobite emissary from France, 255, 257; his arrangements with Captain Gordon to avoid a meeting, 316-317, 346 Hope, Sir Archibald, of Rankeillor, appointed a commissioner of Admiralty, 211, 213, 401 Howard, Sir Edward, xiii Howstoun, laird of, 109 Hughes, Rd., captain, 386 Hume. See Home Humphy, John, 186 Hunter, Alexander, mariner, 33 Hunter, James, seaman, 34 Hunter, John, seaman, 34 Hunter, Robert, seaman, 34 Hunter,William, seaman, 34-36 Hutcheson, James, corporal, 182 Hutcheson, John, seaman, on the Royal William, 226, 243 Hutcheson, Robert, seaman, 34 Hutsone, Robert, quartermaster, 233 Hutton, James, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 244 2 F 434 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY HYNDESHAW Hyndeshaw, Gilbert, one of the keepers of Edinburgh tolbooth, 295 Hyndeshaw, James, prisoner in Brest, 295 Hyslope. See His lope INGLIS, Alexr., 396 Inglish, Jo., 226 Irving, John, 237 Irving, Robert, 181 Ivory,Captain,of the Pembroke, seizes the John in the Clyde, 49; 83 ; ordered to restore the ship, and to inform the Privy Council of his instructions, 84-88 JACOMY, a cook, 103 James I, establishes a shipbuilding yard, at Leith, x James III, his interest in a Scots Navy, xi, xxi James IV, his expeditions to the Western Isles, xii ; his activity in shipbuilding, xiii James V, his voyage to the Western Isles, xv Jamieson, John, 183 Jamieson, Thomas, master’s mate, 226, 241 Jamieson, William, captain of the Olive Branch, 202 Janet. See Pelican Jarden, Evis, 130 Jennings, Sir John, 5 Jesperze, Hans, 101 Johnston, Captain, 183 Johnston, Gaviri, 161, 195 Johnston, James, seaman on the Providence, 185 Johnston, James, Secretary of State and Lord Clerk Register, 113, 169, ^98 KEY Johnston, Patrick, ‘ cocksone/ 238 Jolly, Alexander, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 244 Jolly, John, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 244 Jones, captain of the Dunwich, 337, 338 Judge of the High Court of Admiralty of Scotland, office of, 389, 390, 393. 394> 398, 403, 404, 410 KAIDZIE, James, gunner on the Providence, 184 Kaidzie, John, carpenter on the Providence, 184 Kard, John, 236 Katherine, the, of Rotherdam, taken by Captain Gordon, 254, 348; the Dutch ambassador requests that she be given up, 298 ; the ship to be restored, 304 Kay, Andrew, 185 Keir, Thomas, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 230, 245 Keith, George, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Kelburne, Ayrshire, 15 and n. Kellie, bailie of Eyemouth, 158 Kello, William, soldier, 136 Kelloch, John, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 Kellso, Archbald, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Kennedy, Alexander, seaman, 230, 245 Kennedy, Horace, sheriff of Derry, 17 Kennedy, James, Bishop of St. Andrews, builder of the St. Salvator, xi Kennedy, James, mariner, 36, 37 Kerr, James, soldier, 136 Key, Andrew, 234 INDEX 435 KEY Key, James, 234 Kiggens, Captain, of the Greyhound; seamen pressed by him to be released, 48, 103 Kilgour, James, 184 Kincardine, Earl of, Vice-Admiral of Scotland, xxvi Kinloch, Robert, master of the Rachell of Dundee, 67 Kinnire, Alexander, 228, 244 Kinsale, Scots prisoners in, proposals for their exchange, 37, 38 Kintore, John, Earl of, 122, 165, 223,. 232 Kirkwood, bailie of Dunbar, 165 Knowles, Jesper, quartermaster, 226, 241 Knowles, John, mariner, 67 Knox, Thomas, merchant in Glasgow, 17 Kyle, John, seaman, 33 LA FOSSE, sergeant, 132, 144, 148 La Grandure, a French prisoner, 318 Lamb, Geo., 228, 244 Lamb, William, 236 Lamond, John, midshipman, 233 La Peine, a French prisoner, 3i8 Largo fort built by English prisoners, xii Lauder, George, of the Bass, 134 Lauder, Sir John, of Fountainhall, Senator of the College of Justice, 55, 149, 150, 157, 165 Lauder, Sir John, of Haltoun, 150 Lauder, William, seaman, 230, 246 Lauderdale, John, Duke of, xxv, 80, 131, 223, 232 LIDDELL Law, Andrew, 186 Law or Hunter, Euphan, 34 Law, James, seaman on the Providence, 184, 234 Law, William, 185, 235 Lawson, William, midshipman, 226, 241 Leake, Admiral Sir John, 251 ; captain of the Dartmouth, 48 Leckie, Alexander, merchant in Londonderry, 17, 30 Leggat or Legget, John, 182, 228, 230, 244 Leish, Thomas, sailor, 240 Leith, its share in the building of a Scots navy, xi, xxi ; English pirates hanged on the shore of Leith in 1610, xvi-xvii; the magistrates to deliver French prisoners to Captain Gordon, 318 Lempereur, John Baptista, of St. Malo, 323 Lennox and Richmond, Charles, Duke of, Lord High Admiral of Scotland, 1640-1672, xx, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, xxvii, 410 Lennox and Richmond, Charles, Duke of, 1672-1723, 2Sgn., 390, 391, 409, 412 Lennox, Frances Stuart, Duchess of, xxvii, 390 Lennox, Matthew, Duke of, Admiral of Scotland, xxiii, xxiv Lennox, Robert, merchant in Londonderry, 30 Lesly, Sir James, 150, 151 Lessells, James, 228, 244 Lethum, John, 235 Leven, Earl of. See Melville, David, Earl of Liddell, Captain, of Stockton, 368 Liddell, George, seaman on the Lyon, 182 2 F 2 436 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY LIGONDEZ Ligondez, M. de, 257 ; captain of a French frigate, 257, 346, 347 Lilburne, Colonel, xix Limon, Nicolas, 238 Lindores, William, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Lindsay, Alexander, his account of the voyage of James V to the Western Isles, xv Lindsay, Henry, seaman on the Providence, 185 Lindsay, John, soldier on the Providence, 186 Linlithgow, Alexander, Earl of, Admiral of Scotland, xxiii, 114, 122, 171, 194 Lithgow, James, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 243 Littlejohn, Jame-s, midshipman, 181, 226, 241 Littleton, James, captain, 386 Livingstone, Sir Thomas, Viscount Teviot, 70, 80, 122, 127, 129, 130, 144, 145, 147, 148, 155-157. i59-i6o, 163, 166, 171, 172, 174-176, 187, 191, 192, 194, 197, 209, 211, 212 Lloyd, William, captain of the Glascow, 356 Lockhart, George, merchant in Glasgow, 261 Lockhart, Sir William, H.M. solicitor, 156 Londonderry, siege of, i, 3, 4, 16, 17, 22, 24, 30, 47 Lootfoot, John, sailor, 240 Lord High Admiral of Scotland, office of, xxi-xxvii, 389-391, 396, 409, 414, 416 Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 400, 406 Lorimer, William, chamberlain to the Earl of Seafield, 265 Lothian, Robert, Earl of, 150, 223 MACFARLANE Loudoun, Hugh, Earl of, 223, 232, 266, 268, 324, 333, 336, 342, 351, 420 Low, John, 182 Lowrie, And., seaman on the i Royal William, 226, 242 Lowrie, James, carpenter on the Royal William, 226, 242 Lumsdale, William, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 243 Lyell, Henry, sailor, 240 Lyell, James, 238 Lyndsay, Thomas, seaman on the Swallow, of Leith, 103 Lyon, the, a privateer commissioned to attack the Bass, 132. See also Burd, Edward Lyon, Androw, sailor, 240 Lyon, George, captain of the Dumbarton Castle, 199, list of his crew, 237 Lyon, George, boy, 240 MCALISTER, Alex., of Loup, 10 McArter, Hugh, sailor, 239 McBeath, John, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 244 Maccallo, George, doctor on the Lyon, 181 Maccallo, James, a boy on the Lyon, 182 McClemum, Heugh, quartermaster of the Pelican, 32 McCleur, David, soldier on the Lyon, 183 McDonald, of Glengarry, 81 McDonald, Sir Donald, of Sleat, 72-73, 81 McDonald, George, soldier on the Providence, 186 Macdonnels and McAlisters are taken prisoners on their way to Ireland, 22 Macers in Scotland, 102 and n. Macfarlane, William, 186 INDEX 437 MCGEE McGee, Hendry, soldier on the Lyon, 183 McGibben, Elizabeth, petition of, 31 McGleish, Alexander, rebel, 195 McGrae, Bryan, 130 Mclnnlay, James, boatswain, 373> 376 Maclnturner, Andrew, writer in Greenock, 37 Mcjarro, Thomas, surveyor at Ayr, 23 Mackay, Major-General Hugh, of Scoury, 24, 26 and n., 54, 55, 68, 70, 72, 73, 135 McKearie, John, prisoner in France, 319 Mackenno, Ferguss, soldier on the Providence, 186 Mackenzie, Rod., secretary of the Darien Company ; letter of instructions to Captain Tennant of the Caledonia, 216 McKiny, Thomas, seaman, 75 McKonell, James, 228, 243 McKonell, William, 228, 243 McKonochie, Robert, boatswain of the Pelican, 34 Maclean or Martine, Agnes, petition of, 32 Maclean, Sir John, 81 Maclean, John, a rebel in the Bass, 161 McLeish, Alexander, condemned for treason, is reprieved, 172 ; set at liberty, 175 McMillen, Samuell, soldier on the Lyon, 183 McMurke or McNeill, Janet, 33 McNeill, Fergus, mariner, 33 McQueen, Archbald, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 McQueen, Duncan, rebel in the Bass, 161 McRae, James, mariner, 32 McRae, William, mariner, 32 MAXWELL McWatti, Alexander, sergeant on the Lyon, 182 Magneach, Daniel, seaman in Aberdeen, 75 Main, Andrew, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Main, William, quartermaster on the Lyon, 181 Maitland, Charles, holds the Bass Rock for King James, 131, 136, 140,172; denounced as a rebel, 135; conditions of the surrender, 137-140; surrenders the Bass, 131, 142, 195 Maitland, David, brother of Charles, 138, 141 Maitland, Major-General R., 344. 345 Makgill, Colonel, 133 Mandersone, John, 161 Mar, John, Earl of, joint Secretary of State for Scotland, 270, 273, 322 and n., 325, 418 Marchmont, Patrick Home, Earl of, 69, 200, 201, 213, 221, 247, 250 Marischal, Earl, xviii Marjoribanks, Joseph, 228, 245 Marklif, condemned for treason, 167 Marmedon, the, of Dunkirk, captured, 254 ; the prisoners to be landed at Leith, 288 Marnei, Robert, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Martine, George, mariner, petition of his widow, 32 Martine, William, skipper of the Pelican, 35 Massay, Walter, captain of the Glascow, 356 Mathisone, William, 182 Maxwell, Sir John, of Pollock, commissioner of Admiralty, 127, 158, 211, 401 438 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY MAXWELL Maxwell, Sir Patrick, of Nework, 8 May Island, 156, 187 Mediterranean passes granted to Scots traders, 51, 105, 222 Meek, Captain, 116 Meldrum, Joseph, clerk, 240 Melven, James, 228, 243 Melven, John, 235 Melville, David, Earl of, 55, 81, 161, 165, 180, 211, 223, 232, 270, 273, 331 and n. Melville, George, Earl of, 40 and n., 55, 61, 70, 71, 74, 75, • 78, 84, 86, 87, 89, 143, 180 ; President of the Privy Council, 401 Melville, John, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 Melville, Thomas, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Menin, Edward, cook, 238 Mercer, Andrew, plunders Scarborough ; his fleet captured by Philpot, a London merchant, ix Mercer, John, merchant burgess of Perth, wrecked on the Northumbrian coast and imprisoned, ix Mere, Lutkyn, a Danish pirate, captured and hanged, xi Merston, Alexander, soldier on the Providence, 186 Meyers, James, merchant at Rotterdam, his ship the Katherine seized by Captain Gordon, 254, 348 ; the Dutch ambassador requests that she be released, 298 ; the ship ordered to be restored, 304 Midletoune, James, rebel in the Bass, reward offered for his apprehension, 161 ; condemned to death for treason ; offers to treat with the MONK rebels, 174-176; to be pardoned, 194 Midletoune, James, master of the Royal Mary, 273 Midletoune, John, rebel in the Bass, 161 Midletoune, Michael, rebel in the Bass, 144 ; declared to be a traitor, 146; reward offered for his apprehension, 161 ; conditions of the surrender, 188-192; to be transported to France, 196 Midletoune, William, rebel in the Bass, 161 Mill, George, seaman on the Lyon, 182 Mill, John, soldier on the Providence, 186 Millar, James, captain of the Hope, 203 Millar, John, seaman on the Royal Mary, 234 Miller, Archibald, prisoner in France, 319 Miller, David, seaman on the Providence, 185 Miller, Elizabeth, 35, 36 Miller, John, seaman, 35 Miller, John, skipper of the Janet, act in favour of, 36 Miller, John, seaman on the Lyon, 181 Milne, George, commission to be master of the Royal William, 330 Milne, James, soldier, 136 Mitchell, D., 296 Mitchell, Sir D., 359, 361 Mitchell, James, midshipman, 226, 241, 243 Mitchell, Robert, boy on the Lyon, 182 Mitchellson, Mathow, 233 Mitchellson, William, 235 Moncrieff, Sir Thomas, 136, 142 Monk, General, xix INDEX 439 MONRO Monro, Major, 155 Montague, Charles, 75 Montgomery, Francis, of Giffin, 127,.163, 165, 171, 188, 191, 223, 232, 247, 266, 268 Montgomery, Hugh, merchant, II, 21, 31 Montgomery, James, suspected of corresponding with rebels in the Bass, 156, 157 Montgomery, Sir James, of Skelmorlie, 7, 21 n., 61, 69 Montgomery or McClemun, Mary, 32 Montgomery, Neill, seaman, 238 Montgomery, Robert, seaman, 239 Montrose, James, Marquis of, Lord High Admiral of Scotland, 341, 391, 414; his pension as Lord High Admiral, 416 Moor, James, 183 Moray, Mr., 347 Morgan, Simeon, 130 Morison, Umphra, seaman, 239 Morton, James, Earl of, Admiral and Judge of Admiralty, 80, 98, 270, 391, 4*7> 4*9 Moune or Morrein, surgeon, a rebel in the Bass, 161 Moyes, Thomas, 234 Muat, Gilbert, seaman, 239 Mudie, Patrick, prisoner in France, 319 Muir, Sir Archibald, provost of Edinburgh, 109 Muir, Mathew, seaman, 36 Mulbry, John, 228, 245 Mulline, James, gunner in the Janet, 32 Murray, Sir Archibald, of Blackbarony, 56, 156, 223, 232 Murray, Captain David, sent against pirates in Scots seas, NOTTINGHAM xviii; captain of the Unicorn, xviii Murray, George, quartermaster, 226, 242 Murray, Sir James, of Philiphaugh, 223, 232 Murray, James, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 244 Murray, John, 186, 240 Murray, Patrick, seaman on the Providence, 185 Murray, Sir Patrick, of Saltcoats, receiver general of the cess, 8, 16, 99, 103, 152 Myretoun, Sir Andrew, 291 NAIRNE, Sir David, Undersecretary of State for Scotland, 311, 312 and n., 315, 407; letters from, to the Earl of Seafield, on the release of French prisoners, 3i3 Neill, Patrick, soldier, 136 Newbotle, Lord, 70 Newton, Henrie, 103 Nicoll, John, 186 Nicolsone, William, a rebel in the Bass, 161, 175, 195 Nimmo, Alexander, seaman, 240 Niven, John, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 243 Nonsuch’s captain’s commission, 296; his instructions, 297 Norrie, John, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 244 Norse invasions of Scotland, vii Notham, William, rebel in the Bass, 175 Nottingham, Earl of, 74, 78, 260 440 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY O’BRIKN O’BRIEN, Daniel, Viscount Clare, 37, 39 Ochiltree, Lord, his expedition to the Western Isles in 1608, xvi Offrill, Nill, 240 Ogilvie, Sir James. See Seafield, Earl of Ogilvie, John, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Ogilvie, Patrick, 119 Oliphant, William, seaman on the Rachel of Dundee, 67 Orack, William, seaman on the Providence, 185 Orkney fish teinds, xvii Orkney, Henry Sinclair, Earl of, Admiral of Scotland, xxi Orkney and Zetland, the Steward of, letter to, on levying seamen, 61 Orrock or Kyle, Hellen, 33 Orrock, John, seaman, 237 Orton, Captain, [[53 Osburn, skipper in Dunbar, 196, 197 Oswald, James, receiver general of the cess, 8, n, 136, 140 PAGET, Mr., 359 Pass granted to French prisoners, 314, 343 Pateraroes, 166 and n. Patersone, Laurence, captain of the Fortune of Flenburg, 120 Patrick, John, seaman on the Royal William, 230, 245 Patten, William,, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 243 Pattierove, James, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Peacock, James, seaman, 75 Peadge, John, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 Pedden, George, boatswain on the Lyon, 181 PLAYFAIR Pedden, Ja., seaman on the Royal William, 226 Pedden, Mark, seaman on the Lyon, 182 Peebles or Suan, Alison, 148 Pelican and Janet to cruise in the western seas, 2, 7, 9; they capture Scots Jacobites on their way to Ireland, 3, 22 ; taken by French menof-war, 26-29, 47 ; petitions of widows and relations of the seamen, killed or prisoners, in the engagement, 3 Z ~35 i proposals for exchange of prisoners, 37-38 ; the Pelican re-taken by Sir Cloudesley Shovell, 3, 42 ; the Pelican becomes a breakwater at Sheerness, 43 Pembroke, Lord, Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, 5. 354 Pennicuick, Andrew, captain of the St. Andrew, 202 Perduellion, 112 and n. Perth taken by Balliol in 1332 ; retaken with the aid of France, ix Perth, James, Earl of, governor of the Bass Rock, 131 Petrie, Charles, 228, 245 Philp, John, private secretary to the Earl of Seafield, letter from, to Seafield’s chamberlain on preparations against privateers, 265 Philp, Steven, seaman on the Providence, 184 Philpot, a London merchant, ix Pinkerton, James, mate, 181 Pinkerton, Robert, captain of the Unicorn, 202, 215 Pintifliur, Dominicus, 314 Pitthie, Andrew, 183 Playfair, Thomas, seaman on the Providence, 184 INDEX 441 PLAYHAY Playhay, Robert, seaman, 130 Poll tax imposed in 1693, 201 Poll, William, ship’s boy, 156, 157 Pollock or Dean, Elizabeth, petition of, 32 Pollock, George, steward, 240 Polston, And., seaman on the Royal William, 230, 246 Polston, Hugh, quartermaster, 226, 242 Polwarth, Patrick, Lord, Lord High Chancellor, 98, 122, 149 150, 188, 191, 194, 211, 213, 401 Porteous, James, soldier on the Providence, 186 Potebege, near Dublin, 41 Potter, Archbald, seaman, 239 Pottinger, Edward, captain of the Dartmouth, 73, 86, 88, 47-49, 69 ; letter from, to the Earl of Melville on his operations on the coast of Skye, 71 ; seizes two vessels at Glasgow, 74 ; the vessels to be taken to England, 77 ; the Privy Council refuse to allow them to be removed, 78 ; drowned in the Sound of Mull, 76 Potts, Richard, seaman, 35, 36 Precedency of command to be determined by lot or dice, 217 Prescio, David, lieutenant of the Royal William, 256, 272, 287, 330 Pringle, Archbald, steward on the Royal Mary, 233 Pringle, Robert, secretarydepute for Scotland, 219, 220 Prisoners’ daily allowance, 256, 286, 308, 340 ; exchange of prisoners, 286, 311-313, 318, 322 ; passes granted to, 314 REID Privateering encouraged by Charles II, xix, xx Procurator Fiscal, office of, 420 n. Providence, a privateer, to attack the Bass, 132, 177. See also Boswell, John Prymor, James, soldier on the Providence, 186 Pyper, James, soldier on the Providence, 186 QARD, William, seaman on the Royal William, 245 Queensberry, James, Duke of, 211, 248, 259, 260, 263 and n., 270, 273, 278, 280, 344 RAES, 79 Raith, Lord, 77, 80, 114, 122, 171, 2ii Ramsay, Captain, of the Bon Adventure, 338 Ramsay, • Sir Andrew, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 131 Ramsay, George, LieutenantGeneral, 264 and n. t 284, 292-293, 295, 300, 303, 315 Rankeillour, Lord, 218 Rate, skipper, in Bo’ness, 287 Read, Jno., carpenter, 376 Red, Joseph, quartermaster, 385 Reed, Robert, seaman on the Providence, 243 Reed, Robert, soldier on the Providence, 186 Reid, Androw, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Reid, James, sailmaker, Leith, 168 Reid, Joseph, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Reid, Ro., seaman on the Royal William, 226 442 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY REID Reid, Major Robert, to treat with the rebels in the Bass, 187 ; his instructions, 189 ; letter from, on the terms of surrender, 192 ; takes possession of the Bass, 195 Reid, William, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 242 Reidhead, Robert, seaman on the Swallow of Leith, 103 Reind, David, mariner on the Pelican, 32, 33 Rellick, George, gunner on the Providence, 184 Richie, Gilbert, soldier on the Providence, 186 Richie, Robert, seaman on the Providence, 185 Rid, John, sailor, 240 Ridge, Joseph, 386 Ridlen, Henry, 240 Ridlen, John, midshipman, 238 Ritcheman, Ja., carpenter on the Royal William, 228, 243 Ritchie, William, prisoner in France, 319 Ritchy, John, midshipman, 240 Ritchy, Patrick, quartermaster, 238 Ritchy, William, seaman, 239 Roach, John, seaman, 76 Robenson. See Robinson Robert I, desirous of possessing a Scots Navy, viii Robert, John Mack, soldier on the Providence, 186 Robertson, Alexander, soldier on the Providence, 186 Robertson, George, of Newbigging, steward-depute of Orkney, 266 Robertson, James, seaman on the Lyon, 182 Robertson, James, carpenter on the Providence, 184 Robertson, John, captain of the Red Lyon, 50, 71 ROW Robertson, John, seaman on the Lyon, 182 Robertson, John, seaman on the Providence, 184 Robinson, Mathow, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 243 Robertson, Patrick, seaman on the Royal Mary, 237 Robertson William, in Cockenzie, 164, 195 Robinson, Robert, armorer, 228, 245 Robinson, William, chirurgeon, 226, 241 Robisone, George, soldier on the Providence, 186 Roderigo, Fran9ais, 314 Rodger, James, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Rodger, Ninian, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Rodger, William, prisoner in France, 319 Ronald, Dune., 396 Rooke, Admiral, Sir George, 2, n, 12, 22, 30, 47, 251 Roope, Anthony, captain of H.M.S. Sheerness, 49, 152, 153 ; order anent his seizure of a Danish ship in Leith roads, 101 ; ordered to appear before the Lord Chancellor, 102 Ross, Andrew, chirurgeon Js mate, 226, 242 Ross, Donald, mariner in Leith, 168 Ross, George, soldier on the Providence, 186 Ross, John, seaman on the Lyon, 182 Ross, Walter, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 244 Ross, William, Lord, n and n., 165, 171, 188, 191, 194 Rough, William, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 242 Row, Colonel, 133 INDEX 443 ROXBURGH Roxburgh, John, Earl of, joint Secretary of State for Scotland, 297 and n., 298, 415, 416 Roy, Patrick, a rebel in the Bass, 144, 146, 193 Royal Mary, list of her crew, 232 ; under Captain Gordon captures French privateeis, 253-256; guards the east coast, 256 ; to be fitted out against privateers, 263-264 ; a commission to Captain Gordon as commander, 268 ; lent for a trading voyage to Italy, 253, 277 ; sailing instructions, 301 ; James Hamilton of Orbieston appointed commander, 322; sailing instructions, 329; after the Union is re-named the Glascow and placed on the establishment of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, 353, 359, 360,362,369; her later history, 356. See also under Gordon, Thomas ; Hamilton, James Royal William, her pay-book, 226 ; list of the crew, 241 ; lent for a trading voyage to the East Indies, 252, 261 ; fitted out against privateers, 255-256; Captain Gordon appointed commander, 255, 321 ; a first lieutenant’s commission, 323 ; the royal burghs to provide for the fitting out of the ship, 324 ; sailing instructions, 327; obtains guns from the Bass as ballast, 256, 340 ; after the Union is re-named the Edinburgh and placed on the establishment of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, 353, 359- 362, 369 ; becomes a breakwater at Harwich, 355. See also under Gordon, Thomas SCROGI Ruglen, John, Earl of, 223 Rumsey, Edw., captain, 386 Russell, Robert, master of the Dumbarton Castle, 275, 373, 376 Rutherfoord, Andrew, mariner, 67 Ruthven, David, Lord, 223, 232 SABLE, Jean, captain of the St. Trinity, of Ostend, taken by Captain Gordon of the Royal Mary, 310; a pass granted to the prisoners, 314 St. Loe, commissioner, 377 St. Michael, built by James IV, xiii, xiv Salmond, William, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Sanders, R., magistrate of Banff, 119 Schomberg, Duke of, letter to, from the Privy Council, anent prisoners at Kinsale, 37-41 Scott, Archbald, midshipman, 238 Scott, Elen, 235 Scott, Sir Francis, of Thirlestaine, commissioner of Admiralty, 213, 218, 401 Scott, Hugh, seaman on the Royal William, 230, 246 Scott, James, soldier on the Providence, 186 Scott, Mathew, prisoner in France, 319 Scott, Robert, boatswain on the Royal Mary, 232 Scott, William, corporal, 186 Scouler, John, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 243 Scrogi, James, soldier on the Lyon, 183 444 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY SEAFIELD Seafield, James Ogilvie, Earl of, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, 107, 119, 123, 147, 161, 207, 213, 219, 224, 225» 2 53> 259> 2 & 2 > 2 ^5, 2 7°> 273, 289, 290, 304, 305, 311- 313, 315, 400, 403-405, 412, 414 Seaforth, Earl of, 72 Seamen, levying of, 55-61, 93- 99, 106, 108, 257, 264, 332- 333, 344> 3?i ; payment of, 98, 226-246 Seaton, John, of Gairleton, J 45> 147 Seaton, Lewis, seaman on the Royal William, 230, 246 Seaton, Michall, seaman on the Royal Mary, 234 Semple, John, doctor, 238 Shaw, Sir John, 318 Shaw, Michall, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Shearer, James, prisoner in France, 319 Sheill or Hunter, Isobel, 34 Shepherd, Alexander, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Shillds, Alexander, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Shirer, James, sailor, 238 Shirriff, Charles, midshipman, 226, 241 Shirriff, Gilbert, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 242 Shovell, Sir Cloudesley, 41-42, 251; re-captures the Pelican, 42 Sime, Archbald, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 243 Sime, Charles, armorer on the Royal William, 228, 245 Simpson, Patrick, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 230, 244 Simpson, William, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 242 STAIR Sinclair, Sir Archibald, judge of Admiralty, 225, 390, 398, 403, 404 Sinclair, John, seaman, 75 Sinclair, Sir Robert, of Stevenston, 16, 223, 232 Slezer, John, geographer, 225 Small, John, quartermaster, 2 33> 2 35 Smart, James, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 Smart, John, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 Smith, Alexander, of Aberdeen, commander of a French privateer, 51, 128 Smith, Alexander, elder, soldier on the Providence, 186 Smith, Alexander, younger, soldier on the Providence, 186 Smith, Charles, seaman on the Providence, 185 Smith, John, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Smith, William, master of a ketch, 156, 157 Soetenay, Jacobus, prisoner, 2 93 Solan geese of the Bass, 134 Solme, Jaffray, seaman, 76 Soutter, Thomas, boatman, 136 Spanish privateers on the east coast, 255 Spanish succession wars, 251 SpeedyReturn,reported murder of her captain, 253 Spence, John, skipper in Leith, 364 ; his crew taken by Captain Gordon of the Royal Mary, 252, 266 ; to be examined for failing to salute the Royal Mary, 284 Stair, Sir James Dalrymple, Viscount of, 55, 80, 99, 109 Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 86, 94, 105, 107, 398 INDEX 445 STAPLETOUN Stapletoun, Captain, of the Woolage, 210 Stark, Alexander, captain of j the Hopeful Binning of ‘ Bo’ness, 202 Steuart, Sir James, of Coltness, j Lord Advocate, in, 122,123, j 125, 128-130, 165, 171, 180, 188, 191, 194, 209, 211, 214, 222, 223, 267, 287, 332, 335, 34i> 401 Steuart, John, seaman, 239, 245 Stevenson, Alexander, agent in Hamburg, 217, 218 Stevenson, Henry, seaman on the Providence, 185 Stevenson, John, seaman, 240 Stewart, John, captain of the Alexander Gaily, 253 ; his commission, 280-281 Stewart, John, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 230 Stewart, John, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Stewart Walter, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Stirling, Jo., seaman on the Royal William, 226, 230, 242 Stocks, John, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Stocks, William, seaman on the Providence, 185 Stone, John, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 243 Strachan, Alexander, soldier on the Providence, 186 Strang, William, seaman on the Lyon, 182 Strathmore, Earl of, 122 Strathnaver, Lord, 188, 191 ‘ Striking’ or saluting. See English men-of-war Strobbe, Jacob, prisoner, 293 Sutherland, Earl of, 165, 171, 180, 188, 191, 194 Sutherland, Daniel, soldier, 136 Swan, James, 148, 228, 237, 245 THOMSON Sybald, Robert, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 Syme, John, seaman on the Royal Mary, 234 Syminton., Ja., cook on the Royal William, 226, 241 Symonton, James, seaman on the Lyon, 182 Symsone, James, captain of the Kathrine of Dysart, 210 TAIT, Captain, 317, 319 Tarbat, Alexander, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Tarbat or Hunter, Euphan, 34 Tarbat, George, Viscount, 122, 125, 160, 165, 188, 191, 194, 223, 232, 268 Tarbote, Jo., seaman on the Royal William, 228, 230, 245 Taylor, Alex., seaman on the Royal William, 228, 243 Taylor, And., seaman on the Royal William, 228, 245 Taylor, George, midshipman, 238, 240 Taylor, William, boatswain, 238 Telfer, Robert, joiner, 239 Temple, John, seaman, 240 Tennant, William, captain of the Caledonia, 216 Tennoch, Hewgh, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Teviot, Viscount. See Livingstone, Sir Thomas Thomas or Smith, Elizabeth, 156, 157 Thomson, Alexander, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 244 Thomson, James, seaman on the Royal Mary, 234 Thomson, John, master’s mate, 226, 240, 241 446 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY THOMSON Thomson, Walter, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 243 Thomson, William, seaman on the Lyon, 182 Thorinton, Patrick, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Tod, David, master of the Royal Mary, 232 Tod, Henry, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 Tod, John, boy, 240 Torrington, Arthur, Earl of, Admiral of the Fleet, 12 and n., 30 Tourville, Admiral, 50 Trotter, John, in Edinburgh, 10 Trotter, John, of Mortonhall, condemned for being in correspondence with the rebels in the Bass, 167 and n. ; to be executed at Castletown, 173 ; hanged, 175 n. Tullibardine, Earl of, 213 Tulloch or McCrae, Janet, 32 Turin or Turine, John, rebel in the Bass, 161 Turnbull, Archibald, sailor, 239 Tweeddale, John, Marquess of, in and n. 122, 164, 165, 171, 180, 188, 191, 194, 223, 289 and n., 300 and n., 302 Tyrconnel, Earl ox, i ULSTER Protestants, measures taken by the Scots parliament for their relief, 3, 16 Ure, Archibald, mariner, 35 Urquhart, Kenneth, 156, 157 VAN STABLE, Gerard, 314 Van Stable, Pieter, 314 Van Vrijberge, M., Dutch ambassador at the English Court, requests that a Dutch ship taken by Captain WEIR v.Gordon be released, 298 ; the vessel to be restored, 304 Vepper, John, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Villiers, Colonel, governor of Tynemouth, 255; letter from, on the delivery of French prisoners, 314, 315 WAISSMAIR, Cornelius, captain of the Dolphin, 89 Wald, David, seaman on the Providence, 184 Walker, Captain, 386 Walker, John, seaman, 240 Walker, Patrick, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Walker, Thomas, couper, 238 Wallace, Captain, prisoner in the Bass, 137, 138, 141 Wallace, Alexander, magistrate of Banff, 116 Wallis, John, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 243 Warbeck, Perkin, xii Ward, John, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Warden, Ninian, mate, 238 Warrander, a bailie of Edinburgh, 208 Warter, Mr. 360 Watson, James, seaman on the Royal Mary, 234 Watson, James, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Watt, James, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Watt, John, armourer, 237 Webster, David, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 Wedd, Barnaby, 130 Wedderburn, Al., deputy Secretary of State for Scotland, 290, 305, 306, 3ii Weir, Captain, 183 INDEX 447 WEIR Weir, James, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 230, 245 Weir, Thomas, merchant in Glasgow, 49, 81-83 Wemyss, David, Earl of, Lord High Admiral of Scotland, 339 and n. 342, 360, 369, 37°’ 373. 39i, 4 l6 > 4 l8 Wemyss, William, of Kettelhill, 164 White, Alex., seaman on the Royal William, 230, 246 Whyt, James, seaman on the Providence, 184 Whyt James, gunner’s mate on the Royal Mary, 234 Whyt, John, soldier on the Providence, 186 Whyt, John, seaman on the Royal William, 226 Whyt, Mathew, soldier on the Providence, 186 Whyt, Thomas, seaman on the Lyon, 182 Wildman, major, 13 Wilkie, George, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 242 Wilkie, James, seaman on the Royal William, 230, 245 Wilkiesone, Thomas, captain of the Countess of London, 120 Wilson or Beattie, Agnes, 33 Wilson, Alexander, seaman, 240 Wilson, Andrew, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 245 Wilson, David, seaman on the Royal Mary, 234 Wilson, Edward, LieutenantColonel, a prisoner in the Bass, to be transported to Holland, 144 Wilson, George, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 245 Wilson, James, 195 Wilson, James, carpenter, 233 Wilson, John, midshipman on the Royal Mary, 233 WYLEY Wilson, John, seaman on the Janet, 35, 36 Wilson, John, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 242 Wilson, John, younger, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 Wilson or Gardner, Kathrin, 33 Wilson, Margaret, 35, 36 Wilson, Patrick, corporal, 186 Wilson, Peter, soldier on the Providence, 186 Wilson, Robert, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Wilson, Thomas, seaman on the Royal Mary, 236 Wilson, William, seaman on the Royal Mary, 237 Winrame, George, lieutenant, 182, 184 Winrame, James, seaman on the Royal William, 230, 245 Witham, William, 195 Witherinton, Andrew, soldier on the Providence, 186 Wood, Sir Andrew, of Largo, xi, xiv; defeats Stephen Bull, xii Wood, Robert, LieutenantGovernor of the Bass, 132, 140 Woodman, Abram, soldier on the Lyon, 183 Woodsyde, Captain John, receives a privateer’s commission, 15, 21 Workman, William, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 243 Wright, Captain, of the Monmouth, 42 Wright, James, soldier on the Providence, 186 Wyley, Alexander, seaman on the Royal Mary, 235 448 THE OLD SCOTS NAVY YOELL YOELL, William, carpenter, 226, 241 Young, Captain, 12 Young, Alexander, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 243 Young, David, Lieutenant of the Providence, 184 Young, James, seaman, 239 YOUNG Young, James, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 242 Young, John, seaman on the Royal William, 226, 242 Young, Richard, carpenter on the Pelican, 34 Young, Robert, seaman on the Royal William, 228, 244