Volume contents
- 1 - Carriden , index
- 3 - Carriden , page 3 (start)
- 10 - Carriden , page 10
- 20 - Carriden , page 20
- 30 - Carriden , page 30
- 40 - Carriden , page 40
- 50 - Carriden , page 50
- 60 - Carriden , page 60
- 66A - Carriden , fixed item
- 70 - Carriden , page 70
- 75 - Carriden , page 75 (end)
- 76 - Carriden , title page
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKNESS CASTLE (continued) | [Contiued from page 72] David Lindsay minister at Leith who was most acceptable to the court to intercede with the King for the interposition of his authority till the assembly should be heard in the matter but when he was entering the gates of the palace in discharge of his Commission he was apprehended and carried to Blackness. There also the ministers of Edinburgh were condemned to a temporary Confinement in 1587 for refusing to pray for the Queen's deliverance their refusal being "not simply to pray for her but for the preservation of her life as if she had been innocent of the crimes laid to her charge." In 1594 the Earl of Angus one of the excommunicated Lords was required to deliver himself up to custody in Blackness Castle till he should undergo a trial but he refusing was subsequently with the others found guilty of high treason. From August 1605 till the close of the following year John Welsh minister of Ayr who had married John Knox's daughter Elizabeth along with five other clergymen were confined in the Castle for refusing to Condemn the Assembly that had such a short time before at Aberdeen when they were "banished the King's dominions upon pain of death." About the same time a state prisoner of a different description Gilbert Brown Abbot of New Abbey "a trafficking and seducing Papist" who had been apprehended by Lord Cranston was lodged for a few days within its walls until [Continued on page 74] |
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Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county, OS Name Books - West Lothian county - Volume 15 - Parish of Carriden, OS1/34/15
This volume contains information on place names found in the West Lothian parish of Carriden.
Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of West Lothian, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.