Cromwell's Act of Grace
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in Edinburgh
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on 5 May 1654. General George Monck, the English Military Governor of Scotland, was present in Edinburgh, having arrived the day before for two proclamations also delivered at the mercat cross, the first declaring Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
to be the Protector of England Ireland and Scotland
Lord Protector
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, and that Scotland was united with the Commonwealth of England.
Origins
After the English invasion of 1650, and the defeat of the Scottish armies at the battles of DunbarBattle of Dunbar (1650)
The Battle of Dunbar was a battle of the Third English Civil War. The English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell defeated a Scottish army commanded by David Leslie which was loyal to King Charles II, who had been proclaimed King of Scots on 5 February 1649.-Background:The English...
, Inverkeithing
Battle of Inverkeithing
The Battle of Inverkeithing was a battle of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought on 20 July 1651 between an English Parliamentarian army under John Lambert and a Scottish Covenanter army acting on behalf of Charles II, led by Sir John Brown of Fordell. Lambert's force was a seaborne...
and Worcester
Battle of Worcester
The Battle of Worcester took place on 3 September 1651 at Worcester, England and was the final battle of the English Civil War. Oliver Cromwell and the Parliamentarians defeated the Royalist, predominantly Scottish, forces of King Charles II...
, Scotland was placed under English military occupation with General Monck as military governor of the county. Up to the date of the Act of Grace the English army had been able to suppress the Scottish resistance to the occupation with relative ease and the occupation, with sporadic but ineffective resistance, would continue throughout the Interregnum up until the Restoration
Restoration (Scotland)
The Restoration of the monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the government of occupation that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
in 1660.
The Act had its origins in the English written constitution of December 1653, called the Instrument of Government
Instrument of Government
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. Between December 1653 and the calling of the First Protectorate Parliament
First Protectorate Parliament
The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....
that sat for the first time in September 1654, the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell and his Council of State were granted under the Instrument of Government the power "to make laws and ordinances for the peace and welfare of these nations where it shall be necessary" and on 12 April 1654 the regime passed a number of ordnances pertaining to the government of Scotland:
- Ordinance for uniting Scotland into one Commonwealth with England,
- Ordinance of Pardon and Grace to the People of Scotland,
- Ordinance for erecting Courts Baron in Scotland,
- Ordinance for settling the Estates of several excepted Persons in Scotland, in Trustees, to the Uses herein expressed.
Contents
The content of the Act of Grace contained:- A general pardon and act of oblivion,
- Except for members of the royal family (their estates were confiscated),
- Other excepted who had their estates confiscated,
- Other excepted and fined,
- Other exceptions and provisions.
General pardon
The first and second paragraphs drew a line under Wars of the Three KingdomsWars of the Three Kingdoms
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms formed an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in England, Ireland, and Scotland between 1639 and 1651 after these three countries had come under the "Personal Rule" of the same monarch...
. Oliver Cromwell the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Dominions of those nations, ordained that on the 1 May 1654, with the exceptions laid out in paragraphs that followed “in this Ordinance“, that the People of Scotland were pardoned for any crimes they might have committed during the preceding wars and that there would be not further financial or other punishments.
The rest of the ordinance proceeded to list the various exceptions to the general pardon and clarification of some of the details.
Except members of the royal family
The third paragraph excepted royal estates and other possessions in Scotland and so allowed for the sequestration by the Commonwealth . The wording also covered royal possessions that might have been passed to others since 1 May 1642.Except those who had their estates confiscated
The fourth paragraph listed twenty four men whose estates were excepted and forfeited to the Commonwealth (See Appendix A), and like the Royal estates this was backdated to cover the estates as they were on 18 April 1648. Also, almost as a post script to the paragraph, a twenty fifth man, James, 1st Lord MordingtonJames Douglas, 1st Lord Mordington
Sir James Douglas, 1st Lord Mordington was the second son of William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus by his spouse Elizabeth, daughter of Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant...
, had his estates of "Maudlain Field, Sunck, Cony-garth, Constables-Batt, Two Watermills, and a Wind-mill lying within Barwick bounds." confiscated.
The next paragraph arranged for the confiscation of the estates of certain categories of Scots who had opposed the English Parliament since 1648 and were still under arms against the English Commonwealth after the 3 of September 1650 or were not now considered by Oliver Cromwell to be reconciled to the new regime. Those who could be excluded by this paragraph were Scottish MPs who had not signed the Protestation against the invasion of England in 1648, those men who sat in the Scottish Parliament or were a member of the Committee of Estates of Scotland after the coronation Charles II (in 1651), or were in the Scottish army after the Battle of Dunbar
Battle of Dunbar (1650)
The Battle of Dunbar was a battle of the Third English Civil War. The English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell defeated a Scottish army commanded by David Leslie which was loyal to King Charles II, who had been proclaimed King of Scots on 5 February 1649.-Background:The English...
on 3 September 1650 (which included all those who had taken part in the Worcester Campaign).
The following paragraph limited the time creditors had to put in claims against the forfeited estates. Claims had to he lodged with named representatives, within 60 days of the proclamation of the ordinance.
The next three paragraphs granted certain lands to the named wives and children of those who's estates had been confiscated, under the condition that they pay rent to the Protector for those lands and that they renounced any claims they had to other properties which previously belonged to those excluded from the general pardon.
Except those who were fined
Seventy three men were fined (see Appendix B). The ordinance included details of how the fines were to be paid and what was to happen if the fine was not paid. The money was to be paid to Gilbert [George] Bilton, deputy treasurer at Leith. Half was to be paid on, or by, 2 August 1654 and the other half on, or by, 2 December 1654. If a person defaulted on payment then their estate were to be confiscated by the commissioners for sequestration.Other exceptions and provisions
The last few paragraphs of the Ordinance laid on certain points so that it was clear that this Ordinance could not be used to frustrate some other points of law that the drafters of the ordinance saw as potential legal problems.The Ordinance could not be read as restoring or reviving of any lordship, dominion, jurisdiction, tenure, superiority, or any thing whatsoever, abolished by An Ordinance for Uniting Scotland into one Commonwealth with England.
The general pardon did not extend to those persons in arms since 1 May 1652 who would remain subject to the Articles of War
Articles of War
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. The general pardon could not be construed to extend, to the freeing or discharging of any prisoners or prisoners of war, from their respective imprisonments or their promises and surety for release from that imprisonment.
The final paragraph negated any reading of the ordinance that might be construed to reduce the revenues that formally went to the Crown and should not go to the Lord Protector.
Passed by Parliament and consented to by the Lord Protector
Although the ordinance had been issued on 12 April 1654, the and proclaimed in Scotland on 5 May 1654, like the other ordinances pertaining to Scotland issued on the 12 April 1654, it did not become enacted until an enabling act, called "Act touching several Acts and Ordinances made since the twentieth of April, 1653, and before the third of September, 1654, and other Acts" was consented to by the Lord Protector on the 26 June 1657, the same day that the enabling bill was approved by the Second Protectorate ParliamentSecond Protectorate Parliament
The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...
.
Appendix A: List of those whose estates were sequestrated
The following list of prominent opponents of the Commonwealth were exempted from the general pardon and had their estates fortified:| Pos | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton General Sir James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton KG was a Scottish nobleman and influential Civil war military leader.-Young Arran:... |
deceased, |
| 2 | William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton KG was a Scottish nobleman who supported both Royalist and Presbyterian causes during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.... |
deceased, |
| 3 | John, Earl of Crawford Earl of Crawford The title Earl of Crawford is one of the most ancient extant titles in Great Britain, having been created in the Peerage of Scotland for Sir David Lindsay in 1398. It is the premier earldom recorded on the Union Roll.The title has a very complex history... -Lindsay Earl of Lindsay Earl of Lindsay is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Lindsay, 10th Lord Lindsay, who later inherited the ancient Earldom of Crawford. The two earldoms remained united until the death of the twenty-second Earl of Crawford, also sixth Earl of Lindsay... |
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| 4 | James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar , army officer who fought on the Royalist side in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.... |
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| 5 | William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal was a Scottish nobleman and Covenanter. He was the eldest son of William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal... |
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| 6 | Alexander Erskine, 3rd Earl of Kellie Alexander Erskine, 3rd Earl of Kellie -Biography:Alexander Erskine inherited the title after the death of his brother Thomas in 1643.The earl was a staunch Royalist, fighting as Colonel of Foot for Fife and Kinross and in 1648 was involved in an attempt to rescue the King... |
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| 7 | John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale | |
| 8 | John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun was a Scottish politician. He was the eldest son of James Campbell of LawersJohn Campbell married Margaret, the daughter of George Campbell around 1620. Margaret was heir to her grandfather Hugh Campbell, first Lord Loudoun, who resigned his peerage in John's... |
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| 9 | Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth was a Highland clan chief and Scottish nobleman, who adhered faithfully to Charles II through his tribulations... |
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| 10 | John Murray, 2nd Earl of Atholl | |
| 11 | Robert Gordon, Viscount of Kenmure Viscount of Kenmure Viscount of Kenmure was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created by Charles I in 1633 for the prominent Presbyterian Sir John Gordon, 2nd Baronet. He was made Lord Lochinvar at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. The sixth Viscount was involved in the Jacobite Rising of 1715.... |
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| 12 | ,Archibald Lord Lorn Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll was a Scottish peer.He was born in 1629 in Dalkeith, Scotland, the son of Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll.... |
Eldest son of the Marquess of Argyll Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll, chief of Clan Campbell, was the de facto head of government in Scotland during most of the conflict known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, also known as the British Civil War... |
| 13 | James, Lord Machlin | Eldest son of the Earl of Loudoun John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun was a Scottish politician. He was the eldest son of James Campbell of LawersJohn Campbell married Margaret, the daughter of George Campbell around 1620. Margaret was heir to her grandfather Hugh Campbell, first Lord Loudoun, who resigned his peerage in John's... , |
| 14 | Hugh, Lord Montgomery | Eldest son of the Earl of Eglinton Earl of Eglinton Earl of Eglinton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.Some authorities spell the title: Earl of Eglintoun In 1859 the thirteenth Earl of Eglinton, Archibald Montgomerie, was also created Earl of Winton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him an automatic seat in the House of Lords,... , |
| 15 | George, Lord Spynie Lord Spynie The Lordship of Parliament of Spynie was created once in the Peerage of Scotland on 4 November 1590 for Sir Alexander Lindsay. On the death of the third lord in 1671, the lordship became dormant.-Lords Spynie :... , |
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| 16 | William Cranstoun, 3rd Lord Cranstoun William Cranstoun, 3rd Lord Cranstoun William Cranstoun, 3rd Lord Cranstoun was a Scottish Lord of Parliament and a renowned Cavalier.-Origins:... |
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| 17 | John, 9th Lord Sinclair Lord Sinclair Lord Sinclair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1449 for William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney. In 1470, Lord Orkney surrendered the earldom in return for the earldom of Caithness. In 1477, Lord Caithness wished to disinherit his eldest son from his first marriage to Lady... |
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| 18 | Thomas Dalyell | Late Major General of the Foot in the Scottish Army, |
| 19 | John Middleton John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton was a Scottish army officer, who belonged to a Kincardineshire family which had held lands at Middleton since the 12th century.... |
Late Lieutenant-General of the Horse in the Scottish Army, |
| 20 | James, Viscount Newburgh James Levingston, 1st Earl of Newburgh James Livingston, 1st Earl of Newburgh was a Scottish peer.He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet, styled "of Kinnaird", in 1628, and in 1647, as Sir James Livingston of Kinnaird, 2nd Baronet, was created Viscount of Newburgh in the Peerage of Scotland with remainder to the heirs male of his body... , |
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| 21 | John Lord Bargany Lord Bargany Lord Bargeny was a title created in the Scotland on 14 November 1639 for Sir John Hamilton of Carriden, only son of Sir John Hamilton of Letterick, natural son of John, first marquis of Hamilton. This peerage was created with limitation to the heirs male of the first lord’s body... |
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| 22 | Sir Thomas Thomson | |
| 23 | James Edmeston Lord of Womat | |
| 24 | Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier was a Scottish peer and the grandson of John Napier of Merchiston.-Biography:Archibald Napier was a nephew of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose and supported him in his Royalist endeavors. When Montrose left Scotland for Norway in 1646, Archibald Napier... |
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| 25 | William Cunningham, 9th Earl of Glencairn, |
Appendix B: List of those fined
The following people were fined:| Pos | Name | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | David Leslie, Lord Newark | £4,000 | Late Lieutenant-General of the Scottish Army |
| 02 | William Douglas, 1st Marquis of Douglas | £1000 | |
| 03 | Archibald, Lord Angus Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Ormond was the eldest son of William Douglas, 1st Marquis of Douglas from whom he inherited the courtesy title of Earl of Angus.Vian in the DNB spells the title Earl of Ormonde. Lee in the DNBIE and Paton in the much more recent ODNB, spell the name Earl of Ormond... |
£1,000 | Eldest son to the Marquess of Douglas |
| 04 | William Douglas, Earl of Selkirk Earl of Selkirk Earl of Selkirk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.It was created on 4 August 1646 for Lord William Douglas, third son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, along with the title Lord Daer and Shortcleuch... |
£1,000 | Third son of the Marquess of Douglas |
| 05 | The heirs of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch was the son of Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch.On 25 July 1646, he married Lady Margaret Leslie, daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes and they had three children:... deceased |
£15,000 | |
| 06 | James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Galloway Earl of Galloway Earl of Galloway is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1623 for Alexander Stewart, 1st Lord Garlies, with remainder to his heirs male bearing the name and arms of Stewart. He had already been created Lord Garlies in the Peerage of Scotland in 1607, with remainder to the heirs... |
£4,000 | |
| 07 | William Ker, 2nd Earl of Roxburghe William Ker, 2nd Earl of Roxburghe William Ker, 2nd Earl of Roxburghe was the grandson of Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe. He was born William Drummond, the youngest son of John Drummond, 2nd Earl of Perth, and Jean Ker, daughter of Robert. On Robert's death in 1650 he had no surviving male heirs, consequently his titles and... |
£6,000 | |
| 08 | William Cochrane William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald supported the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.-Biography:William Cochrane of Coldoun, who was knighted by Charles I, acquired the estate of Dundonald in 1638. He was created Baron Cochrane of Dundonald in 1647... Lord Cochrane Lord Cochrane Lord Cochrane can refer to:*William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald who prior to receiving the earldom was create Baron Cochrane of Dundonald*Earl of Dundonald has a subsidiary of Baron Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltree... |
£5,000 | |
| 09 | James, 2nd Lord Forrester Lord Forrester The title Lord Forrester was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1633 for Sir George Forrester, Bt who had already been created a baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1625... |
£2,500 | |
| 10 | Philip Anstruther. | 1,000 marks sterling | Son of Sir Robert Anstruther Robert Anstruther Robert Anstruther may refer to:*Sir Robert Anstruther, 1st Baronet MP for Fife 1710*Sir Robert Anstruther, 3rd Baronet of the Anstruther Baronets... |
| 11 | Sir Archibald Sterling of Carden. | £1,500 | |
| 12 | James Drumond of Mackensey | £500 | Laird Machane |
| 13 | Henry Maule | £2,500 | Son to the Earl of Panmure Earl of Panmure Earl of Panmure was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1646 for Sir Patrick Maule, a former Gentleman of the Bedchamber to James VI and loyal follower of Charles I. He was made Lord Maule, Brechin and Navar at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland... |
| 14 | Sir James Livingstone James Livingstone, 1st Viscount Kilsyth James Livingstone, 1st Viscount Kilsyth , was a devoted Scottish Royalist who was raised to the peerage of Scotland as Viscount Kilsyth and Lord Campsie in 1661.-Biography:... of Kilsyth Kilsyth Kilsyth is a town of 10,100 roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.-Location:... |
£1,500 | |
| 15 | William Murrey of Polemaise | £1,500 | |
| 16 | James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan Earl of Buchan The Mormaer or Earl of Buchan was originally the provincial ruler of the medieval province of Buchan. Buchan was the first Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots to pass into the hands of a non-Scottish family in the male line. The earldom had three lines in its history, not counting... |
£1,000 | |
| 17 | John Scrymgeour, Viscount Dudope John Scrymgeour, 1st Earl of Dundee John Scrymgeour, 3rd Viscount Dudhope and 1st Earl of Dundee was a member of the Scottish nobility and fought in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.-Biography:Scrymgeour was one of the royalist leaders during the civil war... |
£1,500 | |
| 18 | Preston of Cragmillar | £1,500 | |Laird of Craigmillar |
| 19 | Sir Andrew Flesher of Inner Pether | £5,000 | |
| 20 | Sir John Wauchab of Nethery Niddrie, Edinburgh This article is about Niddrie, a suburb of Edinburgh. See also: Longniddry, Niddry Castle.Niddrie is a suburb of south east Edinburgh, Scotland, UK... |
£2000 | |
| 21 | Earl of Perth John Drummond, 2nd Earl of Perth -Family and titles:Drummond was the son of Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond and Lady Elizabeth Lindsay. He married Jean Kerr, daughter of Sir Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Roxburghe and Mary Maitland, on 28 August 1613... , and Lord Drumond his eldest son |
£5,000 | |
| 22 | Earl of Winton George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton was a Scottish Royalist, Privy Councillor, and Sheriff of Haddingtonshire.He was in Europe for his studies, a boy of under ten years of age, when he succeeded his grandfather in the family estates in 1650... |
£2,000 | |
| 23 | Earl of Findlater | £1,500 | |
| 24 | Alexander Stewart, 5th Earl of Moray | £3,500 | |
| 25 | James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry. | £4,000 | |
| 26 | John Earl of Eithy John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk , was a Scottish noble who supported the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.-Biography:... |
£6,000 | |
| 27 | Lord Duffus Lord Duffus The title Lord Duffus was created by Charles II in the Peerage of Scotland on 8 December 1650 for Alexander Sutherland. He was a descendant of the 4th Earl of Sutherland, who fell in battle in 1333. The title is now extinct, although there may be male-line Sutherlands descended from earlier lairds... |
£1,500 | |
| 28 | Lord Grey Lord Gray Lord Gray is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1445 for the Scottish diplomat and politician Sir Andrew Gray. His great-great-great-great-great-grandson, the seventh Lord, was granted a new patent with remainder to William Gray, husband of his only daughter Anne, and his heirs... |
£1,500 | |
| 29 | Sir Henry Nisbett | £1,000 | |
| 30 | Patrick Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure Earl of Panmure Earl of Panmure was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1646 for Sir Patrick Maule, a former Gentleman of the Bedchamber to James VI and loyal follower of Charles I. He was made Lord Maule, Brechin and Navar at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland... |
£10,000 | |
| 31 | Laird of Lundee | £1,000 | |
| 32 | Earl of Arroll Earl of Erroll The Earl of Erroll is an ancient title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1453 for Sir William Hay.The subsidiary titles held by the Earl of Erroll are Lord Hay and Lord Slains , both in the Peerage of Scotland. The Earls of Erroll also hold the hereditary office of Lord High Constable... |
£2,000 | |
| 33 | Earl of Tullibardine | £1,500 | |
| 34 | Earl of Sowthes David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk Sir David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk, 1st Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird, 1st Baron Carnegie, of Kinnaird and Leuchards was a Scottish nobleman. He was a member of the Privy Council of Scotland and held the office of Lord of Session... |
£3,000 | |
| 35 | Earl of Dalhousie Earl of Dalhousie Earl of Dalhousie, in the County of Midlothian, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, held by the Chief of Clan Ramsay.-History:This family descends from Sir George Ramsay, who represented Kincardineshire in the Scottish Parliament in 1617. He received a charter of the barony of Dalhousie and also... |
£1,500 | |
| 36 | Earl of Hartfeild | £2,000 | |
| 37 | William Lord Rosse William Ross, 10th Lord Ross -Origins:Ross was the second son of James Ross, 4th Lord Ross, who died on 2 April 1581, by Jean, daughter of Robert, 3rd Lord Sempill. He succeeded to the peerage following the death of his great-nephew William in August 1648, to whom he was served heir on 20 March 1649... |
£3,000 | |
| 38 | Lord Sample Lord Sempill Lord Sempill is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in circa 1489 for Sir John Sempill, founder of the collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch. Sempill was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. His grandson, the third Lord, was known as "The Great Lord Sempill"... |
£1,000 | |
| 39 | Lord Elphinston Lord Elphinstone Lord Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1510 for Alexander Elphinstone who was killed at the Battle of Flodden three years later. He was succeeded by his son, the second Lord, killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547.... |
£1,000 | |
| 40 | James, 9th Lord Boyd James Boyd, 9th Lord Boyd James Boyd, 9th Lord Boyd , was a Scottish noble who adhered to the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.-Biography:... |
£1,500 | |
| 41 | James Lord Cooper | £3,000 | |
| 42 | Lord Balvaird Lord Balvaird Lord Balvaird is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1641 for Sir Andrew Murray. His son, the second Lord, succeeded as fourth Viscount Stormont in 1658 according to a special remainder in the letters patent... |
£1,500 | |
| 43 | Lord Rollo Lord Rollo Lord Rollo, of Duncrub in the County of Perth, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1651 for Sir Andrew Rollo. His great-great-grandson, the fifth Lord, was a Brigadier-General in the Army and fought in North America during the Seven Years' War. He died without surviving male... ck |
£1,000 | |
| 44 | Earl of Kinghorne Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish peer and the son of John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne.... |
£1,000 | |
| 45 | Earl of Kinkardine Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine FRS was a Scottish inventor, politician, judge and freemason, responsible for developing the pendulum clock, in collaboration with Christiaan Huygens.... |
£1,000 | |
| 46 | Lord Bamfe Lord Banff Lord Banff is an extinct or dormant title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 31 August 1642 for Sir George Ogilvy, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Forglen in the County of Banff, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 30 July 1627. He was succeeded by his son, the... |
£1,000 | |
| 47 | Master Robert Meldrum of Tillybody | £1,000 | |
| 48 | Sir Robert Graham of Morphie | £1,000 | |
| 49 | Sir William Scot of Harden | £3,000 | |
| 50 | Hay of Nachton | £1,000 | |
| 51 | Renton of Lamberton | £1,000 | |
| 52 | Colquhoun of Luz Luss Luss is a village in Argyll & Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of Loch Lomond.-History:Historically in the County of Dunbarton, its original name is Clachan dubh, or 'dark village'... |
£2,000 | Laird of Lus |
| 53 | Hamilton of Preston Preston, East Lothian Preston is a village on the East Lothian coast of Scotland, to the south of Prestonpans, the east of Prestongrange, and the southwest of Cockenzie and Port Seton.... |
£1,000 | |
| 54 | Mr. Francis Hay of Bowsey | £2,000 | |
| 55 | Arnot of Ferney | £2,000 | |
| 56 | Sir Robert Forquhar | £1,000 | |
| 57 | Sir Francis Reven | £3,000 | |
| 58 | James Scot of Montross | £3,000 | Merchant in Montros |
| 59 | Laird of Rothemegordon | £500 | Laird Rothemay, Gordoun |
| 60 | Colerney, the yonger | £1,000 | |
| 61 | Sir John Scot, of Scots-Torbut | £1,500 | Scottistarbet |
| 62 | Laird of Gosfrid | £1,000 | |
| 63 | Laird of Bachilton | £1,500 | |
| 64 | James Mercer of Aldey | £1,000 | |
| 65 | Earl of Rothes John Leslie, 1st Duke of Rothes John Leslie , son of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes, was the 7th Earl of Rothes and 1st Duke of Rothes. He was a descendant of Princess Beatrix, sister of King Malcolm III of Scotland... |
£1,000 | |
| 66 | Lieutenant Colonel Elliot of Stebbs Eliott Baronets The Eliott Baronetcy, of Stobs in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 3 December 1666 for Gilbert Eliott. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire. The Eliott Baronets share a common early Ellot ancestry with the nearby Earls... |
£1,000 | |
| 67 | Sir Lewis Stuart | £1,000 | Advocate |
| 68 | Patrick Scot of Thirleston | £2,000 | Patrik Scott of Thirlestane |
| 69 | Sir James Carmighill | £2,000 | Lord Carmichael |
| 70 | Sir Patrick Cockborne of Clarkington | £2,000 | |
| 71 | Sir George Morison of Prestongrange Prestongrange Prestongrange is a place in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, situated between Musselburgh to the west, and Prestonpans in the east.The placename derives from "Preston", meaning "priest's town", and a grange which was worked by the Cistercian monks of Newbattle Abbey.In the 16th century the Morison... |
£2,000 | |
| 72 | Murrey, Laird of Stanhop Stanhope, Peeblesshire Stanhope is a small settlement in the Scottish Borders region. It is situated in the parish of Drumelzier in Peeblesshire, in the valley of the River Tweed.... |
£2,000 | Son to Sir David Murrey deceased |