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A51157 A letter to a friend giving an account of all the treatises that have been publish'd with relation to the present persecution against the Church of Scotland Monro, Alexander, d. 1715?; Meldrum, George, 1635?-1709. 1692 (1692) Wing M2440; ESTC R6566 25,533 32

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concerning his barbarous Usage by the Rabble I Master Gilbert Muschet Minister at Cumbernauld do by these presents declare That whereas I was orderly presented to the Church at Cumbernauld by John Earl of Wigtone and received Ordination and Collation from Alexander late Archbishop of St. Andrews then Lord Archbishop of Glasgow and continued there these Twenty Three Years in the Function of the Ministry Yet nevertheless I have been of late excluded and expell'd by the Rabble both from the Church and from my Manse and Glebe and I my self and my Wife have been in great danger of our Lives having been hurt and wounded by my own Parishioners and their Associates Follow the particular Wrongs done me by the Rabble and the Parties and Witnesses if I could have a hearing On Christmas day 1688. They took away all my Books together with my Papers to burn them at the Trone The Parties were James Mochrie Rob. Allan John Kirkwood John Anderson James Rae James John and Alexander Neilsons by order as they alledg'd from John Carmichael Chamberlaine James Carmichael his Son and James Fleyming Ground Officer Witnesses were Fergus Lugie Hary Logy John Baird and Robert Boyd Younger In January 1689. They made me by their Threatnings give back Four Petty Poynds to the value of ten or twelve Pounds Scotch that were long ago obtained in a fair legal way by a Decree before the Sheriff for payment to the Reader and Beddal The Parties were Ja. Brounlees John Ballach John Russel of Catecraig and Tho. Smellie Witnesses Fergus Lugie Will. Cassils Ja. Starke and their two Wives and Robert Stark Kirk-Officer February 4th They excluded me from the Church and sacrilegiously robb'd and took away the Key of the Church Door together with the Vtensils of the Church They likewise broke open the Doors of my House with a great Hammer rent my Gown and burnt it and laid violent hands upon my self and my Wife and the Kirk Officer Parties Ja. Bailzie Ja. Mochrie Rob. Angus Ja. Bresh Alexander Harvy Ja. Thomson Ja. Rae John Gillespie Younger Agnes Mochrie and Agnes Steil Witnesses John Davy Rob. Stirling Tho. Buchanan and John Steil March 7. They came out with Staves and Battoons and stop'd my Plough after I had till'd near Three Acres thereof and threatned to beat the Ploughmen to cut the Horse Legs and Plough-tackling if they did not desist Parties Robert Stirling Marion Lamb Agnes Mochrie Margaret Moorhead Margaret Miller Jean Miller Margaret Davy and Ja. Buchanan Witnesses John Watson David Macklay William Cassils Younger James Machany Margaret Colen and Mary Stark April 30. They took possession of my Glebe being Seven Acres and a half of Land for the use of the Meeting-House Preacher they till'd the rest of it and thereafter did sow and harrow it all except one ridg which I had caused sow and harrow before Parties Robert Boyd Ja. Russel Ja. Gilmore John Anderson John Young James Mochrie William Cassils and Ja. Rae And tho Eight of them had promised to pay me for what I had tilled and sown thereof yet they never performed the same Witnesses John Carmichael James Carmichael James Davie and Ja. Jarvey April 21. They violently by force of Arms stopp'd my entry into the Church in order to read the Convention's Proclamation and threw the Proclamation in the Ditch and carried me Prisoner to the Town Parties Ja. Rae and John Greenlees armed their Associates John Kirkwood William Cassils Ja. Mochrie Robert Allan James Thomson John Anderson John Smith James Buchanan and Tho. Dinn Witnesses Rob. Bresh James Machany John Stark Robert Alexander and John Ewans Hugh Templeton with divers others April 28. The entred the Meeting-House Preacher into the Church by force of Arms tho he never read the Convention's Proclamation nor obey'd the tenour of it then or since Parties Ja. Mochrie John Kirkwood William Cassils Ja. Thomson Ja. Rae John Greenlees Thomas Dinn John Smith Ja. Anderson Ja. Renie John Gillespie Witnesses Ja. Russel John Young John Stirling with divers others May 2. They broke open the Windows of my House robbing me of several things to a considerable value and charged me to remove the rest of my Furniture within Twenty four Hours otherwise they would throw it into the Stone-Quarry Parties Ja. Mochrie Ja. Rae Ja. Gilmore Younger and Ja. Buchanan with others Witnesses Jo. Kirkwood Ja. Neilson John Gillespie and Ja. Buchanan May 3. They again after opprobrious Language haled me Prisoner to the Newtoun commanding me to deliver up the Key of the Manse and three of them broke two of the Doors in my own House within the Newtoun of Cumbernauld beating my Wife Parties Ja. Mochrie Ja. Rae and James Buchanan the first of these searched narrowly for me in my own Chamber threatning to kill me where I narrowly escaped and he thereafter pursued me upon the King's High-way Associates to the said Three Persons were John Gillespy Younger Ja. Gilmore Younger and James Renie together with John Kirkwood William Cassils and James Thomson John Anderson John Greenlees and John Smith Witnesses John Young Hary Luggie Ja. Barrie Hugh Templetone and others at a publick Wedding May 20. Mr. Michael Robb the Meeting-House Preacher extruded me from the Glebe as the Rabble did from the Manse and caused his Servant to beat the Kirk-Officer when he was shearing a little Grass for my Horse when he was taken away by the command of one Lieutenant Haddo who took him along to the South and West Countries twenty days upon pretence of a commanded Party Witnesses John Stirling John Bennie John and Tho. Buchanans Jo. Cowie Robert Stark Alexander Robert and John Ewans July 28. After ringing the first Bell I entered the Church and read the Convention's Proclamation before an English Captain and Cornet and John Carmichael Chamberlain and having thereafter offered to preach in the Forenoon and to obey the tenour of the said Proclamation I was stopped by James Rae and William Cassils the last whereof laid violent hands upon me in that sacred place and hurled me by the Shoulders through the Church Isle and thrust me out at the Door tearing my Coat and my Gown Witnesses Ja. Robb James Neilson John Gillespy Younger James John and Tho. Buchanans and Ja. Renie August 6. They caused Home of Nineholes Troop eat a whole Night the Grass of that Meadow which I paid Duty for to the Earl of Wigtone the Hay thereof being worth Ten Marks Scotch was quite destroy'd and they caus'd Captain Morton's Horse eat a considerable quantity of my Corn of that Land I pay for yearly Parties John Carmichael who quartered the said Troop Mr. Robb and John Cuy his Servant who put them from the Glebe to eat my Meadow Witnesses John and Thomas Buchanans Alexander and John Ewans September 20. They pursued me upon the High-way as I was convoying a Cousin of my own alledging that he and I had taken down the Bell. They hurled us back Prisoners to the Town and James Rae ran at