King’s discovery of the Queen’s ribbon round his neck, 132; gossip about his relations with the Queen, 133 Ruthven, Alexander (cousin of the Earl of Gowrie), at the slaughter of the Ruthvens, 29, 32; letter to Logan, 183, 184 Ruthven, Andrew, with the Master, at Gowrie House, on the day of the slaughter, 43, 157; rides with the Master and Henderson to Falkland, 45, 64, 65; asserts the despatch of Henderson by the Master from Falkland to acquaint Gowrie of the King’s coming, 45, 46, 145 Ruthven, Beatrice (Gowrie’s sister), Queen Anne’s favourite maid of honour, 13, 124, 131 Ruthven, Harry, present at the slaughter of the Ruthvens, 29 Ruthven, Lord (Gowrie’s grandfather), his part in the murder of Riccio, 118 Ruthven, Mary (sister of Gowrie), married to the Earl of Atholl, 123 Ruthven, Patrick (Gowrie’s brother), 124 Ruthven, Sophia (sister of Gowrie), married to Lennox, 124 Ruthven Vindication, the contemporary, 80–93, 252–256 Ruthven, William (Gowrie’s brother), 124, 129 * * * * * ST. TRIDUANA’S Chapel, 150, 151 Salisbury, Marquis of, in possession of genuine letters of Logan, viii, 241 Sanderson, William, on the Gowrie arms, 250 Scone, Abbey of, in the Gowrie inheritance, 48, 54 Scott, Rev. John, his Life of John, Earl of Gowrie, cited, 80 note, 248; on the Gowrie arms and seal, 250, 251 Scott, Sir Walter, cited, 5 Scrymgeour, Sir James (Constable of Dundee), accused falsely by Sprot, 217 Smith, Rev. Alexander, on the Logan plot-letters, 242 Spottiswoode, Archbishop of Glasgow, his opinion of Sprot, 178; kept in the dark as to the Logan letters, 179; present at Sprot’s examination, 176, 201, 210