Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland: From Original Documents
History
Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland: From Original Documents
Orkney (Scotland) -- History; Shetland (Scotland) -- History
Thomas Marteynsoun, ane youth of twentie zeiris of age, or thairby,
_solutim_, ressauit, sworne, and examinit, deponis, that he was lyand
sleipand in his awin bed in his awin houss, quhilk is ane part of the
lugeing of Magnus of How . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to the houss
quhair . . . . and drawin swourdis in thair handis, and come till his
bedsyde and wakint him, and gart him ryss incontinent, and wuld not
suffer him put on his sark befoir he raiss, and said till him, Knave,
can thow not tell quhair Arthour Sinclair lyis? And he said, he saw him
not within ane twelfmonth bypast. And thai said agane, Knaiff, thow
knawis he come heir zistrein? He answerit, Be my pairt of hewen, I
nowther saw him nor hard him. And he affirmis, that incontinent thai
tuik Robert Petersoun, and gart him beir the candill aganis his will,
throw the haill lugeing, fra houss to houss, with drawin swourdis in
thair handis, and soucht Arthour Sinclair, and sperit ay efter him. Ane
of the mennis names that had the drawin swourdis, was callit Lang Johne,
the Lairdis cuik, and the vther man he kend not. Thay wald not lat him
gang furth with thame, thairfoir he saw not the Laird, nor rest of his
companie, except thir twa foirsaid.
Henrie Halcro in Southsetter, underfowde of Tingwale, ane mareit man of
xlviij zeiris of age or thairby, of gude fame, ressauit, sworne, and
examinit, deponis, that the Laird sowpit that nicht in his houss, and
depairtit fra the samyn. And is conforme to his broder, Malcolme Halcro,
to the Lairdis and his servandis passing our the dyk to the hill toward
Quhytness, and that he was in purpoiss to pass thair, to seik Arthour
Sinclair, to invade him with bodelie harme, _et cetera nescit nisi ex
relatione aliorum_, because he past not with him to Quhytness. Bot
knawis that the Laird and his companie returnit to his houss in the
morning, about day licht, quhair he sleipit ane whyle in the bed
preparit to him at his departing. Bot the Lairdis servandis tauld him
that the Laird and thai soucht Arthour in Quhytness that nicht, and gat
him not.
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