PUBLICATIONS OF THE SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY, VOLUME XXXVI LAUDER OF FOUNTAINHALL'S JOURNALS MAY 1900 [Illustration: LORD FOUNTAINHALL.] JOURNALS OF SIR JOHN LAUDER LORD FOUNTAINHALL WITH HIS OBSERVATIONS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND OTHER MEMORANDA 1665-1676 Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by DONALD CRAWFORD Sheriff of Aberdeen, Kincardine, and Banff [Illustration: SIR JOHN LAUDER, FIRST BARONET. (Lord Fountainhall's Father.)] CONTENTS INTRODUCTION JOURNALS:-- I Journal in France, 1665-1667, II 1. Notes of Journeys in London. Oxford, and Scotland, 1667-1670, 2. Notes of Journeys in Scotland, 1671-1672, 3. Chronicle of events connected with the Court of Session, 1668-1676, 4. Observations on Public Affairs, 1669-1670, III APPENDIX i. Accounts, 1670-1675, ii. Catalogue of Books, 1667-1679, iii. Letter of Lauder to his Son, PORTRAITS I. LORD FOUNTAINHALL II. SIR JOHN LAUDER, first Baronet, Lord Fountainhall's father III. JANET RAMSAY, first wife of Lord Fountainhall IV. SIR ANDREW RAMSAY, Lord Abbotshall All reproduced from pictures in the possession of Lady Anne Dick Lauder. INTRODUCTION THE MANUSCRIPTS There are here printed two manuscripts by Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, and portions of another. The first[1] is a kind of journal, though it was not written up day by day, containing a narrative of his journey to France and his residence at Orleans and Poictiers, when he was sent abroad by his father at the age of nineteen to study law in foreign schools in preparation for the bar. It also includes an account of his expenses during the whole period of his absence from Scotland. The second,[2] though a small volume, contains several distinct portions. There are narratives of visits to London and Oxford on his way home from abroad, his journey returning to Scotland, and some short expeditions in Scotland in the immediately following years, observations on public affairs in 1669- 70, and a chronicle of events connected with the Court of Session from 1668 to 1676; also at the other end of the volume some accounts of expenses. The third[3] may be described as a commonplace book, for the most part written during the first years of his practice at the bar and his early married life, but it also contains some notes of travel in Fife, the Lothians, and the Merse in continuation of those in MS. H., and a list of the books which he bought and their prices, brought down to a late period of his life. These manuscripts have been kindly made available to the Scottish History Society by the owners. The first is in the Library of the University of Edinburgh. The second is the property of the late Sir William Fraser's trustees. The third has been lent by Sir Thomas North Dick Lauder, Fountainhall's descendant and representative. [1] Referred to as MS. X. [2] Marked by Fountainhall H. [3] Marked by Fountainhall K.