LEGITIMACY OF THE STUARTS

An historical Account of the Conspiracies by the Earls of Gowry, and Robert Logan of Restalrig, against King James VI. of glorious Memory. Containing the Facts, Proofs and Judgments, in these Causes. To which is added, A Vindication of Robert III. King of Scotland, and all his Descendents, from the Imputation of Bastardy … Taken from authentick Documents, yet extant among the national Records …

8vo., pp. xiv, 127, [1], 80; separate register to each part; title and dedication printed in red and black; slightly later panelled calf, spine gilt in compartments, upper joint cracked but very firm; armorial bookplate of Sir John Anstruther of that Ilk, Bart., to blank title verso.

£150

Approximately:
US $186€179

Make an enquiry

Added to your basket:
An historical Account of the Conspiracies by the Earls of Gowry, and Robert Logan of Restalrig, against King James VI. of glorious Memory. Containing the Facts, Proofs and Judgments, in these Causes. To which is added, A Vindication of Robert III. King of Scotland, and all his Descendents, from the Imputation of Bastardy … Taken from authentick Documents, yet extant among the national Records …

Checkout now

First edition, dedicated to Queen Anne, ‘and to all the Princes who share in her royal blood’. The Vindication of Robert III was first published in 1695.

An attempt to clear the King of any wrongdoing in the Gowrie Conspiracy (1600), written by the venerable Scottish politician, ‘a person eminent for his learning, and for his abilities as a statesman and general’ (Horace Walpole). ‘I thought it my duty, to publish it now, when such as evidently appear no friends to the monarchy, do vent their spleen, either by forging or repeating what may raise contempt on the memories of the dead kings, and the justice of their parliaments’ (p. x).

You may also be interested in...

[MACKENZIE, Lieutenant-Colonel George, and others, defendants.]

The Trial, before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, at the Instance of Daniel Ross, Woodsawer in Aberdeen; against Lieutenant-Colonel George Mackenzie, Captain Felix Bryan Macdonough, Serjeants Andrew Mackay & Alex. Sutherland, all of the late Regiment of Ross & Cromarty Rangers: for the Murder of John Ross, late Soldier in the Corps of Riflemen, in the Streets of Aberdeen, on Fourth of June, 1802.

Sole edition. This controversial trial was brought as a private prosecution after the Lord Advocate, Charles Hope, had decided not to prosecute any officers or soldiers for killing four peaceable inhabitants of Aberdeen after celebrations of the King’s birthday on 4 June 1802 had got out of control. Men and boys in Castle Street in high spirits were pelting each other with dirt, straw, and garbage, when Mackenzie and Mcdonough, who had been drinking with the magistrates and were rather intoxicated, walked back to their barracks and were pelted too. Soldiers from the Ross & Cromarty Rangers then joined in, apparently without orders. While soldiers and citizens jostled up and down Castle Street, Mcdonough attempted to calm the situation. Presently he ordered the soldiers to prime and load to intimidate the crowd, but then ordered them to withdraw to their barracks. Mackenzie meanwhile stayed in his quarters. Later the soldiers came out again, and on three occasions deliberately took aim and fired on the populace, although it was not clear whether any command to fire had been given. A serjeant was at the head of the group that shot John Ross, but he was not positively identified as one of the defendants.

Read more