lard, 60-his condemnation of Mary Stuart, 62.
Breweries, private, 200.
Bridges, St Serf's,_6-Guard, 29- Dairsie, ib.-the Forth, 182, 197. Bridget, St, Abbess of Kildare, Aber- nethy founded in her honour, 7. Brown, John, of Haddington, herd- boy at Carpow and early Seceder, 141, 142-Serves in Edinburgh Castle in the '45, 146-taught at Gairney- bridge, 156.
Brown, Dr John, description of U.P. character, 157-description of Dr Chalmers, 215.
Bruce, Sir George, of Culross, James VI. visits his coal-mines under sea, 95.
Bruce, Michael, the poet, "Ode to the Cuckoo," 250.
Bruce, Robert, at dedication of St Andrews, 24-his tomb at Dunferm- line, ib.
Bruce, Robert, minister of Edinburgh, sermon at Leuchars, 100.
Bruce, Sir William, of Kinross, archi- tect, 245.
Buckhaven, a village without a poor man, 154-its college, ib.-origin of fishers of, 197.
Building, much new, at close of last century, 172. Burghers' oath, 146 occasion of Burghers and Antiburghers, ib. — split of the Secession, ib. Burghs, royal, character of buildings in, 246-number of, in Fife, 257. Burntisland, Chastellard at, 61-Crom- well I at, 117-Dutch church of, 243.
Cameron, John, Bishop of Glasgow, an early student of St Andrews, 27. Cameron, Richard, of Falkland, founder of Cameronians, 134-tutor in family of Scot of Harden, 135-anecdotes of, at Airdsmoss, ib. his head and hands shown to his father, ib. Campbell, John, Lord, son of minister of Cupar, 222-at St Andrews with Chalmers, 212 — friend of David Wilkie, ib.-at the English bar, 223 -invests in a parliamentary seat, 224 -without sympathy for Scotch opin- ion or radical politics, ib.-carries law reforms, 225 Chancellor of Ireland, ib.writes 'Lives of the Chancellors,' ib. Chancellor of England, 226. Campbell, Dr, of Balmerino, 'History of Balmerino,' 254.
Canmore, Malcolm, effect of his mar- riage with St Margaret, 15-Saxon period of Scotch poetry ends with, 19. Carlyle, Thomas, schoolmaster
Kirkcaldy, 163-description of Fife
coast, ib.-account of Dr Chalmers's preaching, ib.-visits Trigonometrical Survey huts on Easter Lomond, ib.- description of Falkland, 164-visits Inchkeith, ib.-notes first steamer on Forth, ib.-character of Fife people, 165-quits Fife for London, 166. Carmichael, Peter, of Balmaddie, at murder of the Cardinal, 46. Castles of Fife, variety of, 36, 244-St Andrews, the Bishop's Castle taken, 46 Rossend at Burntisland, 61- Wemyss, 63-Lochleven, 66-Edin- burgh, denounced by Knox, 71 Falkland, 79, 164-Craighall, 117- Denmyln, 124 Donibristle, 85- Fordel, 99-Pitreavie, 116-Rosyth, 117-Scotstarvit, 121-Dreel, 244- succeeded by mansions or country- houses, 245.
Caves of Fife, St Margaret's, at Dun- fermline, 11-St Fillan, at Pitten-
weem, 9-at Wemyss, 63, 242-at Kincraig, 12.
Chalmers, Thomas, son of merchant of Anstruther, 216-educated at St Andrews, ib.-mathematical turn of mind, ib.-lectures at St Andrews, and defends non-residents, ib.-writes. on economics, 217 minister in Glasgow, 218-organises territorial system, ib. - becomes Professor of Moral Philosophy in St Andrews, Professor of Theology in Edinburgh, ib.-moderator of first Free Church Assembly, ib.-lectures in London in defence of Established Church, ib.-his chief works, 220- his character, 221. Character of Fife natives, described by Carlyle, 165-in Wilkie's pictures, - compared with Aberdonians,
Character, Scottish, 138-Aberdonian, 255-Fife, 256.
Charles I., born at Dunfermline, 94- visits Scotland, 1633 and 1641, 96- conferences with Alexander Hender- son, 104-108.
Charles II. in Fife, 1650, 96. Chastelereau, General of Mary of Guise in Fife, 56, 57-
Chastellard, in Queen Mary's suite, 59 -returns to Scotland, 60-at Burnt- island, 61-executed at St Andrews, 62. Church, Scottish, originally monastic, 7- becomes national, 12-dioceses and parishes, 12-becomes feudal, 20 -influence of the bishops on Fife, 30 -the universities founded by, 26-its great wealth, 168-its corruption, ib.
its reformation by Knox, 31-55-- its democratic character, 73-142- Andrew Melville and Second Book of
Discipline, 79-origin of the doctrine of Christ's headship, 88- the Cov- enant and Alexander Henderson, 107, 135, 139, 148-the Glasgow Assembly, 1638, deposes bishops, 102 - the Westminster Assembly, 108-113-the Solemn League and Covenant, 107- dispute with the Independents, 108- Cromwell's quarrel with, 114-Crom- well precipitates dissent, 118- the Resolutioners and Protesters, ib.- Episcopacy restored, Sharp, 126- Cameron and the Cameronians, 135 -origin of dissent, 138-the Seceders and Ebenezer Erskine, 140-Burghers and Antiburghers, 146-Old and New Lights, 147-reunion of the Seceders, ib.-the Disruption, 148-219-John Glas and the Glassites, 149-Edward Irving, 150-an Irish bishop in Fife, 156-a non-juror at St Andrews, 162 -a clerical farmer at Markinch, 170 -the parish schools, 202-Thomas Chalmers and the Free Church, 219 -why John Campbell would not be- come a parish minister, 222 — an Episcopal bishop at Pittenweem,
Collieries and colliers of Fife, the monks began coal-mining, 194-the colliers originally serfs, 195- their emancipation, ib. future of the miners, 196. Columba, St, Inchcolm only dedication to, in Fife, 4-his relics brought to Dunkeld, 11.
Conolly, Memoir of Bishop Low, 228 -Dictionary of Eminent Men of Fife,' 229.
Constantine, Celtic king, at conference of Scone, 11-becomes monk of St Andrews, 33. Constantine, M'Kenneth, his oath at Scone, 11. Covenanters.
See Baillie, Cameron, Gillespie, Hackston, Henderson. Crail, Knox preaches at, 55-collegiate church of, 157.
Creich, church dedicated to St Serf, 6-Alexander Henderson born at, 99. Cromwell, Oliver, modern political history of Scotland dates from, 114
exhortation to Scotch ministers, 114 victory of Dunbar reduces south of Scotland, 115-victory of Pitreavie reduces Fife, ib.-at Burnt- island, 116 traditions as to, in Fife, 117-his influence on Scotland and Fife, 118-creates importance of middle classes, 119. Cross of Clan Macduff, 157. Cruithne, Fibh or Fife, one of the seven sons of Cruithne, 2.
Culdees, monastery at Lochleven, 5- at Abernethy, 7-at St Andrews, 8.
Culross, St Sert preaches at, 6—James VI. visits, 95.
Cunningham of Barns, Sir Alexander, erects beacon on the May, 124. Cupar, the drama of "The Three Estates" acted at, 40-encounter of Cupar Muir, 56-inscription to Hack- ston of Rathillet at, 134- Pococke visits, 157-linen hand-looms aban- doned at, 190-Tullis press at, 203- painters of, 248.
Dairsie, kirk of, represents Anglican parish church, 243.
Darlugdach, Abbess of Kildare, 7— legend of Abernethy, 19. Darnley, Henry, Lord, comes to Scot- land, 62-meets Queen Mary at Wemyss, 63-on Murray, 64-Sir J. Melville's description of, 65 Mary's love of, ib.- marriage and death, ib.
David I., buried at Dunfermline, 17— a sair saint for the Crown," but never canonised, 18 introduces feudalism, 19.
Deas, George, of Falkland, judge of Court of Session, 242.
Defoe, Daniel, his description of Fife, 152- Robinson Crusoe,' 238. 'Delitiæ Poetarum Scotorum,' 121. Democracy, the Scottish religious democracy and Knox, 75-Cromwell and Scottish, 119-Ebenezer Erskine appeals to Scottish, 142.
Denmyln, castle of Sir J. Balfour, 124. Disruption, the, 148. See Campbell
Doctors of Fife, Goodsir of Anstruther, 240-John of Kinghorn, ib.-Sir R. Sibbald of Gibliston, 125-Balfour, 124-Syme, 240-Goodsir, ib. Donibristle, castle of, murder of Earl of Moray at, 84-its picture-gallery, 159.
D'Osell, general of Mary of Guise in Fife, 56.
Douglas, Earl of, dies at Lindores, 33. Douglas, George, assists Mary to es- cape, 68.
Douglas, John, the tulchan bishop, 72. Douglas, Lady of, Lochleven, 67. Douglas, Robert, the leader of the Resolutioners, 118.
Douglas, Willie, his mystifications, 69. Dovecots, excessive number of, in Fife,
Drummond, Annabella, wife of Robert III., buried at Dunfermline, 17-her house at Inverkeithing, 246. Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, at Scotstarvit, 123-writes 'Polemo- Middinia,' ib.
Drysdale, keeper of the guard at Loch- leven, 68.
Dunfermline, the Scottish Durham, 16 -Edward I. at, 23-burial-place of Scotch kings, 17-birth-place of Scotch princes, 94-linen trade of, 190. See Henryson, Paton. Dunkeld, relics of Columba removed to, 15.
Dunning, Serf and the dragon at, 6. Durham, ancient Scotch charters at, 15.
Durham, Sir Philip, of Largo, admiral
in French war, his exploits, 238. Dysart, its etymology, desert or Deus Ard, God's Point, 12-called Little Holland, 122-Defoe's description of,
Education, one of the industries of Scotland, 201-influence of St An- drews on Fife, ib.-parish schools of Fife, ib. academies, ib. - High School for girls at St Andrews, 202. Endowment of Dunfermline, 16-of St Andrews, 29, 30-of parish schools by Alexander Henderson, 100-of Pro- fessor of Humanity by Scot of Scots- tarvit, 121-of Madras College by Bell, 202-of Anstruther Academy by Waid, ib.-of Mr Carnegie to Dun- fermline, 193-of Mr Barrie to St Andrews, 202.
Erskine, Ebenezer, of Portmoak, sketch of his life, 142-mounts guard in the '45, 146.
Erskine, Ralph, of Dunfermline, 144. Erskine, Thomas, Lord, educated at St Andrews, 242.
Falkland, originally a hunting-tower of Earls, 24-murder of Duke of Rothe- say at, 25-Mary of Guise at, 57- James VI. at, 79-Hackston of Rath- illet, house at, 132-Richard Cameron born at, 134-discovery of Macduff's Tower, 244.
Farming, a Fife farm in 1792, 174- size of farms in Fife, 175-budget of,
Ferrier, J. F., Professor of Moral Phil-
osophy at St Andrews, 252. Feudalism, growth of Scotch, 19-Mac- duff becomes a feudal earl, 20- Democracy versus Feudalism, 88. Fibh or Fife, one of the sons of Cruithne, 2.
Fife, why called a kingdom, 2, 20. Fillan, St, his cave at Pittenweem, 10. Fisheries and fishers of Fife, 197-their harbours on East Neuk coast, ib.- fishers a hereditary class, ib.-course of fishery, 198.
Flax, manufacture of, described by Henryson, 36-farm-servants' wages paid in, 179-recent attempts to grow, ib.
Foreman, Andrew, Bishop of St An- drews, 31.
Forth, the, cradle of the Scotch navy, 33 view of, praised by Boswell and criticised by Dr Johnson, 160-her- ring-fishery of, 198-shipbuilding in,
Gairneybridge, testimony of Seceders at, 143.
Generals of Fife, Sir William Kir- kaldy, 230- Sir Alexander Leslie, Ear of Leven, 233-David Leslie, Lord Newark, 234.
Gib, Adam, leader of Antiburghers, 146.
Gibson of Durie, Sir Alexander, a Covenanting lawyer, 241.
Gillespie, George, of Kirkcaldy, the Covenanter, 112.
Gillespie, Patrick, Principal of Glasgow, supporter of Cromwell, 113. Gillespie, Thomas, minister of Carnock, founder of Relief Church, 146. Glas, John, founder of the Glassites,
Glass, first made at Wemyss, 149. Golf in Fife, 205.
Goodsir, Dr, of Anstruther, 240. Goodsir, the anatomist, 240. Greig, Sir Samuel, of Inverkeithing, Russian admiral, 237.
Guard Bridge, built by Bishop Ward- law, 29.
Hackston of Rathillet, at Sharp's mur- der, 130-with the Cameronians, 132 -his trial and execution, 133-two of his quarters sent to Fife, 134-one of his hands buried at Cupar, ib. Halkett of Pitfirran, Provost of Dun- fermline, 148.
Heckling, a heckler brought from Ire- land, 188.
Henderson, Alexander, the Covenanter, 99-minister of Leuchars, 100-draws supplication against the Five Arti- cles, ib.-protests against the Service- book, 101-Moderator of Glasgow Assembly, 102-at Dunse Law, 103- Moderator of Edinburgh Assembly, 104-preaches in London, 105-chap- lain of Charles I., 106-drafts Solemn League and Covenant, 107-at West- minster Assembly, 108-his charac-
Ebenezer, annalist of Dunfermline, 254.
Henryson, Robert, description of flax manufacture, 36-the Dunfermline poet, 250.
Heresy, persecution of, 46. Herring, fishery of, 162.
History, archæology distinct from, 1- · legends manipulated, not invented,
ib.-time only one of the guides of, 8 -rarely wears the comic mask, 24- mysteries in, 48-stronger than fiction, 96-contrast between ancient and modern, 97-north and east of Scot- land more favourable to, than west, 254.
Holland, connection of Fife with, 33,
Hope, Sir Archibald, of Rankeillor, judge of Court of Session, 241. Hope, Sir Thomas, of Craighall, with Leslie at Dunse Law, 103-Lord Ad- vocate of Charles I., 241. Horse, the Fife Light, 205.
Inch, St Serf's, Archbishop Graham's skeleton found at, 67.
Inchcolm, monastery at, only dedica- tion to Columba in Fife, 4. Inchkeith, Adamnan landed at, 4-Dr Johnson visits, 160-Carlyle visits, 164. Independents, the, in Cromwell's army, 116-Henderson debates with, 106,
Inverkeithing, battle of Pitreavie or
Inverkeithing, 115-objection to pres- sentee led to Relief Church, 146. Irving, Edward, schoolmaster at Kirk- caldy, 150, 163-the Catholic and Apostolic Church, 151-walks with Carlyle in Fife, 164.
Jacobites, few, in Fife, 157. Jaffray, the Quaker, 121. James I., placed on Coronation Stone by Earl of Fife, 32.
James II. and III., their struggles
with the Douglases took place out- side Fife, 32.
James IV., a pilgrim to Isle of May, 9 -makes his son Alexander, Bishop of St Andrews, 31-and Scotch navy, 34, 35-
James V., completes the Palace of Falkland, 37-Sir David Lyndsay, tutor of, 37-his angry speech to the Bishops, 43-conciliated by the Pope and Beaton, 44-persecutes heresy, ib. James VI., attempts to seize his person, 78-Melville's lesson to him at St Andrews, 80-his marriage, 87-An- drew Melville calls him "God's silly vassal," 88-his half-wise statesman- ship, 89-sends Fife Adventurers to the Lewes, 90 — his saying about Charles I., 94-visit to Dunfermline and Culross in 1617, 95-revisits St Andrews in 1617, ib.
Johnson, Dr Samuel, observations on Inchkeith, 160-on John Knox, 161 -on colleges at St Andrews, 162- on Fife savages, ib.
Kennedy, James, Bishop of St Andrews,
Kenneth Macalpine at Scone, 10. Kennoway, named after St Cainnech or Keneth, 8-fort in Den of, 244. Kilmany, parish of, Hackston's parish, 132-Chalmers minister of, 218. Kilrymont, a Culdee foundation, 8. Kilsyth, battle of, severe losses of Fife troops at, 137.
Kingdom, The, why Fife so called, 2. Kingsbarns, Bruce minister of, 101. Kinnesswood, parchment made there for three centuries, 256- Michael Bruce born at, 250.
Kinross, formerly included in Fife, 1— Cean Ross, the head of the promon- tory, 2-new house of, 155. Kirkaldy, Sir Robert, executed at the same time as his brother Sir William, 233.
Kirkaldy, Sir William, of Grange, sketch of his life, 230-his death and character, 233.
Kirkcaldy, Defoe's description of, 154 -Pococke refers to its suburbs, 158- Carlyle at, 163-describes its natives, 165 -linen trade of, 191-oil-cloth trade, 193
Kirkcaldy, John Gillespie, the thunder- ing preacher of, 112-his sons George and Patrick, 113.
Knox, John, comes to St Andrews in 1547, 51-catechises in the Cardinal's Chapel, ib.-preaches in the Trinity Church, 52-in the galleys off St Andrews, 54-preaches again in Fife, 55-Mary of Guise says her God is stronger than Knox's, even in Fife, 58 -his account of Chastellard, 60-his verdict on Queen Mary, 67-his life at St Andrews, 1572, 71-his opponents and friends, 72-his protest against the universities, 73-his prophecies against Lethington and Kirkaldy of Grange, 74-his return to Edinburgh, 76-his influence in Fife, 77.
Laing, Dr, of Newburgh, 'History of Lindores,' 254.
Lairds, the, will by eccentric Fife laird, 125 succeed the lords and build mansions instead of castles, 244- "The Auld Fife Laird," by Lady Nairne, represents Fife character, 251-Fife character in, 255. Largo, Standing Stones of, 158. See Sel- kirk, Alexander; Wood, Sir Andrew Lawyers of Fife, at Dunse Law, 103- in College of Justice, 241.
Learmont, James, younger of Bal- comie, 91-one of the Lewes Adven- turers, ib.-his death, ib.
Learmont, Sir James, one of Cromwell's judges, 241.
Lees, Charles, a Fife painter, 248. Legends, history of Fife begins with Legends of the Saints, 1-nature of the Legends, 3-legends of St Serf, 4-legend of St Andrew's relics, 8 -legends of the Covenanters, 135- legend of Dr Chalmers, 218.
Leighton, Bishop of Dunblane, refuses title of Lord, 127..
Lekprevick, the printer, removes his press to St Andrews when Knox went there, 74.
Leonard's, St, College, founded by Archbishop A. Stewart and Prior Hepburn, 29-Knox's dispute with Winram in the yards of, 54-Knox's counsel to the students at, 76. Leslie, the Earl of Rothes' palace at, 153-picture-gallery in, 158. Leslie, Sir Alexander, Lord Leven, sketch of his life, 233.
Leslie, Sir David, Lord Newark, sketch of his life, 235.
Leslie, Sir John, of Largo, Professor of Natural Philosophy, 252. Leuchars, Norman church of, 99- Alexander Henderson minister of, 100-Robert Bruce's sermon at, ib. Lindores, Duke of Rothesay's coffin at, 25-Earl of Douglas prisoner at, 32 -monks of, introduce pear trees, 167.
Lindsay, Sir David, of the Mount. See Lyndsay. Lord Balcarres at Dunse Law, 103-of the Byres at Loch- leven, 68-Lord Menmuir, advises expedition to the Lewes, 89-Lady Anne Barnard, authoress of "Auld Robin Gray," 251-Robert of Pit- scottie, character of his History,
Literature of Fife, prose superior to poetry, 37-stock of, in a farmhouse in 1792, 174 cottage literature altered by Seceders, 147 authors of, 249.
Loch Lands. the, of Fife, 158. Lochleven, Queen Mary visits, 67-a prisoner at, 68 proverb of, 66- escape from, 69. Low, David, Episcopal Bishop at Pit- tenweem, notice of his life and char- acter, 227, 228. Lyndsay, Sir David, of the Mount, account of his drama of "The Three Estates," 40- his verdict on Cardinal Beaton's death, 48-calls Knox to preach, 52-in the castle with Knox, 53 character of his
Macalpine, Kenneth, King, at Scone,
Macduff, Earl of Fife, Macduff Cross at Newburgh, 9-privileges of clan, 10, 11-a feudal earl, 20-hunting tower at Falkland, 20- castle at Wemyss, 64.
Mackenzie of Kintail, a wily Celtic chief, 93.
Macleods, the, of Lewes, 90.
Malcolm Canmore, his tower at Dun- fermline, 15-marriage to Margaret, ib.-buried at Dunfermline, 17. Manufactures of Fife, origin of linen trade, 186 linen and damask at Dunfermline, 190- linen at Kirk- caldy, 191-oil-cloth at Kirkcaldy, 193-other manufactures, 199. Margaret, St, wife of Malcolm Can- more, 14 at Dunfermline, ib. married in 1070, 15-gifts to Dun- fermline Cathedral, 16-Celtic church instructed by, ib.-fed the poor, 16 -died at Edinburgh Castle, 1093, 17 -buried at Dunfermline, ib. - her relics at the Escurial, 18. Martin, a Fife painter, 248. Mary, Queen, and Knox in Fife con- trasted, 50-Mary returns to Scot- land, 58-Mary and Chastellard first meet, 59-Mary receives Chastellard at Montrose, 60-Mary and Chas- tellard at Burntisland, 61-Mary and Elizabeth, 62-Darnley meets Mary at Wemyss, 63, 64-Mary a prisoner at Lochleven, 67-68 escape from Lochleven, 68, 69. Mary of Guise, at Falkland with French troops, 55-her troops at Cupar Muir, 56-declares her God stronger than Knox's God, 58-her death, ib.
May, Isle of, holy wells, 9-pilgrim age to, ib.-lighthouse on, 124-good fishing-ground, 197-shipwrecks near,
Melville, Andrew, the successor of Knox, 79-as leader of Church, 80- his lesson at St Andrews to James VI., ib.-rebukes James VI. at Falk- land, 87.
Melville, James, a student of St Leonard's, 74-description of Knox, ib.-at St Andrews, ib.-and Spanish captain at Anstruther, 81.
Melville, Sir James, his description of Darnley, 65.
Melville, Sir Robert, at Lochleven, 68. Melvin, James, of Carnbee, takes part in Cardinal's murder, 46. Mercantile system, Adam Smith con- demns, 187.
Middle classes, rise of the, 119. Miracles, difference between those in lives of earlier and later saints, 17.
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