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Date: 1843-c.1867Reference: DGH1/7/3/1Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Books
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The new and complete book of martyrs, or, an universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected with Additions and great Improvements. Containing Not only a New, Copious, Complete, Universal and Authentic Account of the Lives, Actions, Characters, Trials, Religious Principles, Sufferings, Tortures, and Triumphant Deaths, of the English Protestant Martyrs, In the Reign of Queen Mary the First. But also a Genuine, Full, and Circumstantial History of all the many dreadful and cruel Persecutions against the Church of Christ, in all Parts of the World, by Papists, Pagans, Jews, Turks, and Others, From the very Earliest Ages of the Church, to the Present Period. Comprehending the Life, Meritorious Sufferings, and Martyrdom of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, with the Martyrdoms of the Apostles, Evangelists, Disciples, and other Primitive Martyrs. - And including the Ten Great Persecutions, under the Roman Emperors, and many other Particulars under the following General Heads: An Ecclesiastical History of the Persecutions in Persia, under Sapores: and the Persecutions under the Arian Vandals. - The horried Persecutions under the Papacy; particularly the Martyrdoms of the Waldenses and Albigenses in France. - The Persecutions in Germany and Poland. - The Cruelties exercised in Bohemia and Lusatia. - The Martyrdoms in Italy. - The shocking Barbarities practised by the Inquisitions of Spain, Portugal, Goa, &c. and the Popish Persecutions of the Protestants during the Massacre of Paris. - A full Account of all the English Martyrdoms, particularly those in the Times of King Henry Viii. and Queen Mary I. wherein are amply displayed all the Butcheries, Tortures, and Cruelties exercised by the Roman Catholics against the Protestants, in the Reign of that tyrannical King and bloody Queen. - The Persecutions of the Quakers, &c. - Persecutions in the West of England by Judge Jeffreys. - Persecutions in Holland, Flanders, Scotland, &c. - The bloody Irish Massacre. - The great Spanish Invasion. - The dreadful Fire of London. - The shocking Gunpowder Plot. - The horrid Conspiracies in 1678. - The barbarous Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, and the Designs of Perkins, Friend, and Fenwick, for the Re-Establishment of Popery, and the Extirpation of Protestantism. - The Martyrdoms of the Missionaries in China. - The Persecutions in the East-Indies. - The Barbarities exercised in America. - The Cruelties practised on the Christians of Abyssinia and Georgia. - The late Persecutions in France against the Calas Family. - Also the final Establishment of the Reformed Religion in the various Protestant Countries. - With a great Number of other Cruelties exercised against the Christian Martyrs, not related in any other Work of the Kind. Together with the Martyrdoms of The Faithful and Virtuous in the first Ages of the World; the Persecutions of the Maccabees by the Greeks; of the Hebrews by the Egyptians; and of the Children of Israel by the Philistiries, and other barbarous Nations. Throughout this Work will be Interspersed Accounts of several singular Judgments against Persecutors, a great Variety of Original Anecdotes, the Letters which passed between the Martyrs, Letters from Bishop Bonner, and other Papists, to the Magistrates, &c. concerning the Methods of Indictment and Treatment, Translations of Popish Bulls, and other Deeds of Destruction, levelled against the Protellants, in England, Scotland, Ireland, &c. &c. suitable Notes and practical Reflections adapted to the various Subjects, and many curious Lives and Memoirs; to which will be added; an Account of the Life and Death of the original Author, the Rev. Mr. John Fox. The Whole Forming At Once A General Christian Martyrology, and Complete History of Persecutions. A Work Calculated to promote the Protestant Religion, and expel Romish Superstition, and by giving a pious and Christian Turn to the Mind, be general Use and Advantage to Mankind. The whole originally composed by the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M. A. formerly of Magdalen College, Oxford, And Prebendary in the Church of Balisbury; And now revised, corrected and improved, with many necessary additional Articles relating to the Acts and Monuments of the Church, not to be found in any other Publication of this Sort, and written in a clear intelligible Stile, free from that Obscurity of Language, and Tediousness of Diction, as well as that impertect Brevity and Coheiseness, which have been so much complained of in former Works of this kind. By Paul Wright, D. D. F. S. A. Vicar of Oakley and Rector of Snoreham in Essex. late of Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge; and Author of the Complete British Family Bible, and of the New and Complete Life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, elegantly printed in Folio; both of which Works (with the inimitable Sets of fine Copper-Plates) have met with universal Approbation, as the best and most perfectly complete Works of the Kind, for the Use of all Christian Families. Embellished with a great variety of copper-plates, representing the various Modes of cruelly torturing the Christian Martyrs for their Constancy.
Foxe, John, 1516-1587.Date: [1800?]- Books
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His Majesty's advocate for Scotland, on behalf of His Majesty, - - - - - - - appellant. John Gordon, Esq; second son of Sir James Gordon, of Park, deceased, - - - - - respondent. The said John Gordon, Esq; - - - - - appellant. His Majesty's advocate, on behalf of His Majesty, - respondent. The case of the said John Gordon, Esq;
Gordon, John, of Avachy.Date: 1751]- Books
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In the House of Lords. An Appeal from the Court of Session in Scotland. The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Common Council of the City of Glasgow, - Appellants. Messieurs Murdoch, Warroch, and Company, - - - - Respondents. The Appellants' case.
Glasgow (Scotland). Town Council.Date: 1783]- Books
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The Governor and Company of the Royal Bank of Scotland, (called the New Bank) and Andrew Cochran, merchant - - - - appellants. The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland, (called the Old Bank) - - - respondents. The respondents case.
Bank of Scotland.Date: 1729]- Books
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His Majesty's advocate for Scotland, in behalf of His Majesty, - - - - appellant. Mary Drummond, only daughter of James Lord Drummond deceased, and Lady Jean Gordon, daughter of the deceased George Duke of Gordon, - - - - respondent. The respondent's case.
Drummond, Mary, 1707-1770.Date: 1753]- Books
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His Majesty's advocate for Scotland, on behalf of his Majesty, - - appellant. John Gordon, Esq; second son of Sir James Gordon of Park, deceased, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - respondent. And the said John Gordon, - - - - - - - - - - - appellant. His Majesty's advocate, on behalf of His Majesty, - - - respondent. The case of the appellant in the original appeal, and respondent in the cross appeal. ...
Scotland. Lord Advocate (Grant : 1746-1754)Date: 1751]- Books
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His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, on behalf of his Majesty, - - - - - - - appellant. Jean Hay, widow of John Cuthbert late of Castlehill, - - - - - - respondent. The respondent's case.
Hay, Jean.Date: 1758]- Books
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Thomas Drummond of Logie Almond, Esq; - - - - - - - appellant. His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, on behalf of his Majesty, - - - respondent. The respondent's case.
Scotland. Lord Advocate (Grant : 1746-1754)Date: 1751]- Books
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From the Court of Session in Scotland. George Haldane, Esq; of Gleneagles, - Appellant. The Honourable John Elphinston of Cumbernauld, Assignee of the now deceased George Keith, late Earl Marischal, - - - Respondent. The Appellant's case.
Haldane, George Cockburn, 1729-1799.Date: 1780]- Books
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In the House of Lords. The Magistrates and Town Council of the City of Glasgow, - - - - - Appellants. John Glasford, and others, Partners of the Brewery Company near Anderstown, under the Firm of Murdoch, Warroch, and Company, - - - - - Respondents. The Respondents' case.
Glassford, John, 1715-1783.Date: 1783]- Books
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England's bloody tribunal: or, popish cruelty displayed. Containing a compleat account of the lives, religious principles, cruel persecutions, sufferings, tortures, and triumphant deaths, of the most pious English Protestant martyrs, Who have sealed the Faith of our Holy Religion with their Blood. Exhibiting A full View of Popery, with all its superstitious and horrid Practices; and tending to promote the Protestant Religion, by displaying the Errors of Popish Idolatry, and confirming the true Believer in the Faith of Our Blessed Redeemer, who was crucified for our Sins, and rose again for our Justification, and now sitteth at the Right Hand of God, making Intercession for us. To Which IS Added, A faithful Narrative of the many hortid Cruelties and Persecutions that have been inflicted by the Roman Catholics on the Protestants of Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany. With A particular Description of the various Tortares and Barbarities, that are practiced by the Inquisition in Different Parts of the World. Also The Lives of the Primitive Reformers, whose Effigies are given in the Frontispiece to the Work. Together With A full and plain Refutation of the Errors of the Romish Church, laid down in such a Manner as to enable the unlearned Protestants to confute the chief Arguments of the most artful Popish Priests and their Emissaries. By the Reverend Matthew Taylor, D. D. By the King's Authority.
Taylor, Matthew, D.D.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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Messrs. Douglas, Heron, and Company, - - appellants. John Grant, Esquire, one of the barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Scotland, - respondent. The respondent's case.
Grant, John, -1775.Date: 1774]- Books
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The magistrates and town council of perth - - appellants. Messieurs Thomas Black, William Stewart, and William Wilson, ministers of Perth, George Fauhney, and George Robertson, hospital-Masters of Perth; Mr. Robert Lyon, moderator of the presbytery of Perth, for himself, and on behalf of the said presbytery, as overseers of the said hospital - - - - - - respondents. The respondents case.
Perth (Scotland)Date: 1730]- Books
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The right Honourable John Earl of Breadalbane, and his Majesty's Advocate, - - - - - - - - - - - Appellants. James Menzies, of Culdairs, Esquire, and Angus Macdonald, of Kenknock, - - - - - - - - - Respondents. The said James Menzies, Esquire, - - - - - - - - - Appellant. The said Earl, his Majesty's Advocate, and Angus Macdonald, - Respondents. The case of the said Earl and his Majesty's Advocate, Appellants in the Original Appeal, and Respondents in the Cross Appeal.
Breadalbane, John Campbell, Earl of, 1662-1752.Date: 1744]- Books
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His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, on behalf of his Majesty, - - - - - - - appellant. Jean Hay, widow of John Cuthbert of Castlehill, and Alexander Cuthbert, claimants on the estate of Simon, late Lord Lovat, for and on behalf of themselves, and the younger Children of the said John Cuthbert, respondents. The case of the respondents.
Hay, Jean.Date: 1758]- Books
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Medicinae praxeos systema, ex Academiae Edinburgenae disputationibus inauguralibus praecipue depromptum, et secundum naturae ordinem digestum. Curante Carolo Webster, M. D. Valetudinarii Pub. Edin. Med. Alter. E Coll. Reg. Med. ET Societ. Reg. Med. Edin. Hujusque Ad Acta Edenda A Secretis. Tomus Primus.
Webster, Charles, 1750-1795.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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From the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. George Haldane, Esq; of Gleneagles, - appellant. George, late Earl Marischall, - - respondent. The appellant's case.
Haldane, George Cockburn, 1729-1799.Date: 1778]- Books
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To be reported by the Lord Elliock. Memorial for the Sheriff - substitute of the county of Edinburgh, Alexander Fowlis ... John Christie ... Defenders; against James Hotchkiss, John Hunter, James Gentle, ... brewers in Edinburgh, pursuers.
Edinburgh (Scotland). Sheriff.Date: 1762]- Books
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In the House of Lords. Sir Hector Monro, and others, - - - appellants. Robert Forbes, and others, - - - - respondents. Appendix to the appellants' case.
Nairn (Scotland). Town Council.Date: 1785]- Books
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Ans. - the Faculty of Advocates, to the pet. - Mr Robert Forsyth. Answers for the Hon. Henry Erskine of Newhall, dean, and the remanent members of the Faculty of Advocates; to the petition of Mr Robert Forsyth, styling himself teacher of the civil law in Edinburgh.
Faculty of Advocates (Edinburgh, Scotland)Date: 1790]- Books
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In the House of Lords. Janet Allan, Relict of John Cameron, late of Carntyne, and her Children, - - Appellants. Messrs. Robertson and others, Creditors of Richard Cameron, now of Carntyne, - Respondents. The Respondents' case.
John Robertson and Company (Glasgow, Scotland)Date: 1781]- Books
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Thomas Drummond, of Logiealmond, - - appellant. His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, on behalf of his Majesty, - - - - - - respondent. The appellant's case.
Drummond, Thomas.Date: 1751]- Books
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By order of the Right Honourable the Lord Provost, the magistrates, and Council of the city of Edinburgh. While so many works are going on in the city of Edinburgh; - for the conveniency and safety of the inhabitants, it is necessary strictly to adhere to the following regulations, ...
Edinburgh (Scotland). Town Council.Date: 1786]- Books
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A smooth stone from the brook. Or, an humble attempt to prevent backsliding from the principles of the covenanted Church of Scotland, in some letters to the Rev. George Lawson, by the Reverend William Willis, Minister Of The Gospel, Greenock.
Willis, William, approximately 1748-1827.Date: 1799