Peirson

Macmichael fired the shot, and the man who called Peirson out was Robert Mitchell, nephew to James Mitchell, who was hanged five years previously for an attempt on Sharp's life. [

Claverhouse Mowbray Morris 1879

The third son of Walter and Isobel Peirson, Alexander Peirson, represented Edinburgh in the Convention of Estates at Holyrood House, in 1602, and in the Scottish Parliament of 1608, having been since 1586 a merchant burgess of Edinburgh.

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Walter and Isobel Peirson had four sons and two daughters: (1) James, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Carnegy of that ilk; (2) John, who married another daughter, Margaret, of the same Carnegy of that ilk; (3) Alexander, of whom more presently; (4) Thomas, whose doughty child and heiress, Elspet, in 1645 subscribed “600 merks” to the defence of Dundee by Major Mungo Murray against the Marquis of Montrose.

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Just curious. on November 15, 2008 at 7: 39 pm | Reply Adrian Peirson

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I cannot help thinking that this is all somehow another well timed deflection tactic for something else. on February 5, 2008 at 3: 34 pm | Reply Adrian Peirson

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Nou, lacking a flashlight, had been using the music device for light, Peirson said.

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Peirson, tried in 1588, learnt all her charms and obtained all her knowledge from the Devil, who came to her in the form of Mr. William

The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913

In the midst of the deadly turmoil a youth ran forward from a group of combatants, caught the bridle of the horse from which Peirson had fallen, mounted, and, brandishing a short sword, called upon his dismayed and wavering followers to advance; which they instantly did with fury and courage.

The Battle of the Strong — Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897

Couochons, where the brave Peirson issued to his death eleven years before, Maitre Ranulph's father.

The Battle of the Strong — Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897

"Sir," replied Peirson, the young hero of twenty-four, who achieved death and glory between a sunrise and a noontide, "give me leave to tell you that the 78th Regiment has not yet been the least surprised."

The Battle of the Strong — Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897