Restalrig

Mr Brown, from Restalrig, is following in his ancestor's footsteps by rowing from Spain to Trinidad, although Columbus needed three ships and 90 men to complete the journey.

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The cumpany whiche was nixt us, perceaving that we reteired with speid, send furth thair skyrmissaris, to the nomber of thre or foure hundreth, who took us att ane disadvantage; befoir us having the myre of Restalrig [1041] betuix us and thame, so that in no wise we could charge thame; and we war inclosed by the park dyke, [1042] so that in nowyse we could avoid thair schott.

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[263] It may be remarked, that either Hay's name, or Dean of Restalrig, appear to be a mistake; and the marginal note may have had reference to this.

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Restalrig on the previous day, on which occasion the Protestant party, commanded by the Earl of Arran and Lord James Stewart, were surrounded in the marshy ground, and their retreat to Edinburgh only accomplished with a loss of thirty men slain, and forty taken prisoners.

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S. Gyles Church was accused, conuicted, and condemned, for the false making and geuing forth of a sentence of diuorce, and thereby falsly diuorced and parted a man and hys lawfull wyfe, in the name of the Deane of Roscalrige [Restalrig], and certayne other Judges appointed by the holy Father the Pope.

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[1041] The village of Restalrig is situated about half a mile to the north-east of Holyrood House.

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Five days after, the forces of the Congregation having advanced to Restalrig, were enclosed by two advancing bodies of the enemy, and so jammed in near Holyrood, between the crags of the Calton on the one side and the crags of Arthur Seat on the other, as to be extricated only with most serious loss.

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Lard of Restalrig, [864] who of befoir declaired himselff to have bein one of us, and nochtwithstanding, [865] that day randered him selff undesyred to Monsieur Dosell.

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[967] The Logans of Restalrig were an ancient family of great influence, from their possessions at Leith and Restalrig.

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Be quhilk promeise, the principall men of them did travell with the Laird of Restalrig, [967] ane man nether prudent nor fortunat, to quhome the superioratie of Leyth appertenit, that he sould sell his haill tytle and rycht to our Soverane, for certane sowmeis of money, quhilk the inhabitantis of Leith payit, with ane large taxatioun mair, to the Quene Regent, in hoip to have bene maid free in dispite and defraud of Edinburgh.

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