History of the Johnstones, 1191-1909, with ... - Electric Scotland

i26 HERIOT'S EXECUTOR
dedicated to Charles I. ; the work, " Roberti Johnstoni Scoto-Britanni, etc." A
small portion in 1646 was translated by Thomas Middleton and published as
Tlie Historie of Scotland during the Minoritie of James D His admiration for
Queen Elizabeth and his remarks on " the cruel fanaticism " of Knox show that
he was an Episcopalian, to which, as Chambers observes, the cultivated and
wealthy classes chiefly belonged in Scotland, till a strong effort was made to
suppress them in 1696 and in 1746.
John Johnstoun, a writer, of the House of Newbie, was a witness to the
retour of Westraw in 1634. At his house, "on the south side of the Hie St.
beneath the Cross," a deed was signed by the Chief and James Johnstoun of
Westraw in 1629 concerning land occupied by Gavin Moffat of Harthope.
1 A MS. History of Scotland, in the Advocates' Library, was presented by David Johnstone,
burgess of Edinburgh, as the work of his father and grandfather, in 1653. It has been
wrongly attributed to Robert, who left no children.