PRISONERS HELD IN DUNNOTTAR CASTLE.

“The Black Book of Kincardinshire” lists the prisoners held in “the Whigs Vault” of Dunnottar Castle, who were not banished: all of them refused the oath of allegiance, and many of them refused his majesty`s authority, and to swear the oath of allegiance before the Ld Gosford, [at] Bruntilland [ Burntisland, Fife] the 19 May 1685.

NOTE; The total sent to Dunnottar were 122 Men 45 Women Total 167, but only 160 names are listed - it is short of 4 women and 3 men. Their details are unknown; they may well have been persons who died on the forced march to Dunnottar. Several also died in an escape attempt.

Ja. ATCHISONE. Thomas BLACK* Walter BLACK*

Wm. BOYD Geo. BROUNE Wm. BROUNE Dec.

Jon BUCHANAN Jon CAMPBELL Wm. CAMPBELL

Mungo COCHRAN Andw. CORBIT Jon CRIGHTOUNE

Pat CUNNINGHAME Charles DOUGLAS Wm. DOUGLAS

Peter DREDONE Jon FAIRMAN Jon FORD

Ja. FORSYTH Mr Jon FRASER John GILFILLEN

Charles GRAY Ja. GRIER Wm. HANNA

Jon HARPER Jon HENDERSONE Adam HOOD

Jon HUNTER James JUNK Jon KINKAID

Ja. KIRKWOOD Rot. LOGANE Jon MARTINE

Jon MckGIE Ja. McKAALL Mr Wm. MckMILLEN

Wm. OLIPHANT Thoma McKENZIE Andw.. MckLELAND

Walter M`kMAINE Andw. MckQUEEN John MckQUEEN

Rot. MckQUEEN George MOORE Jon POLLOCK

Ja. ROSTONE Ja. RUSSELL Dec. Pieter RUSSELL

Thomas RUSSELL Jon SMITH Alex. SMYTH

All. SMYTH Jon SYNTOUNE Mr TURNBULL

Jon TURPINE All. VALENGE Jon WALLACE *

Wm. WILSON Ja. WRIE (URIE) Jon WRIE (URIE)

Rot. YOUNG

Prisoners noted as [ to be ] Banished

Rot. BRYDEN Alxr. DALGLEISH Quentin DICK

Robert GLASS Jon HARVIE Jon KELLIE

Jon HODGE Jon HUTCHESONE Liberat.

Geo. JOHNSTOUNE Wm. M`KALBONE James MOFFAT*

Wm. NIVEN Andw.. PATERSONE Thomas PATERSONE*

Jon RANY Wm. SPRUD Christopher STRANG

Pat WALKER Jon WALLACE Jon WALLER

Wm. WATERSTOUNE* Jon WATT Jon WHYTE Dec.

Robert YOUNG

Prisoners not banished

Collein ALIESONE Ja. ATCHISONE Dec Rot. BARCLAY

Jon BLACK Hugh BLAIR Thos. BREADIE

Wm. BREADIE Dec Ja. COCHRAN Andw. CORBIT

Jon CORBIT Jon CORSEN Cu. GILLCHRIST

Ro. GILLCHRIST Wm. GILMORE Ja. GLEN

Robert GOODWINE Jon GRAY Fergus GRIER

Jon KING Wm. LEWIS Ja. LOCKHEART

Pat McKYORE Geo. MOORHEAD Ja. ORE

Ja. RITCHIE David SCOTT Jon SMITH

Win. SPRUD Wm. WILSONE Pat WRIE (URIE)

Women Prisoners

Jannet BELL Nicols BONEIGHT Kistaine CAVIE

Katherine CLARKE Elizabeth CORSS Agnes COWHEAD

Elspeth FERGUSSONE Margaret FOREST Mistress GAIRDINER

Girsell GEMMELL Marie GIPSONE Dec. Janet GLENDINING

Bessie GORDONE Isobell GORDONE Barbra GOWAN

Agnes HAIRSTAINES Isobell HOWIESON Annabel JACKSON

Katherine KELLIE Mart. LITHGOW Elizabeth MAIDLEINE

Mistress McBIRNIE Jean MkGIE Agnes MATHER

Margaret M`KLELLAN Margaret MILLAR Jeanne MUFFETT Dec

Margaret PHILIP Margaret ROWANE Margaret RUAN

Jeane SIMPLE Kirstain SCOTT Agnes TAMIES

Elizabeth WALKER Grisell WITHERSPOONE

Elizabeth WHYLAW Janet WHYLAW Elspeth WHYT

Margaret WRIE (URIE)

* taken the oath and Covenant. Dec. Died.

Mr normally indicates a Minister of the Kirk.

Dunnottar Castle