Abbreviations used in the database
DSL
Dictionary of the Scots Language (https://dsl.ac.uk)
Fasti
H. Scott (ed.) Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation (8 volumes) (1915-20)
HBC
E.B. Fryde et al (eds.) Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press (1997)
NLS
National Library of Scotland
NRS
National Records of Scotland
ODNB
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (https://oxforddnb.com)
PC1
Scottish Privy Council Acta registers (NRS)
PC2
Scottish Privy Council Decreta registers (NRS)
RBS
Gordon MacGregor (ed.) The Red Book of Scotland (5th edition, 18 vols.)
RPCS
P.H. Brown et al (eds.) The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1661-1691, 16 vols. Edinburgh (1908-1970)
RPS
K. Brown et al (eds.), Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707 (https://rps.ac.uk)
Scots Peerage
Sir James Balfour-Paul (ed.) The Scots Peerage, 9 vols Edinburgh: David Douglas (1904-14)
SRO10/583
Typed transcripts of the registers of the Scottish Privy Council in preparation for publishing printed volumes for the years 1692 to 1708 (NRS)
Young, Parliaments of Scotland
M.D. Young (ed.) The Parliaments of Scotland: Burgh and Shire Commissioners, 2 vols. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press (1992)