This includes both historical (in the widest sense) persons and families, mentioned in the texts, cited sources and authorities, and named authors of the texts.
Abbreviations: ca. = about, d. = died, flor. = flourished, s. = century (s.vi = 6th Century)
Personal Name | Page |
Eadbert, d.768, king of the Northumbrians | 53, 65 |
Ebissus, Saxon mercenary | 146-147, 152-153 |
Edgar, fl.1066, Atheling | 4-5 |
Edgar, 1072-1107, king of Scots | 35, 45 |
Edward I, 1239-1307, king of England | 4-5, 46, 76-77, 88-89, 104-105, 108-109 (1662) |
Edward II, 1284-1327, king of England | 70-71, 86-87 |
Edward III, 1312-77, king of England | 92-93 |
Edward VI, 1537-53, king of England | 45, 82-83 |
Egilwald, biographer of St Boniface | 22-23 |
Eglinton, earls of | 63 |
Elgin, 1st earl of, d.1663 | 100-101 |
Elizabeth, 1533-1603, queen of England | 152-153 |
Elphinston(e), family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Elphinston(e), family in Stirlingshire | 72-73 |
Elphinston(e), family of Balmerino | 76-77, 80-81 |
Elphinstone, lords | 70-71 |
Elphinstone, William, 1431-1514, bishop of Aberdeen | 90-91, 110-111 (1662) |
Elyot, Sir Thomas, d.1546, diplomat and author | 10-11, 12-13 |
English historians | 14-15 |
Ennius, 239-169 BC, poet | 12-13 |
Ermengarde, queen of William the Lion | 72-73, 78-79 |
Erroll, earls of | 48-49, 88-89, 108-109 (1662) |
Erskine, earls of Buchan | 108-109 (1662) |
Erskine, lords of | 70-71 |
Etymologicum magnum, s.xii, Greek lexicon | 14-15 |
Eutropius, s.iv, historian | 2-3, 144-145 |
Evenus, king of Scots | 144-145 |
Farquharson, family in Badenoch | 106-107 |
Farquharson, family in Garioch | 108-109 (1662) |
Fercastori, family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Ferdinand II, 1538-1637, emperor | 24-25 |
Ferdinand III, 1608-57, emperor | [4v-5r], [5v-6r] |
Ferdinand, count Curtius | [5v-6r] |
Fergus II, son of Erc, s.v, king of Scots | 53, 94-95 |
Fergus, d.1161, lord of Galloway | 47 |
Ferrers, Sir William, 1271-1325, 1st Baron de Groby | 48-49 |
Festus, Sextus Pompeius, s.ii, scholar | 16-17 |
Fife, earls of | 72-73, 74-75 |
Findlater, earls of | 106-107 (1662), 108-109 (1662) |
Finlay de Albania, d.?1426, bishop of Argyll | 94-95 |
Fleance, son of Banquho | 95-96 |
Fleming, family of Barochan | 63 |
Fleming, lords | 70-71 |
Fleming, John, d.1619, 1st earl of Wigtown | 47 |
Florentius, St, d.?693, bishop of Strasbourg | 22-23 |
Forbes, family in Buchan | 110-111 (1662) |
Forbes, family of Pitsligo | 108-109 (1662) |
Forbes, family of Rires | 76-77 |
Forbes, lords | 28-29, 90-91 |
Forbes, William, d. 1646, minister of Innerwick | 40-41 |
Fordun, see John of Fordun | |
Forrester?, Alexander, provost of Lothian | 40-41 |
Francis I, 1494-1547, king of France | 24-25, 95-96 |
Francis II, 1544-60, king of France | 80-81 |
Fraser, family in Buchan | 108-109 (1662), 110-111 (1662) |
Fraser, lords | 98-99 |
Fraser, Sir Alexander, d.1623, 8th of Philorth | 108-109 (1662) |
Gaittis, John, d. 1640, minster of Bunkle | 40-41 |
Galgatus (Calgacus), s.i, British leader | 10-11 |
Gall, St, d.?645 | 20-21 |
Gallio of Ravenna, d.427, general | 4-5, 68-69 |
Gathelgas, eponym of Argyll | 24-25 |
Gathelus, first king of Scots | [12v]-1 |
Gavus, king of the Orkneys | 144-145 |
Geddes, Charles, s.xvii, versifier | 82-83 |
Geilana, sister-in-law of Gosbert | 22-23 |
Gent, B. van, flor.1654, official of the States General | [6v-7r] |
Geoffrey of Monmouth, d.1155, bishop of St Asaph | [12v]-1, 14-15 |
Gerald of Wales, d.1223, topographer | [12v]-1, |
Geryon, mythical king of Tartessus | 14-15 |
Gethus, king of the Orkneys | 144-145 |
Gibson, family of Durie | 76-77 |
Gibson, Alexander, s.xvii, of Leven | 80-81 |
Gilbert, St, d.1245, bishop of Caithness | 108-109, 110-111 |
Gilbert, d.1135, lord of Galloway | 47, 48-49, 51 |
Gildas, s.v/vi, historian | 65 |
Glencairn, earls of | 54-55, 63 |
Gordon, earls of Sutherland | 97, 110-111 |
Gordon, family in Aberdeenshire | 110-111 (1662) |
Gordon, family in Banffshire | 108-109 (1662) |
Gordon, family in Galloway | 50 |
Gordon, family of Rothiemay | 106-107 (1662) |
Gordon, viscounts of Kenmure | 50 |
Gordon, James, d.1686, parson of Rothiemay | [2v-3r], [3v-4r], [6v-7r] |
Gordon, John, of Carnburgh | 92-93 |
Gordon, John, of Rothiemay | 92-93 |
Gordon, John, viscount Melgund | 92-93 |
Gordon, Robert, 1580-1661, of Straloch | [2v-3r], [3v-4r], [4v-5r], [6v-7r], 6-7, 8-7, 63, 74-75, 76-77, 102-103, 103 (1662) |
Gordon, Sir Robert, 1580-1656, tutor of Sutherland | 106-107, 108-109, 110-111 |
Goropius, Joannes, s.xvi, scholar | 14-15 |
Gortzlan, bishop of Werden | 22-23 |
Gosbert, duke of Franconia | 22-23 |
Graham, family in Stirlingshire | 72-73 |
Graham, George, d.1643, bishop of Orkney | 142-143 |
Graham, Sir Robert, d.1437, assassin of James I | 94-95 |
Gray, family in Sutherland | 110-111 |
Gray, lords | 82-83, 84-85, 88-89 |
Gregory, s.ix, king of Scots | 10-11, 108-109 (1662), 110-111 (1662) |
Gregory of Tours, St, 510-94 | 14-15 |
Griffith (Gruffydd) ap Llewellyn, d.1063, king of the Welsh | 95-96 |
Gunn, family in Sutherland | 110-111 |
Haakon V, d.1319, king of Norway | 152-153 |
Haddington, 2nd earl of, 1600-40 | 40-41 |
Hadrian, d.138, emperor of Rome | 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 18-19, 68-69, 146-147, 152-153 |
Halcro, lord of | 134-135, 136-137 |
Haldane, family in Lennox | 68-69 |
Halkett, family of Pitfirrane | 76-77 |
Halsham, Sir John, s.xiv, husband of Philippa, daughter of David of Strathbogie | 86-87 |
Hamilton, family in Clydesdale | 61, 68-69 |
Hamilton, family in Lothian | 38-39, 40-41, 65 |
Hamilton, family of Kinbrackmont | 76-77 |
Hamilton, marquises of | 61 |
Hamilton, Sir Alexander, of Lawfield | 40-41 |
Hamilton, Claud, d.1621, lord Paisley | 63 |
Hamilton, James, d.1529, 1st earl of Arran | 54-55, 57, 61 |
Hamilton, James, d.1575, 2nd earl of Arran, governor of Scotland | 61 |
Hamilton, Sir John, d.1640, of Redhouse | 40-41 |
Hamilton, Patrick, d.1640, natural son of 1st earl of Haddington | 40-41 |
Hamilton, Robert, d.1640, of Wester Binning | 40-41 |
Hampton, family in England | 61 |
Harruch, bishop of Werden | 22-23 |
Hay, family | 84-85 |
Hay, family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Hay, family of Erroll | 34-33, 108-109 (1662) |
Hay, family of Nechtan | 76-77 |
Helen, d.1245x1250, 1st wife of Roger de Quincy, earl of Winchester | 48-49 |
Henderson, family of Fordell | 76-77 |
Henry, d.1177, duke of Austria | 24-25 |
Henry I, 1068-1135, king of England | 47 |
Henry III, 1207-72, king of England | 86-87 |
Henry V, 1387-1422, king of England | 92-93 |
Henry VII, 1457-1509, king of England | 66-67, 95-96 |
Henry VIII, 1491-1547, king of England | 65 |
Henry II, 1519-59, king of France | 54-55, 61 |
Henry, 1545-67, king of Scots (lord Darnley) | 59, 63, 65, 84-85, 95-96 |
Henry de Beaumont, d.1340, e. of Buchan | 92-93 |
Henry Frederick, 1594-1612, Prince of Wales | [6v-7r], [7v-8r] |
Hepburn, earls of Bothwell | 61 |
Hepburn, family in Liddesdale | 42-43 |
Hepburn, family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Hercules, Greek hero | 14-15, 16-17, 8-9 (Edin) |
Heriot, family of Ramornie | 76-77 |
Herodian, s.iii, historian | 2-3 |
Herodotus, s.v BC, historian | [12v]-1 |
Herries, lords Terregles | 46 |
Hope, family of Craighall | 76-77 |
Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65-8 BC, poet: commentator on | 152-153 |
Houston, family of Houston | 63 |
Hume, family in the Merse | 35, 40-41 |
Hume, family of Dunglass | 33 |
Hungar and Hubba, flor.874, Danish generals | 78-79 |
Huntly, earls/marquises of | 94-95, 97, 100-101, 106-107 (1662), 110-111 (1662) |
Hyginus, s.ii, mythographer | 14-15 |
Inglis, family in Fife | 76-77 |
Inglis, James, of Ingliston | 40-41 |
Innes, lords | 98-99, 104-105, 106-107, 106-107 (1662) |
Irvine, family of Fedderate | 108-109 (1662) |
Irvine, Sir Alexander, d.1658, of Drum | 110-111 (1662) |
Isabella, countess of Fife (succ. 1353) | 74-75 |
Isabella, d. x1302, 1st wife of Robert I | 92-93 |
Isidorus, s.vii, bishop of Seville | 150-151, 152-153 |
Isingor, bishop of Werden | 22-23 |
James I, 1394-1437, king of Scots | 42-43, 74-75, 76-77, 82-83, 86-87, 92-93, 98-99 |
James II, 1430-60, king of Scots | 30-31, 42-43, 50, 61, 86-87, 94-95, 95-96, 98-99, 100-101, 102-103, 106-107, 106-107 (1662) |
James III, 1451-88, king of Scots | 42-43, 54-55, 61, 70-71, 92-93, 94-95, 95-96, 100-101, 152-153, 10-11 (Edin) |
James IV, 1473-1513, king of Scots | 24-25, 70-71, 80-81, 86-87, 95-96, 116-117 |
James V, 1512-42, | 24-25, 28-29, 38-39, 42-43, 61, 65, 70-71, 86-87, 95-96, 102-103, 148-149, 152-153, 6-7 (Edin), 8-9 (Edin), 10-11 (Edin) |
James VI and I, 1566-1625, king of Scots and of Great Britain | [3v-4r], [6v-7r], 26-27, 30-31, 33, 34-33, 35, 47, 61, 63, 65, 66-67, 70-71, 72-73, 82-83, 84-85, 86-87, 88-89, 94-95, 95-96, 100-101, 104-5 (1662), 106-107 (1662) |
Jerome, St, 347/8-419/20, scholar | 2-3, 146-147, 152-153 |
John, d.1479, earl of Mar | 92-93 |
John, of Clan Donald | 116-117 |
John of Fordun, d.c.1363, chronicler | 90-91, 150-151 |
John of Gaunt, 1340-99, duke of Lancaster | 86-87 |
John of Holywood (Johannes de Sacro Bosco), fl.1230, mathematician | 47 |
John the Scot, bishop of Meckelburg | 22-23 |
John de la Tour, flor.1500, count of Auvergne | 95-96 |
Johnston, family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Johnson, family in Sutherland | 110-111 |
Johnston, Arthur, 1587-1641, poet | [2v-3r], 46, 53, 62, 70-71, 76-77, 78-79, 82-83, 84-85, 86-87, 92-93, 100-101, 102-103 |
Johnston, John, d.1611, poet | 53, 61, 70-71, 72-73, 74-75, 82-83, 84-85, 86-87, 90-91, 100-101 |
Johnstone, family in Annandale | 45 |
Johnstone, family of Caskieben | 108-109 (1662) |
Jonas, abbot of Elnon | 22-23 |
Jovianus, d.364, emperor of Rome | 68-69 |
Jovius (Paolo Giovio), d.1532, historian | 150-151, 152-153 |
Julian, 331-63, emperor of Rome | 68-69 |
Julius Agricola, Gnaeus, 40-93, legate of Britain | 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 10-11, 18-19, 68-69, 70-71, 84-85, 144-145, 152-153 |
Julius Caesar, Caius, 100-44 BC, dictator | 2-3, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 70-71, 152-153 |
Julius Solinus, Caius, s.iii?, geographer | [8v-9r], 116-117, 150-151, 152-153 |
Junius Juvenalis, Decimus, s.i-ii, satirist | 146-147, 152-153 |
Jupiter, Roman god | 14-15 |