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 |
Keith, earls Marischal | 80-81, 90-91, 116-117, 108-109 (1662) |
Keith, families in Aberdeenshire | 116-117, 108-109 (1662) |
Keith, John, d.1640, son of 5th earl Marischal | 40-41 |
Kelly, earls of | 76-77 |
Kenmure, viscounts | 48-49, 106-107 (1662) |
Kenneth II, d.975, king of Scots | 74-75, 86-87, 88-89 |
Kennedy, family in Carrick | 51 |
Kennedy, family of Ardgrain | 108-109 (1662) |
Ker, earls of Lothian | 30-31 |
Ker, family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Ker, family in Teviotdale | 38-39 |
Kilian, St, d.?689, bishop of Würzburg | 22-23 |
Kinghorn, earls of | 76-77, 84-85, 88-89 |
Kinnaird, lords of | 108-109 |
Kinnear, family in Fife | 76-77 |
Kirkcaldy, family of Grange | 76-77 |
Krantz (Crantz), Albert, 1448-1517, scholar | 22-23, 150-151, 152-153 |
Kynninmont, family in Fife | 76-77 |
Laestrygones, giants | [2v-3r] |
Laetus, Erasmus Michael, s.xvi, historian | 154 |
Lamont, Alan, owner of the Isle of May | 80-81 |
Langres, archbishop of | 95-96 |
Lauder, family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Lauder, family of the Bass | 80-81 |
Lauder, -, minister of ? | [2v-3r] |
Lauderdale, earls of | 34-33, 35 |
Laurence of Gruinivo | [12v]-1, 146-147, 148-149 |
Laurence de Lindores, d.1437, principal of St Andrews | 72-73 |
Law, James, d.1632, archbishop of Glasgow | 144-145 |
Lawson, family in Aberdeen | 92-93 |
Learmonth, family of Balcomie | 76-77 |
Leith, family of Harthill | 108-109 (1662) |
Lennox, earls/dukes of | 42-43, 63, 65, 66-67, 68-69, 86-87, 94-95, 110-111 |
Leslie, family of Lindores | 108-109 (1662) |
Leslie, family of Newton | 76-77 |
Leslie, Alexander, d.1661, 1st earl of Leven | 70-71 |
Leslie, John, 1527-96, bishop of Ross | 46 |
Leslie, Patrick, d.1649, 2nd lord Lindores | 74-75 |
Leslie, Sir Walter, d.1382, lord of Ross | 100-101 |
Leven, earls of | 76-77, 80-81 |
Liddell, Duncan, 1561-1613, mathematician and physician | 90-91 |
Lindsay, earls of Crawford | 84-85 |
Lindsay, family of Balcarres | 76-77, 80-81 |
Lindsay, family of Wormiston | 76-77 |
Lindsay, lords | 72-73 |
Lindsay, David, d.1407, 1st earl of Crawford | 61 |
Lindsay, Sir William, d. c.1247, lord of Lamberton | 61 |
Linlithgow, earls of | 70-71 |
Livingston, family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Livingston, family in Stirlingshire | 70-71, 72-73 |
Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-68, physician and antiquary | 2-3, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 |
Lockhart, family in Kyle | 54-55 |
Lollius Urbicus, Quintus, s.ii, governor of Britain | 4-5, 68-69 |
Lorges, Gabriel de, d.1574, count Montgomerie | 54-55 |
Loth, lord of Lothian | 16-17 |
Loudoun, earls of | 54-55 |
Louis XI, 1423-83, king of France | 66-67 |
Louis XII, 1462-1515, king of France | 66-67 |
Lour, lords | 84-85 |
Lovat, lords of | 98-99, 104-105, 106-107 |
Lucan, see Annaeus Lucanus, M. | |
Lucretius Carus, Titus, s/i BC, poet | 12-13 |
Lumsden, family of Invergellan | 76-77 |
Lundie, family, alias Maitland | 76-77 |
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546, reformer | 24-25 |
Lyon, lords of Glamis and Kinghorn | 80-81, 82-83 |
Lyon, Patrick, 1575-1615, 1st earl of Kinghorne | 72-73 |
Macalan, family in Lennox | 68-69 |
Macbeth, d.1057, king of Scots | 4-5, 80-81, 95-96, 104-5 (1662) |
MacConell, family in Kintyre | 58 |
MacConell, family in the Hebrides | 150-151, 152-153 |
Macculloch, family in Galloway | 50 |
Macdonald, lords of the Isles | 84-85 |
Macdowall, family in Galloway | 50 |
Macduff, s.xi, thane of Fife | 74-75, 78-79, 80-81 |
Macfarlane, family in Lennox | 68-69 |
MacIntosh, chiefs of Clan Chattan | 74-75 |
Mackay, family in Galloway | 50 |
Mackay, lords Reay | 112-113 |
Mackenzie, earls of Seaforth | 98-99, 100-101 |
Mackintosh, family in Moray | 106-107 |
Maclean, family in the Hebrides | 152-153 |
Maclellan, family in Galloway | 48-49, 50 |
Maclellan, lords of Kirkcudbright | 50 |
Maclellan (McClellan), John, 1609-50, minister of Kirkcudbright | [2v-3r], 48-49 |
MacLeod, family of Harris | [10v-11r], 130-131, 152-153 |
MacLeod, family of Lewis | 150-151, 152-153 |
MacPhail, family in Sutherland | 110-111 |
Madeleine, d.1537, 1st wife of James V | 24-25 |
Magnus, St, d.1116, earl of Orkney | [11v-12r], 140-141, 142-143 |
Magnus IV, 1110-39, king of Norway | 152-153 |
Mayne, Robert, s.xvii, professor of Medicine, Glasgow | 62 |
Maitland, family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Maitland, family of Pittrichie | 108-109(1662) |
Maitland, John, d.1595, 1st lord of Thirlestane, Lord Chancellor | 33 |
Makgill, family of Rankeillor | 76-77 |
Malcolm I, d.954, king of Scots | 22-23 |
Malcolm II, d.1034, king of Scots | 80-81, 104-105 |
Malcolm III Canmore, d.1093, king of Scots | 4-5, 26-27, 72-73, 74-75, 106-107, 152-153, 104-5 |
Malcolm IV, 1141-95, king of Scots | 47, 78-79 |
Mar, earls of | 84-85, 90-91, 92-93, 98-99, 108-109 (1662), 110-11 |
March, earls of | 35, 38-39, 42-43 |
Margaret, 1489-1541, queen of Scots | 70-71, 84-85, 86-87, 95-96 |
Margaret, St, d.1093, wife of Malcolm III | 4-5, 108-109, 110-111 |
Margaret, d. x1229, wife of Alan of Galloway | 48-49 |
Marianus Scotus, 1028-82, chronicler | 22-23 |
Marischal, earls | 4-5, 84-85, 90-91, 116-117, 108-109 (1662), 110-111 (1662) |
Marjory, d.1317/18, mother of Robert II | 92-93, 95-96 |
Mars, Roman god | [6v-7r], [8v-9r] |
Martha, d. of earl of Carrick | 51 |
Martial, see Valerius Martialis, M. | |
Martianus Minucius Felix Capella, s.v, encyclpaedist | [8v-9r], 12-13, 116-117 |
Mary, 1542-87, queen of Scots | 42-43, 59, 65, 80-81, 82-83, 92-93, 95-96, 102-103, 106-107, 140-141, 106-107 (1662) |
Mary of Guise/Lorraine, 1515-60, queen of Scots | 106-107 |
Maule, Patrick, 1585-1661, 1st earl of Panmure | 84-85 |
Maximian, 250-310, emperor of Rome | 6-7 |
Maxwell, earls of Nithsdale | 50 |
Maxwell, family in Annandale | 45 |
Maxwell, family in Galloway | 48-49, 50 |
Maxwell, family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Maxwell, families of Pollok and of Newark | 63 |
Maxwell, lords Maxwell | 46 |
Mela, see Pomponius Mela | |
Melville, families of Melville and of Burntisland | 76-77 |
Melville, Andrew, 1545-1622, reformer and scholar | [2v-3r], [6v-7r] |
Menteith, earls of | 84-85 |
Menzies, family in Aberdeen | 92-93 |
Mercator, Gerard, 1512-94, geographer | 8-7 |
Merlin, wizard | 34-33 |
Mey, lords of | 136-137, 138-139 |
Milius (? Abraham van der Mijl) | 150-151, 152-153 |
Molanus, Joannes (Meulen, Jean), 1533-85, theologian | 22-23 |
Moncreiff, family of Randerston | 76-77 |
Moncrieff, family of Balcasky | 76-77 |
Monro, family in Ross | 98-99 |
Monro, Donald, fl.1550, dean of the Isles | 116-117, 130-131 |
Montgomerie, family in Ayrshire | 54-55 |
Montgomerie, Hugh, d.1612, 5th earl of Eglinton | 54-55 |
Montgomery, Sir Thomas, s.xv, Essex | 54-55 |
Montrose, duke of, d.1495 | 61 |
Montrose, marquises/earls of | 82-83, 84-85 |
Monypenny, family of Pitmilly | 76-77 |
Moray, earls of | 61, 76-77, 82-83, 92-93, 102-103, 104-105, 106-107 |
Moray, family in Stirlingshire | 72-73 |
Moray, Andrew de, d.1338, warden of Scotland | 86-87 |
Morton, earls of | 61, 72-73, 76-77, 102-103 |
Morville, family in Lauderdale | 35 |
Morville, William de, d.1196, lord of Lauderdale | 48-49 |
Mowat, family in Buchan | 108-109 (1662) |
Mowat, family in Caithness | 116-117 |
Mowat, family in Shetland | 148-149 |
Muretus (Marc Antoine Muret), 1526-85, humanist | 152-153 |
Murray, family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Murray, family in Sutherland | 110-111 |
Murray, family of Balvaird | 76-77 |
Murray, family of Fallowhill | 33 |
Murray, David, d.1631, 1st viscount Stormont | 88-89 |
Murray, William, gentleman of bedchamber to James VI | 86-87 |
Muses | [6v-7r], [7v-8r] |
Myrton, family of Cambo | 76-77 |
Naiades, water-nymphs | [6v-7r] |
Napier, family in Lennox | 68-69 |
Napier, family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Napier, family in Stirlingshire | 72-73 |
Napier, John, 1550-1617, of Merchiston, mathematician | 68-69 |
Nechtan, king of Picts, founder of Abernethy | 84-85 |
Nechtius | 146-147 |
Neckam, Alexander Nequam, 1157-1217, scholar | 65, 86-87, 100-101 |
Nennius, flor.800, historian | 70-71, 152-153 |
Neptune, Roman god (= sea) | [2v-3r], [11v-12r], 14-15 |
Nesta, daughter of Griffith ap Llewellyn | 95-96 |
Ninian, St, s.v | 47, 48-49 |
Nivet, family in Shetland | 148-149 |
Ochta, Saxon mercenary | 146-147, 152-153 |
Olaf, St, 995-1030, king of Norway | 140-141, 142-143 |
Ogilvy, family in Banff | 108-109 (1662) |
Ogilvy, lords of | 84-85 |
Oliphant, lords | 84-85 |
O'Neill, Shane, d.1567, the O'Neill | 152-153 |
Orkney, earls of | 136-137, 140-141, 144-145, 152-153 |
Ormond, earls of | 61, 102-103 |
Orosius, s.v, Christian historian | [11v-12r], 2-3, 134-135 |
Orrok, family in Fife | 76-77 |
Ortelius (Oertel), Abraham, 1527-98, geographer | 150-151 |
Oswald, d.642, king of the Northumbrians | 14-15 |
Oswyn, d.670, king of the Northumbrians | 6-7 |
Palladius, St, s.v. | 90-91 |
Panegyrici Latini | 114-115 |
Papenheim, counts of | 24-25 |
Papinius Statius, Publius, s.i, poet | 150-151, 152-153 |
Paris, Edward, flor.1640, servant to earl of Haddinton | 42-43 |
Paternus, St, d.1058, monk, Abdinghof | 24-25 |
Patrick, St, 373-463 | 70-71 |
Patto, St, d.?788, bishop of Werden | 22-23 |
Percy, lords of Burrough | 86-87 |
Percy, Sir Henry, 1364-1403, 'Hotspur' | 54-55 |
Perth, earls of | 86-87 |
Petrarch, Francesco, 1304-74, poet and humanist | 150-151 |
Peucer, Caspar, 1525-1602, physician and historian | 150-151, 152-153 |
Pherson, family in Badenoch | 106-107 |
Philorth, lords of | 108-109 (1662) |
Phoebus, Greek god (= sun) | [6v-7r], [12v]-1 |
Pippin, d.838, king of Acquitaine | 22-23 |
Pitcairn, family of Forther | 76-77 |
Pitsligo, lords | 108-109 (1662) |
Plato, c.429-347 BC, philosopher | 12-13 |
Platus, Hieronymus, s.xvi, theologian | 22-23 |
Plinius Secundus, Gaius (Pliny), 23/24-79, encyclopaedist | [8v-9r], [11v-12r], 12-13, 14-15, 65, 114-115, 116 |
Pomponius Mela, s.i, geographer | [8v-9r], 14-15, 116-117, 150-151, 152-153, 154 |
Pont, Timothy, d.?1614, minister of Dunnet | [2v-3r], [3v-4r], [4v-5r], [6v-7r], 4-5, 106-107 (1662) |
Porcius Cato, Marcus, 234-149 BC, censor | 12-13, 14-15, 16-17 |
Porterfield, family of Duchel | 63 |
Preston, family in Lothian | 40-41 |
Preston, families of Valleyfield and of Ardrie | 76-77 |
Procopius, s.vi, historian | 152-153 |
Propertius, Sextus, s.i BC, poet | 12-13 |
Psewart, John, flor.1300, alleged English leader | 78-79 |
Ptolemaeus, Claudius (Ptolemy), s.ii, astronomer | [2r], [8v-9r], 6-7, 8-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 46, 47, 48-49, 51, 65, 66-67, 70-71, 78-79, 100-101, 104-105, 112-113, 114-115, 116-117, 150-151, 152-153, 103 (1662), 104-5 (1662), 8-9 (Edin) |
Pytheas, s.iv BC, navigator | 150-151, 152-153 |