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and their bodies interred there and their heads placed on pikes at Cowgate Port. The bodies were exhumed by friends and reinterred in the West Kirk (St Cuthberts). The heads were buried in a box in a garden at Lauriston. They were removed from the garden in 1726 by the then owner Mr Shaw. They were
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The decisions of the lords of council and session, from June 6th, 1678, to July 30th, 1712. Collected by the Honourable Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall ... Containing also the transactions of the Privy council, of the criminal court, and Court of exchequer, and interspersed with a variety of
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Lord Fountainhall was admitted as an Advocate on 5 June 1668, and on 10 October 1681 infamously sentenced five men to death for witchcraft: Garnock, Foreman, Russel, Ferrie and Stewart. The five were executed at the Gallow Lee on
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Lord Fountainhall left a large collection of legal opinions and papers, including some that record Court of Session proceedings from 1678 to 1712, which also note the transactions of the
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A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen. New ed., rev. under the care of the publishers. With a supplementary volume, continuing the biographies to the present time
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graduating, with an M.A., on 18 July 1664. He then went to the Continent, partly with the view of studying law there. After some travels, he lived at
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historical facts, and many curious anecdotes. Published from the original manuscript, in the library of the Faculty of advocates, at their desire
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to defend her interests during her husband's trial on 15 February 1686. He was called to the Bench on 1 November 1689 as a Lord Ordinary in the
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The epitaphs and monumental inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. Collected by James Brown ... with an introd. and notes
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The Scottish nation: or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland
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Historical Notices of Scotish Affairs; selected from the manuscripts of Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, Bart.
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but declined because the condition was attached that he should not prosecute the persons implicated in the
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Historical Notices of Scotish Affairs: Selected from the Manuscripts of Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall
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26 March 1687, at Edinburgh, Marion, daughter of the Reverend John Anderson, of Balram, Minister of
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who remains an oft-consulted authority. He was knighted in 1680 and matriculated his Arms with the
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at his trial, 12 & 13 December 1681, and was also one of the advocates chosen by the
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in 1683 and a Burgess of Edinburgh (2 November 1687). He was the Commissioner for
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Lord Fountainhall died at Edinburgh and was interred in the Lauder vault within
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in Parliament (1685–86, 1690–1707), and spoke several times against the Union.
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then placed together in one coffin and interred in the north-east corner of
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from 28 July 1665 until 24 April 1666, following which he proceeded to
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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in Edinburgh, it being the location of his Edinburgh townhouse.
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Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, 2nd Baronet, Lord Fountainhall
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Old Edinburgh Club: The Closes and Wynds of Edinburgh
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People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh
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Lauder baronets

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Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet
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University of Edinburgh
Poitiers
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Leith Walk
Greyfriars Kirkyard
Earl of Argyll
Duchess of Monmouth
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Lord of Justiciary
Lawnmarket
Royal Mile
Lord Advocate
Glencoe Massacre
George Mackenzie
King Charles II
Justice of the Peace
Haddingtonshire
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