At this day the Honours, which Mrs Granger so cleverly rescued, may be seen in the Castle of Edinburgh. At night they were safely buried under the pulpit of her husband's church. The general granted permission, and Mrs Granger brought out the Honours covered up with the lint. Then he got his wife to ask leave of the English general to enter the castle to bring out some bundles of lint. First he spread a report that they had been taken abroad. Fearing that the stronghold would be taken, Mr Granger, a minister in the neighbourhood, devised a plan for getting them out safely. The English knew that they were there, and laid siege to the castle. Monk was also very anxious to get hold of the "Honours of Scotland," that is, the crown, sceptre, and sword of state but, owing to the boldness and cleverness of a woman, he was disappointed.Īfter the battle of Dunbar the Honours had been placed for safety in the Castle of Dunnottar, a very strong castle on the coast of Kincardineshire. So Monk sent off to England the Chair of State in which the Scottish kings had sat, the robes they had worn, and all the documents which showed that Scotland had been a free kingdom. Edward had carried off the Stone of Destiny on which the kings of Scots had been crowned, as well as the Holy Cross of St Margaret and all the public records. To show that Scotland was no longer an independent kingdom, Monk did exactly what Edward I. Edward I., indeed, had conquered Scotland but he held it only for a short time, whereas the English under Cromwell held it for nine years. So the English under Cromwell had done what no king of England had succeeded in doing. It was in August of the year 1651 that Cromwell had marched after Charles, and by the end of that year Monk had subdued the whole country from the Tweed to the Pentland Firth. The only town that offered him any resistance was Dundee but there was such a massacre of the inhabitants after it was taken that no other town dared to oppose him. As there was no Scottish army to prevent him, he had very little difficulty in taking town after town, and placing English garrisons in them. Monk at once set about subduing the country, Highlands and Lowlands. When he marched after Charles to Worcester, he left behind him a part of his army under the command of one of his best generals, General Monk. There never was a time, therefore, when Scotland could be more easily conquered than now.Īnd Cromwell was determined to subdue Scotland and make it part of England, as so many English kings had tried to do and failed. What made things still worse was, that the three parties in the country-the Royalists, the Resolutioners, and the Protesters-could never agree to combine for the defence of their country. Her last army had been destroyed at Worcester her best general had been taken prisoner and the king was gone. Scotland was now still more helpless than she had been after the battle of Dunbar. It may contain outdated ideas and language that do not reflect TOTA’s opinions and beliefs.įrom A Short History of Scotland by Peter Hume Brown, 1908. Note: This article has been excerpted from a larger work in the public domain and shared here due to its historical value.
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