44 Craigmillar and its Environs. 



horses could carry them. Then Bothwell followed 

 fiercely "with clamour and courage," so that within a 

 short time he compelled his pursuers to leave their 

 position and turn back. Bothwell continued the 

 pursuit for over a mile, and chased them near to 

 the place where the King and his company stood. 

 The footmen fled for fear to the castle of Craig- 

 millar. Bothwell's trumpet sounded a retreat "upon 

 a fayre ley feild " under Craigmillar in sight of the 

 King, and his host then retreated slowly back to 

 Woolmet. Few were slain at the conflict, but a 

 number were taken prisoners, and many hurt. The 

 prisoners were set free by Bothwell the same night. ^ 

 Sir John Gilmour, son of John Gilmour, W.S., who 

 was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 

 1628, acquired the property of the Barony of Craig- 

 millar from the Prestons in 1660. He was four times 

 married; and from his third wife, Margaret, eldest 

 daughter of Sir Alexander Murray, Baronet of Black- 

 barony, in Peeblesshire, the present Captain Gilmour 

 is descended. Sir John received knighthood in 1650, 

 ^ Cf. History of James the Sixth, p. 306. 



