1 86 Craigmillar and its Environs. 



and uproar that was in the Burgh of Edinburgh," 

 and were lodged in the Castle. 



William, the Provost, had two sons, Clement and 

 William. Clement died without issue, and William 

 became proprietor. He was succeeded by his son, 

 also William, who acquired the entire barony by a 

 purchase from Mr George Winram in 1641. The 

 barony of Liberton appears to have previously been 

 equally divided between them, as at the valuation 

 of the teinds in 1630, exactly the same number of 

 bolls of victual were assigned to each proprietor. 

 He died in 1662, and was succeeded by his son, 

 William, whose wife strongly favoured the Cove- 

 nanters. In Fountainhall's ' Historical Notices ' (p. 

 664) it is stated that on 25th May 1685 Little of 

 Liberton's lady was one of the martyrs during the 

 persecution. She was imprisoned for harbouring 

 conventiclers, but on his entering prison for her, she 

 was liberated. 



It was in the time of this proprietor, W^illiam 

 Little, that the present Liberton House was built, 

 in 1675. This edifice has from time to time been 



