282 Local Documents, Berwick, by John Scott. 



acknowledgement shewn to your Grace by my Lord, 



Your Graces most humble & most ohedt. Servants, 

 JOHN PEATT, Mayor, 



& 19 others of Councell. 



II. BEEWICK.— Rebellion of 1715-16. 



(Extracted from the Town Records by Mr John Scott). 



The Examination of Francis Tunstall, Gentl. , taken this 9th day of March, 

 1715-6, before the Kt. worsfull, John Sibbit, Esq., Mayor, Anthony Comp- 

 ton, and Matt. Forster, Aldermen, three of his Matie Justices of the peace 

 for Berwick aforesaid. 



This examinant saith that he is the son of one George Tunstall, who went 

 out of England with the late King James, and was by his mother carryed over 

 into France ; that he was brought up at the Court of St. Germains, until abt 

 8 years ago, and from thence was carried to Strasburg, in Germany, with his 

 mother, who, as he has been told, had a pension allowed her by the Bpp of 

 Strasburg,— that he stayed there till he was ten or eleven years of age, — that 

 his father being then dead, he was sent to Doway, where he was educated in 

 his Grammar & Khetorick about 7 years in an English colledge, being by the 

 interest of the Late King James' Queen put upon the foundation of the 

 Scholers there, — that he run from his studies there to Abberville, and there 

 inlisted himself in the French Service, in the Kegiment of Unaille, where he 

 carryed arms as a private Centinel for one year & a half, — that this Exami- 

 nant deserted from the sd. Kegiment, and came to Arras, where he mett with 

 one Capt. Charles "Wyndham, an officer in Derrington's regiment of Irish in 

 the French service, who he has served about a year & a half, — that about the 

 29th of Janry, N.S., he embarked at Calais, with his Master, on board a small 

 vessel (the Master & Sailors being all French), — that about the 5th of Feby, 

 N.S., they landed at Montrose, with the Marquis of Tinmouth, Sir Thos. 

 Hukens, Secretary to the Pretender, a Son of the Lord Middletons, Capt. 

 Strickland (as he believes of Nugent' s horse), Brigadier Cook, Brigadier 

 Guidon, and Several other Subaltern officers, to the number of about 20, be- 

 sides Servants,— that the said officers gave to the Master for their freight 100 

 livres each,— that another small ship, on board of wh. was genii. Sheldon, 

 came likewise about the same time from Calais, and landed at Arbroath, — 

 that a third ship also came from Calais the day before with several other 

 officers, Irish, and landed at Aberdeen, as he hath heard, — that as [soon as 

 they landed at Montrose they sent to the Pretender to have his orders (who 

 was then near Perth), but had no return till abt 8 days after, when they were 

 ordered to go to the North, to joyn the Erie of Seaforth and the Marquis of 

 Huntly,— that on their way to Aberdeen they heard the news of the Pre- 

 tender's going off upon the approach of the Army of the Duke of Argyle,— - 



