of the prisoners were confined at Carlisle. The Bishop was, as he states, frequently importuned by the friends of some of the unhappy men. Writing to Wake, he says: "Among the rest the Bishop of Edinburgh warmly recommends to my counsel, direction, and favour a son of his, who is one of our guests. He gives broad hints that his child suffers for righteousness sake." Nicolson remarks, that he had told the Bishop, whom he calls "A mischievous Prelate," that he would no more interfere in behalf of his son, than he would for his own in similar circumstances. The son of another Bishop was also implicated. Archbishop Wake procured a memorial in his favour: and the Bishop of Carlisle was anxious for his safety, as well as for that of the son of the Bishop of Edinburgh, remarking that both "were as duly trained up to revolt against King George by their respective parents, as ever Moss-trooper's children were bred to stealing." He wished to save them on the ground of their education, throwing the blame upon their parents. The judges, he says, were directed to be indulgent to sons, who were led by their fathers: "which I think brings them as fairly within this rule as if the two prelates had galloped before them into the battle."[1]
The crimes alleged against the Clergy were "Praying for the Pretender, keeping fasts and thanksgivings, and not praying for King George in express terms."[2]
- ↑ Ellis's Letters, First Series, iii. 367–8, 395–6.
- ↑ The Appeal of the Episcopal Clergy in Scotland to the Lords in Parliament. Wherein the proceedings of the Presbyterian judicatures against Episcopal Ministers are proved to be contrary to the laws of the land, to express Acts of Parliament, to common Equity, and to former Precedents in the like Cases. 8vo. 1718. p. 29.
