Volume 1 - Electric Scotland

clxvi SIR JAMES JOHXSTOXE OF JOHNSTONE, KNIGHT, 1587-1608.
celebrated Johnstone, but also the cruel and treacherous deed wliich deprived
him of his life, and the sweeping condemnation of it which was given by the
king and parliament. The inscription upon the stone is as follows :
"Heir lyis tlie Ky* Honorabil S"' lames lolnislone of that ilk, Kny',
Depairtit [this life] of 39 zeirs : Qvlia vas maist tresonabillic mvrthcrit vnder
traist be the schot of ane pestelat beliind liis bak be Lord [MJaxvel on the 6 day
of Apryl, tlic zeir of God 1G08 zcirs. For the crevel mvrther he vas maist
ivstlie forfatit of his haile landis, liis armeis rivene in parlament, and himself
banischit the Kingis domiuiovns for the trasou don be him."
The armorial bearings upon the stone consist of two shields of arms : On the
dexter side, the Jolmstoue arms, being the saltire with three cushions in chief.
At the top of the shield a large S for Sir. On cither side in niches an I for
James Johnstone. On the sinister side the ^laxwell and Herries arms, being the
Maxwell cross and three hurcheons in chief, and three in base, surmounted by a label
of tliree points. At the top' of this shield is a large D for Dame. On the dexter
side in a niche a large S for Sara; and on the sinister side a large M for IMaxwell.
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