Editing Baillie of Jerviswood

{{Short description|Scottish conspirator incriminated in the Rye House Plot}}
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'''Robert Baillie''' (known as '''Baillie of Jerviswood'''; {{circa|1634}}{{snd}}24 December 1684) was a Scottish conspirator incriminated in the [[Rye House Plot]] against [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]]. He was executed for [[treason]].

Baillie was the son of George Baillie of St John's Kirk<!--links to the Perth church-->, Lanarkshire, who had bought the estate of [[Jerviswood]] in 1636 and of [[Mellerstain House|Mellerstain]] in 1643, under [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]. He incurred the resentment of the [[government of Scotland|Scottish government]] by rescuing, in June 1676, his brother-in-law [[James Kirkton]], a [[Presbyterian]] [[Church of Scotland]] minister who had been seized and confined in a house by Carstairs, an informer. He was fined £500, remaining in prison for four months and then being liberated on paying half the fine to Carstairs. In despair at the state of his country, he determined in 1683 to emigrate to [[South Carolina]], but the plan came to nothing.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

The same year, Baillie, with some of his friends, went to London and entered into communication with the [[James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth|Duke of Monmouth]], [[William Russell, Lord Russell|Lord Russell]], and their party to conspire to bring Monmouth to the throne; and on the discovery of the Rye House Plot, Baillie was arrested. Questioned by King Charles, Baillie denied any knowledge of the conspiracy, but would not deny that he had been consulted with the view of an insurrection in Scotland. He was subsequently put in irons and sent back a prisoner to Scotland. Although no evidence has come to light to support his connection with the plot, he was fined £6,000 and kept in close confinement.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

On 23 December 1684, he was brought up again before the [[High Court of Justiciary|High Court]] on the charge of treason. He was pronounced guilty the next day and hanged the same afternoon at the [[Mercat Cross]] at [[Edinburgh]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

[[Gilbert Burnet|Bishop Burnet]], who was his cousin, describes him as "in the presbyterian principles but ... a man of great piety and virtue, learned in the law, in mathematics and in [[foreign language|languages]]." He married a sister of [[Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston|Lord Warriston]], and left a son, [[George Baillie (MP, born 1664)|George]], who took refuge in [[Holland]], afterwards returning with [[William III of England|William III]] and being restored to his estates{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} before marrying [[Grizel Baillie|Lady Grizel Hume]].

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*{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=James |title=The ladies of the Covenant. Memoirs of distinguished Scottish female characters, embracing the period of the Covenant and the persecution |date=1851 |publisher=New York: Redfield |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ladiesofcovenant00ande/page/428/mode/2up 428]-459 |url=https://archive.org/details/ladiesofcovena00ande}}
*{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/scottishnationor01ande |chapter=Baillie, Robert |title=The Scottish nation: or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland |volume=1 |first=William |last=Anderson |publisher=A. Fullarton & co. |year=1877|pages=[https://archive.org/details/scottishnationor01ande/page/176/mode/2up 177]-179|author-link=William Anderson (Scottish writer)}}{{PD-notice}}
*{{cite book |last1=Baillie |first1=George |title=Correspondence of George Baillie of Jerviswood, 1702-1708 |date=1842 |publisher=Bannatyne Club |location=Edinburgh |url=https://archive.org/details/correspondence7200bailuoft/page/n5/mode/2up|author-link=George Baillie (MP, born 1664)}}
*{{cite book |last1=Baillie |first1=Grizel, Lady |author1-link=Lady Grizel Baillie |editor1-last=Scott-Moncrieff |editor1-first=Robert |editor1-link=Robert Scott Moncrieff |title=The household book of Lady Grisell Baillie, 1692-1733 |date=1911 |publisher=T & T Constable |location=Edinburgh |url=https://archive.org/details/b21504568/page/n9/mode/2up}}
* {{Eminent Scotsmen|Baillie, Robert, of Jerviswood|1|88-92|noicon=1}}
*{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Baillie, Robert (Scottish conspirator)|volume=3|page=220|noicon=1}}{{PD-notice}}
*{{cite DNB|wstitle=Baillie, Robert (d.1684)|last=Grosart|first=Alexander Balloch |author-link=Alexander Balloch Grosart|no-icon=1|volume=2|date=1885a|pages=422-423}}{{PD-notice}}
*{{cite DNB|wstitle=Baillie, Grizel|last=Grosart|first=Alexander Balloch |author-link=Alexander Balloch Grosart|no-icon=1|volume=2|date=1885b|pages=413-414}}{{PD-notice}}
*{{cite ODNB |last=Harris |first=Tim |year=2004 |id=1068 |title=Baillie, Robert, of Jerviswood}}
*{{cite book |last1=Johnston |first1=Archibald, Lord Warriston |last2=Paul |first2=George Morison |title=Fragment of the Diary of Sir Archibald Johnston, Lord Wariston. (May 21-June 25 1639), The preservation of the honours of Scotland, 1651-52, Lord Mar's Legacies, 1722-27, Letters concerning Highland affairs in the 18th century |date=1896 |publisher=Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society |location=Edinburgh |volume=26 |url=https://archive.org/details/diaryofsirarchib26scot/page/n15 |access-date=17 July 2019}}
*{{cite book |last1=Johnston |first1=Archibald, Lord Warriston |last2=Paul |first2=George Morison |title=Diary of Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston (Volume 1: 1632-1639) |date=1911 |publisher=Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society |location=Edinburgh |series=1|volume=61 |url=https://archive.org/details/diaryofsirarchib01warr/page/n7 |access-date=17 July 2019}}
*{{cite book |last1=Johnston |first1=Archibald, Lord Warriston |editor-last1=Fleming |editor-first=David Hay |title=Diary of Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston (Volume 2: 1650-1654) |date=1919 |publisher=Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society |location=Edinburgh |series=2|volume=18 |url=https://archive.org/details/diaryofsirarchib18warr/page/n5 |author-link=Archibald Johnston|editor-link=David Hay Fleming}}
*{{cite book |last1=Johnston |first1=Archibald, Lord Warriston |last2=Ogilvie |first2=James D. |title=Diary of Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston (Volume 3: 1655-1660) |date=1940 |publisher=Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society |location=Edinburgh |series=3|volume=34 |url=https://digital.nls.uk/scottish-history-society-publications/browse/archive/125885870#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&xywh=-223%2C341%2C2344%2C2840|access-date=17 July 2019}}
*{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/treasuryofscotti00john
 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/treasuryofscotti00john/page/406/mode/2up?q=jerviswood 407]-408, et passim|title=Treasury of the Scottish covenant
 |first=John C. |last=Johnston
 |publisher=Andrew Elliot |year=1887}}{{PD-notice}}
*{{cite book |last1=Kirkton |first1=James |title=The secret and true history of the church of Scotland from the Restoration to the year 1678 |date=1817 |publisher=J. Ballantyne |location=Edinburgh |url=https://archive.org/details/secrettruehistor00kirk |pages=[https://archive.org/details/secrettruehistor00kirk/page/n13/mode/2up ix]-x |author-link=James Kirkton}}
*{{cite book |last1=Murray |first1=Grisell, Lady |title=Memoirs of the lives and characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie of Jerviswood, and of Lady Grisell Baillie |date=1822 |location=Edinburgh |url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsoflivesch00murr/page/n3/mode/2up}}
*{{cite book |last1=Wodrow |first1=Robert |last2=Leishman |first2=Matthew |title=Analecta: or, Materials for a history of remarkable providences; mostly relating to Scotch ministers and Christians |date=1842 |publisher=Maitland Club |location=Glasgow |pages=[https://archive.org/details/analectaormateri03mait/page/78/mode/2up 78]-82 |volume=3 |url=https://archive.org/details/analectaormateri03mait |author-link=Robert Wodrow}}


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