Turbulent Covenanter Crisis and Royalist Moves Across Scotland
A fragmentary report describes clashes as Col. Sardorson’s Regiment clashes with the enemy. one horse lost, a few wounded, and one killed. In Saint Johnston’s area the king’s agents face excommunication threats, while Kirk commissioners name Swinton Griffith Andrewes and others to appear or be excommunicated. They plan conferences at Saint Andrews and Sterlint, urge ministers to Sterlit, and note captures of minister Jobe Dery. Remonstrances to the King outline royal resistance as armies mobilize daily.