James Renwick was the last man officially executed (1688) in Scotland for religious principles
The Sobieski Stuart brothers who published the Vestiarium claimed to be the heirs to a manuscript once in the hands of Prince Charles Edward Stuart himself but the original was never produced for public examination
The MacKinlay tartan could be described in tartan parlance as Black Watch with red
It is said that the royal patronage went to John's head - to the disdain of his neighbours
this tartan is regarded as being solely for Clan Hunter
MACDUFF (MODERN RED) Choose:By the metre James Renwick was the lastAndrew & William Smith in their 1850 "Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland" give this sett and say" Our authority for this Tartan is 'use and wont'. It is universally worn in the North as MacDuff, it has always been known by the 'Trade' as such; and upon a late occasion, when, in honour of Her Majesty, there was one of those grand fetes given at Braemar, called a 'Gathering,' the numerous retainers of General Duff and many