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Kid was brought before the council on 9 July 1679, along with John King.[6] They pleaded that though found amongst the insurgents, they had taken no share in their proceedings, that they were in fact detained among them by force, that they had refused to preach to them, and, had seized the first opportunity of escaping before the battle. Howie said: "Whether he had ever been ordained, or was only a probationer, we have not discovered. If he was, it must have been shortly previous to the engagement at which he was taken, and his presence at which was deemed sufficient to infer the highest penalty. He was strictly examined as to the origin of the rising, and his answers not being satisfactory, he was questioned by torture with theboot. The torture revealled nothing. He was thereafter indicted, along with Mr. King, for having been in the rebellion, and for having preached at fieldconventicles."[7]
At their trial, on 28 July, they had claimed that they were conventicle preachers, but so far from being disloyal rebels, they advised the armed brethren to return 'to loyalty and Christianitie.' Kid further pleaded thatMonmouth had given him quarter, and that he carried a short sword merely to disguise himself from being known as a preacher.[6][8]
Proclamation was made immediately before the execution of an indulgence to the ‘outed’ ministers, and Kid and King were pressed byRobert Fleming the elder, then a fellow-prisoner, to signify their approval of it, which they resolutely declined to do.[6][9] King and Kid were executed at the cross of Edinburgh on 14 August 1679. Following this, their heads and limbs being severed from their bodies and placed on theNether Bow port.
Brown, P. Hume, ed. (1912).The register of the Privy Council of Scotland. 3. Vol. 6 1678/1680. Edinburgh: Published By The Authority Of The Lords Commissioners Of His Majesty's Treasury, Under The Direction Of The Deputy Clerk Register Of Scotland. H.M. General Register House. pp. 296 et passim.
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Thomson, J. H. (1903). Hutchison, Matthew (ed.).The martyr graves of Scotland. Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. p. 285 28-29,33,46. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
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