Warriston's Close, Edinburgh
by Yvonne Johnstone
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Warriston's Close, Edinburgh
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
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Photograph - Photography
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View looking up the flights of steps in Warriston's close from the foot of Cockburn Street towards the High Street.
Warriston’s Close was named after Archibald Johnston, Lord Wariston (1611–1663) a Scottish judge and statesman who lived in the close.
He assisted Alexander Henderson in writing the Scottish National Covenant in 1638, and was appointed Procurator of the Kirk in the same year.
After the restoration of the monarchy he fled abroad but was discovered at Rouen, and with the consent of Louis XIV was brought to England and imprisoned in the Tower of London. In June he was taken to Edinburgh and confined in the Tolbooth. He was hanged on 22 July, 1663 at the Mercat Cross, Edinburgh, the scene of many of his triumphs, and a few yards from his own house in the High Street. This stood on the east side of what is now known as Warristons Close. His head was exposed on the Netherbow (town gate) and afterwards buried with his body in Greyfriars churchyard.
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September 29th, 2019
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