Bonny Jane and the Ferryman between Blantyre and Bothwell

The article gives no source, date or version of the killing, so the story cannot be traced further here. The Blantyre Project, writing about the 1663 disturbances, suggests that the priory cook John Mathie may later have been a ferryman for the Duke of Richmond's estate, but that is a guess and does not connect him to this story. The ferry setting fits the geography, since the castle and priory stand opposite one another on the river bend.