Contemporary evidence for the fairness of this soubriquet in the Covenanting tradition is mixed. Some of the sums raised by covenanting were "unheard of" from railway enthusiasts. Sanquhar was a hotbed of unrest during the Covenanting period. They quickly became the most pronounced and active adherents of the covenanting faith. Part of the old castle is called the 'Auld Kirk' in memory of covenanting days. In spite of all that had happened only three of the Covenanting leaders were executed. Mause and Cuddie prepare to leave Milnewood after she has uttered fanatically extreme Covenanting sentiments. Many of the covenanting prisoners on the Bass Rock had been charged with attending conventicles. He was a member of succeeding Assemblies and consistently supported the Covenanting Party therein. Notwithstanding this promise, he shortly afterwards joined Sir John Hurry the Covenanting general. Several stories were published by Covenanting commentators after his death, each with slightly different detail. For David Deans's rhetoric Scott drew extensively on the Covenanting lives by Patrick Walker ("c".