Ka cika wannan magana: William Gordon mai ƙasa ne kuma ɗan Covenanter a ƙarni na 17. An tuna shi a matsayin mai ba da labari a cikin "Haruffa" na Samuel Rutherford kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin tarihin rayuwar John Howie "Scots Worthies". An ɗauke shi a matsayin mutum mai zurfin imani na addini da ibada. A shekara ta 1664 an kore shi saboda sauraron ministocin da ba su da lasisin gwamnati, a gidan mahaifiyarsa da kuma cikin daji. Ya isa a
Yaƙin Bothwell Bridge bayan yaƙin ya ƙare kuma, yana jinkirin mika wuya, an harbe shi.