ates ▁of ▁the ▁ud all ers ; ▁in ▁ 1 5 8 1 ▁he ▁was ▁created ▁ear l ▁of ▁Or k ney ▁by ▁James ▁VI , ▁the ▁char ter ▁being ▁rat ified ▁ten ▁years ▁later ▁to ▁his ▁son ▁Patrick , ▁but ▁after ▁Patrick ' s ▁execution ▁in ▁ 1 6 1 4 ▁the ▁ear ld om ▁was ▁again ▁an nex ed ▁to ▁the ▁crown . ▁ ▁The ▁islands ▁were ▁the ▁rende z vous ▁of ▁the ▁Mar qu ess ▁of ▁Mont rose ' s ▁expedition ▁in ▁ 1 6 5 0 ▁which ▁cul min ated ▁in ▁his ▁imprison ment ▁and ▁death . ▁C rom well ▁was ▁last ▁attacked ▁by ▁a ▁foreign ▁conqu ering ▁force ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁union ▁of ▁Scotland ▁and ▁England ▁in ▁ 1 6 5 0 . ▁During ▁the ▁Prote ctor ate ▁they ▁were ▁visited ▁by ▁a ▁det achment ▁of ▁Oliver ▁C rom well ' s ▁troops , ▁who ▁attacked ▁various ▁locations ▁with ▁his ▁English ▁Navy ▁and ▁the ▁Round head ▁Army . ▁It ▁is ▁claimed ▁by ▁sympath etic ▁writers ▁that ▁he ▁initi ated ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁into ▁various ▁industrial ▁arts ▁and ▁new ▁methods ▁of ▁agricult ure . ▁ ▁Re : ▁St ▁Magn us ▁C athedral ..... ▁" D uring ▁Oliver ▁C rom well ' s ▁sie ge ▁of ▁the ▁c athedral ▁in ▁ 1 6 5 1 , ▁the ▁building ▁was ▁dam aged ▁and ▁then ▁suffered ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁C rom well ' s ▁Round head s ▁as ▁a ▁bar ra cks ▁and ▁stable ▁for ▁their ▁horses ."