Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Mgbe ahụ, a tụrụ Carstares mkpọrọ na Tower nke London; n'afọ sochirinụ, 1675, a kpọgara ya n'Edinburgh Castle. Ekwenyere na o nwere mmasị na Sir James Stewart na ide akwụkwọ mpịakọta "Nkọwa nke mkpesa nke Scotland n'ihi D. nke Lauderdale's Ministrie, jiri obi umeala nye Ya Nsọ Majesty" (1674). John Maitland, 1st Duke nke Lauderdale n'onwe ya mere Carstares ka o kweta na o tinyere aka n'ibipụta mpempe akwụkwọ ahụ. Lauderdale jiri iyi egwu nke ịta akpụkpọ ụkwụ, nke enwere ike iji ya mee ihe n'ụzọ iwu kwadoro na Scotland; mana a taraghị Carstares ahụhụ. N'August 1679 a tọhapụrụ ya, otu n'ime ndị gọọmentị mere ka ndị Scotland nwee echiche dị iche iche mgbe a lụsịrị Agha Bothwell Bridge
Ọ dị mma. Ya mere, o nweghi ike ịbụ William Carstares bụ onye isi akaebe na-ekpe ikpe na ikpe nke William Staley (nke mbụ nke Popish Plot ikpe) na Nọvemba 1678, ọ bụ ezie na Carstares bụkwa onye Scotland, dịkwa ka aha ya, a na-ekwu na ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye ọrụ ọgụgụ isi.