On 29 December 1745, a summons was issued by Charles Edward Stuart from Glasgow to the magistrates of Paisley demanding that the town pay a £1,000 fine for raising a militia regiment against the Jacobites. Charles Edward Stuart’s summons was issued under threat of military execution and the Jacobites took Bailie Matthew Kyle and former Bailie William Park hostage to ensure the fine was paid, which was later reduced to £500 with the condition that the full amount was paid by the following evening. Following the Jacobite defeat at Culloden towns that the Jacobites had fined including Glasgow and Dumfries were reimbursed by the government for their losses however Paisley did not receive any compensation.