Archive for September, 2011

Donald Cargill, the Sweet Singers and the Darngavil Conference

• September 30, 2011 • 17 Comments

Posted in 1681, Alexander Peden, Cambusnethan parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Darmead, Darngavil, David Jamie, Donald Cargill, Eaglesham Moor, Gibbites, History, James Renwick, John Gibb, John Young (Gibbite), Lanarkshire, Patrick Walker, Pentland Hills, Robert Sangster, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Starryshaw, Sweet Singers, The Deer Slunk, Walter Ker, William Gogar
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‘The Smoke and Utter Ruin of Edinburgh’: The Sweet Singers Await the Apocalypse in the Pentland Hills

• September 27, 2011 • 3 Comments

Posted in 1681, Ann Stewart, Ayrsmoss, Bo'ness, Bo'ness parish, Calder parish, Cambusnethan parish, Captain Love, Captain Strachan, David Jamie, Eaglesham Moor, Eaglesham parish, Edinburgh, Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Gavin Witherspoon, Gibbites, James Baird (Dungeonhill), James Gray (d.1680), James Gray of Chryston, James Renwick, Janet Elphinston, John Gibb, John Young (Gibbite), Lanarkshire, Linlithgowshire, Lochgoin, Major Robert Johnston, Old Monkland parish, Pentland Hills, Renfrewshire, Robert Sangster, Stirlingshire, Strathaven parish, Sweet Singers, The Devil, Walter Ker, William Gogar
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Covenanters

• September 26, 2011 • 25 Comments

Posted in 1684, Alloway parish, Annandale, Anwoth parish, Auchinleck parish, Ayr parish, Ayrshire, Ballantrae parish, Balmaclellan parish, Balmaghie parish, Barony parish, Barr parish, Bathgate parish, Bo'ness parish, Borders, Borgue parish, Bothwell parish, Bowden parish, Buittle parish, Cambusnethan parish, Campsie parish, Canobie parish, Carluke parish, Carmunock parish, Carnwath parish, Carrick, Carriden parish, Carsphairn parish, Carstairs parish, Castletown parish, Cathcart parish, Cavers parish, Ceres parish, Clackmannanshire, Closeburn parish, Colmonell parish, Coulter parish, Covington parish, Craigie parish, Cranston parish, Crawford parish, Crawfordjohn parish, Crossmichael parish, Cumbernauld parish, Cumnock parish, Cupar parish, Currie parish, Dailly parish, Dalmellington parish, Dalmeny parish, Dalry parish, Dalserf parish, Dalziel parish, Douglas parish, Dumfries parish, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, Dunscore parish, Durisdeer parish, Eaglesham parish, East Calder parish, Eastwood parish, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Erskine parish, Evandale parish, Falkirk parish, Fenwick parish, Fife, Fintry parish, Fugitive Roll of 1684, Galashiels parish, Galloway, Galston parish, Gargunnock parish, Girvan parish, Glassford parish, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Glenluce parish, Govan parish, Greenock parish, Haddingtonshire, Hamilton parish, Hawick parish, Hobkirk parish, Hownam parish, Inverkeithing parish, Irongray parish, Irvine parish, Keir parish, Kells parish, Kelso parish, Kelton parish, Kennoway parish, Kettle parish, Kilbride parish, Kilconquhar parish, Kilmacolm parish, Kilmarnock parish, Kilwinning parish, Kippen parish, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcowan parish, Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkinner parish, Kirkliston parish, Kirkmabreck parish, Kirkmahoe parish, Kirkmichael parish, Kirkmichael parish (Ayrshire), Kirkoswald parish, Kirkpatrick-Durham parish, Lanark parish, Lanarkshire, Larbert & Dunipace parish, Largo parish, Lasswade parish, Lesmahagow parish, Lilliesleaf parish, Linlithgow parish, Linlithgowshire, Linton parish, Little Govan parish, Livingston parish, Lochmaben parish, Lochrutton parish, Lochwinnoch parish, Loudoun parish, Mauchline parish, Maybole parish, Mearns parish, Melrose parish, Mid Calder parish, Minnigaff parish, Mochrum parish, Moffat parish, Morton parish, Muiravonside parish, Muirkirk parish, Neilston parish, New Monkland parish, Newbattle parish, Ochiltree parish, Old Monkland parish, Orwell parish, Paisley parish, Parton parish, Peeblesshire, Penninghame parish, Penpont parish, Pettinain parish, Renfrewshire, Rhu parish, Riccarton parish, Rutherglen parish, Sanquhar parish, Scoonie parish, Shotts parish, Skirling parish, Slammanan parish, Sorn parish, Southdean parish, St Andrews parish, St Ninians parish, Stewarton parish, Stirlingshire, Stonehouse parish, Stoneykirk parish, Stow parish, Straiton parish, Strathaven parish, Tarbolton parish, Temple parish, Thankerton parish, Tinwald parish, Tongland parish, Torphichen parish, Torthorwald parish, Troqueer parish, Tweeddale, Tweedsmuir parish, Twynholm parish, Tynron parish, Uphall parish, Urr parish, West Calder parish, West Kilpatrick parish, Whitburn parish, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire, Yarrow parish
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Donald Cargill’s Preaching at Strarryshaw, 1680

• September 22, 2011 • 15 Comments

Posted in 1680, Covenanter Sites, Donald Cargill, Field Preaching, Lanarkshire, Richard Cameron, Shotts parish, Starryshaw
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Strange News: The Crossford Prophetesses.

• September 22, 2011 • 5 Comments

Posted in 1686, Carluke, Carluke parish, Crossford, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Patrick Walker, Wonders
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‘Shall the Prey be Taken from the Mighty?’: Cameron’s Preaching in Carluke parish, 1680

• September 15, 2011 • 6 Comments

Posted in Benty-rig, Cambusnethan parish, Carluke, Carluke parish, Covenanters, Field Preaching, Lanarkshire, Richard Cameron, Scotland, Scottish History
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The Devil and Duncan Grant

• September 10, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 1689, British History, Duncan Grant, earl of Airlie, East Kilbride, John Wilson (Highflat), Kilbride parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, The Devil
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