Archive for May, 2012
Alexander Peden, Glen Trool and ‘a Feather out of Antichrist’s Wing’
• May 26, 2012 • 7 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Peden, Ballochbeatties, Caldons, Cambusnethan parish, Covenanters, Craigminn, Galloway, George Scot of Pitlochie, George Walker (d.1685), Ireland, James Cubison, James VII & II, John McIlroy (d.1685), John Muirhead, Kirkcalla, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff parish, Shotts parish, Straiton parish, William Johnston (d.1685), William McDougal
Tags: Alexander Peden, Covenanters, Galloway, Glen Trool, Hillwalking, History, Mountain Biking, Scotland, Scottish History
Notorious ‘Persecutors and Oppressors’ in the Restoration Scottish Army by Fines and Other Extractions
• May 24, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in Annandale, Ayrshire, Borders, Captain Adam Urquhart, Captain John Dalziel, Captain John Inglis, Captain Strachan, Captain Thomas Douglas, Carrick, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet James Naismith, Dumfriesshire, Duncan Grant, earl of Airlie, earl of Balcarres, earl of Home, earl of Linlithgow, Fife, Galloway, George Pringle of Blindlee, Harry Ker of Graden, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, His Majesty's Troop of Life Guards, James Irvine of Bonshaw, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Riddell of Haining, King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Alexander Bruce, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lieutenant Livingston, Lieutenant Thomas Winram, Lieutenant William Burnet of Barnes, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Lt General William Drummond, Major Andrew White, Major John Balfour, Major William Cockburn, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Merse, Nithsdale, Scotland, Scottish History, Teviotdale, Tweeddale, Wigtownshire
Tags: British Army, British History, Covenanters, Dragoons, History, Restoration, Scotland, Scottish History
The Craignorth Martyrs near Sanquhar
• May 19, 2012 • 7 CommentsPosted in 19 convention, 39 convention, Burnfoot, Cogshead, Covenanters, Craignorth, David Dun (d.1685), Dumfriesshire, James Welsh (fl.1685), John Richard (Burnfoot), King's Regiment of Horse, Lieutenant-Colonel James Douglas, Muirkirk parish, Nithsdale, Robert Morris (d.1685), Sanquhar parish, Simon Paterson (d.1685), William Brown (d.1685)
Tags: Covenanters, Crawick Water, Hillwalking, History, Martyrs, Sanquhar, Scotland, Scottish History, Southern Upland Way
The Unknown Covenanter in Chapman’s Cleuch near Sanquhar
• May 17, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1685, Anonymous (d.1685), Chapman's Cleuch, Dumfriesshire, Nithsdale, Sanquhar parish
Tags: Covenanters, Crawick Water, Fingland Rig, Hillwalking, History, Martyrs, Sanquhar, Scotland, Scottish History
The Three Covenanters Hanged at Wigtown in 1685
• May 16, 2012 • 17 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Linn (d.1685), Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Ballochbeatties, Banishment, Barr, Barr parish, Captain 'Major' George Winram, Carrick, Covenanters, Craigminn, Creetown, Daniel McIlwraith (d.1685), David Graham, earl of Home, Edinburgh, Elizabeth Gordon Lady Castle Stewart, Fintalloch, Galloway, George Walker (d.1685), Gilbert McIlroy, Glenvernoch, Grizal Stewart, Hamilton, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Jamaica, James Colquhoun, James Cubison, John McIlroy, John McIlroy (d.1685), John Murchie (d.1685), Jonet Gordon, Killing Times, Kirkcalla, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck parish, Lt General William Drummond, Margaret Wilson (d.1685), Militia, Minnigaff, Minnigaff parish, Patrick McIlroy, Penninghame parish, Straiton parish, Thomas Wilson (Glenvernoch), Wigtown, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire, William Johnston (d.1685), William McDougal, William McIlroy
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, Galloway, History, Jamaica, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtown
