Archive for November, 2013
Comet Ison and the Great Comet of 1680: History and Comets
• November 28, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1680, Edinburgh, History, Rotterdam, Scotland, Scottish History, Wonders
Tags: Astronomy, Comet Ison, Comets, Early modern history, Great Comet of 1680, History, Science, Scotland
Proclamation against the Fanatical and Bloody Plot of 1680
• November 23, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in Archibald Stewart, Charles II, Covenanters, Daniel McMichael, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Mercat Cross, James Skene, James Steuart of Goodtrees, James Stewart (Causeway End), John Moodie, John Potter, John Spreul, John Vallance, Michael Cameron, Peter Gemmel, Queensferry paper, Robert Hamilton (Broxburn), Sanquhar Declaration, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Campbell (Waterhead), Thomas Douglas, Torwood
Tags: Charles II, Covenanters, Early modern history, Edinburgh, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Torwood
The Forfeited: The Lairds of Wigtownshire
• November 23, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in -------- Hay of Airyolland, Agnes Bryan, Airriequhillart, Airyolland, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Alexander Hunter of Culquhasen, Alexander Mackie of Drumbuie, Andrew Martin of Little Airies, Chilcarroch, Colonel James Douglas, Colonel Ogilthorpe, Covenanters, Craiglaw, Culquhasen, Culvennan, Drumbuie, Drumjargon, earl of Home, Freugh, Galloway, Glenkens, Glenluce parish, James Gordon (Craiglaw), Janet Connen, Janet Dun, Jean Hannay, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Kincaid, John McClurg, John Stewart (Mochrum), Kirkcowan parish, Kirkinner parish, Little Airies (Kirkinner), Margaret Chalmers, Margaret Gordon (Airyolland), Margaret Hay, Margaret McLachlan (d.1685), Mochrum parish, Patrick MacDougall of Freugh, Robert McClelland of Barscobe, Robert N, Sarah Milliken, Scotland, Scottish History, Stoneykirk parish, Wigtownshire, William Gordon of Culvennan, William Hay (Airyolland)
Tags: Covenanters, Dumfries and Galloway, Early modern history, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtown
Traitors, Runnagates and Fugitives: Claverhouse and the Covenanters’ Talla Linn Convention of 1682
• November 19, 2013 • 4 CommentsPosted in 03 convention, 1682, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Alexander Peden, Beild, Borders, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, duke of Hamilton, Dumfries, Dunbartonshire, Francis Scott, General Thomas Dalyell, James Renwick, James Russell, John Graham of Claverhouse, King's Regiment of Horse, Lanarkshire, Lord Haddo, Peeblesshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Talla Linn, Thomas Linning, Tweedsmuir parish, William Douglas duke of Queensberry
Tags: Borders, Covenanters, History, John Graham of Claverhouse, Scotland, Scottish History, Talla Reservoir, Tweedsmuir
Attack! Attack! Attack! The Covenanters Storm Kirkcudbright in 1684
• November 16, 2013 • 7 CommentsPosted in 1684, Anwoth parish, Covenanters, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Galloway, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Isle Tower, James Shaw, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmahoe parish, Nithsdale, Robert Dalyell of Glenae, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Charteris of Amisfield, Thomas Kilpatrick of Closeburn, William Douglas duke of Queensberry
Tags: Anwoth, Covenanters, Dumfries and Galloway, History, Isle Tower, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, Scottish History
Jardine's Book of Martyrs 