Archive for the '24 convention' Category
The Wigtown Martyrs: The First Post-Martyrdom Sources of 1687
• June 26, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1685, 1687, 20 convention, 24 convention, 33 convention, Alexander Shields, Covenanters, David Houston, Galloway, Ireland, Isobel Alison, Margaret McLachlan (d.1685), Margaret Wilson (d.1685), Marion Harvie, Michael Shields, Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtown, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire
Tags: Covenanters, Dumfries and Galloway, History, Scotland, Wigtown, Wigtown Martyrs, women's history
Robert Hamilton’s Relentless Letter Against Union
• April 24, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1685, 23 convention, 24 convention, 25 convention, Andrew Wylie (Sorn), Ayrshire, Benbain, Blackgannoch, Dalmellington parish, David Steel (d.1686), Evandale parish, George Barclay, James Renwick, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Cochran (Craig), John Dick (Benbain), John Haddow, John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, Lanarkshire, Leeuwarden, Lesmahagow parish, Muirkirk parish, Robert Boyd of Trochrague, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Sorn parish, Utrecht
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, History, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, Scotland, Scottish History
Covenanters Captured at David Houston’s Preaching at the Polbaith Burn in 1687
• September 7, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in --------- Gilchrist (Carluke), 1687, 24 convention, 32 convention, Agnes Edward, Alexander Brown (Newmilns), Alexander Gilbert, Alton, Andrew Muir (Galston), Andrew Smith (Fenwick), Andrew Wylie (Sorn), Auchencloigh, Auchinleck parish, Auchmannoch, Ayr, Ayrshire, Barbara Gray, Beine Hill, Bessie Strathearn, Boghead (Ochiltree), Braidley, Burnside, Captain Thomas Douglas, Carluke parish, Covenanters, Daniel Speir, Darnconner, David Houston, earl of Linlithgow, Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Galston, Galston parish, George Scot of Pitlochie, George White (Beine Hill), George White (weaver), George Wilson (Whitehill), George Woodburn (Ladyton), Glasgow, Grougar, Hugh Gibson, Hugh Jamieson, Ireland, James Allan, James Jamieson (Muirhouse), James Lockhart (Alton), James Masson, James Thomson (Burnock), James Todd, Janet Paterson (Burnside), Jannat Smith, John Brown (Richardton), John Frew (Glasgow), John Gilchrist (Carluke), John Mitchell (Wintocks), John Nimmo (Grougar), John Paton (Galston), John Smith (Newtounehead), John Wilson (Carluke), Kilmarnock parish, Ladyton, Lanarkshire, Lawersbridge, Logan (Sorn), Loudoun parish, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Margratt Muir, Margratt Smith, Muirhouse (Loudoun), Muirkirk parish, New Jersey, Newmilns, Newtounehead, Ochiltree parish, Paisley, Patrick Harvie, Riccarton parish, Richardton, Roddingdykes, Roger Black, Rushae, Sorn parish, Thomas Jamieson, Wanlockhead, Whatriggs, Whitehill, William Campbell of Wellwood, William Murray (Hillhead), Wintocks
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Galston, History, Irish History, Newmilns, Scotland, Scottish History
The Barbadoed and James Renwick’s Preaching in Cambusnethan Parish in late 1685
• August 24, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1685, 24 convention, Alexander Cairncross (Archbishop), Alexander Fearne, Banishment, Barbados, Cambusnethan parish, Captain Fairn, Captain John Wedderburn of Gosford, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Darmead, David Paterson, Eaglesham parish, Edinburgh Tolbooth, George Lockhart of Carnwath, George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, Hamilton parish, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, James Rae, James Renwick, James Somerville, John Park (Lanark), Lanark, Lanark parish, Lanarkshire, Lord Castlehill, Udston, Viscount Tarbet, William French, William Somerville
Tags: Barbados, British History, Covenanters, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts, Wishaw
The Journey of John Dick, Covenanter: From Fugitive to Dragoon
• July 28, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1686, 23 convention, 24 convention, 25 convention, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Alexander Peden, Argyll Rising, Ayrshire, Benbain, Blackgannoch, Carrick, Dalmellington parish, Friarminnan, George Barclay, James Nisbet (Hardhill), James Renwick, John Dick (Benbain), Polbaith Burn, Quintin Dick, Robert Cathcart, Robert Langlands
Tags: Covenanters, Dalmellington, Hillwalking, History, Scotland, Scottish History
James Renwick at Muirkirk in 1686
• February 28, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1686, 24 convention, Ayrshire, Daniel Defoe, Darwhilling, David Finlay, Donald Cargill, Ducat Tower, Dykes, General Thomas Dalyell, Girthon parish, James Browning, James Finlay, James Paton (Little Blackwood), James Renwick, James White, John Brounen, John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Finlay, John Gemmel, John Law, John Richmond (d.1684), Kilmarnock parish, Knowe, Little Blackwood, Muirkirk parish, Muirside, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Inglis, Polbaith Burn, Richardton
Tags: Ayrshire, Britain, British History, Covenanters, Daniel Defoe, History, Muirkirk, Restoration, Scotland, Scottish History
Renwick’s Intercepted Letter of 1685: John Binning of Dalvennan, Mrs Binning, Edinburgh and Eaglesham
• February 15, 2012 • 9 CommentsPosted in 11 convention, 1685, 24 convention, Amsterdam, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Ayr, Ayrshire, Benjamin Hall, Cambusnethan parish, Captain George Campbell (d.1679), Carrick, Covenanters, Dalvennan, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Darmead, David Gibson fl.1683, David McMillan (d.1683), Dumfriesshire, Duncan Stewart, Eaglesham, Eaglesham Moor, Eaglesham parish, earl of Dalhousie, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Tolbooth, Edward Aitkin, Ensign Donald Mackenzie, Galloway, Gavin Witherspoon jnr, George Barclay, Hanna Keir, Ireland, James Boyle fl.1683, James Renwick, John Binning of Dalvennan, John Campbell fl.1683, John Dalgleish fl.1683, John Dick fl.1683, John Erskine of Carnock, John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, John Williamson fl.1683, John WIlson (d.1683), Kirkcudbrightshire, Lady Earlstoun, Leeuwarden, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Marion Steuart, Mrs Binning, Polbaith Burn, Renfrewshire, Robert Boyd of Trochrague, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Robert Miller fl.1683, Roderick Mackenzie of Dalvennan, Scotland, Straiton parish, Swine Abbey, Thomas Kennoway, Thomas Steuart of Coltness, Utrecht, William Wallace of Craigie
Tags: Britain, British History, Covenanters, Edinburgh, History, James Renwick, Scotland, Scottish History, Whitburn
