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The Wigtown Martyrs: The First Post-Martyrdom Sources of 1687

• June 26, 2015 • 1 Comment

Posted 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
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Robert Hamilton’s Relentless Letter Against Union

• April 24, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted 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
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Covenanters Captured at David Houston’s Preaching at the Polbaith Burn in 1687

• September 7, 2012 • 14 Comments

Posted 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
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The Barbadoed and James Renwick’s Preaching in Cambusnethan Parish in late 1685

• August 24, 2012 • 4 Comments

Posted 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
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The Journey of John Dick, Covenanter: From Fugitive to Dragoon

• July 28, 2012 • 3 Comments

Posted 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
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