Archive for the '32 convention' Category

Devils, True Banditti and Catching Wild Cats: The Covenanters, The Killing Times and the Convention at Wanlockhead of 1684

• October 31, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in 16 convention, 32 convention, 39 convention, 41 convention, Abjuration oath, Alexander Wood, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Bo'ness, Crawford parish, Crawfordjohn parish, duke of Hamilton, Dumfriesshire, earl of Melfort, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Glengaber, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Troop of Life Guards, James Lawson, James Renwick, John Alison, King's Regiment of Horse, Lanarkshire, Linlithgow, Linlithgow parish, Ninian Steel (Glengar), Nithsdale, Sanquhar parish, Swine Abbey, Viscount Tarbet, Wanlockhead, William Douglas duke of Queensberry
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From Glasgow to Barbados: A Preaching in Renfrewshire in January 1687

• January 11, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in 1687, 32 convention, 40 convention, Alexander Shields, Barbados, Campshead Heights, Colin Alison, Colin Alison (elder), David Houston, Glasgow, Ireland, James Cunningham (Glasgow), James Renwick, John Buchanan (Glasgow), John Buchanan (student), Lanarkshire, Polbaith Burn, Renfrewshire, William Thomson (Ireland)
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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 Remarkable Hidden Histories of John and Mrs Stevenson

• August 30, 2012 • 13 Comments

Posted in 1685, 1686, 30 convention, 32 convention, Ayrshire, Barr parish, Blackgannoch, Camregan, Carrick, Carrick Mill, Castle Stewart, Colmonell parish, Colonel Burns (d.1679), Colonel John Burns, Covenanters, Craigdarroch, Dailly parish, Dalry parish, Dumfriesshire, Earlstoun Castle, Elizabeth Gordon Lady Castle Stewart, Elizabeth McGhie (Craigdarroch), Galloway, George Walker (d.1685), Gilbert McIlroy, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Irongray parish, James Renwick, John Ferguson of Craigdarroch, John Stevenson (Camregan), John Welsh, John Welsh of Cornlee, Keir parish, Kirkcalla, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck parish, Kirkmichael parish, Kirkoswald parish, Margaret Wilson (d.1685), Maybole, Mrs Stevenson, Nithsdale, Penninghame parish, Polgavin Muir, Preaching Stone, Robert Laurie of Maxwelton, Sanquhar parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Stevenson (Camregan), Wanlockhead, Wigtownshire
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The Capture and Trial of James Renwick’s Precentor

• August 18, 2012 • 1 Comment

Posted in 31 convention, 32 convention, Andrew Young, Ayrshire, Cameronian Regiment, Covenanters, Cumnock parish, David Houston, Douglas, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Grassmarket, Ireland, James Boyle fl.1683, James Kinloch (Ireland), James Renwick, John Binning of Dalvennan, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Linning, Wanlockhead
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