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Ambushed at the Inn: The Queensferry Incident of 1680 #History #Scotland

• January 21, 2018 • 4 Comments

Posted in 1680, Alexander Peden, Bo'ness, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain Robert Middleton, Cotmuir Folk, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dalmeny parish, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh Tolbooth, General Thomas Dalyell, Henry Hall of Haughead, Kirkliston parish, Linlithgowshire, Margaret Wauchope, Robert Punton (Carlowrie), Scotland, Scottish History, South Queensferry, Sweet Singers, Swine Knowe
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The Killing Times of 1685: Ridpath’s List of Covenanters Executed in the Fields

• September 11, 2015 • 14 Comments

Posted in -------- Auchenleck (d.1685), 1685, Adam Macquhan (d.1685), Alexander Linn (d.1685), Alexander McCubbin (d.1685), Andrew Hislop, Andrew McRoberts (d.1685), Archibald MacAulay of Ardincaple, Captain 'Major' George Winram, Captain James Maitland, Captain John Inglis, Captain Robert Middleton, Captain Strachan, Captain Thomas Douglas, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet James Dundas, Cornet John Baillie, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Daniel McIlwraith (d.1685), Daniel McMichael, David Dun (d.1685), David Halliday in Glengap (d.1685), David Halliday in Mayfield (d.1685), David Steel (d.1686), Edward McKean (d.1685), Gabriel Thomson (d.1685), General Thomas Dalyell, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, George Short (d.1685), George Wood, George Woodburn, Gilbert Macadam (d.1685), Henry Hall of Haughead, Highlanders, James Bennoch (d.1685), James Clement (d.1685), James Davie (d.c.1673), James Dun (d.1685), James Johnstone of Westerhall, James Kirko (d.1685), James Smith, James White, John Barrie, John Bell of Whiteside (d.1685), John Brounen, John Brown (Blackwood), John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Bryce (d.1685), John Craik of Stewarton, John Douglas of Stenhouse, John Fergushill, John Gibson (Ingleston), John Graham of Claverhouse, John Hunter (d.1685), John Jamieson (d.1685), John Mclorgan (d.1685), John Murchie (d.1685), John Reid, John Semple (d.1685), John Smith (Muirkirk), John Smith in Cronan, John Urie (d.1685), Joseph Wilson (d.1685), Lieutenant Alexander Bruce, Lieutenant Crichton, Lieutenant Livingston, Lieutenant Murray, Lieutenant Nisbet, Lieutenant Straiton, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Lt General William Drummond, Major John Balfour, Margaret McLachlan (d.1685), Margaret Wilson (d.1685), Matthew McIlwraith (d.1685), Militia, Peter Gemmel, Peter Gillies, Quentin Kennedy of Drummellane, Robert Dalyell of Glenae, Robert Dun in Benquhat (d.1685), Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Laurie of Maxwelton, Robert Lennox (d.1685), Robert Lockhart, Robert M'Whae (d.1685), Robert Thom, Scotland, Scottish History, Simon Paterson (d.1685), Sir Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, Thomas Cook (d.1685), Thomas McHaffie (d.1685), Thomas Richard, Thomas Young (d.1685), William Adam, William Douglas duke of Queensberry, William Fiddison (d.1685), William Graham (d.1682/84), William McKergur (d.1685), William Paterson, William Smith (d.1685)
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The Gunpowder Plot to Kill the Duke of York in 1680

• January 8, 2013 • 13 Comments

Posted in 1680, Ann Stewart, Archibald Stewart, Assassination, Bass Rock, Blackness Castle, Bo'ness, Captain Robert Middleton, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Tolbooth, Edinburghshire, General Thomas Dalyell, Glasgow, Holyrood Abbey, Ireland, James Boig, James Henderson (N. Queensferry), James Skene, James VII & II, John Gibb, John Murray (Bo'ness), John Spreul, Lord Hatton, Major Robert Johnston, Mutton Hole, Robert Fleming, Robert Hamilton (Broxburn), Robert MacWard, Rotterdam, Scotland, Scottish History
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The Ambush of Donald Cargill at Muttonhole

• January 2, 2013 • 20 Comments

Posted in '------' Adam (Culross), 1680, Archibald Stewart, Captain Robert Middleton, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Fife, Gibbites, James Boig, James Henderson (N. Queensferry), James Skene, Janet Elphinstone (Mrs Moor), Marion Harvie, Mutton Hole, Robert Stark, Scotland, Scottish History, Sweet Singers
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