Archive for the 'earl of Dumfries' Category
The Mystery of the Covenanters’ Panbreck Convention Site #History #Scotland
• August 18, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in 13 convention, 1684, Archibald Hunter, Auchinleck parish, Ayrshire, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, David Steel (d.1686), earl of Dumfries, George Hill, James Renwick, John Beg of Dornal, John Mathieson (Closeburn), Michael Shields, Panbreck, Scotland, Scottish History, William Nairn
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Dornal, History, Scotland, Scottish History
The Scottish Parliament that Opposed James VII in 1686 #History
• October 13, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1686, Alexander Gordon Viscount of Kenmure, Ayrshire, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, duke of Hamilton, Dumfriesshire, earl of Annandale, earl of Carnwath, earl of Dumfries, earl of Glencairn, Galloway, George Lockhart of Carnwath, John Houston younger of that ilk, John Johnston (Glasgow), Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lord Bargany, Lord Ross, Renfrewshire, Robert Dalyell of Glenae, Robert Graham (Ernfillan), Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Hunter (Ayr), Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtownshire, William Blair of that ilk, William Cultran of Drummoral, William Hamilton of Orbiston
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Galloway, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Scottish parliament
The Scottish Parliament of 1685 and Repression in the Whig Heartlands #History
• October 12, 2015 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Gordon Viscount of Kenmure, Ayrshire, Captain John Wedderburn of Gosford, Colonel James Douglas, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, duke of Hamilton, Dumfriesshire, earl of Annandale, earl of Carnwath, earl of Dumfries, earl of Glencairn, earl of Perth, Elizabeth Gordon Lady Castle Stewart, Galloway, General Thomas Dalyell, George Lockhart of Carnwath, John Houston younger of that ilk, John Johnston (Glasgow), Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lord Bargany, Lord Ross, Lt General William Drummond, Renfrewshire, Robert Dalyell of Glenae, Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Hunter (Ayr), Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtownshire, William Blair of that ilk, William Cultran of Drummoral, William Hamilton of Orbiston
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Galloway, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Scottish parliament
‘Show No Favour to These People’: Four Men Condemned to Death in Cumnock in 1685
• July 22, 2015 • 5 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Peden, Allan Aitken (Cumnock), Ayrshire, Cairntable, Caldons, Captain John Inglis, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanters, Cumnock, Cumnock parish, earl of Dumfries, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Isaac Blackwell, James Naiper (Ochiltree), James Renwick, John Brounen, John Pearson (Cumnock), Lieutenant Crichton, Lieutenant Murray, Lochnorris, Muirkirk parish, Ochiltree parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Richard
Tags: Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Cairn Table, Covenanters, Cumnock, Dumfries House, History, Ochiltree, Scotland
Wild Phanatiques, Dark Clouds of Mist and the Poor Straying Sheep in March 1685
• June 4, 2014 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Cambusnethan parish, Colonel James Douglas, Covenanters, Cumnock parish, earl of Dumfries, Galloway, Isaac Blackwell, James Nisbet (Hardhill), James Renwick, John Muirhead, Lochnorris, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Wonders
Tags: Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Covenanters, Cumnock, Dumfries House, History, Scotland