Archive for the 'James Nisbet of Highside' Category
The Attempted Assassination of Major Balfour at Glasgow in 1683
• March 9, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 10 convention, 11 convention, 12 convention, Archibald Stewart (d.1684), Barony parish, Covenanters, Glasgow, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, James Johnston (d.1684), James Nisbet of Highside, James Winning (d.1684), John Main (d.1684), John Richmond (d.1684), Lanarkshire, Lieutenant-Colonel John Winram, Lord Ross, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Robert Hamilton, Rotterdam, Scotland, Scottish History, Woodside
Tags: Covenanters, Glasgow, History, River Kelvin, Scotland, Scottish History
The Execution in Glasgow of James Nisbet in Highside: ‘Put Him Off and Be Damned’
• February 18, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1684, Alexander Wood, Archibald Stewart (d.1684), Ayrshire, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Gavin Black, Glasgow, Glasgow Tolbooth, hangman, Highside, James Johnston (d.1684), James Lawson, James Nisbet of Highside, James Winning (d.1684), John Main (d.1684), John Richmond (d.1684), John Steel of Over Waterhead, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Nisbet, Loudoun parish, Major John Balfour, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Richard Cameron, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Covenanters, Execution, Glasgow, History, Newmilns, Scotland, Scottish History
Glasgow’s Townhead Martyrs: James Lawson and Alexander Wood
• August 18, 2011 • 16 CommentsPosted in 16 convention, 1684, 1820, Alexander Wood, Auchnotroch, Bothwell parish, Captain John Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Crawford parish, Crawfordjohn parish, Donald Cargill, Dragoons, duke of Hamilton, Glasgow, Glasgow Tolbooth, Howgate (Glasgow), James Foulis of Colinton, James Lawson, James Nisbet of Highside, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Lord Ross, Major John Balfour, martyrdom, Martyrs Church (Glasgow), Newlands (Bothwell), Radicalism, Radicals, Richard Cameron, Wanlockhead
Tags: 1684, Alexander Wood, British History, Covenanters, Glasgow, History, James Lawson, Lanarkshire, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History, Townhead
Death at the Ducat: The Shooting of John Law at Newmilns
• October 19, 2010 • 7 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Barneight, Britain, British History, Captain John Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dragoons, Ducat Tower, European history, Fenwick parish, Fugitive Roll of 1684, Galston parish, Hardhill, History, James Nisbet (Hardhill), James Nisbet of Highside, James Smith, John Binning, John Brounen, John Browning, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Law, John Nisbet of Glen, John Nisbet of Hardhill, John Smith in Cronan, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Little Blackwood, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Scotland, Scottish History, Sorn parish, Threepwood
Tags: 1685, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Barneight, Britain, British History, Captain John Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dragoons, Ducat Tower, European history, Fenwick parish, Fugitive Roll of 1684, Galston parish, Hardhill, History, James Nisbet (Hardhill), James Nisbet of Highside, James Smith, John Binning, John Brounen, John Browning, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Law, John Nisbet of Glen, John Nisbet of Hardhill, John Smith (Cronan), Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Little Blackwood, local history, Loudoun parish, Martyrdom, Martyrs, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, RCAHMS, Royal Commission of Ancient and Historical Monuments Scotland, Scotland, Scottish History, Sorn parish, Threepwood