Archive for the 'John Campbell of Over Welwood' Category
The Mystery of Alexander ‘Prophet’ Peden’s Death #History #Scotland #Ayrshire
• September 21, 2016 • 4 CommentsPosted in 1686, Alexander Peden, Auchencloigh, Auchinleck parish, Ayrshire, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, David Boswell of Auchinleck, John Campbell of Over Welwood, Peden's Cave (Auchinbay), Peden's Cave (Sorn), Scotland, Scottish History, Sorn Castle, Sorn parish
Tags: Alexander Peden, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Blindburn, Boswell of Auchinleck, Brocklar, Covenanters, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Sorn
John Graham of Claverhouse, the Enterkin Rescue and the Society People’s Fifteenth Convention in 1684
• October 24, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 15 convention, 1684, Andrew Clark (d.1684), Auchengilloch, Ayr, Ayrshire, Captain John Inglis, Captain Strachan, Captain William Cleland, Carrick, Cornet James Dundas, Covenanters, Dalmellington, Dungavel, Enterkin Pass, Evandale parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1684), Galloway, Glenkens, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, James Renwick, John Campbell (Muirkirk), John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Graham of Claverhouse, King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Thomas Winram, Lord Ross, Muirkirk parish, Newmilns, Renfrewshire, Samuel McEwen (d.1684), Strathaven, Thomas Harkness, Upper Wellwood, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Douglas duke of Queensberry, William Young
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, History, John Graham of Claverhouse, Military History, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven
The ‘Levelling Fury’ of William Young in Strathaven
• June 26, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in 14 convention, 15 convention, 1684, Andrew Young (Threepland), Auchengilloch, Ayrshire, Black Loch, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain John Inglis, Captain William Cleland, Covenanters, Cronan, Donald Cargill, Ducat Tower, Dungavel, Eaglesham parish, Edinburgh, Evandale parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1684), George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, George Smith, Grassmarket, Hallburn, Hamilton, High Plewland, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, James Dykes, James Finlay, James Nicol, James Renwick, James White, John Campbell (Muirkirk), John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Cochran (Craig), John Cochrane of Chapel, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Leitch, John McIlvey (Kilmarnock), John Smith in Cronan, John Ure, John Urie (d.1685), John Young (Threepland), King's Regiment of Horse, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Little Blackwood, Lord Ross, Loudoun Hill, Loudoun parish, Munzie Burn, Myres, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Aird, Renfrewshire, Robert Thom, Strathaven, Thomas Harkness, Thomas Young (Strathaven), Threepland, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Young
Tags: Covenanters, Eaglesham, Early modern history, History, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven
Robert Hamilton’s Relentless Letter Against Union
• April 24, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted 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
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, History, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, Scotland, Scottish History
Search and Destroy: The Mauchline Martyrs of 1685
• September 1, 2011 • 20 CommentsPosted in 1685, Abjuration oath, Argyll Rising, Auchter Muir, Ayrshire, Bathgate parish, Carluke, Carluke parish, Colonel James Douglas, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Daniel Defoe, Dragoons, Edinburghshire, Falkirk, Galston, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, Highlanders, James II, John Brounen, John Browning, John Bryce (d.1685), John Campbell of Mid Wellwood, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Smith (Muirkirk), Killing Times, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, London, Lt General William Drummond, Martyrs, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Mid Calder parish, Midwellwood, Muiravonside parish, Muirkirk parish, Peeblesshire, Peter Gillies, Priesthill, Russia, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Skirling, Skirling parish, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Thomas Richard, Thomas Young (d.1685), West Calder parish, Westquarter, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Campbell of Wellwood, William Douglas duke of Queensberry, William Fiddison (d.1685), William of Orange
Tags: 1685, Ayrshire, British History, Covenanters, Highlanders, History, Martyrdom, Martyrs, Mauchline, Scotland, Scottish History
