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The Battle of Muirdykes, 1685: Erskine of Carnock’s Version #History #Scotland
• June 24, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1685, Argyll Rising, Captain William Cleland, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, John Cochran of Ochiltree, John Erskine of Carnock, Patrick Hume of Polwarth, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Argyll Rising, Battle of Muirdykes, Covenanters, History, Military History, Scotland, Scottish Battlefields Trust, Scottish History
The Lull before the Storm? A letter of Daniel Defoe an English Spy in 1706 #History #Scotland
• May 7, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in Covenanters, Daniel Defoe, John Erskine of Carnock, Militia, Scotland, Scottish History, Stirling, Stirlingshire
Tags: British History, Covenanters, Glasgow, History, Jacobites, Scotland, Scottish History, Stirling, Union of 1707
The Departed: The Covenanters Banished on the Carolina Merchant in 1684
• July 25, 2012 • 13 CommentsPosted in 14 convention, 1684, Adam Allan, Adam Hodgeon, Arthur Cunningham, Benquhat, Breich, Captain Adam Urquhart, Carmunock parish, Carolina Merchant (1684), Covenanters, Dalmellington parish, Dalwhat, Donald Cargill, Douglas, Douglas parish, Dumfriesshire, Eaglesham parish, Eastwood parish, Evandale parish, Gavin Black, George Smith, Gilbert Macadam (d.1685), Glasgow, Glasgow Tolbooth, Glencairn parish, Greenock, Hugh Simm (Eaglesham), Irvine, Irvine parish, James Dun (Benquhat), James McClintock, James Renwick, John Alexander, John Binning of Dalvennan, John Buchanan (Glasgow), John Buchanan (student), John Dick fl.1683, John Edward (Sorn), John Erskine of Carnock, John Galt, John Gibson (Mid Heilar), John Marshall, John Nisbett (Glasgow), John Paton (Old Monkland), John Richmond (d.1684), John Syme (Eaglesham), John Williamson fl.1683, John Young (Threepland), Keirshill, King's Regiment of Horse, Lanarkshire, Linlithgowshire, Little Govan, Livingston parish, Major John Balfour, Matthew Machan, Mid Heilar, New Monkland parish, Nithsdale, Old Monkland parish, Paisley parish, Renfrewshire, Robert Urie (Little Govan), Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Sorn parish, South Carolina, Starryshaw, Stewarton parish, Stuarts Town, Thomas Bryce (Irvine), Thomas Linning, Thomas Marshall, USA, Walter Gibson, Waterside (Carmunock), William Dunlop, William Inglis (Glasgow), William Smith (Carmunock), William Syme
Tags: Charleston, Covenanters, Glasgow, History, Port Royal, Scotland, Scottish History, South Carolina
Renwick’s Intercepted Letter of 1685: John Binning of Dalvennan, Mrs Binning, Edinburgh and Eaglesham
• February 15, 2012 • 12 CommentsPosted in 11 convention, 1685, 24 convention, Amsterdam, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Ayr, Ayrshire, Benjamin Hall, Cambusnethan parish, Captain George Campbell (d.1679), Carrick, Covenanters, Dalvennan, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Darmead, David Gibson fl.1683, David McMillan (d.1683), Dumfriesshire, Duncan Stewart, Eaglesham, Eaglesham Moor, Eaglesham parish, earl of Dalhousie, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Tolbooth, Edward Aitkin, Ensign Donald Mackenzie, Galloway, Gavin Witherspoon jnr, George Barclay, Hanna Keir, Ireland, James Boyle fl.1683, James Renwick, John Binning of Dalvennan, John Campbell fl.1683, John Dalgleish fl.1683, John Dick fl.1683, John Erskine of Carnock, John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, John Williamson fl.1683, John WIlson (d.1683), Kirkcudbrightshire, Lady Earlstoun, Leeuwarden, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Marion Steuart, Mrs Binning, Polbaith Burn, Renfrewshire, Robert Boyd of Trochrague, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Robert Miller fl.1683, Roderick Mackenzie of Dalvennan, Scotland, Straiton parish, Swine Abbey, Thomas Kennoway, Thomas Steuart of Coltness, Utrecht, William Wallace of Craigie
Tags: Britain, British History, Covenanters, Edinburgh, History, James Renwick, Scotland, Scottish History, Whitburn