Archive for the 'John Gemmel' Category

James Renwick at Muirkirk in 1686

• February 28, 2012 • 5 Comments

Posted in 1685, 1686, 24 convention, Ayrshire, Daniel Defoe, Darwhilling, David Finlay, Donald Cargill, Ducat Tower, Dykes, General Thomas Dalyell, Girthon parish, James Browning, James Finlay, James Paton (Little Blackwood), James Renwick, James White, John Brounen, John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Finlay, John Gemmel, John Law, John Richmond (d.1684), Kilmarnock parish, Knowe, Little Blackwood, Muirkirk parish, Muirside, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Inglis, Polbaith Burn, Richardton
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Renwick’s ‘lost’ preaching in Eaglesham

• November 14, 2010 • 20 Comments

Posted in 07 convention, 1680, 1685, 24 convention, Alexander Hume, Alexander Peden, Ardoch, Ardoch Burn, Argyll Rising, Assassination, Ayr, Ayrshire, Banishment, Barbados, British History, Charles II, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Darwhilling, David Paterson, Dragoons, Eaglesham, Eaglesham Moor, Eaglesham parish, earl of Argyll, Edinburgh, European history, Fenwick, Fenwick parish, George Scot of Pitlochie, Glasgow, Hardhill, Henry & Francis (1685), James Renwick, James Tennant, John Brounen, John Browning, John Campbell of Overmoor, John Gemmel, John Hodge, John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, John Nisbet of Hardhill, John Russell, John Smith, Kilbride parish, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Lanarkshire, Letham, Lieutenant Nisbet, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Livingston, Loudoun parish, Marion Steuart, martyrdom, Martyrs, Mid Calder parish, Midland, Monmouth Rising, Muirhead, Munzie Burn, Munzie Well, Myres, New Jersey, Overmuir, Perth Amboy, Peter Gemmel, Peter Russell, Polbaith Burn, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Thomas Wylie, Threepland, United Societies, USA, William Jackson, William Wylie
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The Covenanters and Scottish Football

• October 31, 2010 • 27 Comments

Posted in 24 convention, Abjuration oath, Airdsmoss, Andrew Bruce of Earlshall, Ayrshire, Banishment, Barbados, Blackwood, British History, Captain John Inglis, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Darwhilling, David Gemmel, David Hackston of Rathillet, Dean Castle, Dragoons, Ducat Tower, Dykescroft, earl of Kilmarnock, Edinburgh, European history, Fenwick, Fenwick parish, Football, George Wood, George Woodburn, hangman, Hardhill, Hareshawhill, History, Horsehill, Huggincraig Burn, James Robertson, James White, John Boyd, John Fergushill, John Finlay, John Fowler, John Gemmel, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Law, John Nisbet of Hardhill, John Nisbet younger of Knowe, John Paton of Meadowhead, John Reid, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Lieutenant Nisbet, Little Blackwood, Loudoun Mains, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Meadowhead, Michael Cameron, Midland, Muirside, National Library of Scotland, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Gemmel, Polbaith Burn, Richard Cameron, Robert Bell, Robert Murray, Scotland, Scottish History, Sorn parish, Thomas Wylie, William Wallace, William Wallace of Craigie, William Wylie
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Martyred at Mauchline: The Secret History of John Browning or John Binning, Covenanter

• September 7, 2010 • 22 Comments

Posted in 02 convention, 09 convention, 12 convention, 1685, 18 convention, Alexander Peden, Alexander Shields, Auchengilloch, Ayrshire, Ayrsmoss, Biography, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Darvel, Fenwick parish, Galston parish, History, Isobel Weir (Priesthill), James Finlay, James Nisbet (Hardhill), James Paton (Little Blackwood), James Renwick, James White, John Binning, John Brounen, John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Gemmel, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Law, John Nisbet of Hardhill, Lanfine, Lesmahagow parish, Little Blackwood, Loudoun Hill, Lt General William Drummond, Mauchline, Michael Shields, Muirkirk parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Patrick Walker, Priesthill, Robert Wodrow, Scottish History
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