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Watersaugh’s Secret Mission on the Eve of the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679 #History #Scotland

• October 21, 2018 • 2 Comments

Posted in Cambusnethan parish, Coltness, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dalzell House, Dalziel parish, Donald Cargill, Drumclog, Galston parish, Hamilton, James Ure of Shargarton, John King (d.1679), John Lockhart of Barr, John Miller of Watersaugh, John Welsh, Lanarkshire, lord Melville, Monmouth, Patrick Murdoch of Cumloden, Robert Fleming of Auchenfin, Robert Hamilton, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Steuart of Coltness, William Hamilton of Wishaw
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Testimony of James Graham Hanged between Edinburgh & Leith, 9 December, 1684 #History #Scotland

• December 9, 2017 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 1684, Covenanters, Crossmichael parish, Donald Cargill, Galloway, Gallowlee, Gibbites, James Graham (d.1684), James Renwick, John Kid (d.1679), John King (d.1679), Kirkcudbrightshire, Richard Cameron, Scotland, Scottish History, Sweet Singers
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The Battle of Drumclog, 1679: Wilson’s Version #History #Scotland

• February 23, 2017 • 2 Comments

Posted in Andrew Richmond (d.1679), Ayrshire, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cumberhead, David Hackston of Rathillet, Drumclog, Evandale parish, Henry Hall of Haughead, James Thomson (d.1679), John Balfour of Kinloch, John Brown (fl.1679), John Gebbie (d.1679), John Graham of Claverhouse, John King (d.1679), John Morton (d.1679), Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Loudoun Hill, Loudoun parish, Loudounhill, McMillanites, Robert Fleming of Auchenfin, Robert Hamilton, Scotland, Scottish History, Stonehouse parish, Thomas Douglas, Thomas Fleming (d.1679), Thomas Weir (d.1679), William Cleland, William Dingwall, William Wilson (Douglas)
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The Covenanters’ Prison, Edinburgh, 1679 #History #Scotland

• December 5, 2016 • 15 Comments

Posted in 1679, Alexander Balfour (Gilston), Andrew Newbigging, Andrew Sword (d.1679), Andrew Thomson (Sauchie), Andrew Wallace (Irongray), Ayrshire, Balmaghie parish, Borders, Borgue parish, Bowden parish, Captain Strachan, Ceres parish, Covenanters, Cranston parish, Croune of London (1679), David Cunningham, David Somerville, Drummond parish, East Calder parish, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Tolbooth, Edinburghshire, Fife, Galashiels parish, Galloway, George Lord Ross, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Inverkeithing parish, Irongray parish, James Balfour (Gilston), James Corsan (Kirkcudbright), James Gray, James Lileburn (Kinross), James Waddell (Monklands), James Wood (d.1679), John Blackadder, John Clyde (d.1679), John Govan, John Kid (d.1679), John King (d.1679), John Kirk (Ceres), John McBraickney, John Scott (Ettrick Forest), John Thomson (Bothwellmuir), John Waddel (d.1679), Kelso parish, Kilmarnock parish, Kincardine parish, Kinross, Kinross parish, Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, Loudoun parish, Militia, Old Monkland parish, Orwell parish, Patrick Keir, Patrick Wilson, Perthshire, Robert Boig (Newbigging), Robert Garnock, Robert Kirk (Burleigh), Robert McGill (Galashiels), Robert Miller (Pinclo), Robert Russell, Robert Young (Galasheils), Roxburgh, Scotland, Scottish History, Selkirkshire, St Ninians parish, Stirlingshire, Stow parish, Strathmiglo parish, Thomas Brown (d.1679), Thomas Crichton, Thomas Miller (Ceres), Thomas Pringle, Thomas Williamson (Over Cranstoun), Walter McKechnie, West Port Gate, William Brown, William Grindlay, William Hardie, William Henderson, William Younger
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‘John Brown, or, the House in the Muir’, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, 1822 #History #Scotland

• March 18, 2016 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 1685, Ayrshire, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Isobel Weir (Priesthill), Janet Brown (Priesthill), John Brown of Priesthill, John Graham of Claverhouse, John King (d.1679), Literature, Muirkirk parish, Priesthill, Richard Cameron, Scotland
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