Archive for the 'Michael Cameron' Category

Proclamation against the Fanatical and Bloody Plot of 1680

• November 23, 2013 • 3 Comments

Posted in Archibald Stewart, Charles II, Covenanters, Daniel McMichael, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Mercat Cross, James Skene, James Steuart of Goodtrees, James Stewart (Causeway End), John Moodie, John Potter, John Spreul, John Vallance, Michael Cameron, Peter Gemmel, Queensferry paper, Robert Hamilton (Broxburn), Sanquhar Declaration, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Campbell (Waterhead), Thomas Douglas, Torwood
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Wanted Dead or Alive. Reward of £16,000 Scots for Notorious Traitors in 1680

• October 9, 2013 • 14 Comments

Posted in 1680, Airdsmoss, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Annandale, Auchinleck parish, Auchtitench, Ayrshire, Ayrsmoss, Balmaclellan parish, Barr parish, Benbain, Blairfoot, Carrick, Carsphairn parish, Causeway End (Penninghame), Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Covington parish, Craigminn (Cumnock), Cubs, Cumnock parish, Dalblair, Dalgig, Dalry parish, Daniel McMichael, David Moodie, Donald Cargill, Dumfriesshire, Durisdeer parish, Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Francis Johnston, Galloway, Galston parish, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Horsehill, Irongray parish, James McMichael (d.1684), James Stewart (Causeway End), John Crichton (Auchtitench), John Fowler, John Gemmell (Cumnock), John Hamilton (fl.1680), John Howie of Lochgoin, John Malcolm (d.1680), John Moodie, John Paterson (fl.1680), John Potter, John Vallance, Kells parish, Kilsture, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, London, Lorgfoot, Loudoun parish, Michael Cameron, Midland, Minnigaff parish, Morton parish, Muirkirk parish, Nithsdale, Old Castle of Cumnock, Penninghame parish, Peter Gemmel, Queensferry paper, Richard Cameron, Robert Dick, Sanquhar, Sanquhar Declaration, Sanquhar parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Sorbie parish, St Brydsbank, Thomas Campbell (Waterhead), Thomas Douglas, Tundergarth parish, Wamphray parish, Waterhead (Cumnock), Wigtownshire
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Richard Cameron’s Road to Martyrdom Begins: ‘I Will Make Thy Hoofs Brass: And Thou Shalt Beat in Pieces Many People’

• April 2, 2013 • 3 Comments

Posted in 1680, Alexander Gordon of Earlstoun, Andrew Cameron, Ann Gordon (Earlstoun), Auchengilloch, Balmaghie parish, Crossmichael parish, Dalry parish, Darmead, Donald Cargill, Dumfriesshire, Earlstoun Castle, Edinburgh, Galloway, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Jean Hamilton, John Graham of Claverhouse, Kells parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lady Earlstoun, Lady Earlstoun elder, Margaret Gordon (Earlstoun), Michael Cameron, Nithsdale, Richard Cameron, William Gordon (Earlstoun)
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Martyrs in the Moss: Marion Cameron and Margaret Dun near Cumnock

• June 17, 2012 • 7 Comments

Posted in 1685, Ayrshire, Carsgailoch Hill, Closs, Covenanters, Cumnock, Cumnock parish, Dalgig, David Dun (d.1685), Glenglass, John Jamieson (d.1685), John Umphrey (d.1685), Joseph Wilson (d.1685), Margaret Dun, Marion Cameron, Martyrs, Martyrs' Moss, Michael Cameron, Ochiltree parish, Richard Cameron, Simon Paterson (d.1685), Water of Coyle, Whig Hole
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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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