Archive for the 'Robert Wodrow' Category
The Eaglesham Martyrs
• November 18, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1684, 1685, Abjuration oath, Alexander Shields, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Archibald MacAulay of Ardincaple, Ardincaple Castle, Ayrshire, boots, British History, Canongate Tolbooth, Carrot, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cowplaw, Dragoons, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Dunwan Burn, Eaglesham, Eaglesham parish, East Kilbride, Eastwood parish, Edinburgh, European history, Evandale parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1684), Gabriel Thomson (d.1685), Gallowlee, Glasgow, Glassford parish, Hairmyres, Highlanders, History, Holehall, James Nicol, James Smith, John Campbell of Mid Wellwood, John Semple, John Ure, John Watt, Kilbride parish, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire, Leith, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Melowther, Muirkirk, Muirkirk parish, National Library of Scotland, Newlands, Patrick Walker, Peebles, Renfrewshire, Rhu parish, Robert Lockhart, Robert Thom, Robert Wodrow, Scotland, Scottish History, Sparrow Hill, Strathaven, thumbikins, Torture, Upper Wellwood, William Campbell, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Young
Tags: Covenanters, Eaglesham, East Kilbride, Hillwalking, History, Martyrs, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Scottish History
Martyred at Mauchline: The Secret History of John Browning or John Binning, Covenanter
• September 7, 2010 • 22 CommentsPosted 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
Tags: Ayrshire, Britain, British History, Covenanters, History, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History
Where are the Lintoch Steps?
• September 6, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in 1687, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Crookston Castle, Eastwood parish, Glasgow, History, James II, James Renwick, James VII & II, Lanarkshire, Lintoch-steps, National Library of Scotland, Pollock, Pollok, Renfrewshire, Robert Wodrow, Scottish History, Stonehouse parish, Toleration, White Cart Water
Tags: Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Scottish History