Archive for the 'William Vilant' Category
James Renwick’s Preaching at Black Loch and Pursuit in Cambusnethan Parish
• July 11, 2013 • 13 CommentsPosted in 14 convention, 1684, Arthur Rose (Archbishop), Black Loch, Cambusnethan parish, Colin Alison, General Thomas Dalyell, Glasgow, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, James Renwick, John Graham of Claverhouse, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant-Colonel John Winram, New Monkland parish, Shotts parish, William Vilant
Tags: Allanton, Bonkle, Covenanters, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Wishaw
Shot at Strathaven: The Mystery of William Paterson the Executed Cambusnethan Covenanter
• January 25, 2012 • 10 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1832, Banishment, Cambusnethan parish, Captain-Lt John Bell, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Covenanters' Oak, Dalzell House, Dalziel parish, Darmead, Dennis Gillies, Evandale parish, Flanders (1684), Garrion Gill, George Barclay, George Hill, George Jackson, George Scot of Pitlochie, Jamaica, James Forrest (elder), James Forrest (younger), James Gourlay, James Steuart of Goodtrees, John Barrie, John Collin, John Lauder, John Nisbet 1, John Oliphant, Kirkhill, Lanarkshire, Leeuwarden, Lochwinnoch parish, London, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Margaret Forrest, Murrays/Muirhouse, New Jersey, Patrick Walker, Perth Amboy, Reform Movement, Renfrewshire, Robert Gourlay, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Robert Paterson (d.1680), Rye House Plots, Scotland, Scottish History, Stirling, Stonehouse parish, Strathaven, Thomas Jackson (Eastwood), Thomas Steuart of Coltness, USA, William Brackel, William Paterson, William Vilant
Tags: British History, Covenanters, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven, Wishaw
The Defeat of the Covenanters at Airds Moss, A Very Wild Prank, Gideon’s 300 and the ‘Wild-fire of Bastard-zeal’ for Separation
• January 11, 2012 • 8 CommentsPosted in 1680, Airdsmoss, Archibald Alison (d.1680), Ayrshire, Ayrsmoss, Cambusnethan parish, Charles II, Covenanters, David Hackston of Rathillet, Donald Cargill, earl of Melfort, earl of Perth, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Mercat Cross, Falla Hills, General Thomas Dalyell, James Boig, James Renwick, John Malcolm (d.1680), Larbert & Dunipace parish, Lt General William Drummond, Queensferry paper, Richard Cameron, Robert Fleming, Robert Hamilton, Robert MacWard, Rotterdam, Sanquhar Declaration, Scottish History, Scottish parliament, Stirlingshire, Thomas Douglas, Torwood, Walter Smith, William Douglas duke of Queensberry, William Vilant
Tags: Airds Moss, British History, Charles II, Covenanters, Edinburgh, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Torwood