Archive for the 'Colmonell parish' Category
Five Covenanters Escape From the Canongate Tolbooth in late 1685 #History #Edinburgh #Scotland
• August 18, 2019 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander McMillan (Nithsdale), Allan Currie, Allan Currie, Ayrshire, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain Strachan, Carrick, Colmonell parish, Covenanters, Daljarrock, Dalmellington parish, earl of Balcarres, Galloway, Gilbert McIlwraith (fl.1685), Glenluce parish, Hugh McMaster (Balneil), James Patrick, James Renwick, James Templeton (Lesmahagow), John Graham of Claverhouse, John Sloss (Dalfarson), John Strang of Crosshill, Kilmarnock parish, Lt General William Drummond, Scotland, Scottish History, Stranraer, Threepwood (Lesmahagow), Wigtown, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire
Tags: Covenanters, Edinburgh, Galloway, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Stranraer
On The Trail of Claverhouse: The Killing of Matthew MacIlwraith in 1685 #History #Scotland
• December 30, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1685, Ayr, Ayrshire, Carrick, Colmonell parish, Covenanters, Dalmellington, Dalmellington parish, Dumfriesshire, James Brown (Coulter), John Graham of Claverhouse, Matthew McIlwraith (d.1685), Militia, Nithsdale, Scotland, Scottish History, William Douglas duke of Queensberry
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, History, John Graham of Claverhouse, Scotland, Scottish History
Beyond Orkney’s Fatal Shore: The Wreck of The Croune, 10 December 1679 #History #Scotland
• December 10, 2016 • 7 CommentsPosted in 1679, Auchinleck parish, Ayrshire, Balmaclellan parish, Balmaghie parish, Banishment, Barony parish, Barr parish, Bathgate parish, Berwickshire, Bo'ness parish, Borders, Borgue parish, Bothwell parish, Bowden parish, Calder parish, Cambusnethan parish, Carmichael parish, Carnwath parish, Carrick, Carstairs parish, Castletown parish, Cavers parish, Ceres parish, Closeburn parish, Colmonell parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Craigie parish, Cranston parish, Croune of London (1679), Cumnock parish, Dailly parish, Dalmellington parish, Dalry parish, Dreghorn parish, Drummond parish, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, East Calder parish, Eastwood parish, Edinburghshire, Evandale parish, Falkirk parish, Fenwick parish, Fife, Galashiels parish, Galloway, Galston parish, Gargunnock parish, Girthon parish, Girvan parish, Glasgow, Glassford parish, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Govan parish, Haddingtonshire, Hobkirk parish, Irongray parish, Kelso parish, Kelton parish, Kilbride parish, Kilconquhar parish, Kilmarnock parish, Kincardine parish, Kinross, Kinross parish, Kippen parish, Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkliston parish, Kirkmabreck parish, Kirkmichael parish (Ayrshire), Kirkoswald parish, Lanarkshire, Larbert & Dunipace parish, Largo parish, Leith, Lesmahagow parish, Linlithgow parish, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, Lochrutton parish, Loudoun parish, Mauchline parish, Maybole parish, Melrose parish, Merse, Mid Calder parish, Muiravonside parish, Muirkirk parish, Neilston parish, New Monkland parish, Nithsdale, Ochiltree parish, Old Monkland parish, Orkney, Orwell parish, Paisley parish, Penninghame parish, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Roxburgh, Scotland, Scottish History, Selkirkshire, Shotts parish, Sorn parish, Southdean parish, St Ninians parish, Stewarton parish, Stirlingshire, Stow parish, Straiton parish, Strathmiglo parish, Temple parish, Torphichen parish, West Calder parish, Wigtownshire
Tags: British History, Covenanters, Croune of London (1679), History, Orkney, Scotland, Scottish History, Shipwrecks
The Forfeited: Thomas Kennedy of Grange in 1685 #History #Ayrshire #Scotland
• November 18, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1679, 1685, Ayrshire, Ballantrae parish, Carrick, Colmonell parish, Covenanters, John Kennedy of Glenour, John MacMichan of Killantringan, John Welsh, Maybole parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Kennedy of Grange
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, History, Scotland, Scottish History
Daniel Defoe on the Killing Times of 1685
• September 18, 2015 • 7 CommentsPosted in -------- Auchenleck (d.1685), 1685, Andrew McRoberts (d.1685), Auchencloy, Ayrshire, Barr parish, Borgue parish, Captain Thomas Douglas, Carrick, Colmonell parish, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet James Dundas, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Cumnock parish, Dailly parish, Daniel Defoe, David Dun (d.1685), David Halliday in Mayfield (d.1685), Dumfriesshire, Eaglesham parish, Edward McKean (d.1685), Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1685), Galloway, George Woodburn, Girthon parish, Glencairn parish, Highlanders, James Bennoch (d.1685), James Clement (d.1685), James McMichael (d.1684), John Bell of Whiteside (d.1685), John Brounen, John Bryce (d.1685), John Fergushill, John Gibson (Ingleston), John Graham of Claverhouse, John Jamieson (d.1685), John Mclorgan (d.1685), John Semple (d.1685), John Smith (Muirkirk), Joseph Wilson (d.1685), Kelton parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Matthew McIlwraith (d.1685), Mauchline parish, Muirkirk parish, Nithsdale, Peter Gemmel, Peter Gillies, Renfrewshire, Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Lennox (d.1685), Robert Lockhart, Robert M'Whae (d.1685), Robert Mitchell (d.1685), Scotland, Scottish History, Simon Paterson (d.1685), Tarbolton parish, Thomas Young (d.1685), Tongland parish, William Adam, William Fiddison (d.1685), William Paterson, William Shillilaw (d.1685)
Tags: Covenanters, Daniel Defoe, English Literature, History, Scotland, Scottish History
