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Beyond Orkney’s Fatal Shore: The Wreck of The Croune, 10 December 1679 #History #Scotland

• December 10, 2016 • 2 Comments

Posted 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
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Daniel Defoe on the Killing Times of 1685

• September 18, 2015 • 6 Comments

Posted 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 Clement (d.1685), James McMichael (d.1684), John Bell of Whiteside (d.1685), John Brounen, John Bryce (d.1685), John Fergushill, 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), 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)
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The Killing Times of 1685: The list of the Dead in Cloud of Witnesses

• September 18, 2015 • 6 Comments

Posted in ------- Mowat (d.1685), -------- Auchenleck (d.1685), 1685, Adam Macquhan (d.1685), Alexander Ferguson of Kilkerran, Alexander Gordon Viscount of Kenmure, Alexander Linn (d.1685), Alexander McCubbin (d.1685), Andrew Hislop, Andrew McRoberts (d.1685), Annandale, Archibald MacAulay of Ardincaple, Ayrshire, Barr parish, Borgue parish, Captain James Maitland, Captain John Inglis, Captain Strachan, Captain Thomas Douglas, Cathcart parish, Colmonell parish, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet James Dundas, Cornet John Baillie, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Crossmichael parish, Cumnock parish, Dailly parish, Daniel McIlwraith (d.1685), Daniel McMichael, David Dun (d.1685), David Halliday in Glengap (d.1685), David Halliday in Mayfield (d.1685), David Steel (d.1686), Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Durisdeer parish, Eaglesham parish, earl of Annandale, Edward McKean (d.1685), Eskdale, Eskdalemuir parish, Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1685), Galloway, Galston parish, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, George Short (d.1685), George Wood, George Woodburn, Gilbert Macadam (d.1685), Girthon parish, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Highlanders, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, Irongray parish, James Clement (d.1685), James Dun (d.1685), James Johnstone of Westerhall, James Kirko (d.1685), James McMichael (d.1684), James Smith, James White, John Barrie, John Bell of Whiteside (d.1685), John Brounen, John Brown (Blackwood), John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Bryce (d.1685), John Craik of Stewarton, John Douglas of Stenhouse, John Fergushill, John Ferguson (Glencairn), John Graham of Claverhouse, John Hunter (d.1685), John Jamieson (d.1685), John Mclorgan (d.1685), John Murchie (d.1685), John Reid, John Reid of Ballochmyle, John Semple (d.1685), John Smith (Muirkirk), John Smith in Cronan, John Urie (d.1685), Joseph Wilson (d.1685), Kells parish, Kelton parish, King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkcowan parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmichael parish (Ayrshire), Kirkpatrick-Durham parish, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Lieutenant Alexander Bruce, Lieutenant Crichton, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lieutenant Livingston, Lieutenant Murray, Lieutenant Nisbet, Lieutenant Straiton, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Loudoun parish, Lt General William Drummond, Major John Balfour, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Matthew McIlwraith (d.1685), Mauchline parish, Militia, Minnigaff parish, Moffat parish, Muirkirk parish, Nithsdale, Peter Gemmel, Peter Gillies, Quentin Kennedy of Drummellane, Renfrewshire, Robert Dalyell of Glenae, Robert Dun (Lethamhill), Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Laurie of Maxwelton, Robert Lennox (d.1685), Robert Lockhart, Robert M'Whae (d.1685), Robert Thom, Scotland, Scottish History, Simon Paterson (d.1685), Sir Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, Sorn parish, Straiton parish, Tarbolton parish, Thomas Cook (d.1685), Thomas McHaffie (d.1685), Thomas Richard, Thomas Young (d.1685), Tongland parish, Twynholm parish, Wigtownshire, William Adam, William Fiddison (d.1685), William Graham (d.1682/84), William McKergur (d.1685), William Paterson, William Shillilaw (d.1685), William Smith (d.1685), William Wallace of Craigie
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Tales of Drunkenness and Cruelty in 1685: Lag’s Shooting of the Kirkconnell Martyrs

• May 26, 2014 • 1 Comment

Posted in 1685, Andrew McRoberts (d.1685), Anwoth parish, Captain Strachan, Colonel James Douglas, Covenanters, David Halliday in Mayfield (d.1685), Galloway, Girthon parish, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Irelandton, James Clement (d.1685), John Bell of Whiteside (d.1685), King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkcudbrightshire, Mayfield, Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Lennox (d.1685), Scotland, Tongland parish, Twynholm parish, Wigtown, Wigtownshire
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James Renwick at Muirkirk in 1686

• February 28, 2012 • 3 Comments

Posted in 1685, 1686, 24 convention, Ayrshire, Daniel Defoe, Darwhilling, David Finlay, Donald Cargill, Ducat Tower, Dykes, General Thomas Dalyell, Girthon parish, James Browning, James Finlay, James Paton (Little Blackwood), James Renwick, James White, John Brounen, John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Finlay, John Gemmel, John Law, John Richmond (d.1684), Kilmarnock parish, Knowe, Little Blackwood, Muirkirk parish, Muirside, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Inglis, Polbaith Burn, Richardton
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Captain Douglas, the Killing Times in Galloway and the Mysterious Martyrs known as Mowat and M’Whae

• January 27, 2012 • 5 Comments

Posted in ------- Mowat (d.1685), Balmaghie parish, Borgue parish, Captain Thomas Douglas, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dragoons, Galloway, Girthon parish, Kirkandrews, Kirkcudbrightshire, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Robert M'Whae (d.1685), Scotland, Scottish History, Tongland parish, Twynholm parish
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Covenanters

• September 26, 2011 • 15 Comments

Posted in 1684, Alloway parish, Annandale, Anwoth parish, Auchinleck parish, Ayr parish, Ayrshire, Ballantrae parish, Balmaclellan parish, Balmaghie parish, Barony parish, Barr parish, Bathgate parish, Bo'ness parish, Borders, Borgue parish, Bothwell parish, Bowden parish, Buittle parish, Cambusnethan parish, Campsie parish, Canobie parish, Carluke parish, Carmunock parish, Carnwath parish, Carrick, Carriden parish, Carsphairn parish, Carstairs parish, Castletown parish, Cathcart parish, Cavers parish, Ceres parish, Clackmannanshire, Closeburn parish, Colmonell parish, Coulter parish, Covington parish, Craigie parish, Cranston parish, Crawford parish, Crawfordjohn parish, Crossmichael parish, Cumbernauld parish, Cumnock parish, Cupar parish, Currie parish, Dailly parish, Dalmellington parish, Dalmeny parish, Dalry parish, Dalserf parish, Dalziel parish, Douglas parish, Dumfries parish, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, Dunscore parish, Durisdeer parish, Eaglesham parish, East Calder parish, Eastwood parish, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Erskine parish, Evandale parish, Falkirk parish, Fenwick parish, Fife, Fintry parish, Fugitive Roll of 1684, Galashiels parish, Galloway, Galston parish, Gargunnock parish, Girthon parish, Girvan parish, Glassford parish, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Glenluce parish, Govan parish, Greenock parish, Haddingtonshire, Hamilton parish, Hawick parish, Hobkirk parish, Hownam parish, Inverkeithing parish, Irongray parish, Irvine parish, Keir parish, Kells parish, Kelso parish, Kelton parish, Kennoway parish, Kettle parish, Kilbride parish, Kilconquhar parish, Kilmacolm parish, Kilmarnock parish, Kilwinning parish, Kippen parish, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcowan parish, Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkinner parish, Kirkliston parish, Kirkmabreck parish, Kirkmahoe parish, Kirkmichael parish, Kirkmichael parish (Ayrshire), Kirkoswald parish, Kirkpatrick-Durham parish, Lanark parish, Lanarkshire, Larbert & Dunipace parish, Largo parish, Lasswade parish, Lesmahagow parish, Lilliesleaf parish, Linlithgow parish, Linlithgowshire, Linton parish, Little Govan parish, Livingston parish, Lochmaben parish, Lochrutton parish, Lochwinnoch parish, Loudoun parish, Mauchline parish, Maybole parish, Mearns parish, Melrose parish, Mid Calder parish, Minnigaff parish, Mochrum parish, Moffat parish, Morton parish, Muiravonside parish, Muirkirk parish, Neilston parish, New Monkland parish, Newbattle parish, Ochiltree parish, Old Monkland parish, Orwell parish, Paisley parish, Parton parish, Peeblesshire, Penninghame parish, Penpont parish, Pettinain parish, Renfrewshire, Rhu parish, Riccarton parish, Rutherglen parish, Sanquhar parish, Scoonie parish, Shotts parish, Skirling parish, Slammanan parish, Sorn parish, Southdean parish, St Andrews parish, St Ninians parish, Stewarton parish, Stirlingshire, Stonehouse parish, Stoneykirk parish, Stow parish, Straiton parish, Strathaven parish, Tarbolton parish, Temple parish, Thankerton parish, Tinwald parish, Tongland parish, Torphichen parish, Torthorwald parish, Troqueer parish, Tweeddale, Tweedsmuir parish, Twynholm parish, Tynron parish, Uphall parish, Urr parish, West Calder parish, West Kilpatrick parish, Whitburn parish, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire, Yarrow parish
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