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Where was ‘The Deer Slunk’ where the Wild Sweet Singers Hid in 1681? #History #Scotland

• December 25, 2018 • 2 Comments

Posted in Cambusnethan parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Darmead, Darmead Monument, David Jamie, Donald Cargill, Edinburghshire, Gibbites, John Young (Gibbite), Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Sweet Singers, The Deer Slunk, Walter Ker, West Calder parish
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Beyond Orkney’s Fatal Shore: The Wreck of The Croune, 10 December 1679 #History #Scotland

• December 10, 2016 • 7 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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The Covenanters at Leven Seat near Wilsontown #History #Scotland

• March 23, 2016 • 1 Comment

Posted in Carnwath parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Edinburghshire, Lanarkshire, Leven Seat, Scotland, Scottish History, West Calder parish
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Retreat of the Covenanters at Benry Bog #History

• October 29, 2015 • 1 Comment

Posted in 1681, Benry Bridge, Carnwath parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, West Calder parish
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Armed and Dangerous: Renwick’s Preaching in the Lammermuirs and Banished to Barbados

• August 12, 2012 • 5 Comments

Posted in 1686, 40 convention, Adam Halyday, Aethelstaneford parish, Alexander Finlay, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Banishment, Barbados, Baro parish, Berwickshire, Borders, Byrecleuch, Carnwath parish, Channelkirk parish, Clints, Colin Alison, Covenanters, David Scot, David Smell, Edinburgh Tolbooth, Edinburghshire, George Main, Green Cleugh, Haddington Tolbooth, Haddingtonshire, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, His Majesty's Troop of Life Guards, Hugh Smith, James Baxter, James Keder, James Lyon, James Moffat, James Renwick, James Steel (Mayshiel), John Brown (Baro), John Hay 2nd earl of Tweeddale, John Riddell of Haining, John Russell (fl.1687), John Stewart (Baro), Lanarkshire, Langshaw, Lauder parish, Lieutenant Robert Somerville, Longformacus parish, Lt General William Drummond, Mary Dainty, Mayshiel, Melrose parish, Mr Croft, Patrick Cunninghame, Patrick Fowns, Patrick Kers, Robert Sloss, Robert Wright (Langshaw), Roxburgh, Thirlestane, West Calder parish, Whittinghame parish, William Hanna, William Nairn, William Steel (fl.1687)
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Covenanters

• September 26, 2011 • 25 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, 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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Search and Destroy: The Mauchline Martyrs of 1685

• September 1, 2011 • 20 Comments

Posted in 1685, Abjuration oath, Argyll Rising, Auchter Muir, Ayrshire, Bathgate parish, Carluke, Carluke parish, Colonel James Douglas, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Daniel Defoe, Dragoons, Edinburghshire, Falkirk, Galston, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, Highlanders, James II, John Brounen, John Browning, John Bryce (d.1685), John Campbell of Mid Wellwood, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Smith (Muirkirk), Killing Times, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, London, Lt General William Drummond, Martyrs, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Mid Calder parish, Midwellwood, Muiravonside parish, Muirkirk parish, Peeblesshire, Peter Gillies, Priesthill, Russia, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Skirling, Skirling parish, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Thomas Richard, Thomas Young (d.1685), West Calder parish, Westquarter, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Campbell of Wellwood, William Douglas duke of Queensberry, William Fiddison (d.1685), William of Orange
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