Archive for the 'Eaglesham Moor' Category
Renwick’s Intercepted Letter of 1685: John Binning of Dalvennan, Mrs Binning, Edinburgh and Eaglesham
• February 15, 2012 • 12 CommentsPosted in 11 convention, 1685, 24 convention, Amsterdam, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Ayr, Ayrshire, Benjamin Hall, Cambusnethan parish, Captain George Campbell (d.1679), Carrick, Covenanters, Dalvennan, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Darmead, David Gibson fl.1683, David McMillan (d.1683), Dumfriesshire, Duncan Stewart, Eaglesham, Eaglesham Moor, Eaglesham parish, earl of Dalhousie, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Tolbooth, Edward Aitkin, Ensign Donald Mackenzie, Galloway, Gavin Witherspoon jnr, George Barclay, Hanna Keir, Ireland, James Boyle fl.1683, James Renwick, John Binning of Dalvennan, John Campbell fl.1683, John Dalgleish fl.1683, John Dick fl.1683, John Erskine of Carnock, John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, John Williamson fl.1683, John WIlson (d.1683), Kirkcudbrightshire, Lady Earlstoun, Leeuwarden, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Marion Steuart, Mrs Binning, Polbaith Burn, Renfrewshire, Robert Boyd of Trochrague, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Robert Miller fl.1683, Roderick Mackenzie of Dalvennan, Scotland, Straiton parish, Swine Abbey, Thomas Kennoway, Thomas Steuart of Coltness, Utrecht, William Wallace of Craigie
Tags: Britain, British History, Covenanters, Edinburgh, History, James Renwick, Scotland, Scottish History, Whitburn
Donald Cargill, the Sweet Singers and the Darngavil Conference
• September 30, 2011 • 18 CommentsPosted in 1681, Alexander Peden, Cambusnethan parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Darmead, Darngavil, David Jamie, Donald Cargill, Eaglesham Moor, Gibbites, History, James Renwick, John Gibb, John Young (Gibbite), Lanarkshire, Patrick Walker, Pentland Hills, Robert Sangster, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Starryshaw, Sweet Singers, The Deer Slunk, Walter Ker, William Gogar
Tags: Britain, British History, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Lanarkshire, Radicals, Scotland, Scottish History, Sweet Singers, Wishaw
‘The Smoke and Utter Ruin of Edinburgh’: The Sweet Singers Await the Apocalypse in the Pentland Hills
• September 27, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1681, Ann Stewart, Ayrsmoss, Bo'ness, Bo'ness parish, Calder parish, Cambusnethan parish, Captain Love, Captain Strachan, David Jamie, Eaglesham Moor, Eaglesham parish, Edinburgh, Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Gavin Witherspoon, Gibbites, James Baird (Dungeonhill), James Gray (d.1680), James Gray of Chryston, James Renwick, Janet Elphinston, John Gibb, John Young (Gibbite), Lanarkshire, Linlithgowshire, Lochgoin, Major Robert Johnston, Old Monkland parish, Pentland Hills, Renfrewshire, Robert Sangster, Stirlingshire, Strathaven parish, Sweet Singers, The Devil, Walter Ker, William Gogar
Tags: 1681, Britain, British History, Covenanters, History, Pentland Hills, Scotland, Scottish History, Sweet Singers, The Devil
Renwick’s ‘lost’ preaching in Eaglesham
• November 14, 2010 • 20 CommentsPosted in 07 convention, 1680, 1685, 24 convention, Alexander Hume, Alexander Peden, Ardoch, Ardoch Burn, Argyll Rising, Assassination, Ayr, Ayrshire, Banishment, Barbados, British History, Charles II, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Darwhilling, David Paterson, Dragoons, Eaglesham, Eaglesham Moor, Eaglesham parish, earl of Argyll, Edinburgh, European history, Fenwick, Fenwick parish, George Scot of Pitlochie, Glasgow, Hardhill, Henry & Francis (1685), James Renwick, James Tennant, John Brounen, John Browning, John Campbell of Overmoor, John Gemmel, John Hodge, John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, John Nisbet of Hardhill, John Russell, John Smith, Kilbride parish, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Lanarkshire, Letham, Lieutenant Nisbet, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Livingston, Loudoun parish, Marion Steuart, martyrdom, Martyrs, Mid Calder parish, Midland, Monmouth Rising, Muirhead, Munzie Burn, Munzie Well, Myres, New Jersey, Overmuir, Perth Amboy, Peter Gemmel, Peter Russell, Polbaith Burn, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Thomas Wylie, Threepland, United Societies, USA, William Jackson, William Wylie
Tags: 1685, Charles II, Covenanters, Eaglesham, Fenwick, History, James Renwick, Perth Amboy, Scottish History