Archive for the 'Eaglesham' Category

Renwick’s Intercepted Letter of 1685: John Binning of Dalvennan, Mrs Binning, Edinburgh and Eaglesham

• February 15, 2012 • 12 Comments

Posted 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
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The Fanatics of Fife: Hay, Pitilloch and the One That Got Away

• April 19, 2011 • 12 Comments

Posted in 1681, Adam Philip, Andrew Pitilloch, Assassination, Britain, British History, Charles II, Covenanters, David Hackston of Rathillet, Devon Common, Donald Cargill, Eaglesham, Eaglesham parish, Edinburgh, Edward Aitkin, Fife, General Thomas Dalyell, George Lapsley, History, James Russell, John Dick (d.1684), Kennoway parish, Kettle parish, Kilconquhar parish, Laurence Hay, martyrdom, Martyrs, National Library of Scotland, Radicalism, Radicals, Robert Lawson, Robert Sangster, Scotland, Scottish History
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The Eaglesham Martyrs

• November 18, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in 1684, 1685, Abjuration oath, Alexander Shields, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Archibald MacAulay of Ardincaple, Ardincaple Castle, Ayrshire, boots, British History, Canongate Tolbooth, Carrot, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cowplaw, Dragoons, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Dunwan Burn, Eaglesham, Eaglesham parish, East Kilbride, Eastwood parish, Edinburgh, European history, Evandale parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1684), Gabriel Thomson (d.1685), Gallowlee, Glasgow, Glassford parish, Hairmyres, Highlanders, History, Holehall, James Nicol, James Smith, John Campbell of Mid Wellwood, John Semple, John Ure, John Watt, Kilbride parish, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire, Leith, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Melowther, Muirkirk, Muirkirk parish, National Library of Scotland, Newlands, Patrick Walker, Peebles, Renfrewshire, Rhu parish, Robert Lockhart, Robert Thom, Robert Wodrow, Scotland, Scottish History, Sparrow Hill, Strathaven, thumbikins, Torture, Upper Wellwood, William Campbell, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Young
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Renwick’s ‘lost’ preaching in Eaglesham

• November 14, 2010 • 20 Comments

Posted 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
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