Archive for the 'Hallburn' Category
The ‘Levelling Fury’ of William Young in Strathaven
• June 26, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in 14 convention, 15 convention, 1684, Andrew Young (Threepland), Auchengilloch, Ayrshire, Black Loch, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain John Inglis, Captain William Cleland, Covenanters, Cronan, Donald Cargill, Ducat Tower, Dungavel, Eaglesham parish, Edinburgh, Evandale parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1684), George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, George Smith, Grassmarket, Hallburn, Hamilton, High Plewland, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, James Dykes, James Finlay, James Nicol, James Renwick, James White, John Campbell (Muirkirk), John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Cochran (Craig), John Cochrane of Chapel, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Leitch, John McIlvey (Kilmarnock), John Smith in Cronan, John Ure, John Urie (d.1685), John Young (Threepland), King's Regiment of Horse, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Little Blackwood, Lord Ross, Loudoun Hill, Loudoun parish, Munzie Burn, Myres, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Aird, Renfrewshire, Robert Thom, Strathaven, Thomas Harkness, Thomas Young (Strathaven), Threepland, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Young
Tags: Covenanters, Eaglesham, Early modern history, History, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven
The Three Deaths of David Steel: Part Two, Jonathan Swift and The Memoirs of Lieutenant John Chreichton
• July 6, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in 01 convention, 1686, Blackreckoning, Craig, Cumberhead, David Hackston of Rathillet, David Steel (d.1686), duke of Hamilton, earl of Airlie, Evandale parish, Hallburn, Highflat, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, James Dykes, James Renwick, James Weir (Johnshill), John Cochran (Craig), John Graham of Claverhouse, John Steel of Over Waterhead, John White (Neuck), John Wilson (Highflat), Johnshill, Kilbride parish, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow, Lesmahagow parish, Lieutenant Crichton, Lt General William Drummond, Margaret Curro, Mary Weir, Nether Skellyhill, Neuck, Over Waterhead, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Rogerhill, Thomas Lin, Thomas Steel (Skellyhill), William Steel (Rogerhill)
Tags: Covenanters, Hamilton, History, Jonathan Swift, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow, Scotland, Scottish History