Archive for the 'Kilmarnock' Category

New Light on the Great Scottish Meteor of 1685

• October 23, 2014 • 3 Comments

Posted in Ayrshire, Covenanters, earl of Loudoun, George Woodburn, James Muir, James Nisbet (Hardhill), John Fergushill, John Nisbet of Hardhill, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Lieutenant Nisbet, Loudoun Mains, Loudoun parish, Peter Gemmel, Robert Cowan, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Latimer, William Swanston, William Woodburn, Wonders
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A Short Narrative of James Howie in Lochgoin’s Sufferings in the Late Persecution

• September 9, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in 1684, Alexander Shields, Ayrshire, Captain John Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Dean Castle, Fenwick parish, Floak, George Woodburn, Isobel Howie, James Howie (Lochgoin), James Renwick, John Balfour of Kinloch, John Howie (Lochgoin), John Kirkland, John Paton of Meadowhead, Kilmarnock, Lochgoin, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Mearns parish, Renfrewshire, Robert Howie (Floak), Scotland
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The Raid on Lochgoin in c.1684

• September 8, 2013 • 2 Comments

Posted in 1684, Ayrshire, Captain John Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Eaglesham parish, Fenwick parish, George Woodburn, George Woodburn (Ladyton), His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Isobel Howie, James Howie (Lochgoin), John Howie (Lochgoin), John Kirkland, John Paton of Meadowhead, Kilmarnock, Lochgoin, Loudoun parish, Major John Balfour, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Meadowhead, Newmilns, Scotland, Scottish History, Sergeant Thomas Rae
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A Covenanter Against the Glorious Revolution and Union of 1707: Hugh Dickie in Kilmarnock

• August 28, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in Alexander Shields, Ayrshire, Carrick, Covenanters, Craigdow, Crookedholm, Donald Cargill, Hugh Dickie, James Renwick, John Stevenson (Camregan), John Welsh, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Kirkoswald parish, Richard Cameron, Scotland, Scottish History, Stirling, Thomas Linning, William Boyd
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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, Carmunnock, 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 in Threepwood, James White, John Barrie, John Brounen, John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Campbell of Mid Wellwood, John Law, John Semple, John Smith in Cronan, John Ure, John Watt, Kilbride parish, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire, Leith, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Melowther, Muirkirk, Muirkirk parish, National Library of Scotland, Newlands, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, 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 • 19 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, Darwhilling, 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 Nisbet of Hardhill, John Russell, John Smith, Kilbride parish, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Lanarkshire, Letham, Lieutenant Nisbet, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Livingston, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Mid Calder parish, Midland, Monmouth Rising, Muirhead, Munzie Burn, Munzie Well, Myres, New Jersey, Overmuir, Perth Amboy, Peter Russell, Polbaith Burn, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Thomas Wylie, Threepland, United Societies, USA, William Wylie
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The Covenanters and Scottish Football

• October 31, 2010 • 26 Comments

Posted in 24 convention, Abjuration oath, Airdsmoss, Andrew Bruce of Earlshall, Ayrshire, Banishment, Barbados, Blackwood, British History, Captain John Inglis, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Darwhilling, David Gemmel, David Hackston of Rathillet, Dean Castle, Dragoons, Ducat Tower, Dykescroft, earl of Kilmarnock, Edinburgh, European history, Fenwick, Fenwick parish, Football, George Wood, George Woodburn, hangman, Hardhill, Hareshawhill, History, Horsehill, Huggincraig Burn, James Robertson, James White, John Boyd, John Fergushill, John Finlay, John Fowler, John Gemmel, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Law, John Nisbet of Hardhill, John Nisbet younger of Knowe, John Paton of Meadowhead, John Reid, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Lieutenant Nisbet, Little Blackwood, Loudoun Mains, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Meadowhead, Michael Cameron, Midland, Muirside, National Library of Scotland, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Gemmel, Polbaith Burn, Richard Cameron, Robert Bell, Robert Murray, Scotland, Scottish History, Sorn parish, Thomas Wylie, William Wallace, William Wallace of Craigie, William Wylie
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