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The Life of Alexander Reid, Covenanter. in Uphall

• October 15, 2014 • 5 Comments

Posted in 1680, 1684, 1689, Alexander Reid (Uphall), Bo'ness, Broxburn, Canongate Tolbooth, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Duncan Stewart, earl of Linlithgow, Edinburgh, George Barclay, George Drummond of Carlowrie, James Clarkson, James Livingstone of Westquarter, James Nimmo (Boghall), Janet Filmerton, John Gibb, John King (d.1679), John Potter, John Skene of Hallyards, Kirkliston parish, Linlithgow, Linlithgow parish, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, Lord Cardross, Major William Carmichael, Margaret Storie, Northumberland, Robert Hamilton (Broxburn), Robert Malloch, Scotland, Scottish History, South Queensferry, Sweet Singers, Swine Abbey, Thomas Kennoway, Uphall parish, Walter Smith, Westquarter
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Devils, True Banditti and Catching Wild Cats: The Covenanters, The Killing Times and the Convention at Wanlockhead of 1684

• October 31, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in 16 convention, 32 convention, 39 convention, 41 convention, Abjuration oath, Alexander Wood, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Bo'ness, Crawford parish, Crawfordjohn parish, duke of Hamilton, Dumfriesshire, earl of Melfort, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Glengaber, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Troop of Life Guards, James Lawson, James Renwick, John Alison, King's Regiment of Horse, Lanarkshire, Linlithgow, Linlithgow parish, Ninian Steel (Glengar), Nithsdale, Sanquhar parish, Swine Abbey, Viscount Tarbet, Wanlockhead, William Douglas duke of Queensberry
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The Beginning of the Argyll Rebellion and the end of the Killing Times: A Letter to Claverhouse

• April 1, 2012 • 4 Comments

Posted in 1685, Argyll Rising, Ayrshire, Colonel James Douglas, Daniel McIlwraith (d.1685), Dragoons, Dumfriesshire, earl of Argyll, earl of Perth, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, Highlanders, John Graham of Claverhouse, Linlithgow, Lt General William Drummond, Monmouth Rising, Scotland, Scottish History, William Douglas duke of Queensberry
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The Notorious Traitors: Gogar, Sangster and the Sweet Singers of Israel

• September 7, 2011 • 11 Comments

Posted in 1681, Adam Philip, Andrew Pitilloch, Ann Stewart, Archibald Stewart, Bo'ness, Bo'ness parish, Carriden parish, Charles II, Christopher Miller, David Jamie, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Gibbites, Grassmarket, Henry Hall of Haughead, Isobel Alison, James Hamilton, James II, James Renwick, James Skene, Janet Elphinstone (Mrs Moor), John Gibb, John Park, John Potter, Laurence Hay, Linlithgow, Linlithgow parish, Linlithgowshire, Margaret Stewart, Marion Harvie, Michael Potter, Mutton Hole, Patrick Walker, Queensferry paper, Robert Law, Robert Sangster, Robert Steedman, Sweet Singers, Thomas Knox, Torwood, West Port Gate, William Gogar
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Donald’s Dead Horse, the Obstinate and Cargill’s ‘Lost’ Preaching at Craigwood

• July 20, 2011 • 8 Comments

Posted in 1680, Adam Philip, Alexander Russell, Bo'ness, Bo'ness parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Craigmad, Craigwood, Donald Cargill, Dragoons, Edinburghshire, Edward Aitkin, George Lapsley, James Tennant, John Dick (d.1684), Linlithgow, Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow Mills, Linlithgow parish, Linlithgowshire, Livingston, Mid Calder parish, Muiravonside parish, Mutton Hole, Scotland, Scottish History, Stirlingshire, Torwood
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