Archive for the 'Loudoun Hill' Category
The Battle of Drumclog, 1679: Wilson’s Version #History #Scotland
• February 23, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in Andrew Richmond (d.1679), Ayrshire, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cumberhead, David Hackston of Rathillet, Drumclog, Evandale parish, Henry Hall of Haughead, James Thomson (d.1679), John Balfour of Kinloch, John Brown (fl.1679), John Gebbie (d.1679), John Graham of Claverhouse, John King (d.1679), John Morton (d.1679), Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Loudoun Hill, Loudoun parish, Loudounhill, McMillanites, Robert Fleming of Auchenfin, Robert Hamilton, Scotland, Scottish History, Stonehouse parish, Thomas Douglas, Thomas Fleming (d.1679), Thomas Weir (d.1679), William Cleland, William Dingwall, William Wilson (Douglas)
Tags: 1679, Battle of Drumclog, Covenanters, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish Battlefields Trust, Scottish History
The ‘Levelling Fury’ of William Young in Strathaven
• June 26, 2013 • 2 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
‘For Cutting Tyrants’ Throats’: The Capture of Patrick Foreman, Covenanter
• November 2, 2011 • 6 CommentsPosted in 1681, Adam Philip, Alexander Russell, Alloa, Andrew Pitilloch, Auchengilloch, Ayrshire, Canongate Tolbooth, Clackmannanshire, Covenanters, David Farrie, Devon Common, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Gavin Witherspoon, General Thomas Dalyell, Gibbites, James Stewart (Cambusnethan), John Gibb, Laurence Hay, Loudoun Hill, Patrick Foreman, Patrick Walker, Robert Garnock, Sweet Singers, William Cuthill (d.1681), William Thomson (d.1681)
Tags: 1681, Alloa, Britain, British History, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, History, Scotland, Scottish History
The Capture of the Sweet Singers
• October 1, 2011 • 5 CommentsPosted in 1681, Canongate Tolbooth, David Jamie, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Gibbites, James Renwick, John Gibb, John Young (Gibbite), Loudoun Hill, Mid Calder parish, Peeblesshire, Pentland Hills, Sweet Singers, Tweeddale, Underbank Wood, Walter Ker, Wolf Hole Craig
Tags: 1681, Britain, British History, Covenanters, Edinburgh, History, Pentland Hills, Scotland, Scottish History, Sweet Singers
A Cauld Coal at The End: Cargill’s Preaching at Loudoun Hill
• August 25, 2011 • 10 CommentsPosted in 1681, Ayrshire, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Darmead, Donald Cargill, Dragoons, Field Preaching, Gavin Witherspoon, Gibbites, Heatheryknowe, John Gibb, Loudoun Hill, Loudoun parish, Patrick Foreman, Patrick Walker, Sweet Singers, Underbank Wood
Tags: Ayrshire, Britain, British History, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, History, Loudoun Hill, Newmilns, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven
The Watchmen in the Woods: Cargill’s Preaching at Underbank, 1681.
• August 24, 2011 • 8 CommentsPosted in 1681, Archibald Stewart (d.1684), Banishment, Barbados, Coulter Heights, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Darmead, Donald Cargill, Gavin Witherspoon, Heatheryknowe, James Stewart (Underbank), Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Loudoun Hill, Old Monkland parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Underbank, Underbank Wood
Tags: 1681, British History, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Easterhouse, Glasgow, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Underbank
‘Wilt thou become a Walloway’: Cargill and the Lord’s Cause in Carrick and Galloway
• June 7, 2011 • 8 CommentsPosted in 1679, 1681, 25 convention, 33 convention, 37 convention, Alexander Gordon of Earlstoun, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Banishment, Benty-rig, Britain, British History, Cargill Stone, Cargilston, Carrick, Coulter, Coulter parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Croune of London (1679), Dalry parish, Donald Cargill, Earlstoun, Earlstoun Castle, Field Preaching, Friarminnan, Galloway, Glenkens, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Leith, Loudoun Hill, Maybole, Maybole parish, Scottish History
Tags: 1679, 1681, 33 convention, 37 convention, Alexander Gordon of Earlstoun, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Banishment, Benty Rig, Britain, British History, Cargill Stone, Cargilston, Carrick, Coulter, Coulter parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Croune of London (1679), Dalry parish, Donald Cargill, Earlstoun Castle, Field Preaching, Friarminnan, Galloway, Glenkens, History, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Leith, Loudoun Hill, Maybole, Maybole parish, Presbyterianism, Radicalism, Radicals, Restoration, Scotland, Scottish History, twenty-fifth convention
