Archive for the 'Midland' Category
The ‘Sculking Rebells’ Beside Kilmarnock in 1685
• November 18, 2014 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1685, Ayrshire, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Edward Marshall (d.1685), Fenwick parish, George Woodburn, Grassmarket, John Fergushill, John Nisbet of Hardhill, John Welsh of Cornlee, Lieutenant Nisbet, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Midland, Peter Gemmel
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, Edinburgh, executions, Fenwick, History, Kilmarnock, Scotland, Scottish History
Wanted Dead or Alive. Reward of £16,000 Scots for Notorious Traitors in 1680
• October 9, 2013 • 12 CommentsPosted in 1680, Airdsmoss, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Annandale, Auchinleck parish, Auchtitench, Ayrshire, Ayrsmoss, Balmaclellan parish, Barr parish, Benbain, Blairfoot, Carrick, Carsphairn parish, Causeway End (Penninghame), Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Covington parish, Craigminn (Cumnock), Cubs, Cumnock parish, Dalblair, Dalgig, Dalry parish, Daniel McMichael, David Moodie, Donald Cargill, Dumfriesshire, Durisdeer parish, Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Francis Johnston, Galloway, Galston parish, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Horsehill, Irongray parish, James McMichael (d.1684), James Stewart (Causeway End), John Crichton (Auchtitench), John Fowler, John Gemmell (Cumnock), John Hamilton (fl.1680), John Howie of Lochgoin, John Malcolm (d.1680), John Moodie, John Paterson (fl.1680), John Potter, John Vallance, Kells parish, Kilsture, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, London, Lorgfoot, Loudoun parish, Michael Cameron, Midland, Minnigaff parish, Morton parish, Muirkirk parish, Nithsdale, Old Castle of Cumnock, Penninghame parish, Peter Gemmel, Queensferry paper, Richard Cameron, Robert Dick, Sanquhar, Sanquhar Declaration, Sanquhar parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Sorbie parish, St Brydsbank, Thomas Campbell (Waterhead), Thomas Douglas, Tundergarth parish, Wamphray parish, Waterhead (Cumnock), Wigtownshire
Tags: Airds Moss, Charles II, Covenanters, Early modern history, History, New Cumnock, Sanquhar, Scotland, Scottish History, Wanted Dead or Alive
Robert Howie Comes Home and Lives Quietly in 1686
• September 17, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Ayrshire, Fenwick parish, Floak, George Woodburn, Isobel Howie, James Howie (Lochgoin), John Fergushill, John Howie (Lochgoin), John Nisbet of Hardhill, Lieutenant Nisbet, Lochgoin, Midland, Peter Gemmel, Robert Howie (Floak), Robert Howie (Midland)
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Early modern history, Fenwick, History, Scotland, Scottish History
The Great Scottish Meteor of 1685
• August 27, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in Ayrshire, Eaglesham parish, Fenwick parish, George Woodburn, Hardhill, James Nisbet (Hardhill), John Fergushill, John Nisbet of Hardhill, Lieutenant Nisbet, Loudoun parish, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Midland, Peter Gemmel, Renfrewshire, Wonders
Tags: CINEOS, History, LINEAR, LONEOS, Meteors, Minor Planet Center, Near-Earth Objects, NEAT, Space, Spaceguard, Spacewatch
Renwick’s ‘lost’ preaching in Eaglesham
• November 14, 2010 • 19 CommentsPosted 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
Tags: 1685, Charles II, Covenanters, Eaglesham, Fenwick, History, James Renwick, Perth Amboy, Scottish History
The Covenanters and Scottish Football
• October 31, 2010 • 27 CommentsPosted 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
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Football, History, Kilmarnock, National Library of Scotland, Off the Ball, Scottish Football, Scottish History, William Wallace
