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The British Army of the Killing Times in the Winter of 1685 #History #Scotland

• September 23, 2018 • 1 Comment

Posted in 1685, 1686, Adam Blair (Carberry), Andrew Bruce of Earlshall, Ayr, Ayr parish, Ayrshire, Bathgate, Bathgate parish, Captain 'Major' George Winram, Captain John Inglis, Captain John Wedderburn of Gosford, Captain Strachan, Captain William Cleland, Captain William Douglas, Cornet James Dundas, Cornet James Innes, Cornet James Naismith, Cornet John Baillie, Cornet Peter Inglis, Cornet William Graham, Covenanters, Cumnock, Cumnock parish, David Graham, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, earl of Airlie, earl of Balcarres, Earlshaugh, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Evandale parish, Galloway, General Thomas Dalyell, Glasgow, Glenkens, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, His Majesty's Troop of Life Guards, John Graham of Claverhouse, Kells parish, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanark, Lanark parish, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Alexander Bruce, Lieutenant Crichton, Lieutenant James Stewart, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lieutenant Livingston, Lieutenant Murray, Lieutenant Thomas Winram, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Murray, Lieutenant-Colonel James Douglas, Linlithgowshire, Lord Ross, Loudoun parish, Lt General William Drummond, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Maybole, Maybole parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Old Castle of Cumnock, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Strathaven, Teviotdale, Wigtown, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire
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John Graham of Claverhouse, the Enterkin Rescue and the Society People’s Fifteenth Convention in 1684

• October 24, 2013 • 2 Comments

Posted in 15 convention, 1684, Andrew Clark (d.1684), Auchengilloch, Ayr, Ayrshire, Captain John Inglis, Captain Strachan, Captain William Cleland, Carrick, Cornet James Dundas, Covenanters, Dalmellington, Dungavel, Enterkin Pass, Evandale parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1684), Galloway, Glenkens, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, James Renwick, John Campbell (Muirkirk), John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Graham of Claverhouse, King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Thomas Winram, Lord Ross, Muirkirk parish, Newmilns, Renfrewshire, Samuel McEwen (d.1684), Strathaven, Thomas Harkness, Upper Wellwood, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Douglas duke of Queensberry, William Young
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‘The Troops Complain Mightily’: Claverhouse’s Sweep of the Hills after the Ambuscade at Auchengilloch in 1684

• July 16, 2013 • 2 Comments

Posted in 14 convention, 1684, Airdsmoss, Andrew Bruce of Earlshall, Auchinleck parish, Ayrshire, Boghead (Auchinleck), Captain John Inglis, Captain Strachan, Cumnock, Cumnock parish, Dalmellington, Dumfries, East Kilbride, Glenkens, Hawkhill, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, John Cochran of Ochiltree, John Graham of Claverhouse, King's Regiment of Horse, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Lord Ross, Paisley, Strathaven, William Cochran (Ochiltree)
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A Field in Scotland: The Ambuscade at Auchengilloch on 12 June, 1684

• July 13, 2013 • 9 Comments

Posted in 14 convention, 1684, Airdsmoss, Auchengilloch, Auchinleck parish, Ayrshire, Captain John Inglis, Colin Alison, Cumnock, High Plewland, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, James Renwick, John Graham of Claverhouse, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Muirkirk parish, Strathaven, William Boyd
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John Graham of Claverhouse and the Hunt for the Black Loch Covenanters in 1684

• July 12, 2013 • 4 Comments

Posted in 1684, Arthur Rose (Archbishop), Ayrshire, Captain John Inglis, Covenanters, Dalmellington, David Falconer of Newton, Evandale parish, General Thomas Dalyell, High Plewland, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, James Renwick, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Leitch, King's Regiment of Horse, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Lieutenant-Colonel John Winram, Lord Ross, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Muirkirk parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Paisley, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven, William Young
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The ‘Levelling Fury’ of William Young in Strathaven

• June 26, 2013 • 3 Comments

Posted 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
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Daniel Defoe on a Captain of the Killing Times

• March 12, 2012 • 1 Comment

Posted in 1685, Captain James Maitland, Captain Thomas Douglas, Daniel Defoe, Europe, Evandale parish, France, General Thomas Dalyell, Glasgow, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, Lanarkshire, Major John Balfour, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Polmadie, Strathaven, Strathaven parish
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