Archive for the 'Strathaven' Category
John Graham of Claverhouse, the Enterkin Rescue and the Society People’s Fifteenth Convention in 1684
• October 24, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted 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
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, History, John Graham of Claverhouse, Military History, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven
‘The Troops Complain Mightily’: Claverhouse’s Sweep of the Hills after the Ambuscade at Auchengilloch in 1684
• July 16, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted 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)
Tags: Airds Moss, Covenanters, Cumnock, Early modern history, History, Scotland, Scottish History
A Field in Scotland: The Ambuscade at Auchengilloch on 12 June, 1684
• July 13, 2013 • 5 CommentsPosted 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
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, Hillwalking, History, Lanarkshire, Military History, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven
John Graham of Claverhouse and the Hunt for the Black Loch Covenanters in 1684
• July 12, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted 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
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, History, Lanarkshire, Newmilns, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven
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
Daniel Defoe on a Captain of the Killing Times
• March 12, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted 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
Tags: Covenanters, Daniel Defoe, Glasgow, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven
Shot at Strathaven: The Mystery of William Paterson the Executed Cambusnethan Covenanter
• January 25, 2012 • 7 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1832, Banishment, Cambusnethan parish, Captain-Lt John Bell, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Covenanters' Oak, Dalzell House, Dalziel parish, Darmead, Dennis Gillies, Evandale parish, Flanders (1684), Garrion Gill, George Barclay, George Hill, George Jackson, George Scot of Pitlochie, Jamaica, James Forrest (elder), James Forrest (younger), James Gourlay, James Steuart of Goodtrees, John Barrie, John Collin, John Lauder, John Nisbet 1, John Oliphant, Kirkhill, Lanarkshire, Leeuwarden, Lochwinnoch parish, London, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Margaret Forrest, Murrays/Muirhouse, New Jersey, Patrick Walker, Perth Amboy, Reform Movement, Renfrewshire, Robert Gourlay, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Robert Paterson (d.1680), Rye House Plots, Scotland, Scottish History, Stirling, Stonehouse parish, Strathaven, Thomas Jackson (Eastwood), Thomas Steuart of Coltness, USA, William Brackel, William Paterson, William Vilant
Tags: British History, Covenanters, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven, Wishaw
