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The Last Speech of Thomas Robertson, Hanged between Edinburgh & Leith on 9 December, 1684 #History #Scotland
• December 9, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1684, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Gallowlee, James Renwick, Newcastle, Scotland, Scottish History, Swine Abbey, Thomas Robertson (d.1684)
Tags: Covenanters, Edinburgh, History, Leith, Newcastle, Scotland, Scottish History
The Peden Stone at Benhar in Tales of the Covenanters #History
• October 23, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in Alexander Peden, Archibald Riddell, Captain John Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Duncan Stewart, John Paton of Meadowhead, Lanarkshire, Literature, Peden Stone (Benhar), Scotland, Shotts parish, Swine Abbey, Thomas Kennoway
Tags: Alexander Peden, Harthill, History, Lanarkshire, Peden Stone Benhar, Scotland, Scottish History, Scottish Literature, Shotts
The Life of Alexander Reid, Covenanter. in Uphall
• October 15, 2014 • 5 CommentsPosted 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
Tags: Broxburn, but do not reblog in FULL without the express permission of the author @drmarkjardine, Covenanters, Early modern history, Edinburgh, History, Livingston, Return to Homepage Text © Copyright Dr Mark Jardine. All Rights Reserved. Please link to this post on Facebook or retweet it, Scotland, Wooler
Devils, True Banditti and Catching Wild Cats: The Covenanters, The Killing Times and the Convention at Wanlockhead of 1684
• October 31, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted 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
Tags: Covenanters, Drumlanrig Castle, Early modern history, Glasgow, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Wanlockhead
The Interrogation and Torture of Archibald Stewart in 1680
• December 27, 2012 • 5 CommentsPosted in 1680, Airdsmoss, Alexander Henderson, Andrew Henderson, Ann Stewart, Archibald Stewart, Ayrsmoss, Bo'ness, Bo'ness parish, boots, Carriden parish, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Fauldhouse, George Barclay, Gibbites, Henry Hall of Haughead, His Majesty's Troop of Life Guards, James Boig, James Hamilton, James Henderson (N. Queensferry), James Russell, James Skene, Janet Elphinstone (Mrs Moor), John Baird, John Balfour of Kinloch, John Dickson, John Gibb, John Henderson (Kinkell), John Murray (Bo'ness), John Park, John Spreul, Largo Law, Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, Margaret Anderson, Margaret Stewart, Marion Harvie, Mutton Hole, Queensferry paper, Richard Cameron, Robert Fleming, Robert Hamilton (Broxburn), Robert MacWard, Rotterdam, Sanquhar Declaration, Sweet Singers, Swine Abbey, Thomas Kennoway, Torture, Torwood, William Cuthill (d.1681)
Tags: Bo'ness, British History, Charles II, Covenanters, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Torture
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