Archive for the 'Lanarkshire' Category
The Pentland Rising of 1666: The Heads of the Executed in Edinburgh on 7 December #History #Scotland
• December 7, 2018 • 4 CommentsPosted in Agnes Gordon, Borgue parish, Carluke parish, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Mercat Cross, Galloway, Govan parish, Hamilton, Henry MacCulloch of Barholm, Kilbride parish, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck parish, Knockbrex (Borgue), Lanarkshire, Margaret Grainger, Mauchline parish, Pentland Rising, Renfrewshire, Rullion Green, Scotland, Scottish History, Stonehouse parish
Tags: 1666, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Hamilton, History, Kilmarnock, Kirkcudbright, Lanarkshire, Pentland Rising, Scotland, Scottish History
The Covenanters of the Enterkin Pass Attack of 1684 #History #Scotland
• November 4, 2018 • 1 CommentPosted in Adam Harkness, Andrew Clark (d.1684), Closeburn parish, Covenanters, Crawford parish, Dalry parish, Daniel McMichael, Dumfriesshire, Durisdeer parish, Enterkin Pass, Galloway, Gilbert Watson, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, James Corson, James Harkness, James McMichael (d.1684), John Glencorse (Coshogle), King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmichael parish, Lanarkshire, Leadhills, Lorgfoot, Ninian Steel (Glengar), Penpont parish, Robert Clark (Kirkhope), Robert Grierson (d.1685), Robert Lauchlison, Robert Stewart (d.1684), Samuel McEwen (d.1684), Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Harkness, Thomas Harkness (Mitchellslacks), Thomas Hunter (Breconside), Thomas Hunter (Woodend), Thomas Wood (d.1684), William Corson (Jarbruck), William Herries (Glencairn), William Hunter (d.1684)
Tags: Covenanters, Dumfries and Galloway, Enterkin Pass, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Wanlockhead
Watersaugh’s Secret Mission on the Eve of the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679 #History #Scotland
• October 21, 2018 • 2 CommentsPosted in Cambusnethan parish, Coltness, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dalzell House, Dalziel parish, Donald Cargill, Drumclog, Galston parish, Hamilton, James Ure of Shargarton, John King (d.1679), John Lockhart of Barr, John Miller of Watersaugh, John Welsh, Lanarkshire, lord Melville, Monmouth, Patrick Murdoch of Cumloden, Robert Fleming of Auchenfin, Robert Hamilton, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Steuart of Coltness, William Hamilton of Wishaw
Tags: Battle of Bothwell Bridge, Covenanters, Hamilton, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Wishaw
The Covenanter Donald Cargill’s Narrow Escape at Watersaugh near Wishaw #History #Scotland
• October 17, 2018 • 1 CommentPosted in Cambusnethan parish, Canongate Tolbooth, Coltness, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, John Miller of Watersaugh, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish
Tags: Coltness, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Watersaugh, Wishaw
The British Army of the Killing Times in the Winter of 1685 #History #Scotland
• September 23, 2018 • 1 CommentPosted 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
Tags: British Army, Early modern history, Edinburgh, Glasgow, History, Military History, Scotland, Scottish Army, Scottish History
The Executed Covenanter’s Island in the Stream #History #Scotland
• May 7, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1683, Alexander Peden, Archibald Stewart (d.1684), Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, James Lawrie (Lanark), James Renwick, James Stewart (Underbank), John Stewart (Underbank), John WIlson (d.1683), Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Crichton, Scotland, Scottish History, Threepwood (Lesmahagow), Underbank, Underbank Wood, William Douglas duke of Queensberry
Tags: Covenanters, History, Jonathan Swift, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Underbank
Helping the Escape of the Black Loch Covenanters in 1684 #History #Scotland
• February 11, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1684, Black Loch, Cambusnethan parish, Covenanters, Edinburgh Tolbooth, James Pettigrew (Redmyre), Lanarkshire, Redmyre
Tags: Allanton, Black Loch, Cambusnethan parish, Covenanters, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Stane
