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The Third Convention of the Society people at Talla Linn, 15 June, 1682

• April 21, 2015 • 2 Comments

Posted in 03 convention, 1682, Alexander Gordon of Earlstoun, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Alexander Peden, Borders, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dunbartonshire, James Renwick, James Russell, John Brown of Priesthill, John Graham of Claverhouse, New Monkland parish, Peeblesshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Talla Linn, Tweeddale, Tweedsmuir parish
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The Gypsies’ Field of Blood at Romanno, 1677

• March 15, 2015 • 3 Comments

Posted in 1677, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Grassmarket, Newlands parish, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Tweeddale
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The Execution of James Nicol and William Young in Edinburgh in 1684

• February 12, 2015 • 4 Comments

Posted in 1684, Andrew Clark (d.1684), Borders, Canongate Tolbooth, Covenanters, Evandale parish, James Nicol, Lanarkshire, Peebles parish, Peeblesshire, Samuel McEwen (d.1684), Thomas Harkness, William Young
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The Covenanters’ Lookout at Watch Knowe

• January 15, 2015 • 1 Comment

Posted in Covenanters, Dumfriesshire, Moffat parish, Peeblesshire, Watch Knowe (Moffat)
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‘To Extirpate These Rebels’: The Commission to Colonel James Douglas, 27 March to 20 April, 1685

• December 24, 2014 • 10 Comments

Posted in 1685, Alexander Gordon Viscount of Kenmure, Alexander Hume of Linthill, Andrew Plumber of Middlestead, Annandale, Archibald Cockburn of Langtoun, Archibald MacAulay of Ardincaple, Archibald Stuart of Blackhall, Ayrshire, ‘-------’ Hume of Nineholes, Berwickshire, Borders, Captain John Dalziel, Captain John Inglis, Captain Strachan, Captain William Cleland, Carrick, Charles Hume of Aytoun, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet James Dundas, Cornet James Innes, Cornet James Naismith, Cornet John Baillie, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, David Dunbar of Baldoon, David Graham, David Murray of Stanhope, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, earl of Annandale, earl of Carnwath, earl of Glencairn, earl of Home, earl of Mar, Eskdale, Francis Scott of Thirlstane, Galloway, Glenkens, Godfrey McCulloch of Mireton, Henry McDougal of Mackerston, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Hugh Cathcart of Carleton, Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss, James Cockburn of that Ilk, James Cranston Lord Cranston, James Geddes of Kirkhurd, James Johnstone of Westerhall, James Lundy of Strathairly, James Murray younger of Deuchar, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Graham of Dougalston, John Houston younger of that ilk, John Johnston (Glasgow), John Riddell of Haining, John Schaw younger of Greenock, John Somerville of Spittel, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Alexander Bruce, Lieutenant Crichton, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lieutenant Livingston, Lieutenant Murray, Lieutenant Thomas Winram, Lord Bargany, Lord Cochrane, Lord Ross, Major George Arnot, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Merse, Nithsdale, Peeblesshire, Renfrewshire, Richard Murray of Spittlehaugh, Robert Dalyell of Glenae, Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Hunter (Ayr), Robert Kerr Lord Jedburgh, Robert Laurie of Maxwelton, Robert Pringle of Stitchel, Roxburgh, Selkirkshire, Sir Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony, Stirlingshire, Teviotdale, Thomas Kilpatrick of Closeburn, Thomas Scott of Whiteslaid, Tweeddale, Wigtownshire, William Blair of that ilk, William Douglas of Cavers, William Elliot of Stobs, William Hamilton of Barncluith, William Hamilton of Orbiston, William Horseburgh of that Ilk, William Ker of Chatto, William Ker of Greenhead, William Stirling (Glasgow), William Wallace of Craigie
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