Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
The Gunpowder Plot to Kill the Duke of York in 1680
• January 8, 2013 • 13 CommentsPosted in 1680, Ann Stewart, Archibald Stewart, Assassination, Bass Rock, Blackness Castle, Bo'ness, Captain Robert Middleton, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Tolbooth, Edinburghshire, General Thomas Dalyell, Glasgow, Holyrood Abbey, Ireland, James Boig, James Henderson (N. Queensferry), James Skene, James VII & II, John Gibb, John Murray (Bo'ness), John Spreul, Lord Hatton, Major Robert Johnston, Mutton Hole, Robert Fleming, Robert Hamilton (Broxburn), Robert MacWard, Rotterdam, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Assassination, Bass Rock, Charles II, Covenanters, Edinburgh, History, Rotterdam, Scotland, Scottish History
The Covenanter James Skene Declares it is ‘Lawful to Kill’ Charles II in 1680
• December 14, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1680, Assassination, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, James Skene, Scotland, Scottish History, Torwood
The Fanatics of Fife: Hay, Pitilloch and the One That Got Away
• April 19, 2011 • 12 CommentsPosted in 1681, Adam Philip, Andrew Pitilloch, Assassination, Britain, British History, Charles II, Covenanters, David Hackston of Rathillet, Devon Common, Donald Cargill, Eaglesham, Eaglesham parish, Edinburgh, Edward Aitkin, Fife, General Thomas Dalyell, George Lapsley, History, James Russell, John Dick (d.1684), Kennoway parish, Kettle parish, Kilconquhar parish, Laurence Hay, martyrdom, Martyrs, National Library of Scotland, Radicalism, Radicals, Robert Lawson, Robert Sangster, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: 1681, 1683, Adam Philip, Andrew Pitilloch, British History, Covenanters, Fife, History, Kingskettle, Scotland, Scottish History
Renwick’s ‘lost’ preaching in Eaglesham
• November 14, 2010 • 20 CommentsPosted in 07 convention, 1680, 1685, 24 convention, Alexander Hume, Alexander Peden, Ardoch, Ardoch Burn, Argyll Rising, Assassination, Ayr, Ayrshire, Banishment, Barbados, British History, Charles II, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Darwhilling, David Paterson, Dragoons, Eaglesham, Eaglesham Moor, Eaglesham parish, earl of Argyll, Edinburgh, European history, Fenwick, Fenwick parish, George Scot of Pitlochie, Glasgow, Hardhill, Henry & Francis (1685), James Renwick, James Tennant, John Brounen, John Browning, John Campbell of Overmoor, John Gemmel, John Hodge, John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, John Nisbet of Hardhill, John Russell, John Smith, Kilbride parish, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Lanarkshire, Letham, Lieutenant Nisbet, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Livingston, Loudoun parish, Marion Steuart, martyrdom, Martyrs, Mid Calder parish, Midland, Monmouth Rising, Muirhead, Munzie Burn, Munzie Well, Myres, New Jersey, Overmuir, Perth Amboy, Peter Gemmel, Peter Russell, Polbaith Burn, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Thomas Wylie, Threepland, United Societies, USA, William Jackson, William Wylie
Tags: 1685, Charles II, Covenanters, Eaglesham, Fenwick, History, James Renwick, Perth Amboy, Scottish History