Archive for the 'Scottish parliament' Category
The Defeat of the Covenanters at Airds Moss, A Very Wild Prank, Gideon’s 300 and the ‘Wild-fire of Bastard-zeal’ for Separation
• January 11, 2012 • 8 CommentsPosted in 1680, Airdsmoss, Archibald Alison (d.1680), Ayrshire, Ayrsmoss, Cambusnethan parish, Charles II, Covenanters, David Hackston of Rathillet, Donald Cargill, earl of Melfort, earl of Perth, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Mercat Cross, Falla Hills, General Thomas Dalyell, James Boig, James Renwick, John Malcolm (d.1680), Larbert & Dunipace parish, Lt General William Drummond, Queensferry paper, Richard Cameron, Robert Fleming, Robert Hamilton, Robert MacWard, Rotterdam, Sanquhar Declaration, Scottish History, Scottish parliament, Stirlingshire, Thomas Douglas, Torwood, Walter Smith, William Douglas duke of Queensberry, William Vilant
Tags: Airds Moss, British History, Charles II, Covenanters, Edinburgh, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Torwood
Death Rides into Edinburgh
• October 6, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1685, Arthur Bruce (d.1683), Charles II, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Mercat Cross, Scottish History, Scottish parliament, Wonders
Tags: 1685, Britain, British History, Charles II, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Trams, History, Scotland, Scottish History
Renwick’s Preachings at Cauldstane Slap and Cairnhill
• February 9, 2011 • 6 CommentsPosted in 1684, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Bathgate, Biggar, Black Loch, Blackbarony, Boghall, Borders, Britain, British History, Cairnhill, Calder House, Cauldstane Slap, Charles II, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dawyck, Dead Wife's Grave, Dungavel, East Calder, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, European history, General Thomas Dalyell, Greenock, Hew Kennedy, History, James Renwick, James VII & II, John Flint, John Hay 2nd earl of Tweeddale, John Veitch of Dawyck, Lanarkshire, Linton parish, Livingston, Mid Calder, Mid Calder parish, Patrick Walker, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Pentland Hills, Scotland, Scottish History, Scottish parliament, Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony, Sir William Murray of Stanhope, St Germain, Stirling, Tweeddale, Tweedsmuir parish, Walter Sandilands 6th lord Torphichen, West Calder, West Calder parish, West Linton, William Burnett, Wolf Hole Craig
Tags: Covenanters, Scottish History
William Adam: The Wanderer at Wellwood
• October 11, 2010 • 6 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Jamieson, Alexander Peden, Andrew Hislop, Annandale, Ayrshire, Britain, British History, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain John Dalziel, Carsgailoch Hill, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Croftfoot, Crofthead, Dalveen, Daniel McMichael, Dragoons, Dumfriesshire, Dunnottar Castle, Durisdeer parish, earl of Carnwath, Edinburgh, Fugitive Roll of 1684, George Barclay, Glenae, Greenock, Highlanders, History, James Johnstone of Westerhall, James Renwick, James Smith, John Binning, John Brown (Blackwood), John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Cochran of Ochiltree, John Cochrane of Waterside, John Fullerton, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Smith in Cronan, Killing Times, Kirkmichael parish, Lieutenant Murray, Lieutenant Straiton, martyrdom, Martyrs, Mauchline parish, Midwellwood, Muirkirk, Muirkirk parish, Nova Scotia, Peter Gillies, Priesthill, River Ayr, Robert Langlands, Scotland, Scottish History, Scottish parliament, Stanhope, Thomas Richard, Upper Wellwood, Virginia, William Adam, William Campbell of Wellwood, William Cleland
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, History, Killing Times, Martyrs, Muirkirk, Scotland, Scottish History, Virginia