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The Capture, Torture and Banishment of John Pollock in 1680
• December 16, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Airdsmoss, Andrew Bruce of Earlshall, Ayrshire, Ayrsmoss, boots, Covenanters, David Hackston of Rathillet, Edinburgh, James Wharry, John Anderson (Cumberhead), John Drysdale, John Pollock (fl.1680), Richard Cameron, Scotland, Scottish History, Torture
Tags: 1680, Airds Moss, Banishment, Covenanters, History, Scotland, Scottish History, USA
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
The Eaglesham Martyrs
• November 18, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1684, 1685, Abjuration oath, Alexander Shields, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Archibald MacAulay of Ardincaple, Ardincaple Castle, Ayrshire, boots, British History, Canongate Tolbooth, Carrot, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cowplaw, Dragoons, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Dunwan Burn, Eaglesham, Eaglesham parish, East Kilbride, Eastwood parish, Edinburgh, European history, Evandale parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1684), Gabriel Thomson (d.1685), Gallowlee, Glasgow, Glassford parish, Hairmyres, Highlanders, History, Holehall, James Nicol, James Smith, John Campbell of Mid Wellwood, John Semple, John Ure, John Watt, Kilbride parish, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire, Leith, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Melowther, Muirkirk, Muirkirk parish, National Library of Scotland, Newlands, Patrick Walker, Peebles, Renfrewshire, Rhu parish, Robert Lockhart, Robert Thom, Robert Wodrow, Scotland, Scottish History, Sparrow Hill, Strathaven, thumbikins, Torture, Upper Wellwood, William Campbell, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Young
Tags: Covenanters, Eaglesham, East Kilbride, Hillwalking, History, Martyrs, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Scottish History