A Little Light on the Barrhill Martyrs
• November 14, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1685, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Carrick, Colmonell parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Daniel McIlwraith (d.1685), Galloway, Glenluce parish, John Murchie (d.1685), Lt General William Drummond, Nick of the Liberty, Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtownshire
Tags: Barrhill, Covenanters, Galloway, History, Scotland, Scottish History
The Execution at Ayr of the Arecleoch Covenanter
• May 3, 2012 • 6 CommentsPosted in 1685, Abjuration oath, Andrew Macgill (d.1685), Andrew Tom, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Arecleoch, Ayr, Ayr parish, Ayrshire, Ballantrae parish, Banishment, Carrick, Colonel James Douglas, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Tolbooth, Galloway, Glenluce parish, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, Hugh Cathcart of Carleton, Jamaica, James Crawford of Ardmillan, John Macgill (Arecleoch), Leith, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Lord Bargany, Lt General William Drummond, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Robert Boyd of Trochrague, Sir Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, Strabracken, Thomas Richard (Glenluce), Wigtownshire, William Wallace of Craigie
Tags: Arecleoch Forest, Arecleoch Wind Farm, Ballantrae, Barrhill, Charles II, Covenanters, History, Scotland, Scottish History
Bloody Drummond, Bible Burning and the Barrhill Martyrs
• March 19, 2012 • 13 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Linn (d.1685), Alterconnoch, Ayrshire, Barr parish, Captain John Inglis, Captain John Wedderburn of Gosford, Captain Strachan, Captain William Cleland, Carrick, Colmonell parish, Covenanters, Daljarrock, Daniel McIlwraith (d.1685), David Kennedy of Bellymore, earl of Airlie, earl of Balcarres, General Thomas Dalyell, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, Gilbert McIlwraith (fl.1685), Glenluce parish, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Troop of Life Guards, John Brounen, John Browning, John Bryce (d.1685), John Murchie (d.1685), King's Regiment of Horse, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Murray, Lord Ross, Lt General William Drummond, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Peter Gillies, Scotland, Thomas Young (d.1685), Wigtownshire, William Fiddison (d.1685)
Tags: Ayrshire, Barrhill, British History, Covenanters, History, Scotland, Scottish History