An Orkney Diarist on Infamous Shipwrecks #History #Scotland
• December 3, 2016 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1682, Argyll Rising, Covenanters, Croune of London (1679), Grassmarket, Leith, Northumberland, Robert Gray (d.1682), William Blackadder, William Spence (Argyll’s secretary)
Tags: Britain, British History, Covenanters, History, HMS Gloucester, James II, Orkney, Scotland, Scottish History, Shipwrecks, The Crown of London
The Mystery of the Covenanter known as Mclorgan shot in 1685
• April 23, 2012 • 4 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Ferguson of Kilkerran, Ayrshire, Bargany, Carrick, Cornet James Dundas, Dailly parish, Drummellane, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Mclorgan (d.1685), Militia, Quentin Kennedy of Drummellane, Sir Archibald Kennedy of Culzean
Tags: Ayrshire, Britain, British History, Covenanters, Dailly, History, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History
The Beginning of the Argyll Rebellion and the end of the Killing Times: A Letter to Claverhouse
• April 1, 2012 • 4 CommentsPosted in 1685, Argyll Rising, Ayrshire, Colonel James Douglas, Daniel McIlwraith (d.1685), Dragoons, Dumfriesshire, earl of Argyll, earl of Perth, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, Highlanders, John Graham of Claverhouse, Linlithgow, Lt General William Drummond, Monmouth Rising, Scotland, Scottish History, William Douglas duke of Queensberry
Tags: Britain, British History, Covenanters, earl of Argyll, History, Scotland, Scottish History
James Renwick at Muirkirk in 1686
• February 28, 2012 • 5 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1686, 24 convention, Ayrshire, Daniel Defoe, Darwhilling, David Finlay, Donald Cargill, Ducat Tower, Dykes, General Thomas Dalyell, Girthon parish, James Browning, James Finlay, James Paton (Little Blackwood), James Renwick, James White, John Brounen, John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Finlay, John Gemmel, John Law, John Richmond (d.1684), Kilmarnock parish, Knowe, Little Blackwood, Muirkirk parish, Muirside, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Inglis, Polbaith Burn, Richardton
Tags: Ayrshire, Britain, British History, Covenanters, Daniel Defoe, History, Muirkirk, Restoration, Scotland, Scottish History
James Renwick’s Preaching near Cumberhead in Lesmahagow parish
• February 26, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1686, Banishment, Barbados, Canongate Tolbooth, Cumberhead, David Steel (d.1686), Douglas parish, Edinburgh, James Renwick, John White (Douglas), Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Thomas Peat
Tags: Britain, British History, Covenanters, History, James Renwick, Lanarkshire, Restoration, Scotland, Scottish History
Jardine's Book of Martyrs 