Devils, True Banditti and Catching Wild Cats: The Covenanters, The Killing Times and the Convention at Wanlockhead of 1684
• October 31, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 16 convention, 32 convention, 39 convention, 41 convention, Abjuration oath, Alexander Wood, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Bo'ness, Crawford parish, Crawfordjohn parish, duke of Hamilton, Dumfriesshire, earl of Melfort, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Glengaber, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Troop of Life Guards, James Lawson, James Renwick, John Alison, King's Regiment of Horse, Lanarkshire, Linlithgow, Linlithgow parish, Ninian Steel (Glengar), Nithsdale, Sanquhar parish, Swine Abbey, Viscount Tarbet, Wanlockhead, William Douglas duke of Queensberry
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A Clue to the Killing Times: John Graham of Claverhouse on the Earl of Annandale, 16 June, 1685
• October 19, 2013 • 5 CommentsPosted in 1685, Annan parish, Ballaggan, Canobie parish, Crawford parish, David Halliday in Glengap (d.1685), Durisdeer parish, earl of Annandale, Ewes parish, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, George Short (d.1685), Highlanders, John Graham of Claverhouse, Leadhills, Militia, William Douglas duke of Queensberry
Tags: Annandale, Covenanters, Drumlanrig Castle, Highlanders, History, John Graham of Claverhouse, Scotland, Scottish History