The Pentland Rising of 1666: The Heads of the Executed in Edinburgh on 7 December #History #Scotland
• December 7, 2018 • 8 CommentsPosted in Agnes Gordon, Borgue parish, Carluke parish, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Mercat Cross, Galloway, Govan parish, Hamilton, Henry MacCulloch of Barholm, Kilbride parish, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck parish, Knockbrex (Borgue), Lanarkshire, Margaret Grainger, Mauchline parish, Pentland Rising, Renfrewshire, Rullion Green, Scotland, Scottish History, Stonehouse parish
Tags: 1666, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Hamilton, History, Kilmarnock, Kirkcudbright, Lanarkshire, Pentland Rising, Scotland, Scottish History
Watersaugh’s Secret Mission on the Eve of the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679 #History #Scotland
• October 21, 2018 • 2 CommentsPosted in Cambusnethan parish, Coltness, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dalzell House, Dalziel parish, Donald Cargill, Drumclog, Galston parish, Hamilton, James Ure of Shargarton, John King (d.1679), John Lockhart of Barr, John Miller of Watersaugh, John Welsh, Lanarkshire, lord Melville, Monmouth, Patrick Murdoch of Cumloden, Robert Fleming of Auchenfin, Robert Hamilton, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Steuart of Coltness, William Hamilton of Wishaw
Tags: Battle of Bothwell Bridge, Covenanters, Hamilton, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Wishaw
The Wakenwee: A Field in #Scotland. #History
• February 2, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1679, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Glassford parish, Hamilton parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Wakenwee
Tags: 1679, Battle of Bothwell Bridge, Covenanters, East Kilbride, Hamilton, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History
The “Bluidy Banner” and the Reverend John MacMillan at Haughhead in 1707 #History #Scotland
• September 7, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in Benjamin Hall, Covenanters, Dolphinton parish, Henry Hall of Haughead, John MacMillan, Lanarkshire, McMillanites
Tags: Bluidy Banner, Covenanters, Dolphinton, Hamilton, Haughhead, History, Lanarkshire, Low Parks Museum, Scotland, Scottish History, Union of 1707
The Execution of Arthur Tacket in Edinburgh in 1684
• February 9, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1684, Arthur Tacket (d.1684), Covenanters, Edinburgh, Hamilton parish, Lanarkshire
Tags: Covenanters, Edinburgh, executions, Hamilton, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland
