‘A most obstinate and malicious person’: Robert Garnock, the Covenanters and the Croune of London

• December 8, 2011 • 5 Comments

Posted in 1678, 1679, 1681, Andrew Sword (d.1679), Archibald Riddell, Ayrshire, Banishment, Barbados, Borgue parish, Covenanters, Croune of London (1679), David Hackston of Rathillet, Deerness, earl of Linlithgow, East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Tolbooth, Fife, Fintry parish, Hatton House, James Russell, James Wood (d.1679), John Balfour of Kinloch, John Clyde (d.1679), John Waddel (d.1679), Kilbride parish, Kilmarnock parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lord Hatton, Loudoun parish, Maybole parish, Orkney, Richard Cameron, Robert Garnock, Shotts parish, Sirling parish, St Andrews parish, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Swine Knowe, Thomas Brown (d.1679), William Dingwall
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Alexander Russell, A Covenanter Martyr for Falkirk

• November 1, 2011 • 6 Comments

Posted in 1681, Alexander Russell, Covenanters, David Farrie, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Falkirk parish, Gallowlee, James Stewart (Cambusnethan), Patrick Foreman, Randiford, Robert Garnock, Scotland, Stirlingshire, Thomas Jarvey, Torwood, William Wallace
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The Notorious Traitors: Gogar, Sangster and the Sweet Singers of Israel

• September 7, 2011 • 11 Comments

Posted in 1681, Adam Philip, Andrew Pitilloch, Ann Stewart, Archibald Stewart, Bo'ness, Bo'ness parish, Carriden parish, Charles II, Christopher Miller, David Jamie, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Gibbites, Grassmarket, Henry Hall of Haughead, Isobel Alison, James Hamilton, James II, James Renwick, James Skene, Janet Elphinstone (Mrs Moor), John Gibb, John Park, John Potter, Laurence Hay, Linlithgow, Linlithgow parish, Linlithgowshire, Margaret Stewart, Marion Harvie, Michael Potter, Mutton Hole, Patrick Walker, Queensferry paper, Robert Law, Robert Sangster, Robert Steedman, Sweet Singers, Thomas Knox, Torwood, West Port Gate, William Gogar
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The King ‘Deserves to Dye’: The execution of Cuthill and Thomson, 1681.

• September 6, 2011 • 5 Comments

Posted in 1681, Adam Philip, Airth, Alloa, Andrew Pitilloch, Archibald Stewart, Bo'ness parish, British History, Charles II, Christopher Miller, Clackmannanshire, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Devon Common, Donald Cargill, earl of Balcarres, earl of Linlithgow, earl of Mar, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Mercat Cross, Fife, George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, Gibbites, History, James Boig, James II, John Gibb, John Kid (d.1679), John King (d.1679), John Potter, Laurence Hay, Linlithgowshire, Marion Harvie, Patrick Walker, Scotland, Scottish History, St Ninians parish, Stephen Cuthel, Stirlingshire, Sweet Singers, Throsk, Walter Smith, West Port Gate, William Cuthill (d.1681), William Gogar, William Graham earl of Airth, William Thomson (d.1681)
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Search and Destroy: The Mauchline Martyrs of 1685

• September 1, 2011 • 20 Comments

Posted in 1685, Abjuration oath, Argyll Rising, Auchter Muir, Ayrshire, Bathgate parish, Carluke, Carluke parish, Colonel James Douglas, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Daniel Defoe, Dragoons, Edinburghshire, Falkirk, Galston, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, Highlanders, James II, John Brounen, John Browning, John Bryce (d.1685), John Campbell of Mid Wellwood, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Smith (Muirkirk), Killing Times, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, London, Lt General William Drummond, Martyrs, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Mid Calder parish, Midwellwood, Muiravonside parish, Muirkirk parish, Peeblesshire, Peter Gillies, Priesthill, Russia, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Skirling, Skirling parish, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Thomas Richard, Thomas Young (d.1685), West Calder parish, Westquarter, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Campbell of Wellwood, William Douglas duke of Queensberry, William Fiddison (d.1685), William of Orange
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Cameron’s Preaching at Hynd’s Bottom

• July 23, 2011 • 10 Comments

Posted in 1680, Auchinleck parish, Ayrshire, Captain Strachan, Carluke parish, Covenanter Sites, Crawfordjohn parish, Cumberhead, Douglas parish, Dumfriesshire, earl of Airlie, earl of Linlithgow, Friarminnan, Gass Water, General Thomas Dalyell, Hynd's Bottom, John Brown (d.1679), Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Crichton, Lieutenant Livingston, Muirkirk parish, Richard Cameron, Robert MacWard, Sanquhar Declaration, Scotland, Scottish History
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Death at the Ducat: The Shooting of John Law at Newmilns

• October 19, 2010 • 7 Comments

Posted in 1685, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Barneight, Britain, British History, Captain John Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dragoons, Ducat Tower, European history, Fenwick parish, Fugitive Roll of 1684, Galston parish, Hardhill, History, James Nisbet (Hardhill), James Nisbet of Highside, James Smith, John Binning, John Brounen, John Browning, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Law, John Nisbet of Glen, John Nisbet of Hardhill, John Smith in Cronan, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Little Blackwood, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Scotland, Scottish History, Sorn parish, Threepwood
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