James Renwick’s Letter to Jean Hamilton in Leeuwarden, 20 June 1684 #History...
Jean Hamilton was the sister of Robert Hamilton and sister-in-law of the imprisoned Alexander Gordon of Earlstoun. She was in regular correspondence with James Renwick. Renwick wrote in response to a...
View ArticleLetter of James Renwick to Robert Hamilton in Leeuwarden, 29 March 1684....
Nine days after the thirteenth convention at Panbreck, James Renwick wrote to Robert Hamilton in Leeuwarden.Renwick notes that George Hill, the president of the convention, had given Robert Hamilton a...
View ArticleLetter of James Renwick in #Edinburgh to Robert Hamilton in Leeuwarden, 14...
On 14 November, 1683, James Renwick, who had recently returned to Scotland and begun field preaching, wrote to Robert Hamilton, in Leeuwarden. As ever in their private correspondence, Renwick was...
View ArticleA Letter from James Renwick to the Honourable Society of Strangers at...
On 13 November, 1683, James Renwick wrote to a small prayer society he had met in Leeuwarden in the United Provinces before he returned to Scotland. It was probably sent with letter XXVII to Robert...
View Article“Let you and me stand and admire this”: James Renwick’s Letter to Robert...
This letter is one of the most revealing James Renwick ever wrote to Robert Hamilton in Leeuwarden. It is also one of the shortest he ever wrote. It shows just how divisive the power struggle in the...
View ArticleA Letter from James Renwick in #Edinburgh to Robert Hamilton in Leeuwarden,...
James Renwick details his arrival in Scotland to Robert Hamilton after his ordination in Groningen.He sees the Lord’s hand in every step since he left Hamilton on 25/26 June, 1683. He was kept some...
View ArticleThe Wigtown Martyrs: Touching the Void between the Reprieve and Execution in...
In the infamous case of the drowning of the two female Wigtown Martyrs in 1685, a question that has not been asked is who could legally confirm that the two women had taken the Abjuration oath after...
View ArticleThe Wigtown Martyrs: Provost Cultran’s 73-Day Absence After the Trial...
In the Nineteenth Century, one prominent historian claimed that Provost William Cultran was ‘in all probability’ absent from Wigtown when the two female martyrs were condemned to be drowned at a trial...
View ArticleCovenanter Grave Lesmahagow #History #Scotland
David Steel, Lesmahagow, Lesmahagow parish, Lanarkshire. Died 1686. Shields in 1690: ‘Liev. Crichton, now prisoner in Edinburgh, did most barbarously after Quarters, shoot David Steel, in the parish...
View ArticleCovenanter Grave Fenwick (Gemmell) #History #Scotland
Patrick (aka., Peter) Gemmell, Fenwick, Fenwick parish, Ayrshire. Died 1685. Shields in 1690: ‘Lieu: Nisbet and his Party shot to death John Ferguson, George Whiteburn, and Patrick Gemmil in the...
View ArticleCovenanter Grave Fenwick (Fergushill & Woodburn) #History #Scotland
John Fergushill and George Woodburn, Fenwick, Fenwick parish, Ayrshire. Died 1685. Shields in 1690: ‘Lieu: Nisbet and his Party shot to death John Ferguson, George Whiteburn, and Patrick Gemmil in the...
View ArticleCovenanter Grave Cathcart #History #Glasgow #Scotland
Thomas Cook, Robert Thom and John Urie, Cathcart parish, Renfrewshire. Died 1685. Shields in 1690: ‘Major Balfour, together with Captain Maitland and their Party, Apprehended at their Work, Robert...
View ArticleCovenanter Grave Balmaclellan #History #Scotland
Robert Grierson, Balmaclellan, Balmaclellan parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1685. Shields in 1690: ‘Col. James Douglas, now Liev. General, Brother to the Duke of Queensberry, together with Liev: John...
View ArticleCovenanter Grave Strathaven #History #Scotland
John Barrie and William Paterson, Strathaven, Evandale parish, Lanarkshire. Died 1685. Shields in 1690: ‘Item. The said Peter Inglis shot John Barrie, with his Pass in his hand, in Evandale, April,...
View ArticleCovenanter Grave Balmaghie (Halliday & Halliday) #History #Scotland
David Halliday, portioner of Mayfield and David Halliday in Glengap, Balmaghie parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1685. ‘Item the said Laird of Lagg, with the Earle of Anandale, having Command of some...
View ArticleCovenanter Grave Balmaghie (Short) #History #Scotland
George Short, Balmaghie parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1685. Shields in 1690: ‘Item the said Laird of Lagg, with the Earle of Anandale, having Command of some Troups of Heretors, pursued another...
View ArticleCovenanter Grave Dumfries #History #Scotland
James Kirko, Dumfries, Dumfries parish, Dumfriesshire. Died 1685. Shields in 1690: ‘Captain Bruce, Capt: of Dragoons apprehended James Kirko, at the intelligence of one James Wright, carried him to...
View ArticleCovenanter Grave at Craighaugh near Eskdalemuir #History #Scotland
Andrew Hislop, Craighaugh, Eskdalemuir parish, Dumfriesshire. Died 1685. Shields in 1690: ‘Sir James Johnstoun of Westerhall, caused apprehend Andrew Hislop in the parish of Hutton in Anandale...
View ArticleCovenanter Grave near New Galloway #History #Scotland
Adam MacQuhan, Kells parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1685. Shields in 1690: ‘Item, The said Col: or Liev: Gen: James Dowglas caused take Adam Macquhan out of his bed sick of a Fever, carry him to...
View ArticleCovenanter Grave Mauchline #History #Scotland
John Brounen, John Bryce, William Finnieson, Peter Gillies and Thomas Young, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Ayrshire. Died 1685. Shields in 1690: ‘Item, The said Claverhouse, together with the Earl of...
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