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Rediscovered for #History: The Deer Slunk near Shotts, Fauldhouse, Forth and...
Congratulations to Gregor Steele for finding and photographing The Deer Slunk, a place which was lost to History and not on any maps. On Christmas Day, 2018, I posted a challenge to find ‘a ditch in...
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Covenanter Grave Crossmichael #History #Scotland
William Graham, Crossmichael, Crossmichael parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1682. Shields: ‘John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount of Dundee, in the Year 1682, with a party of his Troup, pursued William...
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Covenanter Grave Auchencloy #History #Scotland
Robert Ferguson, Auchencloy, Girthon parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1684 Shields: ‘The said Claverhouse coming to Galloway, in answer to the Viscount of Kenmures Letter, with a small party surprised...
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Covenanter Grave St John’s Town of Dalry #History #Scotland
Robert Stewart and John Grierson, St John’s Town of Dalry, Dalry parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1684. Shields: ‘The said Claverhouse coming to Galloway, in answer to the Viscount of Kenmures Letter,...
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Covenanter Grave Durisdeer #History #Scotland
Daniel MacMichael, Durisdeer parish, Dumfriesshire. Died 1685. Shields: ‘Sir Robert Dalzel and liev: Stratoun, having apprehended Daniel Mackmichel, and detained him 24 hours Prisoner, took him out...
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Covenanter Grave Kirkandrews #History #Scotland
Robert McQhae, Kirkandrews, Borgue parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1685. Shields: ‘Captain Dowglas finding one —— Mowat, a Taylor, meerly because he had some pieces of lead belonging to his Trade,...
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Covenanter Grave Anwoth #History #Scotland
John Bell of Whiteside. Anwoth parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1685. Shields: ‘Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, having command of a part of Claverhouses Troop & Strauchans Dragoons, surprised Jo. Bell...
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Covenanter Grave Kirkconnell Moor #History #Scotland
James Clement, Kirkconnell Moor, Tongland parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1685. Shields: ‘Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, having command of a part of Claverhouses Troop & Strauchans Dragoons,...
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Covenanter Grave Girthon #History #Scotland
Robert Lennox in Irelandton. Girthon parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1685. Shields: ‘Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, having command of a part of Claverhouses Troop & Strauchans Dragoons, surprised...
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Scotland’s “Most Armoured” Monument Found near Shotts #History #Scotland
This monument looks like an electricity substation, but there are good reasons for its formidable defences. It has been dynamited, yes, DYNAMITED, and destroyed twice. You can forget the statue to the...
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Covenanter Grave Lochenkit #History #Scotland
John Gordon, William Heron, William Stewart and John Wallace, Lochenkit. Kirkpatrick-Durham parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1685. Shields made errors in this entry and did not correct them in his...
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Covenanter Grave Hallhill near Irongray #History #Scotland
* Edward Gordon and Alexander McCubine, Hallhill, Irongray parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. Died 1685. Shields: ‘Item, The said Laird of Lag having Alexander Mellubie and John Gordon Prisoners, at Miltoun...
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Covenanter Grave Tynron #History #Scotland
William Smith, Tynron parish, Dumfriesshire. Died 1685. Shields: ‘The Laird of Stenhouse, Sir Robert Laurie of Maxueltoun and John Craik of Stewartoun, did instigate and urge Coronet Baillie his party...
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Covenanter Grave Doocot of Blackwood House #History #Scotland
John Brown, Blackwood, Lesmahagow parish, Lanarkshire. Died 1685. Shields: ‘Liev Murray, now Prisoner in Edin. with his party, Shot one John Broun, after quarters given at Blackwood in Clidsdale, Mar....
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Covenanter Grave Fenwick (White) #History #Scotland
James White, Fenwick, Fenwick parish, Ayrshire. Died 1685. Shields: ‘Item. The said Peter or Patrick Inglis killled one James White, struck off his head with an Ax, brought to Newmills, and plaid at...
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Covenanter Graves Glencairn Church, near Moniaive #History #Scotland
James Bennoch, Robert Edgar, Robert Mitchell and John Gibson, Kirkland, Glencairn parish, Dumfriesshire. Died 1685. Shields: ‘Col. James Douglas, now Liev. General, Brother to the Duke of Queensberry,...
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Rediscovered for #History near Shotts. The Site of Cargill’s Preaching on...
Is this where Donald Cargill preached on the death of Richard Cameron in 1680? Is this the Deer Slunk of Covenanter tradition? Are they the same place? The photograph, above, is of a traditional...
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A Tradition of the Covenanter in Turnhigh, near Whitburn #History #Scotland
In his book Melodies and Memories: with a history of the Blacks of Briech Water (1909), John Black refers to a classic traditional story of a Covenanter being saved from a sword thrust by his Bible....
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Covenanter Grave Eaglesham #History #Scotland
Gabriel Thomson and Robert Lockhart, Eaglesham, Eaglesham parish, Renfrewshire. Died 1685. Shields: ‘The Laird of Ironkeple commanding a party of Highlandmen, killed Robert Lochart and Gabriel...
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Covenanter Grave Priesthill near Muirkirk #History #Scotland
John Brown, Priesthill, Muirkirk parish, Ayrshire. Shields: ‘Item, The said Claverhouse in May, 1685: apprehended John Broun in priest-hill, in the parish of Moorkirk, in the shire of Air, being at...
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Covenanter 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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Covenanter 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...
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Covenanter 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...
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Covenanter 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...
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Covenanter 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...
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Covenanter 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...
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Covenanter 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,...
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Covenanter 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...
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Covenanter 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...
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Covenanter 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...
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Covenanter 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...
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Covenanter 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...
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The 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...
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The 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...
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A 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...
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“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...
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A 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...
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Letter 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...
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Letter 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...
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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...
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