1681 – Jardine's Book of Martyrs (original) (raw)

Covenanter Grave Doocot of Blackwood House #History #Scotland

• April 5, 2020 • 4 Comments

Posted in 1685, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, John Brown (Blackwood), Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: 1681, Blackwood, Covenanters, History, Kirkmuirhill, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow, Scotland, Scottish History

‘For Cutting Tyrants’ Throats’: The Capture of Patrick Foreman, Covenanter

• November 2, 2011 • 7 Comments

Posted in 1681, Adam Philip, Alexander Anderson, Alexander Russell, Alloa, Andrew Pitilloch, Auchengilloch, Ayrshire, Canongate Tolbooth, Clackmannanshire, Covenanters, David Farrie, Devon Common, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Gavin Witherspoon, General Thomas Dalyell, Gibbites, Gilkerscleugh, James Pettigrew (Redmyre), James Stewart (Cambusnethan), John Gibb, John Gray (Darngavel), John Hodge, Lady Gilkerscleugh, Laurence Hay, Loudoun Hill, Patrick Foreman, Patrick Walker, Robert Garnock, Sweet Singers, William Cuthill (d.1681), William Thomson (d.1681), William Young
Tags: 1681, Alloa, Britain, British History, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, History, Scotland, Scottish History

The Capture of the Sweet Singers

• October 1, 2011 • 12 Comments

Posted in 1681, Canongate Tolbooth, David Jamie, Donald Cargill, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Gibbites, James Renwick, John Gibb, John Young (Gibbite), Loudoun Hill, Mid Calder parish, Peeblesshire, Pentland Hills, Sweet Singers, Tweeddale, Underbank Wood, Walter Ker, Wolf Hole Craig
Tags: 1681, Britain, British History, Covenanters, Edinburgh, History, Pentland Hills, Scotland, Scottish History, Sweet Singers

‘The Smoke and Utter Ruin of Edinburgh’: The Sweet Singers Await the Apocalypse in the Pentland Hills

• September 27, 2011 • 3 Comments

Posted in 1681, Ann Stewart, Ayrsmoss, Bo'ness, Bo'ness parish, Calder parish, Cambusnethan parish, Captain Love, Captain Strachan, David Jamie, Eaglesham Moor, Eaglesham parish, Edinburgh, Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Gavin Witherspoon, Gibbites, James Baird (Dungeonhill), James Gray (d.1680), James Gray of Chryston, James Renwick, Janet Elphinston, John Gibb, John Young (Gibbite), Lanarkshire, Linlithgowshire, Lochgoin, Major Robert Johnston, Old Monkland parish, Pentland Hills, Renfrewshire, Robert Sangster, Stirlingshire, Strathaven parish, Sweet Singers, The Devil, Walter Ker, William Gogar
Tags: 1681, Britain, British History, Covenanters, History, Pentland Hills, Scotland, Scottish History, Sweet Singers, The Devil

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
Tags: 1681, British History, Covenanters, Edinburgh, History, Israel, Linlithgowshire, Martyrdom, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History, Sweet Singers