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James Renwick’s Escape at Tweeddale Muir
Talla Linn in Tweeddale © adam sommerville and licensed for reuse. In 1710, Wodrow had a conversation with the former Societies’ minister, Thomas Linning, about James Renwick. Linning related a story… more →
Jardine's Book of Martyrs
James Renwick’s Escape at Tweeddale Muir
wrote 1 week ago: Talla Linn in Tweeddale © adam sommerville and licensed for reuse. In 1710, Wodrow had a conversatio … more →
Quote of the Day
wrote 3 weeks ago: “And now, this is the sweetest day and glorious day that ever my eyes did see.” - Donald … more →
Happy Earth Day
wrote 1 month ago: This is the most joyful day that ever I saw in my pilgrimage on Earth ~ Donald Cargill … more →
Cameron's Letter Before the Auchengilloch Fast in May 1680
wrote 1 month ago: Prior to the fast at Auchengilloch, which was held the day before the anniversary of the Rutherglen … more →
Donald Cargill, Gilkerscleugh and the Glenkens in April, 1680.
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wrote 1 month ago: The 17th century house at Gilkerscleugh before it was demolished. On Wednesday 14 April, 1680, Donal … more →
Richard Cameron’s Road to Martyrdom Begins: ‘I Will Make Thy Hoofs Brass: And Thou Shalt Beat in Pieces Many People’
wrote 1 month ago: In late March, 1680, Richard Cameron and other militant presbyterians began to plot a new direction … more →
Before Cargill Met Cameron: A Letter to Lady Earlstoun of 1680
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wrote 1 month ago: Earlstoun Castle The agreement between Donald Cargill and Richard Cameron to restart field preaching … more →
A Radical Weaver From Bo’ness Tries to Kill ‘An Enemy to God and his People’ in 1680
wrote 2 months ago: Kirkliston © Anne Burgess and licensed for reuse. After the execution of three Society people in Dec … more →
The Execution in Glasgow of James Nisbet in Highside: ‘Put Him Off and Be Damned’
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wrote 3 months ago: Mackintosh’s Martyrs’ Public School in Townhead © Thomas Nugent and licensed for reuse. Charles Renn … more →
The Gunpowder Plot to Kill the Duke of York in 1680
wrote 4 months ago: The Fortress Prison of the Bass John Spreull was an ‘apothecary and druggist’ in Glasgow. He probabl … more →
The Ambush of Donald Cargill at Muttonhole
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wrote 4 months ago: Muttonhole The ambush of Donald Cargill and his close party at Muttonhole on the road between Edinbu … more →
Robert Hamilton in Broxburn Suspected of Plotting Assassinations Resists Torture in the Boots in 1680
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wrote 5 months ago: Robert Hamilton appears to have been captured after others were taken at the Mutton Hole near Edinbu … more →
Donald Cargill’s Last Field Preaching of 1680 near Fauldhouse
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wrote 5 months ago: West of Fauldhouse © Richard Webb and licensed for reuse. The interrogation of Archibald Stewart on … more →
The Interrogation of John Potter for Treason in 1680
wrote 5 months ago: On 17 November, 1680, one of the Society people, John Potter of Uphall parish in Linlithgowshire, wa … more →
Donald Cargill’s Preaching near Carnwath in 1680
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wrote 5 months ago: Carnwath Moss © Walter Baxter and licensed for reuse. On 17 November, 1680, one of the Society peop … more →
The Covenanter James Skene Declares it is ‘Lawful to Kill’ Charles II in 1680
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wrote 5 months ago: In November, 1680, James Skene was interrogated by the privy council. He admitted it was lawful to k … more →
The Sound of Traditions of the Covenanters
wrote 9 months ago: What does Covenanting Tradition sound like? I found this recording of a tradition about Donald Cargi … more →
Inspirational Quote
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Peden’s Pulpit and Donald's Cleuch near Talla Linn and Gameshope
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wrote 1 year ago: Neil Oliver at Peden’s Pulpit Peden’s Pulpit near Gameshope in Tweedsmuir parish, Peeblesshire, is a … more →
