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Dane Love has produced an admirably accessible account of a complex and bloody period.

The Scotsman

This book is a jewel of short stories about the terrible days in south-west Scotland, when it was a crime to worship outwith the recognised church. Dane Love has written his book around the characters of the period, with each tragic story emphasising the terrible cruelty and mans inhumanity to man. Each short account includes local OS Map references, to allow the reader to visit battle sites and monuments in south-west Scotland where all the atrocities were committed. A good informative read.

Review by Iain Doole on Amazon

S COTTISH

C OVENANTER

S TORIES

TALES FROM

THE KILLING TIMES

D ANE L OVE

N EIL W ILSON P UBLISHING G LASGOW S COTLAND

C ONTENTS

The first martyrs Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquis of Argyll

Rev James Guthrie Lord Johnston of Wariston

Pentland Rising Beginnings at Dalry March to Edinburgh

Battle of Rullion Green Unknown martyr Subsequent executions

Life of Rev Hugh MacKail

Executions following Pentland Ayr and Irvine hangmen

Executions at Ayr, Irvine, Dumfries and Glasgow

Rev Gabriel Semple Communion Armed conventicles

Communion Stones James Davie

Kilmarnock incidents Mauchline martyrs

Russells of Falla Hill Account of losses

Tam Dalyell at Dean Castle David Findlay James Robertson John Finlay

John Graham of Claverhouse Andrew Richmond William Graham

William Moffat Matthew MacIlwraith Andrew Hislop

Andrew Bruce of Earlshall James Kirk Thomas MacHaffie

Andrew Brodie of Forgandenny Conventicle on Culteuchar Hill

Rev John Welwood of Perth Prophecies Burial of Welwood

Murder of Archbishop Sharp of St Andrews Andrew Ayton

Andrew Guillane Laurence Hay and Andrew Pittulloch

Battle of Drumclog Retreat to Strathaven March to Glasgow

Battle of Bothwell Bridge Arguments amongst Covenanting forces Aftermath of battle

Mary Raes Well Greyfriars prisoners Arthur Inglis Arthur Tacket Hangings

Covenanters transported by ship Shipwreck at Deerness, Orkney

Martyrs lost and those who survived

Sanquhar Declaration Battle of Airds Moss Death of Richard Cameron

Covenanters executed thereafter

Gordons of Earlstoun Castle William Gordon killed on way to Bothwell

Alexander Gordon

Covenanters of Lanarkshire Lanark fines Conventicles

William Lawrie of Blackwood John Brown William Paterson and John Barrie

John Smith William Cochrane William Young John Willison

Alexander Smith Inchbelly Bridge James Smith John Wharry William Boick

Nisbet ancestry John Nisbet James Nisbet Persecutor Robert Nisbet

Midland martyrs John Nisbet Junior

Sir Patrick Hume Robert Baillie of Jerviswood Grisell Hume George Baillie

Captain John Paton Part at Pentland Rising Capture at Floak Execution

Rev John Blackader Troqueer Removal from church

Sons memoirs Conventicles Bass Rock

Covenanters transported to Edinburgh Rescue at Enterkin Pass

Search for those involved Daniel MacMichael

Curate of Carsphairn John Dempster Grierson of Lag

Incident at Carsphairn manse Auchencloy martyrs Martyrs at Kirkcudbright

Rev Donald Cargill Sermon in Barony Church Cargills Loup

Rutherglen Declaration Henry Hall of Haughhead Queensferry

Starryshaw Cargillites Conventicles Capture and execution

Galloway martyrs George Martin Edward MacKean David Martin

Thomas Richard John Semple Thomas MacClorgan Adam MacWhann

John Hallume Robert MacWhae

Sir Robert Grierson of Lag Strange incidents at his death Lochenkit

Kirkpatrick Irongray Allans Cairn George Short and David Halliday

Martyrs of Caldons, Glen Trool Chaldaeans story Escaping Covenanter

John Bell of Whiteside Covenanters at Kirkconnell Moor

Major Balfours actions John Richmond Glasgow martyrs Cathcart martyrs

Archibald MacAulay Eaglesham Covenanters James Algie and John Park

William Adam Campbells of Wellwood

William Smith Buried beneath his parents threshold

James White Attack on Little Blackwood Head used as a football

Release of Newmilns prisoners John Law James Smith

Sir William Drummond of Cromlix Alexander Linn

Barrhill martyrs William MacAdam Carrick martyrs

Ingliston martyrs

John Brown of Priesthill Martyrdom by Graham of Claverhouse

Wigtown martyrs Margaret Lachlane and Margaret Wilson

The Wilson family Drowning in the Solway

John Hunter and James Welsh Death at Devils Beef Tub

Craignorth martyrs Carsgailoch martyrs David Dun and Simon Paterson

Hugh Hutchison James Campbell George Corson and John Hair

Patersons various escapes Damming of the River Doon

Wigtownshire Covenanters Sir John Dalrymple

William Johnstone, John Milroy and George Walker

Covenanters marched to Dunnottar Castle Conditions in the vault An escape

Patrick Walker Robert MacLellan Rev Archibald Riddell and other prisoners

Sorn Castle garrison Curates Steps Lewis Lauder William Shillilaw

Rev Alexander Peden New Luce Capture at Knockdow Bass Rock Escape from

banishment Death of Peden Death not the end

Steel family of Lesmahagow Captain John Steel David Steel

Bello Path incident Skellyhill martyrdom

Banished Covenanters Gilbert and William Milroy

Douglas Covenanters John Mathieson Sufferings en route

James Callum John Corbet Hardships endured William Sprot

His part in Covenanting battles Dunkeld siege

Rev James Renwick Conventicles Time in the Netherlands

Sanquhar Declaration Capture in Edinburgh

Rescue at Bello Path John MacGeachan George Wood The Last Martyr

I NTRODUCTION

Throughout south-west Scotland, and in a few places within the central belt and Fife, there survive a large number of martyrs graves. Many are located on remote moors, marking the spot where the government soldiers killed supporters of the Covenant. Many more are to be found in parish kirkyards, in a number of cases erected by Robert Paterson, the Old Mortality of Sir Walter Scotts novel of the same name, but often replaced by more modern memorials. Almost every corner of southern Scotland has a tale to tell of the years of persecution, from remote and ruinous shepherds houses where the Covenanters held their secret meetings, to castles and country houses commandeered by the government troops in their quest to capture and punish those who refused to adhere to the kings religious demands.

King Charles I was crowned in 1625 at which time he proposed bringing the Scots church into line with that of England. He was an opponent of Presbyterianism, and thought it would be simpler if the whole country would adopt Episcopacy. He met with Archbishop Laud of Canterbury and planned the introduction of the Book of Common Prayer into the Scottish church service. This took some time, and it was not until 23 July 1637 that the Dean read from this new liturgy in the High Kirk of Edinburgh. Traditionally it is said that it was on that occasion Jenny Geddes stood up in the congregation and threw her stool at the minister, shouting out, Wha daur say mass in ma lug?. The congregation erupted and the service had to be abandoned.

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