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Schedule of “dissolved ” Monasteries, (continued). pages 8-13 [ For large image, click on thumbnail] Last page includes Appx 2 – valuations of suppressed monasteries.
THE DECLARATION OF BREDA, 1660 CHARLES, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. To all our loving subjects of what degree or quality so-ever, greeting. If the general distraction and confusion which is spread over the whole kingdom doth not awaken all men to a […]
The Spanish Blanks This was another plot in 1592 by the Catholic Earls of Huntly, Erroll and Angus resuming their correspondence and plotting of three years earlier with Spain. The English secret service gained wind of the plot and informed Andrew Knox, minister in Paisley, who boarded a ship in the River Clyde and seized […]
The stones of James Kirko or Kirka of Sundaywell, Dunscore. James Kirk , also spelt Kirko, was one of two elders present with Rev John Guthrie of Stirling, who made a petition to Charles II on his restoration in 1660. The second elder, Andrew Hay of Craignethan, escaped , but Kirk and Guthrie were imprisoned […]
The stones of William Welsh. William Welsh of Kirkpatrick and another Dumfries man, William (also known as John) Grier or Grierson, were captured at the battle of Rullion Green in November 1666. It was decided that some of the prisoners should be sent back to their home towns there to be executed as a salutory […]
Borgue and Minigaff signatories to the Covenant (continued).
Glossary (continued). Mummeris-Regardand Regentrie-Stay Steik-Wardit Wark-Yule. Supplementary glossary of phrases, terms etc.
The Rev C H Dick in his Highways and Byways in Galloway and Carrick quotes the views of earlier travellers to Kirkcudbright. A Journey through Scotland. In Familiar Letters from a Gentleman Here, to his Friends Abroad Being the Third Volume, Which Compleats Great Britain. By the Author of The Journey thro’ England was published […]
Catholic Missionaries in Scotland 1653-1741. Extracts from The Scotichronicon, Appendix. Rev J F S Gordon (1868) [Click for larger image] Pages 6-10.
Captain (Colonel ) Blood and the Crown Jewels. Thomas Blood, whether called `Captain`, ` Colonel` or `Parson` was a rogue and confidence trickster par excellence. In May 1663 he had been involved in a plot to capture the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland which failed and he fled to England Whether or not he was entitled […]
England in the 14th century – a snapshot. In the time of Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) (The Canterbury Tales) and William Langland (1330-1400) (Piers the Plowman) England was still largely feudal as established by William the Conqueror. This consisted of parcels of land or `manors` held by a courtier or knight. The manor land was divided […]