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<p> the name given to a protesting declaration of an armed body of [[Covenanters]] who, in 1679, assembled in this old burgh, burned some obnoxious acts of Parliament, and affixed a copy of their protest to the market cross. Claverhouse was sent, May 31, from [[Glasgow]] in search of the party; the battle of Drumclog was fought, and the royalist forces were routed. At the battle of [[Bothwell]] Bridge, Sunday, June 22, the Covenanters were defeated and twelve hundred prisoners taken. </p> | <p> the name given to a protesting declaration of an armed body of [[Covenanters]] who, in 1679, assembled in this old burgh, burned some obnoxious acts of Parliament, and affixed a copy of their protest to the market cross. Claverhouse was sent, May 31, from [[Glasgow]] in search of the party; the battle of Drumclog was fought, and the royalist forces were routed. At the battle of [[Bothwell]] Bridge, Sunday, June 22, the Covenanters were defeated and twelve hundred prisoners taken. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_58761"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/rutherglen+declaration Rutherglen Declaration from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_58761"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/rutherglen+declaration Rutherglen Declaration from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:55, 15 October 2021
Rutherglen Declaration [1]
the name given to a protesting declaration of an armed body of Covenanters who, in 1679, assembled in this old burgh, burned some obnoxious acts of Parliament, and affixed a copy of their protest to the market cross. Claverhouse was sent, May 31, from Glasgow in search of the party; the battle of Drumclog was fought, and the royalist forces were routed. At the battle of Bothwell Bridge, Sunday, June 22, the Covenanters were defeated and twelve hundred prisoners taken.
