John Nisbet

For the 17th century judge, see John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton. For the American merchant, see John Nisbet (North Carolina patriot).

John Nisbet of Hardhill
conventicle near Loudoun Hill
Born1627
Died4 December 1685 (executed)
Grassmarket, Edinburgh
Buried
Greyfriars Kirkyard
Allegiance
RankCaptain
Battles/warsBattle of Rullion Green
Battle of Drumclog
Battle of Bothwell Bridge
Nibset was threatened with excommunication for having his child baptised by one of the expelled ministers[1][2]
Plaque, Grassmarket
Covenanter memorial to John Nisbet[3] and his son James Nisbet and to John Nisbet, the younger[4] and others

John Nisbet (1627–1685) was a Scottish covenanter who was executed for participating in the insurgency at Bothwell Brig and earlier conflicts and for attending a conventicle.[5][6][7][8] He took an active and prominent part in the struggles, of the Covenanters for civil and religious liberty. He was wounded and left for dead at Pentland in 1666 but lived and fought as a captain at Bothwell Bridge, in 1679. He was subsequently seized and executed as a rebel.[9] He was a descendant of Murdoch Nisbet, a Lollard who translated the Bible into the Scots language.

  1. ^ Crookshank 1812, 311.
  2. ^ Wodrow 1835b, 235-236.
  3. ^ Hewison 1913, 494-495.
  4. ^ Hewison 1913, 394.
  5. ^ Wodrow 1835b.
  6. ^ Paton 1895.
  7. ^ Wells 2004.
  8. ^ Thomson 1903, 97ff.
  9. ^ Lee 1903.