The English Reformation from 1303-1483 Date Event Reign Abp. Canterbury Pope Contemporary events 1314 England defeated by Scots at Bannockburn. Edward II 1307-27 (deposed and murdered) Walter Reynold 1313-27 John XXI or XXII 1316 Nicholas, Antipope 1316. 1303-5 Subjugation of Scotland 1309 Papacy moves to Avignon. 1329 John Wyckcliffe born Edward III 1327-77 Simon Meopham […]
The Peasants Revolt, 1381. The circumstances that led to the Peasant`s Revolt in 1381 were the general living conditions of the vassal and a desire for some, relatively small, improvement of their lot. What it was not, was a direct response to the influence of John Wyckcliffe. Although there were some common issues the singular […]
The Plantation of Ulster as described by Sir John Davies in a letter to Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury , 8 November 1610. Cited in Ireland under Elizabeth and James the First. Ed. H Morley (1890). Sir John Davies was Attorney General for Ireland and made Serjeant at Law in 1607. He was later elected […]
William Quarrier and the Quarrier Homes William Quarrier (1829-1903), was the only son of Annie Booklass and William Quarrier, a ship’s carpenter who died of cholera in Quebec in 1832. Thus at an early age young William became acquainted first-hand with deprivation, his mother taking in sewing and he working as a messenger boy […]
The Reformation in France: the early days. The story of Protestantism in France is greatly overshadowed by the religious wars that raged on and off between 1562 and 1598. The St Bartholomews Day Massacre of the Huguenots ( the French Calvinists) in 1572 is often held up as the main event but thousands died for […]
Covenanter Prisoners on the “Crown” Cited in A Cloud of Witnesses, Ed. J H Thomson (1871) An Act of Indemnity of 14 August 1679 discharged many of the prisoners taken at Bothwell Brig. But there remained a hard core of about 300 dissenters who refused to give a Bond for their future good behaviour and […]
Kirkcudbright The ancient Royal Burgh of Kirkcudbright is steeped in history and features in several incidents of note. It is from Kirkcudbright that William Wallace took ship to France after the battle of Falkirk in 1298. Two years later the English fleet supporting the invasion of Edward I landed troops here. A stronghold of […]
Uniformity, Act of 19 May 1662 (England) An Act for the Uniformity of Public Prayer and Administration of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies; and for Establishing the Form of Making, Ordaining and Consecrating, Bishops, Priests and Deacons in the Church of England. This Act was part of what has been called the Clarendon Code, […]
Articles of Perth, 25 August 1618 The declaration and subsequent ratification by Parliament of the Five Articles of Perth was a watershed in the relationships between the Crown and the Presbyterians. This imposition was the first to directly affect the public, some of whom resented interference with their style of worship. The Articles did not, […]
James Renwick, James Renwick was a stalwart of the United Societies and the last minister to be a martyr. He was born on 15 February 1662 in Knees Cottage, the village of Moniave, in the parish of Glencairn, Dumfriesshire. His father, Andrew, was a weaver by trade, and his mother Elizabeth Corsan had several children […]
Schmalkald War , the death of Luther, The “Interim”, the Peace of Passau and Peace of Augsburg 1555. Following the presentation of the Augsburg Confession in June 1530 weeks went by in which the papists furiously wrote and rewrote a Confutation to the Protestant Confession of Faith. They produced an exceedingly lengthy document restating their dogma […]
Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham. Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, was renowned for his charity and he provided copies of Wyckcliffe`s writings to the people from his home, Cowling Castle, near Rochester, Kent. He was also concerned with providing copies of all of Wickcliffe`s works for John Huss, in Prague, as well as sending copies […]
Extract from the decree of the Council of Constance against John Wyckcliffe and his works. AD 1415. And this holy synod caused the aforesaid forty-five article, to be examined and oftentimes perused by many most reverend fathers of the church of Rome, cardinals, bishops, abbots, masters of divinity, and doctors of both laws, besides a […]
Catholic resurgence under James II. The long held fears that James II would reintroduce Catholicism came to fruition in Scotland with many deliberate, overt and contentious acts in 1685-8 – almost as if testing the waters before trying anything so blatant in England. It was a fact that there was a strong nucleus of Roman […]