JAMES GRANGER and spouse Christian Fletcher, saviours of the Scottish Regalia. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, H Scott (1915) rev 1917, 1920 vol 5 p 473 Kinneff, 1640 JAMES GRANGER,M.A. (StAndrews 1626); became a preacher in Montrose in 1635 ; the Assembly passed an Act under which the Presb. were to take him on trials and to […]
The background to the Divorce of Henry VIII and Catharine of Arragon. Catharine of Arragon had been a good wife to Henry and had tried hard to give him the son he wanted. In the event six children were born, including two sons, but five were still born or lived but a few days. Only […]
ROBERT LEIGHTON Archbishop of Glasgow, Peacemaker. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, H Scott (1915) rev 1917, 1920 vol 7 p 323 Abp Glasgow, 1671 ROBERT LEIGHTON, D.D., formerly min. of Newbattle (cf. Vol. I., 332) Principal and Professor of Divinity, Univ. of Edinburgh, 1653-61; went to London, where he was re-ord. and consecrated (on his own choice) […]
JOHN ROW Reformer Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, H Scott (1915) rev 1917, 1920. vol 4 p 226 Perth East, 1560 He was born “in a landward roume called Row ” near Dunblane, about 1526; educated at the Grammar School of Stirling and St Leonards College, St Andrews, where he matriculated in 1544; M.A.; studied Canon Law […]
JOHN CRAIG – Knox`s colleague Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, H Scott (1915) rev 1917, 1920 vol 4 p 331 Chapel Royal Stirling, 1579 JOHN CRAIG, born about 1512, des cended from one of the Craigston family, who fell at Flodden ; educated at Univ.of St Andrews;became tutor to children of Lord Darcy,English Warden of the North […]
Angus M`Bean. Recanted from Episcopacy. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, H Scott (1915) rev 1917, 1920 vol 6 p 456 Inverness,1683 ANGUS M’BEAN, born 1656, of the family of Kinchyle; educated at King’s College, Aberdeen; M.A. (13th July 1675); was session-clerk at Foveran 23rd Dec. 1677 to Feb. 1678; licen. (on the recommendation of Professor Menzies […]
GEORGE HAY – Convert and compatriot of Knox Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, H Scott (1915) rev 1917, 1920 vol 6 p 294 Rathven, 1558 GEORGE HAY, born about 1530, was a younger son of William H., fifth of Talla, Tweedsmuir, and Janet Spottiswood of that family. He appears first as rector of Rathven on 10th July […]
DEAN JAMES HANNAY ca 1595- June 1661. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, H Scott (1915), vol 1, p 24 and 56 JAMES HANNAY, son of John H., bailie and burgess in the Canongate (of the family of Hannay of Sorbie, Wigtownshire); M.A. (Edinburgh, 22nd July 1615); min. of Kilmaurs in 1620; trans, to Canongate in 1624; pres. […]
Covenanter CDs. Many of the Covenanter Memorials are scattered in the moors and hills of South West Scotland and may only be reached by the experienced hill walker. It is therefore a real pleasure to find a CD that is a dedicated collection of excellent photographs and includes some of these remoter monuments. The CD […]
List of Scottish Covenanters – Index The following pages are about the Covenanters – the persecuted `faithful remnant` of the Presbyterian Church. Their story is an integral part of the larger saga of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland between 1560 – 1690, when the Church of Scotland ` was by law established`. Within the articles […]
JOHN FRASER. Prisoner Newgate, Bass, Dunnottar, “Henry & Francis”, America, and return. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, H Scott (1915) rev 1917, 1920 vol 7 p 26 Alness, 1695 JOHN FRASER of Pitcalzean; during the reign of Charles II. suffered great hardships on account of the stand he took against the Episcopal government of the Church. He […]
FRANCIS IRVING, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, H Scott (1915) vol 2 p 281 Kirkmahoe, 1645, 1687. M.A. (Edinlburgh 2oth July 1632); schoolmaster of Dumfries for two years; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries; ord. to Trailflat and Dungrie in 1642; adm. in 1645; deprived and confined to the parish after the restoration of Episcopacy: declined to go […]
John Spreul on the Bass Rock. The story of John Spreul`s incarceration in the Bass Rock prison is as fantastic as his earlier persecution, since the government continued to harass him in any way they could and even brought him back to Edinburgh to another trial. Within days of his transfer to the Bass Spreul`s […]
Henry VIII and his contribution to the Reformation. Following his marriage and coronation in June 1509 Henry spent a great deal of time and money in splendid entertainments and jousting tournaments in which he enjoyed participating, meeting with success on merit. But the joys of the new king were soon dimmed by a proposition from […]