The Lollards in Scotland. In Scotland, the Lollards were quite strong in numbers within the districts of Kyle and Carrick, in Ayrshire, where the proprietors of the estates of Carnell, Kinzeancleuch, Ochiltree, Cessnock, Barr, Gadgirth, and Terinzeon were supporters of the sect’s beliefs. Lollards were also in Fife. The appointment of Robert, Duke of Albany […]
Archibald Campbell, Eighth Earl, First and last Marquis of Argyll. ( 1607 – 1661 ) Much can be written of the Clan Campbell and its leaders throughout the history of Scotland. Archibald Campbell, Marquis of Argyll , was no different from his ancestors in always seeking to extend his lands and influence. Known as Gillespie […]
Mortmain, Praemunire, and Provisors Three practices or principals of the medieval church were seen to interfere in secular rule – Mortmain, Praemunire and Provisors. These three principals were eventually enshrined in English law and became the bain of the clerics` ambitions. It effectively stemmed the flow to Rome of ownership of land; civil complaints and […]
“Passengers on the Henry & Francis 1685. The ship set sail on September 5, 1685, from Leith and made landfall at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in December. Thirty one people died during the journey. Robert Adam John Arbuckle *** John Black D Robert Campbell John Campbell GT, D Christian Cavie D John Corbet CT, D […]
Erasmus (1467-1536) Born in Rotterdam 28 October 1467 Desiderius, or Erasmus as he became known, was illegitimate, his parents never marrying. His father was a burgher named Gerard in Torgau; his mother Margaret was the daughter of Peter, a physician at Sevenbergen in Brabant. The father`s family refused to allow the couple to marry and […]
Sir James Turner, inter alia, a soldier. Sir James Turner (1615-1686), was a Scottish soldier and in retirement a military writer, but is remembered mostly for his cruelty and rapaciousness when ordered to enforce the law against the West of Scotland Covenanters. The son of a minister in Borthwick and Dalkeith, he was educated, like […]
Robert Grostete, Bishop of Lincoln. [Sources include, Foxe`s Acts and Monuments; and Memorials of the Dawn of the Reformation in Europe, Nelson, London (1847) ] Robert Grostete or Greathead ( Foxe in his Acts and Monuments calla him Grosthead) was born of poor parents in in the parish of Stradbrook, the Hundred of Hoxne, in […]
The Book of Articles, 1536; devised by Henry VIII. Extracted from Foxes Monuments. Ed Rev Geo. Townsend (1846) vol 5 p 163-4.. [ Note: It will be seen that some `Romish` practices were allowed, certainly during the transition, but became subject of criticism by the Calvinist Puritans in later years.] In the contents of this […]
John Bunyan and “THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS” John Bunyan (28 November 1628- 31 August 1688) was an English writer and nonconformist (Baptist) minister. He was born at Harrowden, in the parish of Elstow, Bedfordshire, the son of a tinker. He followed that trade for a while then served with the Parliamentary Army in the Civil War […]
Richard Bayfield, alias Somersam. Richard Bayfield was a monk in the abbey at St Edmunds, Bury [ Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk] and another who was converted to the Protestant faith through contact with godly people. His conversion began when two London brickmakers, Master Stacy and Master Maxwell in the company of Dr Barnes [ […]
DECREE OF THE SYNOD OF CONSTANCE, A.D. 1415, TOUCHING THE TAKING UP OF THE BODY AND BONES OF JOHN WICKLIFF TO BE BURNED . EXECUTED FORTY-ONE YEARS AFTER HE WAS BURIED IN HIS OWN PARISH AT LUTTERWORTH. Forsomuch as by the authority of the sentence and decree of the council of Rome, and by the […]
Elizabeth I Declaration against Nonconformists 1573. A proclamation against the despiser. or breakers of the orders prescribed in the book of Common Prayer. BY THE QUEEN. The Queen’s Majesty being right sorry to understand that the order of Common Prayer set forth by the common consent of the realm and by authority of parliament in […]
Copy of a Letter, [ allegedly ] written under the King’s authority, to restrain the Benefices of the Romans within the Realm, AD 1231 In consequence of sundry griefs and oppressions which this realm, as you know, hath sustained by the Romanists, and yet doth as well to the prejudice of the king himself, as […]
Parliamentary Reforms Parliament met infrequently and that in 1529 was after a lapse of seven years. But time having passed, so also had the criticisms of the church gathered pace while the church continued to harass protestants, Lollards, Wyckcliffians, Lutherans, and just about anybody who dared to stand against them. The fires of martyrdom continued […]