John Spottiswood

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John Spottiswood was a Scottish clergyman and historian who served as Archbishop of St Andrews and played a prominent role in the religious and political life of early 17th-century Scotland.

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instanceOf Archbishop
Scottish clergyman
human
appointedAsArchbishopOfGlasgowBy James VI and I NERFINISHED
appointedAsArchbishopOfStAndrewsBy James VI and I NERFINISHED
birthDate 1565-05-05
birthPlace Calder, Midlothian, Scotland NERFINISHED
burialPlace Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
deathDate 1639-11-26
deathPlace London, England
denomination Church of Scotland NERFINISHED
depositionYear 1638
educatedAt University of Glasgow NERFINISHED
era early modern period
exiledTo England NERFINISHED
father John Spottiswood of Calder NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork ecclesiastical history
theology
knownFor The History of the Church of Scotland NERFINISHED
role in introducing episcopacy in Scotland under James VI and I
languageOfWorkOrName English
Scots
monarchDuringService Charles I of England and Scotland NERFINISHED
James VI and I NERFINISHED
name John Spottiswood NERFINISHED
nationality Scottish
notableWork The History of the Church of Scotland NERFINISHED
occupation Archbishop of St Andrews NERFINISHED
clergyman
historian
opposed Presbyterian resistance to royal authority
participatedIn religious politics of early 17th-century Scotland
positionHeld Archbishop of Glasgow NERFINISHED
Archbishop of St Andrews NERFINISHED
Chancellor of Scotland
religion Christianity
servedAsArchbishopOfGlasgowFrom 1603
servedAsArchbishopOfGlasgowUntil 1615
servedAsArchbishopOfStAndrewsFrom 1615
servedAsArchbishopOfStAndrewsUntil 1638
servedAsChancellorOfScotlandFrom 1635
servedAsChancellorOfScotlandUntil 1638
spouse Rachel Lindsay NERFINISHED
supported royal supremacy in church affairs
wasDeposedBy General Assembly of the Church of Scotland NERFINISHED

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