John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession

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John Spottiswoode was a prominent early 17th-century Scottish clergyman and statesman who served as Archbishop of St Andrews and played a key role in enforcing royal religious policy in Scotland.

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instanceOf Archbishop of St Andrews
Scottish clergyman
human
statesman
alignedWith royal supremacy in church affairs
appointedBy James VI and I NERFINISHED
authorityOver Province of St Andrews NERFINISHED
Scottish episcopal clergy
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
denomination Episcopalianism
Presbyterianism NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod early 17th century
historicalRegion Scotland NERFINISHED
notableFor being deposed by the Glasgow General Assembly of 1638
enforcing royal religious policy in Scotland
opposition to the National Covenant of 1638
presiding over the introduction of the Five Articles of Perth
role in the imposition of the Scottish Prayer Book
serving as Lord Chancellor under Charles I in Scotland
supporting James VI and I’s attempts to introduce episcopacy in Scotland
notableWork History of the Church of Scotland NERFINISHED
occupation clergyman
politician
officeEnd Archbishop of Glasgow, 1615
Archbishop of St Andrews, 1638
Lord Chancellor of Scotland, 1638
officeStart Archbishop of Glasgow, 1603
Archbishop of St Andrews, 1615
Lord Chancellor of Scotland, 1635
opposedBy Presbyterian Covenanters NERFINISHED
positionHeld Archbishop of Glasgow NERFINISHED
Archbishop of St Andrews NERFINISHED
Lord Chancellor of Scotland NERFINISHED
Primate of All Scotland NERFINISHED
predecessor George Gledstanes NERFINISHED
George Gledstanes as Primate of All Scotland NERFINISHED
James Beaton (as earlier Archbishop of Glasgow, pre‑Reformation line) NERFINISHED
religion Church of Scotland NERFINISHED
roleIn Scottish Reformation settlement under the crown NERFINISHED
development of Scottish episcopacy in the early 17th century
royal council of Scotland NERFINISHED
successor Alexander Henderson (as leading ecclesiastical figure in post‑1638 Church of Scotland) NERFINISHED
Patrick Lindsay (as later Archbishop of Glasgow in restored episcopacy, 1663) NERFINISHED
office of Primate of All Scotland effectively abolished after 1638
workLocation Edinburgh NERFINISHED
Glasgow NERFINISHED
St Andrews NERFINISHED

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John Spottiswoode succeededBy John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession