John Rae (minister)
John Rae was an English
Early life
He was the son of William Rae, burgess of Edinburgh.[1] He served heir 7 February 1666. He was educated at the University of Glasgow and graduated with an M.A. in 1651.[2]
Career
At the Restoration he was minister of Symington in the Presbytery of Biggar being admitted between 4 May and 2 November 1658. He was deprived by the Act of Parliament 11th June, and of Privy Council 1 October 1662. He became one of the most zealous of the Covenanting preachers; and for eight years peregrinated the country, conducting public worship on the hillsides and in private houses.[3]
Arrest
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Around the beginning of 1670, he was apprehended for preaching and baptizing in houses and sent to Edinburgh.
In July 1674, he was publicly denounced a rebel and
Bibliography
- Inq. Ret. Gen., 4962
- Kirkton's and Wodrow's Histories
- Crichton's Memoirs of Blackadder
References
- Citations
- ^ Hay 1901.
- ^ Scott 1915.
- ^ M'Crie 1847.
- ^ Wodrow 1830, p. 152.
- ^ Hunter 1867, p. 242.
- ^ Fairley 1916.
- ^ Wodrow 1835, p. 38.
- ^ Erskine 1893.
- Sources
- Blackadder, John (1826). Crichton, Andrew (ed.). Memoirs of Rev. John Blackader : compiled chiefly from unpublished manuscripts and memoirs of his life and ministry written by himself while prisoner on the Bass : and containing illustrations of the Episcopal persecution from the restoration to the death of Charles II : with an appendix giving a short account of the history and siege of the Bass & / by Andrew Crichton (2 ed.). Edinburgh: Printed for A. Constable & Company.
- Crocket, W. S. (1900). Biggar : historical, traditional and descriptive. Biggar: J. B. Watson. pp. 63–64.
- Crookshank, William (1749). The history of the state and sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the Restoration to the Revolution. With an introd., containing the most remarkable occurrences relating to that Church from the Reformation. Vol. 1. London: J. Oswald [etc.] p. 297.
- Crookshank, William (1812). The history of the state and sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the Restoration to the Revolution. With an introd., containing the most remarkable occurrences relating to that Church from the Reformation. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: Thomas Turnbull. p. 7.
- Erskine, John (1893). Macleod, Walter (ed.). Journal of the Hon. John Erskine of Carnock, 1683-1687. Vol. 14. Edinburgh: Printed at University press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish history society. p. 84.
- Fairley, John A (1916). Extracts from the Records of the Old Tolbooth from The book of the Old Edinburgh Club. Vol. 9. Edinburgh: The Club. p. 155.
- Hay, Andrew (1901). Reid, Alexander George (ed.). The diary of Andrew Hay of Craignethan, 1659-1660. Edinburgh: Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society. p. 67.
- Hunter, William (1867). Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar district, archaeological, historical, and biographical. Edinburgh: William Paterson. pp. 241–242.
- Johnston, John C (1887). Treasury of the Scottish covenant. Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot. p. 586-587.
- Kirkton, James (1817). The secret and true history of the church of Scotland from the Restoration to the year 1678. Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne. p. 481.
- Laing, David, ed. (1848). Historical Notices of Scotish Affairs: Selected from the Manuscripts of Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: T. Constable, printer to Her Majesty. p. 559.
- M'Crie, Thomas (1847). The Bass rock: Its civil and ecclesiastic history. Edinburgh: J. Greig & Son. pp. 370–371..
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- Paton, Henry, ed. (1929). The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland. Vol. 9 (The Register Of The Privy Council Of Scotland Edited And Abridged By Henry Paton, M.A., With An Introduction By Robert Kerr Hannay, Ll.D., Fraser Professor Of Scottish History And Palaeography In The University Of Edinburgh. Third Series, Vol. IX. A.D. 1685–1686. ed.). Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House. pp. 175–178.
- Reid, Alexander (1822). Prentice, Archibald (ed.). Life of Alexander Reid, a Scotish covenanter. Manchester: printed by J. Garnett. pp. 46–47.
- Scott, Hew (1915). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p. 260.
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- Wodrow, Robert (1828). Burns, Robert (ed.). The history of the sufferings of the church of Scotland from the restoration to the revolution, with an original memoir of the author, extracts from his correspondence, and preliminary dissertation. Vol. 1. Glasgow, Edinburgh: Blackie, Fullarton & co., and A. Fullarton & co. p. 325.
- Wodrow, Robert (1830). Burns, Robert (ed.). The history of the sufferings of the church of Scotland from the restoration to the revolution, with an original memoir of the author, extracts from his correspondence, and preliminary dissertation. Vol. 2. Glasgow, Edinburgh: Blackie, Fullarton & co., and A. Fullarton & co. p. 152.
- Wodrow, Robert (1829). Burns, Robert (ed.). The history of the sufferings of the church of Scotland from the restoration to the revolution, with an original memoir of the author, extracts from his correspondence, and preliminary dissertation. Vol. 3. Glasgow, Edinburgh: Blackie, Fullarton & co., and A. Fullarton & co. p. 5.
- Wodrow, Robert (1835). Burns, Robert (ed.). The history of the sufferings of the church of Scotland from the restoration to the revolution, with an original memoir of the author, extracts from his correspondence, and preliminary dissertation. Vol. 4. Glasgow, Edinburgh: Blackie, Fullarton & co., and A. Fullarton & co. p. 38.