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| − | + | James Knox (ca. 1575-1633) taught as a Regent at Edinburgh University from 1598 to 1605. He was the son of William Knox, Minister of Cockpen, and probably a grand-nephew of John Knox the Reformer. | |
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| + | MA Edinburgh. Regent, University of Edinburgh, admitted to charge of Kelso (also in the charge: vicarage of Maxwell). Appointed constant Moderator of Presbytery by the Assembly at Linlithgow in 1606. Member of Assembly, 1610, 1618. Demitted shortly before his death in Agust 1633. 'He used as a dwelling-place vaults inthe ruined abbey, one as a hall and kitchen, another as a bedchamber and closet. | ||
Hew Scott, vol. II, 1917, 71 | Hew Scott, vol. II, 1917, 71 | ||
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James Knox (ca. 1575-1633) taught as a Regent at Edinburgh University from 1598 to 1605. He was the son of William Knox, Minister of Cockpen, and probably a grand-nephew of John Knox the Reformer.
MA Edinburgh. Regent, University of Edinburgh, admitted to charge of Kelso (also in the charge: vicarage of Maxwell). Appointed constant Moderator of Presbytery by the Assembly at Linlithgow in 1606. Member of Assembly, 1610, 1618. Demitted shortly before his death in Agust 1633. 'He used as a dwelling-place vaults inthe ruined abbey, one as a hall and kitchen, another as a bedchamber and closet.
Hew Scott, vol. II, 1917, 71
Sources
- A Catalogue of the Graduates in the Faculties of Arts, Divinity, and Law, of the University of Edinburgh since its Foundation (Edinburgh: Printed by Neill and Company, 1858)
- Andrew Dalzel, History of the University of Edinburgh from its Foundation (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862)
- Hew Scott, Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, vol. II (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1917)