James Knox (d. 1633)
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Son of William Knox, Minister of Cockpen, and probably 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
- Andrew Dalzel, History of the University of Edinburgh from its Foundation (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862)