Alexander Strachan
Alexander Strachan was church of Scotland minister.[1] He was exiled following the General Assembly of Aberdeen for not retreating from his presbyterian principles.[2][3][4]
Alexander Strachan | |
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| Personal details | |
| Died | 1607 Middleburg |
| Denomination | Church of Scotland |
Life
Alexander Strachan was on the Exercise at St Andrews 28 June 1593. He was admitted to Second Charge, Cupar, before 1599. He was translated, and admitted to Creich about 1605. Strachan was one of those who constituted the General Assembly of Aberdeen on 2 July 1605, against the King's wishes, for which he was denounced on 18 July, and imprisoned at Blackness Castle on 3 August. He was tried before the Lords of Justiciary on 10 January 1606. As a result he was banished for life. He went to Holland where he died of fever in Middleburg in 1607, after petitioning the King in vain for liberty to return on account of his health.[1]
Bibliography
- Calderwood's Hist., vi. 284, 289 et seq.
- Pitcairn's Crim. Trials, ii., 494, 503
- Melvill's Autob.
- P. C. Reg., xiv., 422[1]
References
- Citations
- Other sources
- Blair, William (1888). The United Presbyterian Church; a handbook of its history and principles. Edinburgh: A. Elliot. pp. 6-9.
- Calderwood, David (1842). The history of the Kirk of Scotland. 7. Edinburgh: Printed for the Wodrow Society.
- Duncan, Andrew (December 2007). Dennison, Jr., James T. (ed.). "Rudimenta Pietatis". The Journal of Northwest Theological Seminary. Kerux: The Journal of Northwest Theological Seminary. 3 (22): 35–49. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- Hewison, James King (1913). The Covenanters. 1 (Revised and Corrected ed.). Glasgow: John Smith and son. pp. 177-178.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Mathieson, William Law (1902). Politics and religion; a study in Scottish history from the reformation to the revolution. 1. Glasgow: J. Maclehose. pp. 302-306.
- M'Crie, Thomas (1875). The story of the Scottish church : from the Reformation to the Disruption. London: Blackie & Son. pp. 97-99.
- Scot, William; Forbes, John (1846). An apologetical narration of the state and government of the Kirk of Scotland since the Reformation & Certaine records touching the estate of the kirk. Edinburgh: Printed for the Wodrow Society.
- Scott, Hew (1925). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. 5. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. pp. 136.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
