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252:. On the Queen's replying that "promises ought not to be urged upon princes, unless they can conveniently fulfil them"; "then", they said, "since you are resolved to keep no faith with your subjects we will renounce our allegiance", an answer which induced her to stop her proceedings. 209:
a letter in which he earnestly exhorted her to protect the reformed preachers, and to consent to a Reformation in the church, Glencairn had the boldness to deliver it to Her Majesty, who, after glancing carelessly over it, handed to
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found it necessary to protect themselves by force of arms, Glencairn joined them with 1,200 horse and 1,300 foot, which he had raised in the west of the country. After the Protestant religion had been established by
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with a proposal, for the strengthening of the bonds of amity between the two nations, that she should accept as a husband the
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In 1555, on the return of Knox to Scotland, he resorted openly to hear him preach. When Knox, at the request of the
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In 1559, in consequence of the rigorous proceedings against Protestants by the Queen Regent, he and his relative,
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Couché. A shakefork. Crest: on a helmet with coronet, a unicorn head. Supporters: two conies sejant.
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Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn was buried in the family crypt at the Glencairn Aisle in
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was the seat of the Earls of Glencairn and chiefs of clan Cunningham from 1405 to 1796.
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and was among the first of the Scots' nobility who concurred with the
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by his first wife, Catherine Borthwick, the second daughter of
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Glencairn was amongst the nobles who opposed the marriage of
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which had been drawn up for the support and defence of the
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that month, Glencairn hastened with his domestics to the
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A satirical poem against the Popish Party, entitled
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and destroyed all the sacred images, demolished the
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He followed in his father's footsteps as a 8: 166:By 1540, Cunningham, who was then styled as 255:In May of that year, when the Reformers at 129:Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn 18:Alexander Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn 473: 31: 343:William Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn 149:William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn 114:William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn 106:William Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn 61:William Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn 51:William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn 542:Members of the Privy Council of Scotland 355:The Hermit of Allareit or Loretto, near 419:History of the Chapel Royal of Scotland 385: 190:upon the death of his father in 1548. 470:, Edinburgh, 1867, vol v, pp. 311-312. 181:History of the Reformation in Scotland 562:Privy Council of Mary, Queen of Scots 421:(Edinburgh, 1882), p. ccxl: Herries, 153:William Borthwick, 3rd Lord Borthwick 7: 147:Alexander Cunningham was the son of 453:, (Edinburgh: W. Green, 1904), p 67 212:James Beaton, Archbishop of Glasgow 25: 557:16th-century Scottish politicians 439:. Alexander Gardner. p. 219. 205:, addressed to the Queen Regent, 42:Earl of Glencairn, Lord Kilmaurs 174:, which was later reprinted by 277:William Maitland of Lethington 27:Scottish nobleman (~1515–1574) 1: 364:, is also found in Sibbald's 184:. Lord Kilmaurs succeeded as 552:16th-century Scottish people 366:Chronicle of Scottish Poetry 285:Queen Elizabeth I of England 221:, when the sacrament of the 437:Kilmacolm. 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Index

Alexander Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn
William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn
William Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn
Noble family
Cunningham
Scottish
Scottish Reformation
William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn
William Borthwick, 3rd Lord Borthwick
Protestant
Scottish Reformation
Grey Friars
John Knox
History of the Reformation in Scotland
Earl of Glencairn
Finlaystone House
Inverclyde
Earl Marischal
Mary of Guise
James Beaton, Archbishop of Glasgow
Finlaystone House
Lord's Supper
Covenant
Protestant
Lords of the Congregation
Sir Hugh Campbell of Loudon
Ayr
religious toleration
Perth
parliament in 1560

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