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John Guthrie (bishop of Moray)

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Guthrie used his appointments as a platform for involvement in the national church. As minister of Arbirlot, he was one of the commissioners of the Presbytery of Arbroath at the Glasgow assembly of 1610. Later in that year, he got elected as clerk of the synod of St Andrews. He was a member and
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Guthrie married Nichola Wood, by whom he had three sons (John, Patrick, and Andrew) and three daughters (Bethia, Nicolas, and Lucretia). His oldest son John (d. 1643) followed his father into the ministry, while his youngest son Andrew fought as a royalist during the
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As Bishop of Moray, Guthrie remained a staunch royalist, an active anti-Catholic and keen promoter of ecclesiastical discipline. He took a large role in the Scottish coronation of
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policies. It was this that brought him the prestigious and important charge of St Giles in 1621. It was no surprise that, only two years later, he rose to
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commissioner of the Perth assembly in 1618. In this period he established himself as an ardent supporter of the crown and its
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in 1633. Bishop Guthrie supported the King's plans to bring the Scottish church in line with the
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of Foulis captured the palace. Guthrie was sent to Edinburgh and imprisoned in the city's
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John died at Guthrie on 28 August 1649 and was buried at the Guthrie Collegiate
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He was later released, and retired to his estate, purchased in 1636, at
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An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688
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in the same year. Two years later, on 27 August 1599, he became
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parish, Angus. In 1617, he became minister in the city of
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active in the first half of the 17th century who became
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Pearce, A. S. Wayne, "Guthrie, John (d. 1649)", in the
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by the Scottish church. He attempted to hold out in
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to various churches. In 1603, he became minister of
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John Guthrie (Bishop of Moray)
John Guthrie (disambiguation)
Bishop of Moray
Diocese of Moray
Murdoch MacKenzie
Minister
Kinnell
Arbirlot
Perth
St Giles
Scotland
Guthrie, Angus
Scottish
prelate
Bishop of Moray
goldsmith
MA
University of St Andrews
Reader
Arbroath
minister
Kinnell
parish church
Angus
translated
Arbirlot
Perth
St Giles
Edinburgh
episcopalian

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