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Peter Hewat (minister)

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in 1612. In 1617 he was (counter to all other logic) entitled Abbot of Crossraguel. This was possibly to simplify land ownership issues, and was certainly related to land ownership rather than a monastic function. This ownership entitled him to a seat within the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. As
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this was adjacent to St Giles it is highly likely that he did attend but he does not appear to have been a major figure. There is some indication that Hewat served as a minister in the former church element within Crossraguel.
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parish in Edinburgh in 1597 and was raised to "first charge" there in 1599. At this time Greyfriars was housed in the south-west section of
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Hewat's relationship with the King is noteworthy, being amongst the minority of the Scottish clergy to side with the King following the
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but was removed from the Commission later that year. Although still a minister he was temporarily deprived of his post and confined in
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He sat on the Court of the High Commission in 1615. In 1616 he was one of the group of ministers in charge of revising the
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Around 1599 he married Isobel Smail (d.1644) daughter of William Smail, an Edinburgh merchant. Their children included:
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of 1600. Although this favoured him with the King it distanced him from the majority of the Scottish church.
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He sat on the General Assembly in 1610 and being in strong favour with King James VI was gifted
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His preaching is remembered for its focus upon "brotherly kindness" and the importance of
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in 1588. He is first mentioned in 1594 when he was translated from "second charge" at
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The Burghs and Parliament in Scotland 1550-1651 by Alan R MacDonald
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1619. From June 1620 he was ordered to be confined at his home at
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The Gowrie Conspiracy and its Official Narrative by Samuel Cowan
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Public Opinion in Early Modern Scotland 1560-1707 by Kann Bowie
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and in 1617 he consulted the ministers in relation to the
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Elizabeth or Elspeth, married Bryce Blair of Goldring
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Three Excellent Points of Christian Doctrine (1621)
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St Giles Cathedral


University of Edinburgh
St Giles Cathedral
Colinton Parish Church
Old Greyfriars
St Giles Cathedral
Gowrie Conspiracy
Crossraguel Abbey
Maybole
Ayrshire
charity
liturgy
Church of Scotland
Protest for the Liberties of the Kirk
Dundee
Candlemass
Crossraguel Abbey



Categories
Clergy from Edinburgh
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Ministers of St Giles' Cathedral
1645 deaths
16th-century ministers of the Church of Scotland
16th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers
17th-century ministers of the Church of Scotland

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