Ecclesia Antiqua, Or, the History of An Ancient Church (St. Michael's ...
Ecclesia Antiqua, Or, the History of An Ancient Church (St. Michael's ...
John Ferguson
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A Cornwall was provost of Linlithgow; a Cornwall was one of the chantry- priests in St Michael's before the Reformation ; and two Cornwalls are found among her Protestant ministers, Robert Cornwall in all probability received his early education at the Grammar School of Linlithgow. He afterwards studied at the University of Glasgow, of which he became a graduate in Arts in 1583, He was settled in Ecclesmachan parish in 1588, and as minister of Ecclesmachan was a member of the General Assembly i...n 1590.^ In 1597 he was pro- moted to the parish of Linlithgow — Nicol Cornwall being provost of the burgh, and John Cornwall one of the councillors, at that time — as colleague and successor to Mr Kinloquhy, who was feeling the infirmities of advanced age. In 1604 he took an active part in prosecuting the laird of Bonnytoun — * Records of the Presbytery of Linlithgow, * Scott's F(&sU Ecclesiae SfpfUanae^ part i., p. 1 59. Digiti ized by Google CLERICAL SUCCESSION IN ST MICHAEL'S 165 Mr Patrick Abercromby — and his wife and mother, all of whom were accused by the Presbytery of "the resett of a Jesuit and Seminarie priest, and for the allegeit hearing of mes.'*^ Abercromby would not purge himself by taking the oath that the Presbytery required ; on the contrary, he appealed to the Privy Council against their jurisdiction, but notwithstanding his appeal he was excommunicated* In 1606 Mr Cornwall was appointed permanent moderator of the Presbytery, a step which pleased the king, but greatly offended the Presbytery, who refused to receive him as such, till they were commanded by the Privy Council to do so under the penalty of rebellion.' Cornwall had the honour of preaching before the General Assembly held at Linlithgow in 1608.
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