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_Darnley_, Lord.
Is married to Queen Mary, ii. 130‒1.
Displeased at a sermon of Knox, ii. 135‒6.
Professes himself a papist, ii. 143.
Is murdered, ii. 151.
Alleged plot against his life at Perth, ii. 192‒3.

_Davidson_, John.
Account of Scottish martyrs by, i. 354.
His answers to Bancroft, ii. 241.
His Latin verses, ii. 288.
Banished by Morton, ii. 349.
His poem on Knox, ii. 431.

_Deacons._
Appointed at an early period of the reformation, i. 227.
In the foreign churches at London, i. 406.
Their office, ii. 6.
Number of, in Edinburgh, ii. 53.

_Delaporte_, Mons.
Knox acts as colleague to, at Dieppe, i. 203.

_Dieppe_, in France.
Knox on leaving England lands at, i. 120.
He visits, i. 132, 134, 136, 172, 188, 197, 236.

_Discipline_, Ecclesiastical.
Scottish reformers sensible of its importance, ii. 2.
Strictness of, ii. 76‒7.
Strictness and impartiality of, in the church of Scotland,
ii. 76, 317.
Did not include civil punishments, ii. 318.

_Discipline_, First Book of.
Knox one of its compilers, ii. 4.
Approbation of, ii. 5.
Its plan, ii. 6.
Reasons of the nobility’s aversion to, ii. 12.

_Doctors._
Their office in the protestant church, ii. 6, 281‒2.

_Douglas_, Bishop Gawin.
Besieges the cathedral of Dunkeld, i. 15.

_Douglas_, George.
See _Angus_, Earl of.

_Douglas_, Hugh, of Langniddrie.
Knox tutor to the family of, i. 38, 42, 46, 49.

_Douglas_, John.
Taken into Argyle’s family as chaplain, i. 229, 232.
Preaches under the name of Grant, i. 233.
Presented to the archbishopric of St Andrews, ii. 198.
Knox refuses to inaugurate him, ii. 204‒5.
Summoned before a provincial council, ii. 421.

_Dunbar_, Gavin, archbishop of Glasgow.
His sermon at Ayr, i. 16.
Reformers in diocese of, ii. 292.

_Duncan_, John.
Convicted of heresy, i. 362.

_Dundas_, Euphemia.
Slanders Knox, ii. 93.

_Dundas_, George.
An early Greek scholar, i. 343.

_Dundee._
The first town in which a protestant congregation was formed,
i. 227.
Protestants of, summoned, ii. 404‒5.
Great zeal of, ii. 405.
Knox preaches at, ii. 407.

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_Durham_, bishop of.
See _Tonstal_.

_Durie_, John.
Visits Knox in his last illness, ii. 221.

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_Edinburgh._
Knox preaches privately in, i. 173.
He preaches publicly in, i. 182.
He is burned in effigy at the cross of, i. 188.
A protestant church formed in, i. 227.
Demolition of the monasteries at, i. 268; ii. 423.
Knox chosen minister of, i. 277; ii. 424.
Leaves it, i. 279.
Knox resumes his ministry in, ii. 1.
Knox retires from, ii. 146.
Knox returns to, ii. 154.
Knox forced again to leave, ii. 189.
Inhabitants of, enter into a solemn league, ii. 211.
Knox arrives at, ii. 212.

_Edinburgh_, Kirk Session of.
Number of, ii. 53.
Provide a smaller place of worship for Knox, ii. 212.
Knox’s interview with, on his death‑bed, ii. 221‒3.

_Edinburgh_, Town Council of.
Their attention to the support of Knox, ii. 46, 307.
Provide him with a colleague, ii. 53, 57.
Their proceedings respecting a slander against Knox, ii. 94, 322.
Remonstrate against the suspension of Knox, ii. 137‒8.

_Edward_ VI. of England.
Proposed marriage between Queen Mary and, i. 39.
Knox made a chaplain to, i. 86.
Offers Knox a bishopric, i. 95, 100‒1.
His plan for improving the English church, i. 107, 405‒10.
State of his court, i. 108.
Spirited conduct of his chaplains, i. 109, 410.
Last Sermon of Knox before him, i. 110.
Distress of Knox at his death, i. 111.
Knox’s prayer after his death, i. 412.

_Elder_, John.
Convicted of heresy, i. 359.

_Elders_, Ruling.
Appointed at an early period of the Reformation, i. 227.
In the foreign churches in London, i. 406.
Their office in the church of Scotland, ii. 6.

_Elizabeth_, Queen of England.
Refuses to allow Knox to pass through England, i. 236.
Her impolitic severity to the English exiles at Geneva, i. 238.
Her lenity to the Papists, i. 238.
Grants a safe conduct to Knox’s wife, i. 282.
Knox apologizes to her for his Blast, i. 287.
She resolves to assist the Congregation, i. 288‒90.
Sends an army to their assistance, i. 317.
Obtains advantageous terms of peace for them, i. 319.
Her personal aversion to the Scottish war, i. 456.
Knox’s opinion of her religious principles, ii. 148.

_England._
State of the Reformation in, under Henry VIII., i. 44‒5.
Knox arrives in, i. 78.
State of religion in, under Edward VI., i. 78‒9.
Popery restored in, i. 118‒19.
Knox leaves, i. 120.
Knox’s Admonition to, i. 137, 152.
Persecution in, i. 138.
Exiles from, i. 141‒2.
Knox visits his sons in, ii. 147.
Carries a letter to the bishops of, ii. 148.

_England_, Church of.
Knox’s reasons for refusing a fixed charge in, i. 98.
Refuses a bishopric in, i. 100, 204.
His sentiments respecting {473} the government and worship of,
i. 101‒5.
Private opinions of the reformers of, similar to Knox’s,
i. 105‒6, 400‒5.

_England_, Privy Council of.
Employ Knox to preach, i. 80.
Confer on him marks of approbation, i. 90.
Knox honourably acquitted by, i. 92, 95.
Offer Knox the living of All Hallows, i. 98‒100.
They petition Elizabeth to assist the Congregation, i. 442.

_Errol_, William Earl of.
An early friend of the Reformation, i. 34, 376.

_Erskine_, Lord.
Attends Knox’s sermons, i. 177.
Invites him to return to Scotland, i. 196.
Refuses to assist the Congregation, i. 278; ii. 425.
See _Mar_, Earl of.

_Erskine_, John, of Dun.
Greek language first patronised by, i. 6.
Reformed sentiments embraced by, i. 35.
He attends Knox’s Sermons at Edinburgh, i. 173.
Takes him to Dun, i. 177.
Favours the preachers, i. 233‒7, 447.
Made superintendent of Angus and Mearns, ii. 7, 46.
Soothes Queen Mary, ii. 90.
Her good opinion of him, ii. 133.
His letters to Regent Mar, ii. 346.
Verses on, ii. 444.

_Exercise_, Weekly.
What, ii. 8, 285.
Practised in England, ib.

_Exhorters._
ii. 7.

_Exiles.
Scottish, i. 369‒74.

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_Fagius_, Paul.
i. 79.

_Fairley_ of Braid.
His attention to Knox during his last illness, ii. 221, 227.

_Fergusson_, David.
Summoned for heresy, i. 446.
Improves the Scottish language, ii. 18, 298.
Knox’s recommendation to his sermon, ii. 210.
Extracts from it, ii. 287‒9.
His character, ii. 298‒301.
Verses on, ii. 462.

_Field_, John.
His commendation of Knox, ii. 240.

_Fife_, John.
Embraces the reformed sentiments, i. 31.
Account of, i. 371.

_Fleming_, James.
Marries one of Knox’s daughters, ii. 269.

_Flescheour_, Alexander.
Convicted of heresy, i. 361.

_Forman_, bishop of Murray.
Says grace before the Pope, i. 19.

_Forrest_, David.
Knox lodges with, ii. 46.

_Forrest_, Henry.
Suffers martyrdom, i. 31.
Account of, i. 354.

_Forrest_, Thomas, vicar of Dollar.
Suffers martyrdom, i. 31.
Account of, i. 355.

_Forrester_, Robert.
Suffers martyrdom, i. 31.
Account of, i. 355, 365.

_Foster_, (Forester,) William.
Convicted of heresy, i. 358, 365.

_Fox_, John, the martyrologist.
i. 146, 156.
Disapproves of Knox’s Blast, i. 219.
Knox’s letter to, ii. 452.

_France._
Knox carried prisoner to, i. 67.
His apology for the persecuted Protestants in, i. 200‒2.
Knox preaches in, i. 202.
{474} Designs of, against Scotland and England, i. 241‒2.
Sends troops to the assistance of the Queen Regent, i. 283.
Persecution against the Protestants in, ii. 48.
Bartholomew massacre in, ii. 215‒16.
Distress of Knox at this, ii. 216.
His denunciation against the King of, ii. 217.

_France_, Galleys of.
Knox confined in, i. 67‒8.
His conduct in, i. 69, 71, 87.

_Frankfort_ on the Maine.
English exiles obtain a place of worship at, i. 142.
Knox called to be minister at, i. 143, 414.
Dissensions about the English liturgy at, i. 144.
Moderation of Knox in these, i. 146, 149.
Knox accused of treason to magistrates of, i. 151.
Knox leaves, i. 155.
Disputes continue at, i. 156.

_Fullerton_, Adam.
ii. 390.

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_Galloway_, Bishop of.
See _Gordon_.

_Galloway_, Patrick.
Defends the Scottish reformers, ii. 242.

_Gardiner_, bishop of Winchester.
Cruelty of, i. 138.

_Gau_, John.
i. 376.

_Geneva._
Knox visits, i. 134.
He studies at, i. 139.
Is invited to be pastor to the English church in, i. 187.
Leaves it for Scotland, i. 197.
Returns to, i. 203.
Knox obtains the freedom of the city, i. 236.
He leaves it finally, ib.
Cherishes the desire of returning to, ii. 162.
See _Bible_.

_Geneva_, Church of.
Knox did not derive his first ideas of ecclesiastical polity
from, i. 101.
Scottish church differed in some points from, i. 102.

_Geneva_, Order of.
Its composition, i. 146.
Time of its introduction into Scotland, i. 439.
Difference between it and English liturgy, i. 440.
Worship generally conducted according to it in Scotland, ii. 9.

_Gifford._
Knox supposed to have been born at, i. 1, 335.

_Giffordgate._
See _Haddington_.

_Gilby_, Anthony.
i. 146, 187, 219; ii. 366‒7.

_Glasgow_, University of.
Knox studies at, i. 3, 339.
Extracts from records of, i. 340‒2.

_Glencairn_, Alexander, Earl of.
An early friend of the Reformation, i. 34.
The sacrament celebrated by Knox at his house, i. 179.
Presents a letter from Knox to the Queen Regent, i. 186.
Invites Knox to return to Scotland, i. 196.
Remonstrates with the Queen Regent, i. 253.
Comes to the assistance of the Protestants, i. 261.
Visits Knox on his death‑bed, ii. 226.
Reforms the churches at Glasgow, ii. 423.

_Glencairn_, William Earl of, father to the former.
An early friend of the Reformation, i. 35.
See _Cuninghame_, Andrew.

_Glenorchy_, laird of.
A hearer of Knox, i. 188.

_Goodman_, Christopher.
Colleague to Knox at Geneva, i. 187, 194, 219, {475} 255, 293.
Comes to Scotland, i. 282; ii. 389.
An extraordinary member of privy council, i. 298.
Returns to England, ii. 138.
Further account of, ii. 177, 331‒4.
Knox’s letter to, ii. 401.
Verses on, ii. 459.

_Gordon_, bishop of Galloway.
One of the protestant privy counsellors, i. 298.
Disappointed in his expectations of being made superintendent,
ii. 80, 82.
Occupies Knox’s pulpit, ii. 189.
Vindicates the Queen’s authority, ib.

_Gourlay_, Norman.
Suffers martyrdom, i. 31.
Account of, i. 354.

_Government_, Female.
Its incongruity when joined with ecclesiastical supremacy,
i. 435‒6.
Resolution of a committee of the Scottish parliament against,
ii. 334.
See _Blast_.

_Government_, Political.
Influence of the Reformation on, i. 299‒303.
Knox’s sentiments respecting, i. 303‒6, 460‒4.

_Grange_, Laird of.
See _Kircaldy_.

_Greek_ language.
Its introduction into Scotland and progress, i. 5, 6, 343‒7;
ii. 315.

_Grindal_, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Approves of presbyterian ordination, i. 56.
His sermons before the court, i. 410‒12.

_Guillame_, Thomas.
Chaplain to the Regent Arran, instructs Knox in the reformed
doctrine, i. 40.
Retires into England, i. 41.
Verses on, ii. 456.

H

_Haddington._
Knox born in Giffordgate of, i. 1, 336.
Educated at grammar school of, i. 3.

_Haddon_, James.
i. 411.

_Hamilton_, Archibald.
His opposition to Knox, ii. 192.
His apostasy, ii. 194.
His calumnies against Knox, ii. 323.
His calumnies against Buchanan, ii. 297.
His account of Knox’s death, ii. 351.

_Hamilton_, Gavin, abbot of Kilwinning.
Intercourse between Knox and, ii. 173.
His negotiations at Rome, ii. 291.

_Hamilton_, James, of Bothwelhaugh.
Assassinates the Regent Murray, ii. 165‒8.

_Hamilton_, James, of Kincavil.
Convicted of heresy, i. 369.

_Hamilton_, John, archbishop of St Andrews.
Persecutes Knox, i. 44.
Persecutes the protestants as enemies to the state, i. 161.
His Catechism, i. 166, 418.
His correspondence with the Earl of Argyle, i. 230.
Puts Walter Mill to death, i. 232.
Reconciliation between him and the Queen Regent, i. 246.
Between him and archbishop Beatoun, i. 249.
Opposes Knox’s preaching at St Andrew’s, i. 265; ii. 388.
His sermon, i. 279.
Restored to his jurisdiction by Queen Mary, ii. 149.
Accessory to the Regent Murray’s murder, ii. 168.
Is executed, ii. 195.
Correspondence with Rome, ii. 291.

_Hamilton_, John, a secular priest.
His ridiculous stories concerning the reformers, ii. 327‒9.

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_Hamilton_, Robert.
His calumny against Knox, ii. 192.

_Hamilton_, Patrick.
Reproves the corruptions of the clergy, i. 27.
Travels to Germany, i. 28.
Suffers martyrdom in Scotland, i. 29.
Verses on, ii. 454.

_Harlow_, William.
Preaches in England, i. 169.
Preaches in Scotland, i. 170, 233.
Tried for heresy, i. 253, 257, 447‒8.
Becomes minister of the West Kirk, ii. 52, 347.

_Harrison_, James.
Embraces the reformed sentiments, and leaves Scotland, i. 31.
Account of, i. 374.

_Hay_, George.
His answer to the abbot of Crossraguell’s mass, ii. 62, 64,
313‒16.
Verses on, ii. 462.

_Hay_, Andrew.
Joins the reformed preachers, i. 320.

_Hay_, James.
Convicted of heresy, i. 361.

_Hebrew_ language.
Knox acquires the knowledge of, i. 6, 139.
Studied in Scotland, ii. 15, 291‒5.

_Henderson_, Henry, (master of the grammar school of Edinburgh).
Suffers martyrdom, i. 359.

_Henry VIII._ of England.
Presses the marriage of his son and the Queen of Scots, i. 39.
His partial reformation disliked by the Scottish reformers,
i. 44‒6.

_Hepburn_, John, prior.
Storms the episcopal Castle of St Andrews, i. 15.

_Herries_, Lord.
See _Maxwell_.

_Herriot_, Adam, a friar of St Andrews.
Joins the reformed preachers, i. 319‒20.

_Hickman_, Mr.
i. 114; ii. 394.

_Hooper_, Bishop.
i. 149, 400‒1.

_Hope_, Edward.
ii. 390.

_Hume_, Mr.
His remarks on Knox’s account of the assassination of Beatoun,
i. 384‒7.
His representation of the rudeness of Scotland, ii. 17.
His misrepresentations of the Scottish reformers, ii. 247‒8.
His account of the conduct of Knox to Mary, ii. 319‒22.

_Huncan_, (Duncan?) James.
Convicted of heresy, i. 359.

_Huntly_, Earl of.
His insurrection, ii. 58.

_Hutcheson_, Sir John.
Convicted of heresy, i. 367.

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_James V._
Refuses to proscribe the protestants, i. 35.
Persecution during the reign of, i. 354‒67.
Letter against heresy in Aberdeen by, ii. 427.

_James VI._
Knox preaches at coronation of, ii. 155.
His prejudices against the Scottish reformers, ii. 241‒3.
Conversation between him and one of Knox’s daughters, ii. 273‒4.

_Jameson_, Margaret.
Convicted of heresy, i. 358, 366.

_Jerome._
Influence of his writings on Knox, i. 13.

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_Jewel_, Bishop.
His opinion of episcopacy and ceremonies, i. 301, 303.
Disapproves of Knox’s book on female government, ii. 396.

_Johnston_ of Elphingston.
ii. 228.

_Johnston_, John.
Writer in Edinburgh, ii. 390.

_Johnston, St._
See _Perth_.

_Johnston_, William, advocate.
An early favourer of the reformation, i. 35.

_Jonston_, John, of St Andrew’s.
His verses on Scottish Reformers, ii. 454‒62.

K

_Kennedy_, Quintin.
His answer to Knox’s defence before Tonstal, i. 398.
His Compendious Tractive, ii. 60.
Challenges Willock to a dispute on the Mass, ii. 62.
Dispute between Knox and, ii. 62‒73.
Farther account of his writings, ii. 311‒16.
See _Hay_, George.

_Kennedy_, Quintin.
Suffers martyrdom, i. 31.
Account of, i. 355, 376.

_Ker_, Sir Andrew, of Fadounside.
Marries Knox’s widow, ii. 269, 352, 356.

_Kethe_, William.
ii. 331‒2.

_Kilmaurs_, Lord.
See _Glencairn_, Alexander.

_Kineancleugh._
See _Campbell_.

_Kircaldy_, William, of Grange.
An active agent of the Congregation, i. 284.
Excommunicated for the slaughter of Cardinal Beatoun, i. 360.
Governor of the Castle of Edinburgh for the Regent, ii. 180.
His defection, ii. 181.
Knox involved in a personal quarrel with, ii. 182‒3.
Offers Knox a guard, ii. 188.
Knox’s dying message to, ii. 224.
Knox’s testimony to his former zeal, ii. 393.

_Knollys_, Sir Francis.
His account of the protestant worship in Scotland, i. 440.

_Knox_, Sir Francis, father of the Reformer.
His parentage, and situation in life, i. 2, 337‒8.

_Knox_, Eleazar, son to the Reformer.
Account of, ii. 209, 268.

_Knox_, Elizabeth, the Reformer’s daughter.
Her fortitude at her husband’s trial, ii. 269, 271.
Conversation between James VI. and, ii. 273‒4.
Her testament, ii. 417.
See _Welch_.

_Knox_, Margaret, the Reformer’s daughter.
ii. 269.

_Knox_, Martha, the Reformer’s daughter.
ii. 269.

_Knox_, Nathanael, son to the Reformer.
Account of, ii. 209, 268.

_Knox_, Paul.
ii. 416.

_Knox_, William, brother to the Reformer, and minister of Cockpen.
i. 90‒1.

_Knox_, of Ranferly.
i. 2, 235, 237.

_Kyd_, Thomas.
Convicted of heresy, i. 357, 362.

_Kyllor_, a friar.
Suffers martyrdom, i. 31.
Account of, i. 355, 376.

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_Laing_, James.
His calumnies against Knox, ii. 325‒6.
And against other reformers, ii. 326‒9.

_Lambert_ of Avignon.
Patrick Hamilton studies under him at Marburg, i. 29.

_Lambert_, John.
Degraded from the priesthood, i. 363.

_Langniddrie, chapel at._
Called Knox’s Kirk, i. 43.
See _Douglas_, Hugh.

_Lasco_, John A.
Character of, i. 406.
His account of the foreign churches in London, i. 406‒8.
His account of Edward VI.’s plan for the gradual reformation of
the church of England, i. 408‒10.

_Latin._
Schools in Scotland, i. 4, 5.

_Latimer_, Bishop.
i. 88, 109, 411.

_Lawson_, James, sub‑principal of the University of Aberdeen.
Chosen colleague to Knox, ii. 214.
Knox’s letter of invitation to, ii. 214‒15.
Knox preaches for the last time at the admission of, ii. 217‒18.
Teaches Hebrew at St Andrew’s, ii.294.
His exertions in establishing the High School of Edinburgh,
ii. 295.
Verses on, ii. 461.

_Leith._
Queen Regent takes possession of, i. 277.
Fortified by Regent Lennox, ii. 190.
Convention at, ii. 198.

_Lennox_, Earl of.
Made Regent, ii. 181.
Is killed, ii. 196‒7.

_Leslie_, Normand.
i. 161, 360.

_Lethington._
See _Maitland_, William.

_Level_, George.
ii. 389.

_Lever_, Thomas.
i. 411.

_Lewis XIII._ of France.
Interview between John Welch and, ii. 271‒2.

_Liberty_, civil.
Popery unfriendly to, i. 299.
Influence of the reformation on, i. 301.
Knox attached to, i. 303.

_Lindores_, Abbey of.
i. 270; ii. 389.

_Lindsay_, Lord.
ii. 226, 341.

_Lindsay_, Sir David, of the Mount.
An early favourer of the reformation, i. 35.
Influence of his poems on the reformation, i. 49, 210, 377, 382.
Urges Knox to become a preacher, i. 52.

_Literature_, State of.
In Scotland, i. 3‒6.
Influence of the reformation on, ii. 10, 13‒14.
See _Greek_ and _Hebrew_.

_Liturgy_, English.
Knox employed in the revisal of, i. 87, 399.
Dissensions at Frankfort about, i. 4‒60.
Opinion of early bishops concerning, i. 402.
Whether used in Scotland at the beginning of the reformation,
i. 437‒41.

_Liturgy_, Knox’s.
See _Geneva_, Order of.

_Locke_, Mr.
Knox lodges in the house of, i. 114, 195.

_Locke_, Mrs Anne.
Knox’s letters to, i. 255; ii. 387‒394.

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_Logie_, Gawin, principal of St Leonard’s college.
An early reformer, i. 30.
Leaves the kingdom, i. 31, 369.

_Logie_, Robert.
i. 370.

_London._
Knox summoned to, i. 93.
Preaches in, i. 95‒7.

_Lorn_, Lord.
See _Argyle_, young Earl of.

_Lovell_, or _Levell_, George.
i. 253, 357, 446‒8; ii. 389.

_Lovell_, James.
Convicted of heresy, i. 366.

_Lowett_, (Lovell?) George.
Pursued for heresy, i. 357.

_Luther._
Anecdotes of, i. 20, 100.
His apologies, i. 285.
Comparison between Knox and, ii. 260.

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