Andrew Hunter, (d. 1638) Scottish minister and political agent. Andrew Hunter MA was minister of Carnbee and in 1588

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in Fife. He was supporter of the rebel

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, and became his chaplain, which angered

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and he was exiled in May 1594.

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informed

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of his arrival in London in August. Hunter was an informer for Sir Robert Cecil, offering his opinions on Alexander Dickson, "ane enemie of your stait", and

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, "cunning", and sending information on the movements of

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s and underground

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s. In July 1598 he was in Edinburgh undergoing questioning about his movements and Logie's confession, which appeared to implicate James VI of Scotland as a covert supporter of Catholic causes. Hunter wrote from

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and Cecil in November 1598. He mentioned John Young who served

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and Alexander Dickson, a "professor of the art of memory", formerly supported by the

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, and now an enemy of England. In August 1599 Hunter was arrested at

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. He was carrying letters from Colonel Edmonds to James VI. He became a

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to the Scottish regiments fighting for the

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, living at

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and

and attended the Synod of

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in 1622.Keith Sprunger, ''Dutch Puritanism'' (Leiden, 1982), 294-5, 262. He had a large number of children and a small salary.

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