John Douglas (c. 1500 – 1574) was Protestant
Archbishop of St. Andrews
The Bishop of St. Andrews ( gd, Easbaig Chill Rìmhinn, sco, Beeshop o Saunt Andras) was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of St Andrews in the Catholic Church and then, from 14 August 1472, as Archbishop of St Andrews ( gd, Àrd-easbaig ...
from 1571 to 1574. As was tradition from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, the Archbishop also took on the role of
Chancellor of the University of St Andrews
The Chancellor of the University of St Andrews is the titular head of the University of St Andrews. Their duties include conferring degrees, promoting the university's image throughout the world, and furthering the university's interests within ...
, as the University had strong links with the Pre-Reformation church.
Life
John Douglas, was born in Longnewton, Roxburghshire, the 'bastard son natural of quondam' Robert Douglas. Letters of legitimation were granted on 2 January 1563–64.
[Register of Privy Seal, xxxii. 23] He graduated at
University of Paris
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, where he was a fellow-student of Archibald Hay in Montague College. He was probably the "magister Johannes Douglas," who matriculated from the Psedagogium on 25th June 1523. He was appointed by
Queen Mary prior to 1 October 1547, on which date the commendator and sub-prior gave notice of the appointment to the vicar of Tynninghame and the curates of Inchbryok and Tannadice, with instructions to announce it in their respective churches, the revenues of these churches being part of the endowment of the College. He was made rector of the University, 1551–73. Douglas was one of the "Six Johns" who wrote the
First Book of Discipline
The ''Book of Discipline'' refers to two works regulative of ecclesiastical order in the Church of Scotland, known as ''The First Book of Discipline'' (1560) and ''The Second Book of Discipline'' (1578), drawn up and printed in the Scottish Reform ...
and the
Scots Confession of 1560
The Scots Confession (also called the Scots Confession of 1560) is a Confession of Faith written in 1560 by six leaders of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland. The text of the Confession was the first subordinate standard for the Protestant ch ...
.
He was consecrated Archbishop of St Andrews 10 February 1572. He was first to hold a Protestant Episcopate in Scotland. He died in October 1576.
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Archbishops of St Andrews
1494 births
Chancellors of the University of St Andrews
1574 deaths
Place of birth missing
16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Scotland