John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession

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John Spottiswoode was a prominent early 17th-century Scottish clergyman and statesman who served as Archbishop of St Andrews and played a key role in enforcing royal religious policy in Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Archbishop of St Andrews ⓘ
Scottish clergyman ⓘ
human ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
alignedWith royal supremacy in church affairs ⓘ
appointedBy James VI and I ⓘ
authorityOver Province of St Andrews ⓘ
Scottish episcopal clergy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
denomination Episcopalianism ⓘ
Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
historicalPeriod early 17th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Scotland ⓘ
notableFor being deposed by the Glasgow General Assembly of 1638 ⓘ
enforcing royal religious policy in Scotland ⓘ
opposition to the National Covenant of 1638 ⓘ
presiding over the introduction of the Five Articles of Perth ⓘ
role in the imposition of the Scottish Prayer Book ⓘ
serving as Lord Chancellor under Charles I in Scotland ⓘ
supporting James VI and I’s attempts to introduce episcopacy in Scotland ⓘ
notableWork History of the Church of Scotland ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEnd Archbishop of Glasgow, 1615 ⓘ
Archbishop of St Andrews, 1638 ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of Scotland, 1638 ⓘ
officeStart Archbishop of Glasgow, 1603 ⓘ
Archbishop of St Andrews, 1615 ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of Scotland, 1635 ⓘ
opposedBy Presbyterian Covenanters ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter movement
positionHeld Archbishop of Glasgow ⓘ
Archbishop of St Andrews ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of Scotland ⓘ
Primate of All Scotland ⓘ
predecessor George Gledstanes ⓘ
George Gledstanes as Primate of All Scotland ⓘ
James Beaton (as earlier Archbishop of Glasgow, pre‑Reformation line) ⓘ
religion Church of Scotland ⓘ
roleIn Scottish Reformation settlement under the crown ⓘ
development of Scottish episcopacy in the early 17th century ⓘ
royal council of Scotland ⓘ
successor Alexander Henderson (as leading ecclesiastical figure in post‑1638 Church of Scotland) ⓘ
Patrick Lindsay (as later Archbishop of Glasgow in restored episcopacy, 1663) ⓘ
office of Primate of All Scotland effectively abolished after 1638 ⓘ
workLocation Edinburgh ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ
St Andrews ⓘ

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John Spottiswoode → succeededBy → John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession ⓘ