ERSKINE, JOHN

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ERSKINE, JOHN , of Dun (1509-1591), Scottish reformer, the son of Sir John Erskine, laird of Dun, was born in 1509, and was educated at King's College, Aberdeen. At the age of twenty-one Erskine was the causeprobably by accidentof a priest's death, and was forced to go abroad, where he came under the influence of the new learning. It was through his agency that Greek was first taught in

Scotland

by Petrus de Marsiliers at Montrose. This fact counted for much in the progress of the Reformation. Erskine was also

drawn

DRAWN

towards the new faith, being a close friend of George Wishart, the reformer, from whose fate he was saved by his wealth and influence, and of John

Knox

KNOX,
HENRY
- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G.
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  - HEIM, ALBERT VON ST GALLEN (1849- )
  - HEIM, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1787-1865)
  , the Eng.
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  - HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
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  EDWARD
  - EDWARD
  LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY,
  PATRICK
  - PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
  - PATRICK, ST
  (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF
  BATTENBERG
  - BATTENBERG
  (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
(1750-1806)
KNOX, JOHN (c. 1505–1572)
KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE (1853– )

, whose advice openly to discountenance the mass was given in Lhe lodgings of the laird of Dun. In the stormy controversies of the time of Mary Stuart and James VI. Erskine was a conspicuous figure and a moderating influence. He was able to soothe the queen when her feelings had been outraged by

Knox

KNOX,
HENRY
- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G.
  heim
  - HEIM, ALBERT VON ST GALLEN (1849- )
  - HEIM, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1787-1865)
  , the Eng.
  home
  - HOME
  - HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
  - HOME, EARLS OF
  , and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY,
  PATRICK
  - PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
  - PATRICK, ST
  (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF
  BATTENBERG
  - BATTENBERG
  (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
(1750-1806)
KNOX, JOHN (c. 1505–1572)
KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE (1853– )

's denunciationsbeing a man "most gentill of nature "and frequently acted as mediator both between the catholic and reforming parties, and among the reformers themselves. In 156o he was appointedthough a laymansuperintendent of the reformed church of

Scotland

for Angus and Mearns, and in 1572 he gave his assent to the modified episcopacy proposed by Morton at the Leith convention. Though never himself ordained, he was held in such high esteem by the leaders of the church as to be more than once elected

moderator

MODERATOR (from Lat. moderare, to impose a modus, limit)

of the general assembly (first in 1564), and he was amongst those who in 150 drew up the Second Book of Discipline. From 1579 he was a member of the king's council. He died in 1591. Erskine owed his peculiar influence among the Scottish reformers to the union rare in those daysof steadfast convictions with a conciliatory manner; Queen Mary described him as " a mild and sweet-natured man, with true honesty and uprightness."
See the " Dun Papers " in the Spalding Club Miscellany, vol. iv. (1849), and the article by T. F. Henderson in the Dict. Nat. Biog.

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