NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Spottiswood, John, 1565-1639 NRA: Spottiswoode John (1565-1639) Archbishop of St Andrews Historian DNB: Spottiswoode, John (1565-1639), archbishop of St Andrews and historian LBT ID: JoSpott1639 VIAF ID: 14914104 LOC ID: n84134068 | B/BAP: 1565 DIED: 1639-11-26 |
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Son of the reformer John Spottiswoode; he accompanied James to London in 1603 and was
made archbishop of St Andrews in 1615. He wrote History of the Church and
State of Scotland (1655). | |