List of Moderators of The General Assembly of The Church of Scotland - 16th Century

16th Century

  • 1560 none mentioned
  • 1561 (May and December) none mentioned
  • 1562 (June) and 1568 (Dec) John Knox (Edinburgh)
  • 1563 (June) none mentioned
  • 1563 (Dec.), 1564 (June) and 1568 (July) John Willock (Superintendent of the West)
  • 1564 (Dec.), 1565 (Dec.), 1566 (June and Dec.) and 1572 (Aug.) John Erskine of Dun (Superintendent of Angus and Mearns)
  • 1567 (June) George Buchanan (Principal, St Leonard's College, University of St Andrews)
  • 1567 (July and Dec.), 1576 (April), 1578 (June) John Row (St Johnstoun)
  • 1569 (Feb.), 1577 (Oct.), 1582 (Oct.), 1586 (May), 1593 (April) and 1597 (March) David Lindsay (Leith)
  • 1569 (July) William Christison (Dundee)
  • 1570 (March), 1576 (Oct.), 1581 (Oct.) John Craig (Edinburgh)
  • 1570 (July), 1575 (Aug.), 1581 (April), 1583 (Oct.), 1595 (March) and 1597 (April) Robert Pont (Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's)
  • 1571 (March) George Hay (Rathven)
  • 1571 (August) Gilbert Gardin (Fordyce)
  • 1572 (March) Robert Hamilton (St Andrews)
  • 1573 (March) and 1578 (Oct.) David Ferguson (Dunfermline)
  • 1573 (Aug.) and 1577 (April) Alexander Arbuthnot (Principal of King's College, Aberdeen)
  • 1574 (March) and 1580 (Oct.) Andrew Hay (Renfrew)
  • 1574 (Aug.) John Duncanson (Minister at the King's House)
  • 1575 (March) James Boyd (Bishop of Glasgow)
  • 1578 (April), 1582 (April and June), 1587 and 1594 Andrew Melville (Principal of the College, Glasgow)
  • 1579 (July) and 1583 (April) Thomas Smieton (Minister at Paisley, later Principal of the University of Glasgow)
  • 1580 (July) James Lawson (Edinburgh)
  • 1588 (Feb.) and 1592 Robert Bruce (Edinburgh)
  • 1588 (Aug.) Thomas Buchanan (Ceres)
  • 1589 (Feb.) none mentioned
  • 1589 (June) and 1590 (March) James Melville (Anstruther, Fife)
  • 1590 (Aug.) and 1602 Patrick Galloway (Minister at the King's House)
  • 1591 Nicol Dalgleish (Pittenweem)
  • 1595 and 1606 James Nicholson (Meigle, later Bishop of Dunkeld)
  • 1597 (March) Peter Blackburn (Aberdeen, later Bishop of Aberdeen)
  • 1597 (May) Robert Rollock (Principal of the College of Edinburgh)
  • 1600 Robert Wilkie (Principal, St Leonard's College, St Andrews)

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