Not to be confused with his father, minister of Calder and superintendent for Lothians John Spottiswood.
The Most Reverend
John Spottiswoode
Archbishop of St Andrews
Church
Church of Scotland
In office
1615–1639
Predecessor
George Gledstanes
Successor
James Sharp
Orders
Consecration
21 October 1610 by George Abbot
Personal details
Born
1565
Mid Calder, West Lothian, Scotland
Died
(1639-11-26)26 November 1639 (aged 74) London, England
Parents
John Spottiswood and Beatrix Crichton
Spouse
Rachel Lindsay
Children
John Spottiswoode, Robert Spottiswoode (1596-1646), Anne Spottiswoode
John Spottiswoode (Spottiswood, Spotiswood, Spotiswoode or Spotswood) (1565 – 26 November 1639) was an Archbishop of St Andrews, Primate of All Scotland, Lord Chancellor, and historian of Scotland.
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was built by JohnSpottiswoode (1565–1639), Archbishop of St Andrews, who had recently bought the adjacent Dairsie Castle. The Spottiswoode family crest...
queen to bed where she had a miscarriage. The 17th-century historian JohnSpottiswoode, who attended the queen at this time as her almoner or "elemosynar"...
their exhumation at Lindisfarne and reinterment at Chester-le-Street. JohnSpottiswoode, in his account of religious houses in Scotland, mentions that the...
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prelates, most notably the Archbishop of St Andrews, JohnSpottiswoode, and the Bishop of Ross, John Maxwell, and edited for printing by the Archbishop...
Gladstanes and his archiepiscopal colleague in the west of Scotland. JohnSpottiswoode, Gladstanes' successor in the primacy, had already to a large extent...
illustrious Spotswoods, such as judge Robert Spottiswoode (Alexander's grandfather) and Archbishop JohnSpottiswoode. In 1684, following attacks of native Berber...