John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . ter of St. Cuthberts)eventually appointed Archdeacon of Caithness in1608. The youngest, Elizabeth, married in 1594,the famous John Welsh, minister of Ayr, who wasimprisoned and exiled on account of his oppositionto the ecclesiastical policy of James VI. In 1621,when physicians recommended him to visit Scot-land on account of his failing health, his wife ap-plied personally to the King for permission. Jamesasked her who her father was. John Knox, shereplied. Knox and Welsh, exclaimed the King;the devil never made sic a match as that! Maybe, was
John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . ter of St. Cuthberts)eventually appointed Archdeacon of Caithness in1608. The youngest, Elizabeth, married in 1594,the famous John Welsh, minister of Ayr, who wasimprisoned and exiled on account of his oppositionto the ecclesiastical policy of James VI. In 1621,when physicians recommended him to visit Scot-land on account of his failing health, his wife ap-plied personally to the King for permission. Jamesasked her who her father was. John Knox, shereplied. Knox and Welsh, exclaimed the King;the devil never made sic a match as that! Maybe, was the smart rejoinder, for we never speiredhis leave. The King said that her husband mightreturn to Scotland if he would submit to the , your Majesty, replied the high-spiriteddaughter of Knox, extending her apron, I wouldrather kep [catch] his head there. There appears to be no certainty of any descendantof Knox being now in existence. (Rogers, of John Knox, 137-146; Laing, W. of K.,vi., pp. ) te*iy Ma©!. Stone, in Parliament Square, Edinburgh, marking approxi-mately the place of Knoxs grave in what wasformerly the Churchyard of St. Giles. 393 INDEX Absolution in early Re-formed Church, 244-245Adamson, Patrick, his three kinds of bishop, 357Alesius, 34, 40, 41, 92Annand, Dean John, 77Appellation of Knox, 139, 188Arbuckle, Franciscan Friar, 79 Argyle, fifth Earl of, me-diates between Regent,Mary, and Reformers, 200;Protestant leader, 203 Arran, James, second Earlof, appointed Regent, 50;Protestant policy, 51-53;recantation and absolu-tion, 54-56. See Chatel-herault Arran, James, third Earl of,aspires to marry Mary Stu-art, 259; supports Knoxsprotest against the Holy-rood Mass, 269 Assembly, General, of 1560,first, in 1560, 250; precau-tions of, before Mary Stu-arts return, 262-263; free-dom of, demanded, 293; ofJune, 1565, demands rati-fication of Reformation,308; of December, 1565,appoints national fast, 311;of December, 1566, pro-test
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