See also:JOHN See also:COLVILLE (c. 154o-16o5)
, Scottish divine and author, was the son of See also:Robert See also:Colville of Cleish, in the See also:county of Kinross
.
Educated at St See also:Andrews University, he became a Presbyterian See also:minister, but occupied himself chiefly with See also:political intrigue, sending See also:secret See also:information to the See also:English See also:government concerning Scottish affairs
.
HA0 joined the party of the See also:earl of See also:Gowrie, and took See also:part in the See also:Raid of See also:Ruthven in 1582
.
In 1587 he for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time occupied a seat on the judicial See also:bench, and was See also:commissioner for See also:Stirling in the Scottish See also:parliament
.
In See also:December 1591 he was implicated in the earl of See also:Bothwell's attack on Holyrood See also:Palace, and was outlawed with the earl
.
He retired abroad, and is said to have joined the See also:Roman See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church
.
He died in See also:Paris in 1605
.
Colville was the author of several See also:works, including an Oratio Funebris on See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth, and some political and religious controversial essays
.
He is said to be the author also of The Historie and See also:Life of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James the Sext (edited by T
.
See also:Thompson for the See also:Bannatyne See also:Club, See also:Edinburgh, 1825)
.
Colville's See also:Original Letters, 7582-1603, published by the Bannatyne Club in 1858, contains a See also:biographical memoir by the editor, See also:David See also:Laing
.
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