See also:SIR See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:CRAIG (c. 1538–1608)
, Scottish jurist and poet, was See also:born about 1538
.
It is probable that he was the eldest son of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Craig of Craigfintray, or Craigston, in See also:Aberdeenshire, but beyond the fact that he was in some way related to the Craigfintray See also:family nothing regarding his See also:birth is known with certainty
.
He was educated at St See also:Andrews, where he took the B.A. degree in 1555
.
From St Andrews he went to See also:France, to study the See also:canon and the See also:civil See also:law
.
He returned to See also:Scotland about 1561, and was admitted See also:advocate in See also:February 1563
.
In 1564 he was appointed See also:justice-depute by the justice-See also:general, See also:Archibald, See also:earl of See also:Argyll; and in this capacity he presided at many of the criminal trials of the See also:period
.
In 1573 he was appointed See also:sheriff-depute of See also:Edinburgh, and in 16o6 See also:procurator for the 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 never became a See also:lord of session, a circumstance that was unquestionably due to his own choice
.
It is said that he refused the See also:honour of See also:knighthood which the 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 wished to confer on him in 1604, when he came to See also:London as one of the Scottish commissioners regarding the See also:union between the kingdoms—the only See also:political See also:object he seems to have cared about; but in accordance with 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's commands he has always been styled and reputed a See also:knight
.
Craig was married to See also:Helen, daughter of See also:Heriot of Lumphoy in Midlothian, by whom he had four sons and three daughters
.
His eldest son, See also:Sir See also:Lewis Craig (1569-1622), was raised to the See also:bench in 1604, and among his other descendants are several well-known namesin the See also:list of Scottish lawyers
.
He died on the 26th of February 16o8
.
Except his poems, the only one of Craig's See also:works which appeared during his lifetime was his See also:Jus feudale (1603; ed
.
R
.
See also:Burnet, 1655; See also:Leipzig, 1716; ed
.
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.
See also:Baillie 1732)
.
The object of this See also:treatise was to assimilate the See also:laws of See also:England and Scotland, but, instead of this, it was an important See also:factor in See also:building up and solidifying the law of Scotland into a See also:separate See also:system
.
Other works were De unione regnorum Britanniae tractatus, De jure successionis regni Angliae and De hominio disputatio
.
See also:Translations of the last two have been published, and in 1910 an edition of the De Unione appeared, with See also:translation and notes by C
.
S
.
See also:Terry
.
Craig's first poem, an See also:Epithalamium in honour of the See also:marriage of See also:Mary See also:queen of Scots and See also:Darnley, appeared in 1565
.
Most of his poems have been reprinted in the Delitiae poetarum Scotorum
.
See P
.
F
.
See also:Tytler, See also:Life of Craig (1823) ; Life prefixed to Baillie's edition of the Jus feudale
.
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