See also:

• PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

PONT (or KYLPONT), See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT (1524–1606)  , Scottish reformer, was educated at St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews . In 1562 he was appointed See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister at See also:

• DUNBLANE

Dunblane and then at See also:

• DUNKELD

Dunkeld; in 1563, See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner for See also:

• MORAY

Moray, See also:

• INVERNESS

Inverness and See also:

• BANFF

Banff . Then in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession he became minister of Birnie (1567), See also:

• PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

provost of Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College near See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh (1571), a See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of session (1572), minister of St See also:

• CUTHBERT, SAINT (d. 687)

Cuthbert's, Edinburgh (1573) and at St Andrews (1581) . See also:

• PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

Pont was a. strenuous See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion of ecclesiastical See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence, and for protesting against See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary interference in 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 See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government he was obliged to leave his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . From 1584 to 1586 he was in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, but returning See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north he resumed his prominence in church matters and kept it until his See also:

• DEATH

death in 16o6 .