About John Duncanson
Lived 1500 – 1601. John Duncanson was a christian minister.
John Duncanson (ca. 1530–1601) was a Scottish minister, one of the Roman Catholic clergymen who willingly converted to the Protestant doctrines during the Reformation. He was reputed to have lived to be nearly 100 years old. He was elected President of St Leonard's College, St Andrews in 1556, around the time he accepted the reformed faith. He held this position until 1566. He was also the minister at Stirling in 1560.
He relinquished the charge about 1571.
Biographical data As minister of the burgh, Duncanson had a manse assigned to him by the Town Council on 31 October 1560. iv. 191 passim Records of Royal Burgh of Stirling, 1519–1666, 75, 76 Reg. of Deeds, xxiii., 232 Acts and Dec, lv., 49 Rogers's The Chapel Royal of Stirling, 56 et seq.
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Who was John Duncanson?
Minister of the Church of Scotland
When was John Duncanson born?
John Duncanson was born in 1500.
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John Duncanson died in 1601.
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John Duncanson was a christian minister.
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