267:- one of Howison’s own Cambuslang Parishioners - and other leading citizens. There was a stand-off. Sir Mathew ordered Howison out of the pulpit and in response Howison called upon Minto in the name of God to do nothing to disturb the peace. Some rough handling ensued and Howison was dragged - apparently by the beard - from the pulpit and had some of his teeth knocked out. He was then taken to the
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against a "wicked and godless
Council" which tried "to stop the mouths of ministers from teaching of the truth". He declared "We will acknowledge nae princes nor magistrates in teaching of the word; nor be bounden to nae injunction, nor obey nae Acts of Parliaments, nor nae other thing that is
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on 6 July. The
Assembly sent a letter to the King complaining of many things including "the violent drawing of Mr John Howison out of his judgement seat where he was placed as Moderator of the Presbytery, his cruel and outrageous handling and carrying to prison like a thief by the bailies of
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which was at that time meeting in the
Cathedral. Howison demonstrated his opposition to the entry of the new archbishop by climbing into the pulpit and beginning to preach before the archbishop arrived. The archbishop arrived to claim the pulpit, accompanied by the
401:”. The places named are all in Cambuslang Parish. They were complaining Howison was making up complaints against them, so they had to go to the trouble to find money for cautions. Howison did not turn up to contest the complaint, and the case was suspended.
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whose king he had become in 1603 and where he had lived since then. At
Paisley, Howison roundly scolded the King for his practices and intentions. In 1618 Howison died. We do not know where his grave is. He left his books, etc to Glasgow University.
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Glasgow…" After some manoeuvring Sir Mathew submitted to the
Assembly. The Assembly then demanded that those who had perpetrated the "unaccustomed violence against Mr Howison" should be "sua punischt that nane hereafter be bald to attempt the lyke" (
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for taking the advice of evil counsellors. He quarrelled with his own parishioners and was convicted of publishing a doctored version of an Act of
Parliament, but he died peacefully in Cambuslang, apparently resigned to accepting Bishops in the
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repugnant to the word of God." He was careful to say it was not the King he was opposing, but the "wicked, godless and villain
Council". Anyway "What can the King get of me but my heid and my bluid? I shall never obey their injunctions!" At
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today and to many of its members John
Howison is a hero. (In fact, most of what we know about him comes from historians who obviously hero worshiped him, though one did admit that there was "more force than charity" in some of his words.)
550:) for the maintenance of a student at the university, who must be a son of a Glasgow burgess (citizen). It is interesting that the document that set up this “Howison’s Bursary” is addressed to “ye Richt Reverend Fader
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in 1618 are still used in the Church, and are known as the
Howison Cups, because of an inscription thought to refer to him. Howies Hill near the Parish Church in Cambuslang is most likely to be remembrance of him. The
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were against the Word of God but he claimed that Mr
Montgomery was an unfit person to lead Christians. The King nonetheless ordered the Church to accept him as Archbishop. On 8 June 1582 Montgomery entered into
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with 90 merks, schoolhouse and yaird besyd the Kirk, under sycht of Mr Howison, he bein’ cairful in instructing the youth of the said parochin, and utheris thairabout in their rudiments in religion and
366:) but he was back in Cambuslang the following year. The oddness of this is what makes some people think this is a misprint (see above). The Assembly appointed him to be one of a party of “visitors” to
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and as there was no minister there, Howison went "ministering to the great comfort of the sufferers". The King agreed he could stay there so long as he arranged for another minister for
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had a (much damaged) portrait of him taken in 1609, though it was damaged beyond recognition by a fire, and he is still commemorated in the University as a benefactor. His
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for “treasonably causing to be printed a false, adulterate and altered Act of Parliament instead of the true and genuine Act of 1592. He was sentenced to prison, but the
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across the country. His appointment was in due course confirmed by the King. Howison must already have been a man of promise if not of distinction.
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and his supporters. These did not bother to appear to their answer charges and the King called the case to his own Council, meeting at
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to look at it. It seems to have been forgotten in the tumult of the times. Howison also reported to the Assembly that he had endowed “
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Scott, Hew Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae V4: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation Edinburgh 1922
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Sometime after 1592 Howison had the King’s own printers publish the so called “Charter of the Church”. This was supposed to be an
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531:”. This has been interpreted as Mr Iohn Howison, either because he donated it or because it was donated to him in that year.
566:. In 1615, Howison gave it a further 2000 merks - from the same source - for the support of two old men from Cambuslang.
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463:” (in March 1602) and forced her mother to agree to a marriage. Howison tried to stop the marriage by appealing to the
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Wilson, James Alexander OBE, MD A History of Cambuslang: a Clydesdale parish. Jackson Wylie & Co Glasgow (1929)
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Archibischop of Glasgow”, so he had obviously resigned himself to, if not accepted, bishops in the kirk. The
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between 1587 and 1588 but it is suggested that this is a misprint for 1577/1578, for he took up his post in
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which he fought for was not firmly instituted until eighty years after his death (following the invasion of
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where he admitted he had said these words and had added that he had urged others "to do the lyke".
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