printed 25 June 2024
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The second the Church of Scotland repudiated King Charles I is now among the many many historic paperwork accessible to view on the ScotlandPeople web site.
As a part of a wider launch of practically 4,000 volumes of church courtroom information, Nationwide Information of Scotland (NRS) has added for the primary time papers from the church’s governing courtroom, the Common Meeting.
These embrace the minutes of a gathering held in Glasgow in November 1638 when delegates representing Scotland rejected the King’s Rule for Worship.
NRS Archivist Jessica Evershed stated:
“The assembly of the Common Meeting of 1638 was a turning level in Scottish historical past.
“It discovered ministers defying the king and eradicating the bishops and the brand new Guide of Widespread Prayer which he had launched.
“As a part of the bigger treaty motion, it led to 50 years of battle and unrest.
“This is only one merchandise of church courtroom information accessible at Scotland’s Folks. The newest launch contains round 300,000 digitized photos of principally handwritten historic information from 1500 to 1900.
“These information are a treasure trove for skilled historians and amateurs engaged on their household bushes. Native church courtroom information element parish work resembling grants to the poor, mediation of household disputes, funds for providers and punishments for minor offenses.”
The Reverend Fiona Smith, Chief Clerk of the Common Meeting of the Church of Scotland stated:
“I’m delighted that Nationwide Information of Scotland is making extra Church of Scotland information accessible in a digitized format, offering a singular window into Scotland’s historical past, in addition to facets of the each day lifetime of our parishes, unfolding over the centuries.
“We hope this can permit many extra folks to entry these fastidiously written paperwork, which inform the tales of native communities throughout Scotland.”
ScotlandPeople is managed by Nationwide Information of Scotland. It presents entry to a variety of presidency information, together with delivery, demise, marriage and census information from the sixteenth century to trendy occasions. Fashionable information are restricted however older information might be searched at no cost and seen on-line for a charge. Church courtroom information can be found at no cost search and viewing.
